About Us

MileMarker Ventures is the brainchild of Tommy Perkins, a client- and partner-facing startup veteran with deep experience in mobile applications, social media and general content strategy for the retail and media industries. 

We work with expanding (chiefly early- and growth-stage) companies to assist in areas such as marketing, sales, business development, and client success. Go to "Our Services" to read more about how we work with clients to advance their revenue objectives. 

Tommy has spent over a decade working in the software and online media industries, having worked with industry leaders like the New York Times, Intel, Bazaarvoice, AOL, and Knight-Ridder, as well as high-growth startups in Silicon Valley and Austin, Texas.

In sales, client success and business development roles, Tommy has initiated, nurtured and/or grown sustainable partnerships with media and retail brands such as L’Oréal, Virgin Mobile USA, The Children’s Place, LexisNexis, MediaNews Group, Meredith Corp., Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Toys R Us, The Home Depot, Petco, Cabela's and many others.

Prior to entering the startup world, Tommy was an accomplished journalist, as an award-winning reporter for several daily newspapers and weekly business journals. Additionally, Tommy has blogged on the digital music distribution industry via the now-defunct Digital Music Weblog (now operated by Switched.com) and on matters purely of his choosing (sports, current events, music and more) at aproposdenada.blogspot.com.

Tommy holds an MBA from the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business and a bachelor's in journalism from the University of Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications.

A father of two, Tommy is an avid reader, record collector, runner, musician (guitar, mandolin and banjo) and barbecue connoisseur.

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