Scott Marlow - Indie Marketer

My first sales job was funded by quarters, literally. I managed the Indiana statewide sales for an independently owned coin-operated equipment distributor out of Cleveland, Ohio.

With prestigious business degrees from the top ten-ranked Indiana University [Kelley] School of Business, many of my friends were “golden-handcuffed” at Fortune 500 companies, like GE, and Big 8 accounting firms. I found my calling journeying the white road of small business.

In 1993, I moved to Seattle and acquired a sales management job at an independent hotel in the U. District. where I successfully grew the income $1M over four years. Then I moved on to a few marketing positions – including business development for two high tech startups, where I developed an affinity for online marketing and search engine optimization (one of the companies was developing search software to compete with a new Yahoo competitor called Google).

When the dot-com bubble burst, I accepted a marketing position at Cascade Bicycle Club, where, among many other event achievements, I sold the first-ever title sponsorship for the Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic.

I grew up in St. Louis, in the liberal burb of University City, near Washington University. A minority at school, I learned to appreciate diversity, hip hop, and strawberry soda. My summers were spent in rural, conservative northeast Indiana, listening to Duran Duran and Randy Newman, and working for the family-owned wholesale business, where I learned the value of a good education, an Amish-like work ethic, and, of course, Bobby Knight's IU Hoosier basketball team.

From my diverse background, I’ve developed my core values:

balance
directness
diversity
economic justice
integrity
moderation
social capital

Small organizations are dynamic, flexible, and socially-responsible, contributing to their communities. Employees, owners and managers of small organizations wear a lot of hats. And I like a variety of caps in my community.

Most days, I concern myself with issues like the environment, Peak Oil, and the energy crisis. I prefer red wine over white and domestics over imported. Away from work, I enjoy hiking, mountain biking, photography, rock climbing, scuba diving, and volleyball. I live and work from my small home in Ballard, where I live with my girlfriend, Jen. When you call me, you may hear the roars of a feisty calico cat or maine coon.

dedicated to: my cousin, Peter Rogers (1963 - 1994)


	Scott Marlow - Indie Marketer My first sales job was funded by quarters, literally. I managed the Indiana statewide sales for an independently owned coin-operated equipment distributor out of Cleveland, Ohio. With prestigious business degrees from the top ten-ranked Indiana University [Kelley] School of Business, many of my friends were “golden-handcuffed” at Fortune 500 companies, like GE, and Big 8 accounting firms. I found my calling journeying the white road of small business. In 1993, I moved to Seattle and acquired a sales management job at an independent hotel in the U. District. where I successfully grew the income $1M over four years. Then I moved on to a few marketing positions – including business development for two high tech startups, where I developed an affinity for online marketing and search engine optimization (one of the companies was developing search software to compete with a new Yahoo competitor called Google). When the dot-com bubble burst, I accepted a marketing position at Cascade Bicycle Club, where, among many other event achievements, I sold the first-ever title sponsorship for the Group Health Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic. I grew up in St. Louis, in the liberal burb of University City, near Washington University. A minority at school, I learned to appreciate diversity, hip hop, and strawberry soda. My summers were spent in rural, conservative northeast Indiana, listening to Duran Duran and Randy Newman, and working for the family-owned wholesale business, where I learned the value of a good education, an Amish-like work ethic, and, of course, Bobby Knight's IU Hoosier basketball team. From my diverse background, I’ve developed my core values: balance directness diversity economic justice integrity moderation social capital Small organizations are dynamic, flexible, and socially-responsible, contributing to their communities. Employees, owners and managers of small organizations wear a lot of hats. And I like a variety of caps in my community. Most days, I concern myself with issues like the environment, Peak Oil, and the energy crisis. I prefer red wine over white and domestics over imported. Away from work, I enjoy hiking, mountain biking, photography, rock climbing, scuba diving, and volleyball. I live and work from my small home in Ballard, where I live with my girlfriend, Jen. When you call me, you may hear the roars of a feisty calico cat or maine coon. dedicated to: my cousin, Peter Rogers (1963 - 1994)