Mark Forschner's Linkedin Analytics

Since I was 10 years old I have always had a knack for business and entrepreneurship. I started my own graphic designing business doing artwork for Youtube creator's and made some decent money. I then decided to start my own Ebay store and grossed over $30k in sales in a 2 year period at the age of 13. Overtime I got addicted to learning about business and I progressively started many side hustles, gaining many skills at a young age. Flash forward to 2021, COVID struck and I was trapped in my house like many with not much to do. On top of this, my father was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer and lost his job while my mother just beat cancer a few months prior. I was in my last semester of college at the time and was worried about my families future. I spent all my free time trying to figure out how I could support my family financially, and ended up down the path of exploring the Crypto & NFT landscape. Overtime I found myself partnering with a network of individuals, which I eventually leveraged and began to sell their marketing services to companies in the space. The more work I took on, the more experience I got and overtime I ended up finally deciding to start my first company which later became Digibridge. Within a year, with the help of my little brother and partners, I was able to scale it to over a $1.1m dollar agency taking on a multitude of clients and managing large marketing projects with 45-60% margins. I made enough money to keep my mom out of a job for 2 years to take care of my dad as he battled cancer. It has been one of my most proudest moments in life so far. Unfortunately throughout this time my father's health got worse and he passed away. This was a difficult time for my family and I, which ultimately made me decide to stop my company to reevaluate and reprioritize my life. I took the blessings I had, the eagerness to learn and challenge myself, as well as the inner motivation to push myself and went onwards to find a new industry that I found passionate about. This led me to go into the fitness industry, and work my way up from an opening sales rep at a commercial gym to becoming a sales manager and leading a team of 7 sales representatives within one year. My journey isn't over, and everyday I take an opportunity to make myself just 1% better to reap the benefits of compounding. I am extremely passionate about sales, business, marketing, psychology, leadership and fitness. I plan to leverage the skills I have to improve my life and those around me both on and off work.