About

Mark Mastrandrea is a founder, operator, and podcaster passionate about building companies and sharing the real stories behind growth. In 2016, he co-founded Ikonick, a canvas art brand designed to inspire through motivational artwork. With partnerships spanning the NBA, Monopoly, Peanuts, NASA, and icons like Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan—and investment from Gary Vaynerchuk, Scooter Braun, and Cimpress/Vistaprint—Ikonick scaled into an eight-figure business by 2020. Driven by curiosity about what separates good companies from great ones, Mastrandrea launched Open Residency, a podcast featuring conversations with operators, creators and specialists. The insights have sharpened his own leadership while establishing him as a trusted voice in the startup community. Today, he combines his proven operator experience with storytelling expertise to mentor entrepreneurs and creators building lasting companies. How Mark Can Help PARTNERSHIPS & LICENSING He’s secured deals with some of the biggest IP holders on the planet — Michael Jordan, Peanuts, Monopoly, Tiger Woods, and hundreds more. If you want to break into licensing or build partnership pipelines, he’ll show you exactly how to do it. SOCIAL GROWTH SYSTEMS On Instagram alone, he’s grown his personal impressions 7x and Ikonick’s 3x (20M+ per month) in the last four months. He brings the exact systems, tools, and cadence that drive that level of scale. CONTENT MARKETING ENGINE Playbooks to produce content that scales — frameworks for positioning, packaging, storytelling, hiring, distribution, and building a flywheel that compounds across platforms. PODCAST GROWTH & STRATEGY In under a year, he’s built a well-positioned podcast with world-class guests. He’ll share the behind-the-scenes systems, outreach strategy, packaging, and how to turn a podcast into a growth channel. DTC & OPERATOR INSIGHT He’s driven tens of millions in direct-to-consumer revenue. All advice is grounded in real operator experience, not theory.