Our Mentors

Mark Watkins

Serial Founder | Bookship, Endeca, goby, CDRS

Focus Areas: technology, business planning, education

Experience: Mark is the founder of Bookship, a social reading app, where people build better relationships through books. He's a multi-exit entrepreneur, including Endeca (Search & Business Intelligence acquired by Oracle for $1.1B); goby (a personalized recommendation engine for finding fun things to do), acquired by Telenav; and CDRS (a 3D modeling system) acquired by Parametric Technology Corporation. He is passionate about books & literacy, tennis, and is an aspiring outrigger canoe paddler.