Brian S.

Brian Scully is an experienced software and digital marketing professional with a passion for growing early-stage startups. He holds an MBA in marketing, business, and entrepreneurship from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree in psychology and business from the University of California, Los Angeles. Scully has managed remote international teams since 2006 and has overseen all aspects of startup companies, from product development to sales and marketing to customer support and general operations.

As the owner of PRUnderground.com, Scully actively invests in seed and angel stage companies and helps rapidly grow businesses through measurable, ROI-driven intelligent marketing. He specializes in micro-budget marketing, email marketing, SEO, SEM, press and blog PR, tradeshows, events, social media, lead generation, and user acquisition. Scully's expertise also includes branding, primary, and secondary market research, analyst relations, blogging, social network marketing, and prospect database development.

Throughout his career, Scully has worked for companies such as PropertyShark.com, Yardi Systems, UMT Software, Zebware, ClickRadio, RealNetworks, and Advent Software. He successfully led the marketing efforts of PropertyShark.com, securing hundreds of mentions in major press and blogs, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine, NY Post, Curbed, Eater, Village Voice, Bloomberg, CNBC, and Reuters. Scully's primary goal is to grow startups to profitability and acquisition, building a strong brand, achieving profitability, and eventually selling the business for a return on time and investment.