Before co-founding StartEngine, Howard co-founded Activision and was the Chairman of Activision Studios from 1991 until 1997. As a former Board Member and Executive Vice-President of video-game giant Activision, he and a partner took control in 1991 and turned the ailing company into the $37 billion market cap video game industry leader, selling millions of games.
“I have one big hit under my belt,” the 59-year-old Marks quipped about Activision. He believes he’s got a second home run on deck with StartEngine.StartEngine is currently crowdfunding for the likes of Legion M, a Century City-based production company backed by “Star Trek” actor William Shatner tha...
I decided that this is the right framework. When I started Activision, everybody said video games are dead—Atari went out of business, right? I didn’t believe what people told me.