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Legend
Curtis Matsko and the art of outgrowing a good idea
Founder · Executive · Operator

Curtis Matsko and the art of outgrowing a good idea

A leather journal got Curtis Matsko into business. Learning when to put it down helped him build Portland Leather Goods - and a company that keeps changing shape.

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Legend
MacCoy Merkley
Operator · Executive · Creator

MacCoy Merkley

MacCoy Merkley is the Chief Marketing Officer of Portland Leather Goods, the largest leather bag manufacturer in North America. A former wedding photographer, he answered a Craigslist ad for a digital media specialist in 2018 and went on to help scale the company from roughly $3.5M to more than $100M in annual revenue. He is known in direct-to-consumer circles for a product-first, no-nonsense approach to marketing, heavy use of Meta advertising, strategic discounting, and a very active personal presence on LinkedIn and X.

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