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Meet mrcantile Founder & Your Small Business Advocate, Morgan Cornelius

Meet Morgan Cornelius, mrcantile Founder & Your Small Business Advocate

I'm Morgan Cornelius, founder of mrcantile, a marketing collective built specifically for small business owners who deserve the same level of strategic, creative marketing that the big guys get.

After 15 years inside some of the biggest names in tech (Yelp, Instagram, and Twitter), I saw firsthand how powerful marketing strategies were being built about small businesses, but rarely for them. So I left the corporate world to change that.

I specialize in the things that actually move the needle for small businesses: brand and product marketing, community building, experiential programming, and the kind of audience insight that helps you connect meaningfully with your customers. I've spent my career understanding what makes local and independent businesses tick and now I put that knowledge to work for you.

At mrcantile, we bring big-brand thinking to businesses that are anything but ordinary. Whether you're a neighborhood staple, an online boutique, a tech-startup with a team of two or somewhere in between, we show up as a true partner in the trenches with you, not talking down from a boardroom.

On a personal note: I've loved calling Seattle, Los Angeles, Scottsdale, San Francisco, and Denver home before landing back in Portland, Oregon, where my husband and I are raising our sons. When I'm not working, you'll find me out on an adventure day with my family, meal prepping on Sundays, or starting a soul train on a dance floor.

If you're ready to grow your business with marketing that actually works and feels like you, I'd love to talk.

  • "Morgan grew Yelp's Small Business Advisory Council (YSBAC) year over year while making it fun and informative for all parties involved. She regularly emphasized the importance of listening to our customers (aka local businesses) and leveraging their feedback to help inform our product roadmap and build empathy internally."

    Rosie Akenhead | Head of Marketing, Managed Houses | Hall & Woodhouse LTD (formerly a colleague at Yelp)

  • “Morgan is a tenacious and empathetic leader with a deep understanding of how to harness the power of community to drive real impact for your business. Her expertise and track record within the SMB sector, combined with her ability to build strong relationships means she gets to the crux of the matter quickly - making her uniquely placed to deliver robust strategy and flawless execution to your projects, no matter how complex.”

    Eva Caiden | Head of International Community | Discord (formerly a colleague at Instagram)

  • "Morgan's exceptional expertise in the SMB domain is truly unparalleled. Her achievements have always been indicative of her innate leadership qualities and meticulous attention to detail."

    David Cuen | Director of Content Engagement and Intelligence | Booking.com (former manager at Instagram)

  • “Morgan played a strong role representing the SMB Community for our 25M GTM moment. Specifically, her guidance on SMB confusion points and messages that would resonate most strongly with our businesses were hugely influential in our final plan.”

    Mike Bronfin | Group Product Manager Instagram Business Foundations | Meta (formerly a cross-functional partner at Instagram)

  • "Morgan is intuitive, empathetic, and grounded. She deeply understands her customers and community and how to build it. In under a year of working together, she built a robust and engaged community of professionals that was providing solid product improvements, interested in beta testing new features, and sharing and connecting with each other. Morgan gets it."

    John Stokvis | Senior Product Manager | Indiegogo (formerly a cross-functional partner at Twitter)

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