The Hatchery - Business and Dot Com Incubator

Mr. Kirschner is responsible for Marketing, Product Management and Public Relations for LinkShare Corporation. Kirschner has deep experience in interactive media and product marketing. Prior to LinkShare, Kirschner ran a marketing consulting company with various clients spanning retail, consumer products and ecommerce. Before that, he was Head of Marketing for the Scholastic Software and Internet Group, and had responsibility for product and marketing activities across the division's lines of business. Prior to that, he built the product marketing and creative teams for an online entertainment business funded by Disney called Skillgames. Before that, he ran marketing for Learningsmith, a venture-backed "clicks and mortar" toy retailer. Prior to that, he created the marketing group for MTV: Music Television's Consumer Products Group, where he was charged with the development, planning and execution of marketing for MTV's ventures into music, home video, books, licensed merchandise, online and radio. Kirschner has also held positions at Paramount Interactive, Viacom New Media and Grey Advertising. He has a B.A. in Political Science from Brown University.