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John Bresee

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John Bresee (February 21, 1966 – June 29, 2019)[1] was a Utah-based entrepreneur and co-founder of Backcountry.com, as well as a writer, editor, and entrepreneur coach.

Business

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He was a co-founder of Backcountry.com, one of the first internet-based outdoor gear retailers in 1996 while living in Park City, Utah.[2] Bresee and Jim Holland sold Backcountry.com to Liberty Media and John C. Malone in 2007.[3] He was also director of e-commerce for Cellmania,[citation needed] an infrastructure company for mobile commerce applications funded by Motorola. Cellmania was acquired by Blackberry in 2013.

Writer and editor

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Bresee founded The Wasatch Canyon Reporter, a Wasatch Range skiing newsletter, while working at Snowbird Resort. He later became a managing editor and writer for Powder Magazine. Additionally, his work has appeared in Skiing, Outside, Newsweek, and Gravity.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ "John Stuart Bresee". Legacy.com. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "Backcountry.com Founder, POWDER Editor John Bresee, Remembered as a Wildman". Powder. July 8, 2019.
  3. ^ Villano, Matt (2007-11-14). "Paying to Hear the Complaints". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-09-14.