Meet the Team

The people behind Marker 90

Businesses are personal, especially when your name, family, savings and future are tied to it. So we think the people advising you should be real people you can know, reach and trust.

Marker 90 is a family-owned consulting firm named for the ICW marker near the place our family has called home for generations.

We’re built around different kinds of experience and one shared goal: helping people turn good ideas and hard work into businesses that actually thrive.

Brent DeRidder

Founder and Business Consultant

I’m a business consultant, salesman, organizer and problem solver. My experience includes sales, management, training, business development, nonprofit leadership, grassroots outreach and organizational growth.

I’ve worked with small-business owners, local and statewide organizations, national campaigns and public figures. I’ve also done public speaking events and led training on sales, outreach, communication and organizational growth.

After years of building a career in sales, management and consulting, I took a year away to help my wife and father pursue their dream of opening a diner.

That’s when I realized my heart is with small-business owners and entrepreneurs.

I’d rather make a huge difference for a small-business owner than help a large organization add a little more to its quarterly numbers.

So I stepped away from that world to work with people like you.

Emily DeRidder

Sales, Outreach and Growth

For about four years, I worked alongside my dad in outreach and organizational growth. I wasn’t watching from the sidelines. I was there for the planning, organizing, conversations, events and follow-up.

As I gained experience, I began leading outreach and sales-training events myself.

That work taught me how to start conversations, communicate a clear goal, follow up and help turn interest into action. It also taught me that growth doesn’t happen because you have a good idea. It happens when you can reach people, earn their trust and give them a reason to get involved.

At Marker 90, I focus on sales, customer outreach, follow-up systems and organizational growth. I bring practical experience, fresh ideas and a new perspective to every problem we take on.

Riley DeRidder

Content, Photography and Visual Design

I’ve been interested in photography and practicing it for years. Over the past two years, I’ve also created social-media content and worked with graphic design, logos and printed materials.

I’ve worked on both the Sugar Shack and Sweet Marie’s Diner. That’s given me firsthand experience creating for real family businesses and seeing how the content, pictures and designs connect to everything else the business is trying to do.

I love creating for new clients. Every business has its own personality, and I enjoy learning what makes it different and creating something that actually fits.

At Marker 90, I focus on photography, content and visual design. I help businesses look like themselves and communicate clearly across social media, printed materials and the visual parts of their brands.

Business runs in the family

We’ve always been a tight family, and we come from generations of entrepreneurs and small-business owners—going all the way back to our grandparents and great-grandparents.

We know what it’s like to start with an idea, figure things out as you go and build something real together.

Now our family business is helping your family build yours.

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