John Bresee (February 21, 1966 – June 29, 2019) was a Utah-based entrepreneur and co-founder of

Backcountry.com Backcountry.com is an American online specialty retailer that sells clothing and outdoor recreation gear for hiking, camping, road biking, mountain biking, rock climbing, winter sports, fly fishing, kayaking, rafting, road and trail running, a ...

, as well as a writer, editor, and entrepreneur coach.

Business

He was a co-founder of

, one of the first

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-based outdoor gear retailers in 1996 while living in

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. Bresee and Jim Holland sold Backcountry.com to Liberty Media and John C. Malone in 2007. He was also director of

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for Cellmania, an infrastructure company for mobile commerce applications funded by Motorola. Cellmania was acquired by Blackberry in 2013.

Writer and editor

Bresee founded ''The Wasatch Canyon Reporter'', a

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skiing newsletter, while working at Snowbird Resort. He later became a managing editor and writer for '' Powder Magazine''. Additionally, his work has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Gravity''.

References

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