Entrepreneur · Professor

Build it. Then teach it.

I'm Cory Poccia. I founded Mainstream Entertainment Group, home to my companies in film, TV, CTV marketing, radio and hospitality. I've taught at Adelphi University since 2017. If you're building something, whether it's a company, a brand or a career, I'll tell you what I'd do.

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2× Communicator Award winnerWWE Intercontinental Championship Award, post-production
Cory Poccia
20+ yearsin media: Scott Rudin, WWE, Cision, then my own companies
Brands I've worked with
About

From the loading dock to the lecture hall.

Cory Poccia on a Manhattan rooftop at dusk Cory Poccia behind the camera at the 2016 presidential debate
Behind the camera at the 2016 presidential debate.

Before any of this, I ran the front end at Waldbaums, clerked at Blockbuster in East Meadow and loaded trucks at UPS. On nights off I was shooting. Or I was at the Broadway Beanery in Lynbrook with my friend Ari, taking scripts apart to see why one story lands and the next one doesn't.

My first break was an internship with Academy Award–winning producer Scott Rudin. Then I spent four years at WWE as a producer and video editor on the Road to WrestleMania. After that I produced at Cision for Oprah Winfrey, Clive Davis and Viacom.

In 2010 I started Mainstream Entertainment Group. It's home to everything I've built since: a CTV marketing studio, a radio station, a restaurant with Chef Brian Duffy, and AI software for DJs. I'm still a DJ and music producer at heart.

Along the way I started teaching. The best way to learn something is to build it, then teach it.

2004Graduated from Adelphi University (film), then interned at Scott Rudin Productions
2004–2008Producer and video editor, WWE
2008–2009Producer, Cision
2010Founded Mainstream Entertainment Group
2014–2020Entrepreneurs' Organization: Learning Chair (NYC), then founder and President of the Long Island Accelerator
2016Camera operator, presidential debate
2017Joined the faculty at Adelphi University
2020 · 2023 · 2025Founded Arcadia Retro Eats, WLIT.FM and djOS™
What I do

Companies, classroom, community.

Cory Poccia at Arcadia Retro Eats in Levittown 01 — THE ENTREPRENEUR

Mainstream Entertainment Group

CEO & Founder · since 2010 · Plainview, NY

My holding company. Home to CS & Co. Marketing Studio, WLIT.FM, djOS™ and Arcadia Retro Eats.

See the companies →
Photo: at Arcadia Retro Eats, as featured in Newsday (Newsday/Steve Pfost)
Cory Poccia teaching a class at Adelphi University 02 — THE PROFESSOR

Adelphi University

Adjunct Professor since 2017 · Adelphi alum, class of 2004

I teach media production, AI and entrepreneurship at the school where I studied film.

  • Entrepreneurship and the Arts
  • Media and AI
  • Cinematography · Post Production
  • Music Video and Pop Culture
  • Faculty Senate Executive Committee, 2020–22
  • Faculty Advisor, Kappa Sigma
Cory Poccia with fellow Entrepreneurs' Organization board members 03 — THE COMMUNITY

Entrepreneurs' Organization

6 years · 2014–2020

I served on two EO boards and built the Long Island Accelerator from scratch.

  • Founder and President/Chair, EO Accelerator, Long Island (2018–20)
  • Board Member and Accelerator Chair, EO Long Island (2018–20)
  • Board Member and Learning Chair, EO NYC Accelerator (2016–17)
  • Learning Chair, EO Accelerator, New York City (2014–18)
CS & Co. Marketing Studio ↗A CTV studio that takes the risk: it only gets paid when the campaign performs.
WLIT.FM ↗Long Island Tonight, a radio station and app. Founded 2023.
djOS™ ↗AI software I developed for DJs. I'm a DJ and music producer myself. 2025.
Arcadia Retro Eats · in Newsday ↗A restaurant and retro arcade I opened in Levittown with Chef Brian Duffy of Bar Rescue and Food Network.
Muay Thai teaches you the difference between speed and panic. So does running a company.
— Cory Poccia
Speaking

Invite me to speak

For conferences, classrooms, EO chapters and founder groups.

  1. CTV marketingHow to make streaming TV perform and prove it to your CFO, from a studio that buys it every day.
  2. Generative and agentic AIWhat AI that makes things, and AI that does things, changes for media, marketing and small business.
  3. Entrepreneurship and the artsHow creative people build real businesses. It's the course I teach at Adelphi.
Contact

Let's get a cup of coffee.

In person on Long Island or over a video call. Tell me what you're building, and I'll tell you honestly whether I can help.

Students and press: choose your reason on the form and I'll reply personally.

Let's get a cup of coffee