Oriana Schneps founded Moby Maritime Media after more than five years as a crewmember. While most yachties starting a business go straight from the deck to entrepreneurship, Schneps’ path took her to New York to work with Gary Vaynerchuk and then back to the yachting life to star in “Below Deck,” before finding her niche in the industry and creating Moby Maritime Media. Triton spoke to Schneps about her journey to becoming a founder, how she intends to revolutionize the yachting marketing space, and how her crew skills helped her along the way.
What was your journey into yachting and what made you want to become a crewmember?
I started working at the New England Aquarium when I was in high school, and I really got exposed to what it meant to work in the marine field. I also worked on expedition boats, so we would take boats to the Bahamas for a week at a time …