Mark Kulkis worked at porn's trade magazine Adult Video News from about 1993? to 1997 (attaining the rank of managing editor), when he quit to work for Patrick Collins Elegant Angel. In late 1997, he quit Elegant Angel with Rob Black and Tom Byron and joined their new company Extreme Associates.

In late 1998 he quit Extreme to work for Larry Flynt Publications. In late 2000, he quit LFP to start his own production company.

Farrell Timlake 4/9/01 writes from HomegrownVideo.com: I just noticed that Mark Kulkis is no longer with Hustler so I want to wish him a lot of luck as he packs up the caravan and starts the long haul across the desert wasteland known as the adult industry. There are so many dangers that lay on the road ahead for those seeking to become their own production company. So much strength and courage is required to brave the harsh distributors that don't want to start selling a new line, even if you have a cool name and a famous ex-employee of so many veritable companies at the helm. Then, putting out a product that is not so generic as all the other grains of sand produced by all the competition becomes an exercise in survival. Every well of nourishing, ever-flowing content is jealously guarded and defended to the death. Any friend may become an enemy in the positioning for coveted shelf space. There is only the grueling sun of press burning brightly overhead and from which there is no escape. Prolonged exposure can prove hazardous in the EXTREME sense of the word.