Mobley has been involved in many startup ventures in both the private and social sectors.

He led the response to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act through his position as Director of the Caribbean Basin Program, funded by USAID in 1984. Mobley also participated in a technical capacity in the startup of two of USAID’s AIDS Technical Support Projects (AIDSCAP – 1991 and Horizons – 1997).

As an entrepreneur, Mobley created a national market for a new style of costume jewelry that he developed from novelty products previously used as wall decorations in Central America. See a sample of the Exotica bird collection. He also:

created a new recipe for a failing gourmet jelly and peanut butter retail store that became the outlets most favored product (Cajun Peanut Butter)

took a failed video store’s warehoused inventory and created a positive cash flow and self-sustaining operation through a B2B mobile video trading service

introduced North American artists to Latin American collectors opening new gallery representation in several countries

wrote, directed, and produced cable television commercial insertions for local businesses

introduced northern California to the first desk-based mini computer (Burroughs B-80) in 1977 through a mobile office, managing to self-teach its operations and capacities sufficiently to present to salespersons and clients throughout the region