| Northwestern University, M.S. | |
| Journalism |
Michael is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded four successful internet-based media companies. He has a passion for creating, managing and growing companies from the ground up.
Michael’s first foray into entrepreneurship came with the founding of University Wire, an Associated Press-like network of more than 700 student-run newspapers that is now owned by CBS Corp. In 1997, Michael sold U-Wire to Student Advantage, the nation’s leading student membership organization linking 1.5 million students through one affinity card program. As a member of the Student Advantage management team, Michael helped grow Student Advantage from a handful of employees into the premier media and marketing company in the college market with more than 300 employees and $80 million in annual revenue.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Bitium | 4/13 | Seed | $2.4M | 11 |
| BuzzFeed | 1/13 | Series D | $19.3M | 6 |
| Namely | 10/12 | Seed | $750k | 16 |
| Flashnotes | 10/12 | Seed | $1.8M | 7 |
| Scopely | 9/12 | Venture Round | $8.5M | 16 |
| Namely | 12/11 | Seed | $1M | 14 |
| Savored | 1/11 | Series A | $3M | 4 |
