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Michael Conniff Email & Phone Number
Chairman and CEO
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Murray Lane Ventures
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@coloradomtn.edu
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Chairman and CEO
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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Michael Conniff is listed as Chairman and CEO at Murray Lane Ventures, a company with 1 employees, based in East Hampton, New York, United States. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at coloradomtn.edu, phone signal with area code 970, 347, 802, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Michael Conniff.
Michael Conniff previously worked as Writer | Pioneer | Founder (10X) | Merchant Banker | Family Offices | IPOs | M&A | Amazon Top Ten In Historical Fiction | Inventing the Future of Storytelling with AI | Player of Drums at Amazon and News Futurist-in-Residence at S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications At Syracuse University. Michael Conniff holds Bachelor'S Degree, Honors In History from Harvard University.
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About Michael Conniff
MICHAEL CONNIFF graduated from Harvard with honors in History and won a summer fellowship at the Harvard Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government to research the career of his late father, Frank Conniff, a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. As a Harvard Fellow he taught writing to freshman and became the first Harvard writing instructor to use word processing as a teaching tool—and the only Journalism Tutor ever appointed at Harvard's Eliot House. A pioneer in the online world, Mr. Conniff is founder and CEO of Murray Lane Ventures LLC and the founder of many companies in the past, including INTERACTIVE SPORTS, Post Time Media, Media New Service, High Comm Group—and two nonprofits.In addition, he was the first person ever hired full-time in new media at NBC. He is also an Expert-in-Residence at Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at WeWork, and a Mentor at AWS Global Fintech Accelerator. Mr. Conniff is host of The Angel and The Accelerator podcasts and a co-founder of the Isaacson School for Communications, Arts and Media in Aspen, Colorado, where he was selected Faculty of the Year by students. He is also the author of the how-took book WRITE GOOD!—and the new A.I. app of the same name.He is chair of the Media Committee at Holt Xchange in Montreal, Canada; a Partner at the KLIC l KALCHURI LNCT GROUP INCUBATION CENTERS in Bhopal, India; a Senior Adviser to Unify Platform (UNIPLAT) in Zug, Switzerland; an Entrepreneurship Expert at Seoul International Institute; and a member of the Customer Experience Advisory Board at the University of Colorado Boulder Leeds School of Business.His novel, BOOK OF O’KELLS: MOTHER NATURE, reached the Amazon Top Ten list for Historical Fiction. The author of more than a dozen published short stories, he was selected as a Sokolov Scholar in Fiction at the Breadloaf Writers Conference. THE GOOD EGG—from the BOOK OF O’KELLS—was the first and only novel ever conceived and consummated on Facebook. In addition, he has written several original TV pilots and screenplays.Mr. Conniff cut his teeth as a copy boy and then a reporter on the San Francisco Examiner, Baltimore News American, and Boston Herald; he started five independent news services and co-founded Interactive Sports to pioneer analytics, fan marketing, and the interactive information network at MCI Center in Washington, D.C..He is the former host of Con Games in Aspen, the #1-rated radio talk show in that market. For fun Mr. Conniff plays drums.For more: michaelconniff.com.
Listed skills include Blogging, New Media, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, and 46 others.
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Murray Lane Ventures
36 roles · 21 years
Michael Conniff work experience
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Writer | Pioneer | Founder (10X) | Merchant Banker | Family Offices | Ipos | M&A | Amazon Top Ten In Historical Fiction | Inventing The Future Of Storytelling With Ai | Player Of Drums
Chairman And Ceo
CurrentBacking great founders and companies doing good: Murray Lane Ventures is looking to deploy capital in public companies or companies going public with investments from $50 million to $5 billion—a war chest—for when companies hit the public markets. The investment is for a passive minority position (up to 49 percent) with no board seat or control required..
Jan 2023 - Present
News Futurist-In-Residence
CurrentCenter For Digital Media Entrepreneurship
Jun 2024 - Present
Venture Member
CurrentHBS and Harvard Alumni investing network based in New York City.
May 2023 - Present
Expert-In-Residence
CurrentHelping everyone I can within a boffo network of Harvard types.
Dec 2022 - Present
Media Committee Chair
CurrentOperating with trailblazing Family Office based in Montreal, Canada, focused on fintech and media, sports, entertainment, and technology.
Nov 2021 - Present
Senior Advisor
CurrentHelping an innovative global technology platform to get the word out about scientific discoveries and inventions.
Feb 2022 - Present
Managing Director
CurrentConnecting founders, startups, and entrepreneurs to Angel investors, venture capitalists, family offices, and investment firms.
Dec 2021 - Present
Aug 2023 - Present
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
CurrentAmazing opportunity to build out Influencer and IPO accelerators in the super-cool WeWork ecosystem.
Jun 2023 - Present
Venture Growth Lead
Current
Jan 2022 - Present
Expert In Entrepreneurship
Current
Jul 2023 - Present
Co-Founder, Isaacson School For Communications, Arts & Media
CurrentHad original conversation with CMC President and CEO Stan Jensen about the idea of a new media school in Aspen. Suggested Walter Isaacson as our namesake. Ran Digital Story Lab—multimedia storytelling across social media platforms—connecting students to the Aspen community and businesses. Produced "Writ Large" spoken-word storytelling at Justice Snow's in.
Feb 2010 - Present
Adjunct Professor, Lead Faculty
CMC Aspen Faculty of the Year selected by students. Lead Faculty for Isaacson School Digital Black Diamond Workshops and Digital Story Lab. Member of Fundraising Committee, Steering Committee, Operations Committee, Learning Environments Committee, Marketing Committee (chair).
Mar 2010 - Feb 2016
Founder, Digital Story Lab @ The Isaacson School For New Media
Established by a Welch Family Foundation grant to facilitate multimedia storytelling across platforms within the Isaacson School, within the community, and in the world at large.
Feb 2013 - Jan 2016
Executive Board Member
Deputy Vice President on the board of a leading organization representing the interests of foreign journalists in the United States.
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
Chairman And Chief Executive Officer
Post Time Media Inc.
Full-service branding, storytelling, and social marketing agency based in Aspen, Colorado.
2005 - May 2015
Editor-In-Chief
Aspen Post
Founded ground-breaking community blog that grew to 60,000 unique monthly visitors; 100 bloggers; and over 20,000 pieces of original content.
Dec 2005 - Nov 2012
Jun 2010 - Jan 2011
The Con Man
Con Games
Host of the #1 rated political talk show on Colorado's Western Slope.
Mar 2003 - Feb 2010
Editor-At-Large
Responsible at Aspen Peak magazine for feature stories, story development, identification of writers and photographers, social commentary, and food and dining.
Jan 2003 - Jun 2009
Editor-At-Large
Hired with responsibility for arts and entertainment, business, winter and summer guides, restaurant guides, feature stories, X Games and HBO Comedy Festival specials sections. Developed ADN staff writers and 40 new freelance contributors with minimal budget. Eliminated wire copy from all sections and introduced 100 percent original content.
Oct 2003 - Mar 2005
Correspondent
Covering civil unions, criminal justice, and popular culture for the National Desk.
Feb 2003 - Mar 2005
Chairman And Chief Executive Officer
Interactive Sports
Responsible for all content and all brands for twelve years. Executive producer of Urban Sports Network, Women’s Sports Channel, Nutrition.com, Hooplife, X Ice (joint-venture with NHL New York Islanders). Editor-in-chief of ISWire daily sports news service with more than three million readers; wireless products most popular in sports industry. Database of.
Jan 1990 - Oct 2002
Columnist
Originated new media column for “bible of the newspaper business.” Organized seminal Interactive Newspaper conferences for E&P and The Kelsey Group. Wrote magazine special section on implications of World Wide Web in February 1996.
May 1992 - Apr 1994
Managing Editor
Strategic reporting, editing, and analysis in the electronic yellow pages and classified advertising space pre-Craig's List for The Kelsey Report. Organized and managed the Interactive Newspapers conference in Orlando, Florida.
Jan 1989 - Dec 1991
Chairman And Chief Executive Officer
High Comm Group
New media consulting firm with clients like AT&T, Reuters, General Electric, Citicorp. Created original design for Citicorp Global Report, first international online service. Lead consultant for Reuter TV 2000. Performed market research and product development assignments in all realms of new media. “Comm” positioning preceded dot-coms by a dozen years.
Jan 1982 - Dec 1991
Manager, Interactive Services
Product manager for all online travel, publishing, and financial services products. Launched services on Knight-Ridder’s Viewtron, Time Teletext, and the like. Worked directly with Shearson, Fireman’s Fund, Travel & Leisure magazine. Only non-MBA accepted into the exclusive Graduate Management Program (GMP).
Jan 1983 - Jun 1984
Manager, Strategic Planning
First person ever hired full-time by NBC in new media. Responsible for project management, product development, affiliate relations, strategic partnerships, long-term planning.
Feb 1981 - Apr 1982
Manager, Database Development
Fired for bringing LINK Resources online in 1982 against management wishes. Worked closely with global media clients. Wrote Viewdata/Videotex Report, Online Database Report. Quoted constantly by The New York Times, BusinessWeek, et cetera.
Mar 1980 - Apr 1981
Founder And Columnist
Media News Service
Syndicated news service covering Boston media market grew to eleven dailies, second-largest circulation of any media column in New England. Began as television critic for The Real Paper and Quincy Patriot Ledger.
Dec 1979 - Dec 1980
Fellow
First Harvard writing instructor to use word processing as a teaching tool. Eliot House Journalism Tutor—the only journalism tutor at Harvard.
Jan 1980 - Jun 1980
Treasurer
Elected financial secretary/treasurer to the Boston Herald American's editorial union at age 24. In charge of all finances and investments. Tried unsuccessfully to bring universal healthcare to the newspaper's employees.
Nov 1978 - Oct 1979
Staff Writer
General assignment reporter covering politics, education, entertainment, sports. Voted treasurer of AFL-CIO Local #21432 at age 25 on platform of long-term health care.
Nov 1977 - Oct 1979
Correspondent
Baltimore News American
One-man bureau based in Ocean City, Maryland, second-largest city in the state during summer months.
Jun 1979 - Sep 1979
4 education records
Michael Conniff education
Bachelor'S Degree, Honors In History
Harvard University
Education record
Stanford University Graduate School Of Business
Breadloaf Writer'S Conference Sokolov Scholar In Fiction
Middlebury College
Television Institute, Journalism
Columbia University - Graduate School Of Journalism
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Michael Conniff is listed as Chairman and CEO at Murray Lane Ventures.
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Michael Conniff is based in East Hampton, New York, United States while working with Murray Lane Ventures.
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Michael Conniff has worked for Murray Lane Ventures, Amazon, S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications At Syracuse University, Harvard Business School Hbs Alumni Angels Association - Hbsaa, and Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs.
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Michael Conniff holds Bachelor'S Degree, Honors In History from Harvard University.
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Michael Conniff is listed with skills including Blogging, New Media, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Journalism, Marketing, Facebook, and Publishing.
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