Mike is a self-made multi-millionaire serial-entrepreneur, a founder and CEO, a Forbes contributor, and now and forever — a “dedicated” angel investor. His areas of expertise: anywhere he can leverage his extensive entrepreneurial background and the network of people he knows to make sure his investments have every chance to win! With 25 years of experience connecting people and companies to the right partnerships, strategies, and opportunities that rapidly scale them into multi-million-dollar brands, Mike, now Managing Director of The LVE Group, actively invests his own capital in early stage and developed companies that have purpose, passion and heart. As an active and aggressive angel investment organization, The LVE Group, under Mike’s leadership, is seeking opportunities every day to help start-ups and small companies reach their potential. Are you one of them? If so, get in touch. Let’s get after it together! Let’s go!. . . . . After selling his first truly bootstrapped business (initial personal investment of $15,000), Industry Retail Group (IRG), for $50+ million to Vector Security, Mike founded The LVE Group, a company supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses in growing exponentially through capital investments, high-performance coaching, and the human capital he developed during the course of building his own business. He’s proud of how he never took shortcuts and instead bulldozed his way through business challenges, always leading with integrity and transparency and leveraging epically talented people along the way. In executive/advisory roles, Mike guides professionals, from young hungry entrepreneurs, to C-suite teams in architecting vision roadmaps, accelerated growth strategies, partnership alliances and exit plans. Surround Mike with ambitious people facing obstacles, and he’ll clear the most profitable path forward—and walk alongside them in creating impactful legacies. His expertise: transformational leadership, relationship selling, connector of people, personalization, and as always, motivational speaking. Away from the boardroom, Mike is very active on multiple boards. He takes great pride being one of the youngest members of the Board of Trustee’s at both the University of Maryland and NJBIA. A father of three, he can always be found on the field coaching his children’s sports teams and spending time with friends, as he strives daily to be a good friend and a great father. Also, he doesn’t mind the occasional Bourbon. He embraces his Ohio and Matawan, New Jersey roots, and loves his Maryland Terrapins!