With over 25 years of experience in the digital media industry, I am the founder of Horan MediaTech Advisors, a platform for my investment and consulting activities. I have a track record of building and exiting successful media, commerce and ad technology businesses, generating almost $1.8 billion in value and more than $4 billion in public market value-creation in the last ten years. I have also been involved in $800 million in acquisitions in the same period.I work with and/or have investments in a diverse portfolio of media companies, such as A Kids Book About, Business.com, Candid, Digital Trends, Kevel, Lending Tree, Purch, ShopPad, Skift, Slumberkins, TougHer, WatchMojo and WildFang. I advise them on strategy, growth, and monetization, leveraging my expertise and network in the digital media space. I am also an active early stage investor and part of several angel funds and seed funds. My mission is to identify and cultivate profitable business models for quality media companies in the 21st century. I am passionate about the power and potential of digital media to inform, entertain, and inspire audiences, as well as the impact and responsibility of media companies to society and the environment.