Mike Michalowicz

Mike Michalowicz has a driving passion for entrepreneurialism. It is his belief that anyone who has the desire, even a fleeting ‘what if’, has been touched by an inspiration that must be satisfied. Michalowicz wrote The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur with the sole purpose of giving first-time entrepreneurs the information they need to grow their concepts into industry leaders.

Michalowicz has successfully launched three multimillion-dollar companies. He was Founder and President of Olmec Systems, Inc., a regional computer network integrator, which he sold in 2002 through a private transaction.  He subsequently co-founded and served as Managing Partner of PG Lewis & Associates, LLC, a national provider of data forensic services, which he went on to sell to a Fortune 500 in 2006. His most recent venture, Obsidian Launch LLC, partners exclusively with first-time entrepreneurs, to launch their ideas into niche industry leaders.

Michalowicz was the most frequent reoccurring guest on CNBC’s The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and has had multiple appearances on FOX and ABC.  He is also a reoccurring guest on MSNBC’s Your Business. He has been highlighted on entrepreneurial topics on National Public Radio (NPR), in Inc. Magazine, The New York Times, and Smart CEO Magazine.  Michalowicz was recognized as Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 1999 by the MCCC, New Jersey's Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the SBA in 2000, and is a 2004 graduate of MIT's Birthing of Giants Entrepreneurial Program.  Additionally, he has been published internationally in magazines such as WA Business News of Australia, and Sprout of the Netherlands.  

A keynote lecturer for corporate events such as eBay’s national OnLocation series, and for entrepreneurial groups at the CEO conference, Entrepreneur Expose, and other national events, Michalowicz is also a regular guest speaker at Babson, Boston College, Harvard, NYU, Penn State, TCNJ, UPenn, and many other colleges throughout the US.  Michalowicz is a member of EO (Entrepreneur's Organization) and is an active member of GOT (Gathering of Titans, Entrepreneurial Program). Michalowicz has a BA from Virginia Tech in Finance and a second BA from Virginia Tech in Management Sciences.  

• 4. From Now to $5M

  Strategies for 2nd Stage Growth
  
  This practical and motivating presentation is ideal for entrepreneurs with established businesses, still generating under $2M in revenue. This presentation introduces new, simple strategies for bringing a struggling or stagnant business to a healthy, steady growth trajectory.  Attendees learn actionable tactics that can be applied to their business immediately helping them experience powerful results. Steeped in Michalowicz’s own turn around experiences, bootstrapping growth, business acquisitions, as well as the research compiled in his book, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, attendees learn the following:  
  
  1. Strategies to ensure instant and long term profit (PFA strategy)
  2. Niche mastery (Focus 5 strategy)
  3. Dynamic planning (Vision, Tacking, Heartbeat)
  4. and Partner management (how to manage equity and partners)
  5. Mixed bullet point strategies (cash management, sales, etc.), and more

• 3. Marketing Like Mad

  How To Out Market, Out Maneuver & Outwit Every Competitor In Your Industry
  
  This actionable and motivating presentation is ideal for entrepreneurs looking to dramatically increase the awareness of their brand. Mike Michalowicz shares all the secrets and strategies he used to grow three multi-million dollar companies and his wildly successful book, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, without any advertising expenses. This presentation shares the little used methods of branding/marketing that are required to grow a concept to a colossal success. 

  Steeped in Michalowicz’s own experiences and launches he has done for clients, attendees learn the following: 

  
  1. Why the bell curve model is completely wrong
  2. How to leverage the most powerful word in the English language
  3. Loyal consumers attained through the club method
  4. Building by defense-assistance tools
  5. The secret to word-of-mouth marketing
  7. The disruption method, and much more

• 2. Launch Forward - The First Million

  This powerful and motivating presentation is ideal for first time entrepreneurs with business under $1M in revenue and aspiring entrepreneurs. This presentation dispels the entrepreneurial myths behind media darlings such as Google, YouTube and Facebook and gets real about the entrepreneurial path of launching and growing a company, fighting through the trenches and achieving the greatest levels of success. Steeped in Michalowicz’s own “less than glorious” experiences, the presentation’s overall focus is on the necessary mindset and actions s first time entrepreneur must take to grow a successful company.  Michalowicz argues that background and experience are of little importance, and that beliefs, focus and action make all the difference.

• 1. Corporations Thinking Like Entrepreneurs

  How To Bring Innovation Back To Corporate America

  This actionable and motivating presentation is ideal for corporations looking to infuse the entrepreneurial mindset into their brand development. In this presentation Michalowicz shares all the secrets and strategies he uses to launch multi-million dollar concepts, spark community driven growth, and leverage social media. This presentation shares the story of the 3-Sheet Strategy an entrepreneurial dynamic planning and execution strategy, fringe branding/marketing, pre-launch positioning and other differentiation strategies. Steeped in Michalowicz’s own experiences in consulting companies, investing in startups, launching three of his own multi-million dollar companies and the wildly successful launch of his book, The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, attendees leave the presentation with actionable strategies to take their brand to a whole new level.

• Cherish each minute you have with Mike and you will learn how to effectively brand yourself for success.

  Personal Branding Magazine

• Mike will transform your curiosity into entrepreneurial execution. He is amazing!

  Pat Croce, Owner of the 76ers

• Based on the excitement generated at your speech at Harvard, several people have suggested that you become a mentor for the club.

  Harvard College Entrepreneurship Forum

• You are such an inspirational force for small business!

  The College of New Jersey

• Fast-moving, packed with anecdotes from real businesses and genuinely very funny. 

  $1M+ Startup

• I have one suggestion for anyone who attends a presentation by Mike Michalowicz - Bring three notepads, you will fill every page.

  Entrepreneur Magazine

• A phenomenal presenter! Mike Michalowicz, entertains, educates and motivates with every word he says.

  John Jantsch, Author of Duct Tape Marketing & The Referral Engine

• Cherish each minute you have with Mike and you will learn how to effectively brand yourself for success.

  Dan Schawbel, Author of Me 2.0

• You’ll feel like you can actually pull it off – because you can.

  Donny Deutsch, Entrepreneur & Host of CNBC’s The Big Idea

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  September 2008

  The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur

  "Never started a company before? Struggling with little or no cash? Have no experience, no baseline to judge your progress against? Thank God! You've got a shot at making this work." So says Mike Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, a business book that is so uniquely useful, so raw and entertaining, it reads like the brainchild of Steve Jobs and Chris Rock. The founder of three multimillion-dollar companies, including Obsidian Launch, a company that partners with first-time entrepreneurs to grow their concepts into industry leaders, Michalowicz knows what it really takes to spin your great idea into pure gold.