Savor Talk! Guest: Mike Michalowicz

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 is a reoccurring guest on CNBC’s nationally syndicated entrepreneurial television program, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch. 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. Mike Michalowicz: Toilet Paper EntrepreneurA guest lecturer for entrepreneurial groups 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. He is an alumni brother of Delta Sigma Pi, an international business fraternity. He is married, has three children and lives in Morris County, NJ.