Be Investable

Michael Melfi is joined by Richard Simtob, serial entrepreneur and Partner at Zoup!

Michael Melfi is joined by Dave Meltzer, CEO of Sports 1 Marketing, one of the world’s leading sports and entertainment marketing agencies.

Michael Melfi is  joined by Elizabeth Grace Saunders, Founder and CEO of Real Life E Time Coaching and Speaking.

Real Life E is a time coaching and speaking company. In this podcast, Elizabeth talks about her three books,but focuses on 'Divine Time Management'.

In this episode, Michael S. Melfi takes on New Year’s resolutions. What will your goals be in 2018? Where will your focus be? Who can you be in 2018 that is going to allow you to reach the greatest version of you? Michael gets down to the core of helping you identify where you want to go and then he offers tips and tools to reach the outcome. Start your year off in a great spot and tune into this podcast.

Shane Kelly is the Founding Partner and Managing Director of Wolverine Angels. Wolverine Angels was created to connect investors, entrepreneurs and executives in the University of Michigan community.

Kelly is also the Head of Investments for CrowdSmart, an investment platform for investors and startups. In this podcast, Kelly talks with Melfi about being investable and how that impacts deals. He offers incredible advice for both entrepreneurs and investors. This is a podcast for entrepreneurs, regardless of where they are in the process as well as investors.

Be Investable is live from the Invest Michigan offices, in The Guardian building, Downtown Detroit. They are joined by Chairman, President and CEO of Invest Michigan, Charlie Moret. They talk about what Invest Michigan accomplishes in the Michigan economy as well as the rich mission that drives it. Helping early stage technology business grow and thrive is the cornerstone of the work accomplished at Invest Michigan. If you are an entrepreneur ready to take your technology company to the next level, listen to this podcast.

In this podcast, Michael is joined by Gina Schrader, the Director of Business Model Innovation at NextEnergy Center. NextEnergy is an innovation center located in Detroit Michigan, that accelerates technologies that transform how we use energy to live and move.

NextEnergy enables and fosters smarter and more sustainable cities. They talk to companies in every stage and have many strategic partners such as government, philanthropic and industry. They help connect the dots for entrepreneurs and partners. In this podcast, Schrader shares the 10 finalists in the Technology Challenge!

On a weekly basis, Michael gets a myriad of questions about business, startups and entrepreneurship. In this podcast, Michael takes some time to talk Q&A with listeners and answering their most pressing questions. From fundraising and how to be investable he delves into the most asked about topics. He breaks down attitude, skills and knowledge and how each of these play a pivotal role in your success as an entrepreneur. Whether you are a new listener or someone who has been tuning in for a while, you are going to want to check out this podcast.

Rich Chang, the CEO of New Foundry joined Michael Melfi on the Be Investable podcast to talk about how New Foundry is taking the industry by storm, winning awards and growing - while serving amazing clients like Huntington, Sea Ray and Roush. New Foundry is an innovation studio that forges new ideas. Rich has been a part of the tech industry since the mid-90’s and he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the table. One of his companies helped build the backbone of the internet. Yes, you read that correct, the backbone to the internet. Rich talks about the highs and the lows of being a founder of a company. Listen in for his two takeaways from his journey. His wealth of knowledge reaches all levels of entrepreneurs!