Mike is the Managing Partner for Joyance Partners and Social Starts and has been active in tech journalism, product testing, startups, and venture capital for over four decades. Mike helped found PC Magazine, oversaw the Ziff-Davis product testing labs, and later was Ziff's Executive Vice President. At SoftBank, he directed content for the Seybold, Interop, and Comdex conferences and supported early investment activities. Mike was CEO at Olive Software, Inman News, and Zinio; a partner at Redleaf, a corporately-backed multi-stage VC fund, and a consultant for Bloomberg, Reuters, and AARP. He has authored more than 20 books and currently hosts Inception, a podcast about how startups are created, funded, and ultimately, win.