SocraticExperience.com, a secondary school for parents seeking a warm, motivating, high performance virtual educational experience for their children, specializing in creative, intellectual, and entrepreneurial students whose needs are not being met by conventional schools.

Founder of the Academy of Thought and Industry, an innovative Montessori-aligned high school with campuses in SF, NYC, Austin, and St. Louis.  They are managed by Higher Ground Education, the leading Montessori network in the U.S.

Twenty-eight years creating innovative K-12 programs and schools, based on Montessori, Socratic, and entrepreneurial principles, including an inner city school at which minority females gained four years of critical thinking skills in four months (on a test that correlates with SAT and IQ); a Montessori middle school in Palo Alto where the average 8th grade SAT for students was higher than the average private school senior; a school for gifted children where middle schoolers passed AP science courses; MVHS, a rural New Mexican school ranked the 36th best public high school in the U.S.; and KoSchool in Austin.  My book, The Habit of Thought:  From Socratic Seminars to Socratic Practice summarizes my approach.  All of my schools are based on the cultivation of respectful, civil, authentic intellectual dialogue.

This led to FLOW, a non-profit devoted to promoting entrepreneurial solutions to world problems, co-founded with John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market.  My second book, Be the Solution:  How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the World's Problems, co-authored with Mackey, Mohammad Yunus, Hernando de Soto, and others summarizes our approach.

Because global poverty is the biggest of all problems, FLOW led me to focus on bringing better law and governance to the global poor.  As a consequence, I began working to create Special Development Regions and e-government in  Honduras, Senegal, and other regions around the world.

I'm passionate about entrepreneurial solutions to world problems, with personal interest and experience in education and law/governance.  I write on these issues at Medium.

Michael Strong

musical

Web3 platform helping musicians and other creatives connect through a single solution for storing immutable IP files, managing collaborations, negotiating splits and royalties, and distributing music. musical establishes provenance for their works and exposes rich NFT experiences through the creation process. Fans can invest in the “next Beyonce,” participate in royalties, engage with and advocate for their favourite artists.

CoFounder and CRO 

Digital Mass

Digital Mass is as digital consultancy and holding company .  Currently working on disruptive projects that promote equality, community and progress.  Focusing on decentralized applications in the blockchain, venture/angel funding, and startup company advisement.

Founder

Flindel

Meet the Flindel Automated Returns Machine
Return, anywhere.
Your tenants will never need to leave your building to return anything from hundreds of retailers.

https://flindel.com/home

Advisor

callisto.fm

Bridging Analytics with Action
Pair real-time insights with real-time communication. When you know which of your media has the most viewers, you can choose the best moment to capitalize on their fixed attention. Send your audience in-browser messages containing promotional offers, social media invites, or recommendations to more of your great content.

https://www.mediagauge.com/

Pearson

My role at Pearson is to help foster innovation. I am responsible for leading a cross-functional team to develop and launch innovative elementary mathematics solutions, while introducing new disruptive product methodologies. A large part of my role involves developing business models that enhance revenue opportunities. I also ensure that products and services are optimally designed, produced, marketed, sold and supported.

Entrepreneur in Residence

TechStars

TechStars Cloud is a thematic accelerator that will fund companies focused on cloud computing and cloud infrastructure.  Because TechStars Cloud is targeting cloud startups exclusively, we’ve assembled the world’s best and brightest mentors with deep cloud technology expertise.

Mentor TechStars Cloud

Drifty Co.

We make web creation easy, fast, and downright fun

Our tools are used around the world by designers, developers, and companies large and small to create, edit and deploy web and mobile applications in HTML5. Have an idea? Go build it!  

http://drifty.com/

Codiqa-

Develop stunning HTML5 mobile apps and websites.

Clean HTML component library, HTML/CSS/JS editing and exporting, team collaboration, and cloud accessibility all in one.

Jetstrap-

The premier Bootstrap interface builder for developers.

Bootstrap components, HTML/CSS/JS editing and exporting, team collaboration, and cloud accessibility all in one.

DejaSet

DFJ Mercury

DFJ Mercury’s Venture Advisors extend the Investment Team’s reach by assisting in deal sourcing, due diligence, and executive roles.  Each of our Venture Advisors brings a unique skill set to the Firm.  Many of these individuals have been successful entrepreneurs and/or C-level technology executives.  Others are preeminent scientific researchers in their respective fields.  All have worked extensively with start-ups and provide DFJ Mercury with additional “bench strength” as it evaluates opportunities throughout Texas and the Mid- and Southwest.

Venture Advisor

Maestro Music

Maestro answers your music needs with seamless remote access to all of your music, auto backup your music to the cloud, and play your music in your iPhone or Android. Connect with Maestro to share music and playlists with your friends, discover news, events, emerging artists, and more.

Dean McCall is a seasoned business and product technology executive with experience as a CEO, Board Member, Advisor, Investor and founder. Renowned for his business development and Go-to-Market expertise as well as his significant contributions to the startup and venture capital sectors in the US, Canada and Latin America. Dean has forged an exceptional record of guiding both early-stage startups and established companies through scaling, new business development, fundraising, and achieving profitability. His approach integrates innovative tactics with a deep understanding of cross-border dynamics, enabling technology companies to expand and thrive in new markets. Dean's extensive network, cultivated across the US, Canada and Latin America, has been pivotal in forging strategic partnerships and facilitating investment opportunities for the companies he has been a part of.

taplio

The Battle

Michael Strong

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