Mike Boyd has been a serial entrepreneur and change maker for over a decade. He has founded, run, developed and mentored over a dozen businesses ranging in value from 0-$30M, in varying industries including entertainment, technology, professional services, e-commerce, education & not-for-profit.
As an entrepreneur, Mike has a passion for business innovation, agile strategies, communication effectiveness and sales behaviour. Starting his entrepreneurial career at age 11 selling lost golf balls, he didn’t look back, going on to (co)found no less than 7 businesses before the age of 25.
As founder and director of The Hive Brisbane, Mike has built the largest not-for-profit community of entrepreneurs anywhere in Queensland and supported the development of The Hive across Australia. Employing his first staff member at age 18 to allow him to focus on other ventures, Mike has an innate ability to spot opportunities and execute them with business savvy beyond his years.
With over a decade of professional training in traditional and non-traditional studies including Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Leadership Training, Professional Facilitation & Coaching Training and hundreds of interviews with leading entrepreneurs around Australia, Mike delivers cutting edge communication and sales strategies that are proven and most importantly yield results.
Sought after as a coach, consultant & seminar leader, Mike has worked with senior executives and teams at some of Australia’s largest organisations in the public, private and education sectors, and is known for providing engaging and thought provoking presentations that get to the heart of communication and leadership issues.
He has spoken to more than 5,000 entrepreneurs and service professionals on cutting edge leadership techniques, increasing communication effectiveness, sales development, influence & negotiation skills, technological innovation and creating successful business models.
Mike is currently the Managing Director of Applicate a technology company servicing the mining & resource sectors, the Director of The Hive Brisbane, the Founder of Cupstart Online Coffee, a frequent Business Speaker and sits on the board for a number of not-for-profit organisations.
Keep up with Mike on Twitter @MikeBoyd
- Co-founded Applicate as Managing Director from January 2012 – a game-changing technology provider to the mining & resource industries.
- Started working with long-time friends at VroomVroomVroom to help them grow their market-leading position in Car Rental Comparison.
- Recognised by StartupSmart as a one of the “2011 Future Makers” – Australia’s Best Young Entrepreneurs
- Acknowledged by Anthill Magazine as a 30 Under 30 “Up-and-Comer” Anthill Magazine’s 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurship Competition
- Decided to wind up The Hive events in their current format at the end of 2011 after 3 amazing years in Brisbane and 4 years in Melbourne. Check out the podcasts.
- Lead negotiations for the sale of client’s business north of $20M+.
- Began mentoring Australian startup companies through the Pushstart community.
- Joined the John Heine Entrepreneurial Challenge Advisory Board & participated as a Competition Judge.
- Spent a month mingling with the movers and shakers of the startup scene in NYC & SFO.
- Launched Cupstart Online Coffee Ordering Cupstart.com
- Coached exciting new Brisbane startups to commercial launch.
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