Mike Walsh

Blogger, Brainstormer, Business leader, Connector, Entrepreneur, Foodie, Idea generator, Potential employer, Startup, World traveler

I am an adviser, investor and consultant. I do these things under Rockstar Group. I am a father and husband. As a pioneer in Online Communities, Mr. Walsh has been instrumental in developing revolutionary business applications for social networking including sales lead generation, word of mouth marketing, employee recruitment, and brand building. Prior to founding Leverage Software, Mr. Walsh was co-founder and Vice President of Sales at mvion and Vice President of Sales and Business Development for ProjectArena which develops professional services automation applications to improve productivity and profitability of services organizations. Mr. Walsh holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and MBAs from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and Columbia University.

food, wine, volleyball, family and friendships. On the business side, I am passionate about online communities and social networking.

If we can all be a bit more generous with our time, we can make the world a better place.

Business Development, Leadership, partnerships, sales, Social Media

I love attending TED. I've met many TEDsters with whom I have developed personal and business relationships.

I've been hit by lightning, so I'm good at describing what that feels like - yeah, pretty much what you think it would feel like.