Michael Beirne
Washington DC
Michael Beirne, Serial Investor, Parallel Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Evangelist
A business builder & investor - including some very strong successes and some failures ranging from bootstrap, multimillion dollar capital raises & smaller investments. Michael's first company, InfoMech, bootstrapped to over 50 employees while providing tech services and eCommerce infrastructure solutions to established businesses,
As managing partner and founder of Vetted Capital he leads the firm to support and invest in military veteran led, high growth businesses. The founder of national entrepreneur angel investor and private equity groups, he has served in advisory, board, and coaching capacity with several companies and coaches 2-4 entrepreneurs on an ongoing basis.
Michael invested in or founded several companies like StageShift IT that help seed, feed, and breed success by providing tactical and strategic support, from CFO to IT services.
Michael has held a myriad of volunteer leadership positions including president of the leading CEO organization in Washington DC with over 500 alumni and also led in multiple global area director positions for The Entrepreneur Organization (EO) a global community of 8000+ multimillion dollar business owners .
A speaker and panelist at industry conferences and also a judge for entrepreneur support organizations like Junior Achievement, Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), and EO Accelerator and the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). He serves as an Accountability Coach & mentor for several business owners driving past $1M in revenues.
Michael founded the Voice of Entrepreneurs to ensure entrepreneur voices are heard in DC and felt nationwide. He advised and Impacted the amendment of the onerous Dodd-Frank Legislation to protect the angel investment community.
A military veteran, combat arms army officer, and MP company commander post 9/11, Michael is committed to fostering enthusiasm for entrepreneurship among youth, veterans, and government policy makers. Along the way, he aspires to be a thought leader on the discipline of managing multiple ventures or "parallel" entrepreneurship, and finding ways to make learning entrepreneurship fun!