Michael Rybarski

Michael Rybarski is the author of StartUp Smarts, and Chairman of LifeChange Marketing and Strategy Group. He did his first turnaround(of a troubled publishing company) at 25. His first startup was based on launching the world's first spelling correction software.

He founded VideoTours, the company that produces Jack Hanna's syndicated TV shows. He also created the marketing strategy for the first video digitizer for the Apple Macintosh. He founded Age Wave Target Marketing where he consulted at the CEO and CMO level for Fortune 500 companies on re-invention. He created the launch strategy for America One TV, and negotiated their lead contract with the Canadian Football League.

He has been a keynote speaker for CBS, ATT, General Motors, JP Morgan Chase, and the Marketing Society of the United Kingdom. He has M.A. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Chicago, and received a B.A. from Providence College. He graduated from Fenwick High School in Oak Park, Illinois. He has liked living in Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Houston.