Michael Terpin

Serial entrepreneur in PR, newswires and social media. After starting The Terpin Group in 1990, which launched Earthlink, Motley Fool and the AOL Greenhouse (the first Internet incubator), I started the first Internet-based press release distribution network, Internet Wire, in 1994. We raised $17 mm for Internet Wire from Sequoia Capital and Hummer Winblad, rebranded as Marketwire in 2003 and sold the company for $35 mm in 2006; Today it is owned by OMERS Capital and is the third largest press release wire in the world.

After that sale, I started SocialRadius, a hybrid social media marketing and PR services firm specializing in start-ups, international market entry, thought leadership, social network activation & viral marketing. We've averaged over 60 percent growth the past three years and have offices in LA, SF, NYC, with headquarters in Las Vegas

In May, 2013, I co-founded BitAngels, the first angel network for investments in bitcoin/digital currency companies.