Michael ODonnell

Current

Founder & CEO at iCopyright, Inc.
Principal at StartUPbiz.com LLC

Past

Chairman at Northwest Entrepreneurs Network
Director, Online Services at CompuServe SPRYNET
Founder & CEO at Ask-Me Multimedia Corp

Associate Director and Business Consultant at Center for Innovation

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Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Florida State University
University of Florida

Brevard Community College

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Connections

470 connections

Industry

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Michael ODonnell’s Summary

25 years experience starting companies, raising money, launching new products and services. Strong emphasis on partnerships, alliances, and business development. Full bio at: http://www.mikeodonnell.com.

Michael ODonnell’s Specialties:

Launching new products and services, business and marketing planning, capital placement, business development, Internet advertising models, copyright licensing, presentations/public speaking, publisher services, and project management.

Michael ODonnell’s Experience

Founder & CEO

iCopyright, Inc.

(Online Media industry)

July 1998 — Present (11 years 5 months)

iCopyright pioneered the first automated system for licensing of digital content via the Internet. Since its founding in 1998, iCopyright has evolved to become the industry leader. The iCopyright technology helps online publishers preserve their copyrights and monetize their works. O'Donnell's role was to communicate the vision, refine the business model, raise the capital, and execute the plan to create the copyright licensing system of the 21st century. Winner of two CODiE Awards by the Software & Information Industry Association. Named one of the 100 Companies that Matter Most in the Digital Content Industry by EContent Magazine.
Principal

StartUPbiz.com LLC

(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

May 1997 — Present (12 years 7 months)

StartUPbiz is an online self-help resource for entrepreneurs and early stage ventures. StartUPbiz was one of the first sites established on the Internet for entrepreneurs. Since 1997, StartUPbiz has assisted more than 25,000 businesses to start and grow.
Chairman

Northwest Entrepreneurs Network

(Internet industry)

2005 — 2006 (1 year )
Director, Online Services

CompuServe SPRYNET

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Internet industry)

November 1995 — October 1996 (1 year )

Led the team that designed, built, and launched SPRYNET, one of the first national Internet Service Providers (ISP). SPRYNET was named by PC Magazine in 1996 as one of the best Internet service providers in the country.
Founder & CEO

Ask-Me Multimedia Corp

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

January 1985 — March 1995 (10 years 3 months)

Built and launched the first multimedia kiosks, presentation programs and authoring programs. Named by Nation's Business Magazine and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as one of the most innovative companies in the U.S. in 1991. Sold to a publicly traded company in 1995.
Associate Director and Business Consultant

Center for Innovation

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

October 1985 — October 1987 (2 years 1 month)

Authored several best selling books on business planning and marketing planning. Worked with inventors and entrepreneurs to help them commercialize their ideas.

Michael ODonnell’s Education

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Certificate , Executive Program for Growing Companies (EPGC) , 2008 — 2008

Intensive two-week program focusing on corporate strategy, finance, valuation methodologies, corporate culture, organizational dynamics, global growth accelerators, IT, customer relationship management, negotiation, executive compensation, performance measurement, and general management. Case studies included eBay, Starbucks, Schwab, Salesforce.com, Logitech, Samsung and JetBlue. High quality interaction with faculty and executives of growing companies from 30 countries.
Florida State University

Public Admin 1980 — 1981

Activities and Societies:

Governor's Citizen Assistance Program
University of Florida

Liberal Arts 1978 — 1980

Activities and Societies:

Pi Kappa Phi
Brevard Community College

A.A. , General , 1976 — 1978

Activities and Societies:

Student Council, Rotaract Club President