Michael Simmons

Founder & Chief Teacher

About

Do you want to rise above the noise of the Internet in order to write blockbuster articles that change people's lives, grow your business, and help you become the recognized expert in your niche? That's what I help coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs do. Read more about our Blockbuster approach at http://bit.ly/blockbuster-model. Or read my free daily newsletter called Blockbuster Blueprint at https://blockbuster.thoughtleader.school. A little bit about me... Author of dozens of articles on learning how to learn that have been read tens of millions of times and been published in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Fortune, TIME, Inc., World Economic Forum, and Entrepreneur. Recognized as a leading entrepreneur (White House, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year, Inc. 30 under 30, Businessweek 25 under 25, Bank Of America).

Country

United States

City

Greater Boston

Industry

Education Management

Skill

Content Marketing, Contract Negotiation, Web Marketing, Public Speaking, Web Development, Publishing, Web 2.0, B2B Marketing, Networking, Entrepreneurship, Start-ups, Digital Media, Social Networking, Leadership, Strategy, Social Media Marketing, Business Development, Marketing, Program Management, Digital Marketing

Experience

Founder & Chief Teacher

Thought Leader School

2023-1 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

Thought Leader School is the #1 school for thought leaders in the world. Our flagship program is a intensive, comprehensive, year-long program that teaches the fundamental, timeless skills required to create viral Trademark Ideas that change the world. Our starter program is a free daily newsletter that teaches you how to create high-quality, viral content with daily 5-minute video lessons from the world’s top thought leaders.

Founder

Mental Model Club

2018-1 - 2023-2 · 5 yrs 2 mos

The Mental Model Club teaches you a new valuable, hard to learn, durable skill/mental model every month that will help you learn faster, make better decisions, and take your career to the next level. To try it out free for 7 days, visit https://bit.ly/mentalmodelclub.

Founder

Seminal

2014-12 - 2023-2 · 8 yrs 3 mos

We provide intensive small group coaching programs for people who want to write blockbuster articles that changes people's lives, building a lifelong true fans, and build your business.

Columnist

Forbes

2012-3 - 2015-1 · 2 yrs 11 mos

New York

I write on entrepreneurship ecosystem building & personal growth.

Co-Founder and Partner

Empact - Entrepreneurial Impact

2006-4 - 2014-11 · 8 yrs 8 mos

Princeton, NJ

Empact helps strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem via its products - Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour, Empact100, and Future of Entrepreneurship Education Summit. Collectively, Empact has been on over 500 college campuses and brought together many of the country's top leaders to help move the entreprene urship movement forward.