Mike Muhney
Brief Background of Mike Muhney
Principle-based Relationship / Reputation / Culture Thought Leader
Not many people can claim to have literally created not only an entire software category but as a result also a global multi-billion dollar industry. Mike is only one of two guys that did, the other being his past business partner. But it wasn't their plan, that's for sure! Failure led them to it.
Mike Muhney's career has truly been uniquely, irrefutably, and intensely focused on creating and having genuine relationships. Starting his career as a salesman with IBM during the mainframe-only era, Mike was taught lifelong principles by them regarding the intricacies of truly connecting with people. Later, as a software entrepreneur he developed world-class tools to enable people to realize and achieve more effective, meaningful and real relationships in both business as well as personal aspects of people's lives. In other words, helping people and companies with their entire networks and everyone in them resulting in greater success and distinguished endurance.
Mike is best known as the Co-Founder and Co-Inventor of ACT!, the product that literally created the entire Relationship Management software category and global industry today known as CRM. ACT! has been purchased by over 40 million people in the world and is still on the market now going on 35 years and is acknowledged as the catalyst that created the multi-billion dollar CRM industry.
Mike has experienced both success and failure as an entrepreneur and audiences find Mike exceptionally, and vulnerably, transparent and authentic that captures their hearts because of his relate-ability and enthuses the human spirit in his audiences to rise above the norm toward realizing their greatest potential and the journey it takes towards it.
As a Professional Speaker Mike helps people and businesses to achieve greater and stronger relevant relationships from which all livelihoods depend. Using his S.T.A.R. program he helps people and businesses understand how to achieve not only excellent but elite relationship connections and elevate their reputations that drive referrals. Mike can be reached at Mike@MikeMuhney.com
In January 2015 Mike was recognized in a FORBES article as one of the "25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch in 2015" along with such notables as Tim Ferriss and Keith Ferrazzi.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johncorcoran/2015/01/08/25-professional-networking-experts-to-watch-in-2015/
Mike was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. Degree in Finance with Honors. He presently lives in the Fort Worth, TX area.
Brief Background of Mike Muhney
Principle-based Relationship / Reputation / Culture Thought Leader
Not many people can claim to have literally created not only an entire software category but as a result also a global multi-billion dollar industry. Mike is only one of two guys that did, the other being his past business partner. But it wasn't their plan, that's for sure! Failure led them to it.
Mike Muhney's career has truly been uniquely, irrefutably, and intensely focused on creating and having genuine relationships. Starting his career as a salesman with IBM during the mainframe-only era, Mike was taught lifelong principles by them regarding the intricacies of truly connecting with people. Later, as a software entrepreneur he developed world-class tools to enable people to realize and achieve more effective, meaningful and real relationships in both business as well as personal aspects of people's lives. In other words, helping people and companies with their entire networks and everyone in them resulting in greater success and distinguished endurance.
Mike is best known as the Co-Founder and Co-Inventor of ACT!, the product that literally created the entire Relationship Management software category and global industry today known as CRM. ACT! has been purchased by over 40 million people in the world and is still on the market now going on 35 years and is acknowledged as the catalyst that created the multi-billion dollar CRM industry.
Mike has experienced both success and failure as an entrepreneur and audiences find Mike exceptionally, and vulnerably, transparent and authentic that captures their hearts because of his relate-ability and enthuses the human spirit in his audiences to rise above the norm toward realizing their greatest potential and the journey it takes towards it.
As a Professional Speaker Mike helps people and businesses to achieve greater and stronger relevant relationships from which all livelihoods depend. Using his S.T.A.R. program he helps people and businesses understand how to achieve not only excellent but elite relationship connections and elevate their reputations that drive referrals. Mike can be reached at Mike@MikeMuhney.com
In January 2015 Mike was recognized in a FORBES article as one of the "25 Professional Networking Experts to Watch in 2015" along with such notables as Tim Ferriss and Keith Ferrazzi.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johncorcoran/2015/01/08/25-professional-networking-experts-to-watch-in-2015/
Mike was born and raised in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. Degree in Finance with Honors. He presently lives in the Fort Worth, TX area.
