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San Diego
Born here. Left. Came back. The Pacific is still the same, and the work is better for having gone.
Investor. Growth
Partner. Advisor.
Co-founder of the Business Acquisition Summit, co-author of "How to Sell a Business Quickly — Without Losing Your Legacy or Peace of Mind," and partner/ buyer of entrepreneurial companies.
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About
Who I Am
I'm an ex-filmmaker turned direct-response marketer who co-founded the Business Acquisition Virtual Summit (the premier online M&A event for entrepreneurs) and co-wrote the new book "How to Sell a Business Quickly." I've worked with companies in different niches, from financial publishing, precious metals, online education, business coaching, real estate, eCommerce, and health & wellness.
Now, I work with entrepreneurial businesses — either as an advisor, investor, or full business acquirer — to unlock growth with campaigns that drive real enterprise value by using Hollywood storytelling techniques and deep buyer psychology.
Beyond the business stuff, I'm a former digital nomad now resettled back in my hometown of San Diego, California, a lapsed Jiu Jitsu blue belt, a student of Portuguese (because of my Brazilian wife), and a newly minted Dad of the world's cutest baby boy.
The Locations
Where I Live
Italy · 2022
Rome
Weekends among the stones. A reminder that the old world still knows how to take its time.
Wherever the work was
The Nomad Years
Laptops, late flights, and the education you only get by living out of a bag.
Family · Portuguese
Brazil
A wife from Brazil, a son, and a language I'm still earning — one verb at a time.
After the miles and the laptops, the work got quieter — and more serious. A line I keep coming back to:
“Big breakthroughs are overrated. Small, quiet moments of consistency are underrated.”
The Wildman Path
Endeavors
What I Do
Investor
Through Relentless Growth Group I acquire and partner on $1–10M businesses — operator-minded capital, not spectator capital.
Growth Partner
Equity partnerships where I bring an owner's mindset to long-term growth, so you can exit the day-to-day — or the business — in one to three years.
Strategist
Creative strategy and direct-response copy for companies ready to grow via marketing that pays for itself: lower CPA, higher AOV, higher LTV.
Founder
Co-founder of the Business Acquisition Summit — the premier virtual M&A event for entrepreneurs, with an international audience and 30+ leading experts.
Author
Co-author of How to Sell a Business Quickly — a field manual for owners who want to exit without losing their legacy or their peace of mind. Read the book.
Filmmaker
Before the funnels, there was film. Hollywood storytelling and buyer psychology are the same craft: attention, desire, and a clean cut.
Proof
What We Built
Virtual summit & membership
Passive Income MD
10,000+
summit attendees
Paid memberships up 50%
“We did tremendous. We got over 10,000 people as part of our summit... We increased our paid memberships by over 50%. Fantastic results. I'd do it all over again.”
Dr. Peter Kim
CEO, Passive Income MD
Launch email & sequencing
TopCourt
66%
open rate
5% CTR vs. 2.9% industry avg.
A premier e-learning platform featuring Venus Williams, Martina Navratilova, Taylor Fritz, and coaches like Paul Annacone. Launch emails far outperformed the education-industry average.
TopCourt
Venus Williams · Navratilova · Fritz
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What People Are Saying
“We did tremendous. We got over 10,000 people as part of our summit... We increased our paid memberships by over 50%. It was great working with Michael. I'd do it all over again.”
PKDr. Peter Kim
CEO, Passive Income MD
“Michael not only understands how to influence people via the written word — but gets the business-side of direct response as well. He's a pleasure to work with, takes input without ego, hits his deadlines, and produces results.”
JLJeff Little
Publisher / Copy Chief
“He's the real deal. He makes the copy crackle off the page and into the buyer's mind. If you don't work with him, shame on you.”
AWAustin Wolff
CMO, Health & eCommerce
On Camera
Videos
Short notes on marketing, M&A, and the long game — from the channel.
August 2026
The Genius of Wrexham
April 2026
Don't Overhype Things in Your Marketing — A Lesson from Joe Rogan & UFC
September 2025
To Survive the Age of AI, You Need a Blue Collar, a Mic, or Equity
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