INS Ecosystem Advisory Board: Michael TerpinMichael Terpin is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, marketer and advisor. He has built an incredible career in PR and online marketing, founded and operated leading high-tech PR firms since 1990 and the first Internet boom.
Today, Michael Terpin is:
Founder & CEO of Transform Group, a PR firm with 40+ successful ICOs
Co-Founder & Chairman of BitAngels, a digital currency investor group
Founder & Director at CoinAgenda, a conference for bitcoin investors
Michael is a private investor and board member of several startups and trade associations. He is a speaker at technology conferences, author of popular industry- related blogs and advisor to the Alphabit, a digital currency fund.
Terpin on bitcoin media coverage:
The media is like a sponge, waiting for the loudest click-bait to happen.
The Terpin Group, started in 1990, was one of the first PR firms to specialize in new media and the World Wide Web. In 1994, Michael founded Internet Wire, a web-based press release distribution network. It raised $17m from Sequoia Capital and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, was rebranded as Marketwire and sold for $35m in 2006. The company is now part of Nasdaq.
SocialRadius, one of Michael’s latest ventures, was started in 2007. It is a hybrid full- service SMM & PR agency serving clients worldwide with a focus on unique solutions tailored to each client’s individual requirements.
The company now is part of Transform Group, a “digital first” PR firm founded by Michael Terpin in 2014. It works with a wide array of tech companies, from ad/tech and mobile, to 3D, gaming and more. Transform represents Bitcoin Shop, Gyft, Kraken, KnCMIner, KryptoKit, and Mastercoin.
Terpin on blockchain trends:
ICOs will continue, increase and diversify.
Private blockchains will also continue to evolve in 2017.
In 2013, Michael Terpin co-founded BitAngels, an investor group focused on early-stage digital currency startups.The group has more than 500 members. In order to reach out to angels and investors who haven’t yet explored the cryptocurrency space, Michael started CoinAgenda. The conference is to inform and educate participants on top established and upcoming bitcoin & blockchain related opportunities, ICOs and digital currency funds.
In addition, Michael Terpin advises multiple tech, media and cryptocurrency startups including INS Ecosystem:
The team has demonstrated persistence and is sticking with the idea of disrupting the grocery retail industry.
Hard work pays off, and the goal is worth the risks involved.
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