Mentoring, Speaking, Consulting New Markets, New Partners, Financing
Legal, finance, international, government, and frontier technology expertise, combined with years of mentoring at CDL
Mentoring, Speaking and Consulting Services
Mentoring Consulting and Workshops
After mentoring over 100 startups at the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) over the last eight years, I noticed something: no matter the technology or product, the same set of mistakes and issues kept resurfacing. I asked himself how can he make this process more efficient and give startups a head start in accelerator programs and as they grow? With my new book Accelerating Startups – Lessons from Mentors, I aim to do just that, binging together a dozen other mentors he recruited for the project, and with a forward by CDL founder, Professor Ajay Agarwal.
“Michael Lyon has written a grounded, practical guide that distills years of accumulated wisdom from what I believe is one of the world’s most collaborative yet ambitious startup ecosystems. Whether you're a first-time founder or a seasoned mentor, an inventor or an investor, an engineer or a policymaker, I believe you'll find this book not only instructive but catalytic. It will help you become a better learner, a more effective mentor, a more successful entrepreneur, and—most importantly—a wiser contributor to advancing civilization and enhancing prosperity for all humankind.” Professor Ajay Agrawal, Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, and founder of the Creative Destruction Lab accelerator program.
Global Growth and Legal Experts
One-stop source for helping clients develop customized and targeted strategies, implement business development programs, structure resulting relationships and transactions, and complete the deal-making and closing process.
Lyon Capital also provides business-oriented legal and dispute resolution services, including serving as General Counsel for small entrepreneurial firms.
International Strategy Experts: Coming From America or Coming to America
Experience in over 100 countries -- including China, SE Asia, the GCC and MENA, India, EU -- with headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Multiple Technology and Market Experience:
Space, Life Sciences, Renewable Energy, Telecommunications,
Real Estate, Education.
Your Next Speaker: Michael Lyon
Speaking Topics Include:
- Mentoring Startups. Practical lessons from mentoring hundreds of ventures worldwide
- International Strategies. Strategies and considerations for taking firms global
- Managing the Savings and Loan Crisis—An Insiders Story (Lyon served as the Special Assistant to the Chairman of the FDIC and RTC during this crisis)
- Adventure, Business and Life: How to Have it All. Lessons from a lifetime of exploration—organizing the first space tourist flights, diving to the deep ocean floor, climbing Kilimanjaro (twice, 40 years apart), sailing the Caribbean for a year, exploring over 110 countries, and cycling across Europe every summer over the last three decades (and writing books and articles on the subject).
Board Membership
Michael Lyon has served on multiple board of directors, and can bring startup, legal, new technology, finance, international, and corporate governance to your board of directors.