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Digital Media & Entrepreneurship

Mike Tringe (He/Him)

Digital Media & Entrepreneurship

Mike Tringe (He/Him)

Co-founder of CreatorUp, Mike Tringe empowers anyone to have an opportunity and platform to tell their story through video and digital media. A teacher, filmmaker, and entrepreneur, part of Mike's favorite part of life is helping others succeed. Mike has helped his startup go from bootstrapped to Series A by raising $7.5M, as well as building CreatorUp into a company that works with 250+ global clients. Mike has been featured in Nasdaq, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.

Built a $30M+ Company From Bootstrap
• Featured on Nasdaq, Wall Street Journal, and Forbes
• Built startup that employs 50+ people

What To Ask Mike...

In your first intro phone call, your Expert will learn a little about you and share a little about them. You can ask 1-2 questions with the goal of getting you moving towards your goals.

• Advice on building a startup, startup strategies, and/or startup networking for kickstarting your idea

• Scaling a startup including building a brand, fundraising, becoming a CEO, leadership, and operations

• Strategies for getting paid and earned media

• Networking in the startup ecosystem to bring your idea to life

Mike's Unitē Networks

Los Angeles

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Starting $125 • Session

CreatorUp

Los Angeles, CA
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Austin

Austin, Texas
Starting $150 • Session

StartOut

San Francisco, CA
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Gain access to Mike’s featured articles, mentorship and social intro availability, as well as available referral networks.

More about Bryan

Democratisizing LGBTQ+ Networks

Bryan is building the future of wellness support by leveraging the power of community and AI to deliver a new social experience for LGBTQ+ individuals, our families, and allies. Discover the power of #Unitē

Having assembled and managed a multi-country team to develop his app, Bryan is passionate about helping startup founders bring their ideas to life. From concept design to legal and app development, Bryan can guide you in early stage development.

Using events as a go-to-market strategy, Bryan understands the social landscape as well as event planning to make sure y

Mike's Referral Networks

Making networks more accessible

Cities: Los Angeles, CA      San Francisco, CA   •   Austin, TX      New York, NY      Chicago, IL
Companies: CreatorUp  •   YouTube   •   Spotify  •   OUT Magazine  •   Revry
Universities: University of Southern California  •   Harvard
Other:   StartOut   •   Out in Tech   
Topics: Trademarks   •   Startup Attorneys  •   LLC  •   Early Stage Startups

Beyond a Session

Mike's events, mentorship, & social intro availability

Virtual

This Expert offers virtual video 1:1 sessions

Events / In-Person

This Expert has no upcoming events

Mentorship

This Expert is not open to long-term mentoring in exchange for support

Social Intros

This Expert is open to making social introductions when appropriate

Mike's Features

Making world-class content creation easy

Why Take a Risk?

When you have nothing to lose. This is my story of self-acceptance and how media empowered me to become myself, and start a company reflecting a vision to empower others to do the same.

How Being Gay Empowered Me to Become an Entrepreneur

At age 33, I hit a wall at work. I challenge you to ask – what is your wall? Can your wall become your door? If you look very carefully and closely – there is a small keyhole in the wall. The key to opening the wall is in your heart.

After 5 Pivots Here’s How We Did It At CreatorUp

Why start a startup? When something is so broken and you know you can fix it. Film schools cost $250K, admit 50, and rely on “who you know” for jobs. We changed that: teaching millions of learners, paying $10M+ to workers we hire.

Faces of Entrepreneurship: Michael Tringe, CreatorUp

Mike Tringe is the Co-Founder and CEO of CreatorUp, a digital content studio and generative AI platform company based in Los Angeles with offices worldwide. He has over twenty years of experience in entertainment...

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