Michael
Michael
Valentine
Founder. Educator. Entrepreneur. Executive. Jumper.
Michael Valentine has spent his career building, advising, connecting, and seeing possibilities before they become obvious.
An educator, entrepreneur, and executive, Michael works across business, culture, education, healthcare, media, and ambitious new ventures.
Today, he teaches. And when class ends, he goes back to helping founders and organizations make their own jumps.
Heart From Start grew from a simple belief: some of the most consequential things people build begin as an idea they can't shake.
Michael understands the uncertainty because he continues to make jumps himself — including his work toward building the Atlanta Stock Exchange.
His role at Heart From Start isn't simply to market an organization. It's to ask the harder question:
Where could this actually go?
Then help connect the strategy, people, story, relationships, and execution required to start moving toward it.
Everybody has something in their heart.
Michael's work is helping people start.
Teaching
Classroom work with students building their own first ventures.
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Selected ventures
Including his work toward building the Atlanta Stock Exchange.
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Talks + media
Conversations on business, culture, cities and opportunity.
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Perspective
Short observations published in Signals as Michael's Take.
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