Mike Schmidt is a Strategic Business Development and Tactical Marketing and Sales Professional / Entrepreneur skilled in new company formation, technology adaptation, and go-to-market sales and distribution channel development. A proven thought leader with 40 years of experience in the area of entrepreneurial innovation and seed stage start-up company formation, Mike has pioneered numerous technologies and managed start-up companies in the US, Central and South America, UK, and Asia. He is a Colorado Springs native and the founder and CEO of Ensemble Ventures, LLC a business development "Venture Ventilator"., and the Co-Founder and General Manager of Veteran Support Solutions, L3c. a Veteran Services Company also based in Colorado.