Advisory Board
Mike Reynolds
Chairman Advisory Board
Mike entered the music industry in 1981 at age 17, and before graduating High School discovered the group Missing Persons and assisted them in negotiating their first recording contract with Capitol Records. Missing Persons went on to multi-platinum success with their album Spring Session M containing hit singles such as “Walking in L.A.” and “Words”.
He subsequently went on to be part of the Management teams of Super-groups such as Night Ranger, The Doobie Brothers, Journey, Kansas, Gucci Maine, Offset and others. Through these relationships he also was instrumental in creating the success of the national entertainment merchandising powerhouse in Winterland.
He currently actively works with longtime friends Smokey Robinson and Earth Wind and Fire on Product endorsement deals and has put together an industry standard with his Company The Machine Productions.
While achieving multiple gold and platinum albums, Mike has also been active in the world of Franchising by tying together the world ‘s of food and music working in Senior Management positions with top Franchisors such as Haagen-Dazs, Burger King, and Arby’s, to name a few. Additionally, Mike co-founded the Big City Bagels chain which grew nationally to over 120 units. The management team initiated a highly successful IPO valued at over 100 million dollars. Mike has sold over 1000 franchises both domestically and internationally and has been a successful mediator in Franchisee/Franchisor disputes. He is also knowledgeable of Franchising Law and requires franchise corporate governance rules as well.
He was the first CEO, President and Co-creator of the high-profile restaurant concept Rock & Brews, a rock themed restaurant experience with partners Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the rock group KISS.
Mike is fully versed in all aspects of Private Equity Funding as well as entrance into the public markets. He has steered two successful public offerings, one in the Franchise Restaurant business and one in a revolutionary Health Screening business called FLEXSCAN.
Mike has been integral in multiple corporate turnarounds and mergers and acquisitions and providing over 100 million in private equity funding partnerships. He holds PMP degree from Villanova University School of Management and an MBA from Henley on Thames in the United Kingdom a division of Oxford University