M100 Founders

We are a computer scientist/adventurer/writer and neurobiologist/artist with two young adult kids.

I am a massive live music fan and have been to 804 live shows since I was 15 (yes, I keep a spreadsheet) including 75 Grateful Dead shows. I’m passionate about the Apollo lunar program and have spent considerable time with more than half of the humans who walked on the moon. In my spare…

Entrepreneur, Private Investor, Educator, Author – Founder of EO and Scaling Up.

We married right out of college and soon had house, daughter Devon,and son Colin. Steve’s career was a wandering mixture of energy related matters. Karen’s focus was on raising kids, lots of volunteer work, and as an MFT. Steve still chairs CLASP, an international NGO he founded 20 years ago (www.clasp.ngo) and devotes much time…

Mara has been a marketing communications executive for many years, working with a range of companies from start-ups to Fortune 50. She has also founded two non-profit organizations, in economic development and the performing arts. Mara studied cultural anthropology at the University of Michigan, lived in Brazil and Italy, and speaks Portuguese, Italian and bits…

Kennth Meislin has a deep history in multi-family and commercial real estate.  It began with multi-family brokerage in the 1980’s.  He enjoyed an extremely active and successful brokerage career for over 20 years and sold over 7500 apartment units before fully transitioning to running the family’s assets, which he continues to do today.  The Meislin’s…

T.J. and Julia and their son Nolan and daughter Mara live in Buchanan, Michigan. T.J. has spent most of his professional career as the CEO and Co-Founder of Inovateus Solar, a company that delivers solar electricity to customers across the United States and abroad. T.J. was also the CEO of MVP! Julia is a CPA…

Entrepreneur with a passion for Empowerment integrated with Accountability. Nerd at the roots (Engineer/Accountant) Philosopher at heart passionate about distributed power models (i.e. Holacracy, Teal Organizations). Mother of two wonderful adults. Recently welcomed a puppy into my life 🙂 Love sharing positive energy and creating with great people.

Tyler is the vice president of sustainability, a Board member and an investor in Inovateus Solar. He also serves as the sustainability manager of Logistick, Inc. Originally from South Bend, Indiana, he recently immersed himself in the Grand Rapids and West Michigan sustainability communities while working on his MBA at Grand Valley State University with…

Colin: Tech entrepreneur. Most recent startups are in the realestate tech space, including Mynd, a tech-enabled residential property management company.Eli: Eli is pursuing a dual degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Northeastern University. Set to graduate in May, Eli has already secured a position at Tesla. Zachary: Previously a student at The Urban High…

Alison and Matthew were both born and raised in the UK, and after coming to the US for graduate school, they have raised their five children in the San Francisco Bay Area for the last few decades. They co-founded and run Blockchain Coinvestors, which is a leading investment firm in blockchain-based technologies globally, and they…