Tippett is a two time Emmy nominee & successful entrepreneur for two decades, having founded and managed several startups in New York and Vancouver. In 2005 Mike founded, ran and later sold Nowpublic.com which was named one of the top five most useful new sites on the web by The Guardian and Time magazine named it one of the Top 50 Websites for 2007. Tippett then ran GrowLab in 2011 and is now helping to support the startup community in Vancouver and a Director of New Products at Hootsuite. Tippett also manages the Made in Vancouver startup directory, is on the Provincial Steering Committee for Startup Canada and also donates his time to run Vancouver’s Startup Weekend. He’s also a member of UBC’s School of Journalism Advisory Board, Capilano University, Bachelor of Professional Communication Advisory Committee and also a board member of CABINET, a Vancouver-based arts organization. And many years ago he graduated magna cum laude from Queen’s University with a degree in Philosophy.