🚀 Personal motto Create Dope Stuff and Stay Sucka Free™. 🧽 Myke started as an 18 Year Old Immigrant Dishwasher after moving to America with literally $20 and a dream. 🚚 Myke is currently the Chief Brand Ambassador for 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸®, a mobile billboard company. 📺 He has been featured on affiliate NBC, ABC and CBS TV & Radio stations. Myke has also been seen in Black Enterprise Magazine, INC. Magazine and heard on NPR Radio. He has written about Entrepreneurship, Business and Marketing for Virgin. 🏅He is a member of the BusinessWest’s 40 Under Forty class of 2009. He was named one of America’s Top 100 Urban Entrepreneurs and is also a 100 Men of Color honoree for his work in the community. 📔 He is the author of the book 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝘁, a guide to starting and growing a business with creative marketing and branding. 🧁 He is the founder of Marketing and Cupcakes™, a marketing education and networking group with the aim of making marketing simple for business people. Simple marketing gets customers. 💰 In addition, he leads Hundred Grand Plan, a group that works with entrepreneurs and business owners looking to earn their first $100,000 at 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻.𝗰𝗼𝗺 💫 He also sits on the executive committee for, EforAll Holyoke. 𝗘𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗔𝗹𝗹 is a nonprofit organization with the mission of making entrepreneurship accessible for all people. 🥳 Fun fact about Myke: He has his own day. The Mayor of Springfield, MA named October 14th Mychal Connolly Day, because of his excellence in business and his work in the community.