Michael Liu

Co-Founder

San Francisco, California, United States14 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

Experienced in building community and strategic partnerships.
Proven track record in entrepreneurship and event production.
Strong background in mentoring and advising startups.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Community Builder and Entrepreneur in the Tech and E-Commerce sectors.

Contact

michael@inceptionstudio.org LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipCommunity BuildingMentoringInvestmentsE-commerceBusiness StrategyEvent ManagementStrategyAccountingFinanceProperty Management

Other Skills

Analytical SkillsAssuranceAuditingBusiness DevelopmentCoachingCommunicationCorporate StrategyCreator EconomyCritical ThinkingDigital MarketingDigital StrategyEvent PlanningEvent ProductionFinancial AccountingFinancial Analysis

About

Canadian in San Francisco. Passionate about building community, events, partnerships, content, and meaningful connections. Sharing stories, lessons, opportunities, and the advantages of thinking like a founder (even if you're not one... yet).

Experience

Virio

Angel Investor

Oct 2025 – Present · 5 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

One of the first cheques in. Virio helps GTM execs deploy content that drives pipeline.
Backed by execs from LinkedIn, Rippling, Hubspot, and the biggest creators on LinkedIn.
www.virio.ai

Investments

Startx

Mentor

Aug 2025 – Present · 7 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States

StartX is an educational non-profit that accelerates the development of Stanford's top entrepreneurs through experiential education and collective intelligence.

Mentoring

Inception studio

Inception Organizer

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Inception Studio is a non-profit accelerator built for the most experienced world-class entrepreneurs and builders at the earliest stages of starting their next AI company. This includes the Buildathon program for the best and brightest AI engineers, researchers, and founders.

Strategic PartnershipsEvent ProductionFundraisingCommunity BuildingProject ManagementEntrepreneurship+1

George brown college

Guest Lecturer

Oct 2024 – Oct 2024 · 0 mo · Toronto · On-site

Toronto tech fest

Co-Founder & Co-Chair

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

Toronto Tech Fest is the biggest decentralized 'unconference' week in Toronto, running annually in the Spring. 2024 brought out 10,000+ RSVPs, 3000+ attendees, 85+ events across 255+ collaborators between May 21-24

Entrepreneurship

Founder institute

Mentor

Jun 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 9 mos · Canada

As a mentor at Founder Institute, I advise startups on operations, marketing, and fundraising. Since 2009, the Founder Institute's series of highly-structured accelerator programs have given founders the direction and global network needed to build a meaningful business.

CoachingTraining and Development (HR)Mentoring

Aceocial

Founding Member

Sep 2022 – Jun 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos · Canada

Aceocial is a Canadian non-profit focused on helping startup founders build meaningful social capital through in person tech events. We are a home for the ambitious and determined. A home for the contrarians and unconventional. A place to help you prepare to conquer your dreams and making a mark.

TeamworkCommunicationEvent PlanningEvent ManagementInterpersonal SkillsPublic Speaking+1

Techstars

Founder (TS - Los Angeles '21)

Jun 2021 – Oct 2021 · 4 mos

On deck

ODF10

Jun 2021 – Aug 2021 · 2 mos

The On Deck Founder Fellowship (ODF) is a 10-week digital program that brings together an incredible group of founders from around the world who are in the early stages of building their next startup. #ODF10

Erdos ventures

Founder and CEO

Sep 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · Canada

Erdos Ventures is a Techstars backed company that leverages technology to appraise, acquire, and activate portfolios of high potential niche e-commerce brands at scale.

Global E-CommerceTeamworkMarketing StrategyLeadershipBusiness StrategyCreator Economy+20