Michael Ma

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Biography

Mr. Michael Ma is a Founding Partner & serves as Partner at Liquid 2 Ventures. Mr. Ma founded Talkbin. He serves as an Advisor at Goodbill. started his career as a business analyst for Sears Holding company's internal turnaround strategy group. He then started TalkBin, a business messaging platform used by companies such as Crate & Barrel, Philz Coffee, etc. TalkBin went through Y Combinator and Google acquired it in 2011. At Google, Michael held roles leading everything from sales to product, most notably as lead mobile product manager for Google My Business, one of the world's largest SMB apps. He graduated from Harvard Business School (2015) where he helped start Boston's branch of First Round Capital's Dorm Room Fund, and was a Foundation Capital YEP and Lightspeed Ventures summer fellow. Michael also holds a BA from Yale University (2009) and was honored in Forbes' 30 Under 30 Venture Capital list in 2017. He holds MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Harvard Business School.