Mike Ivey nominated for Excellence in Entrepreneurship
The Orange County Business Journal is celebrating its ninth annual Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards and Mike Ivey has been submitted for nomination! The event is being held March 17th at the Hyatt Regency in Irvine and tickets can be purchased by emailing kennedy@ocbj.com.
Chris Trela, who is working closely with MiMedia in generating quality press kit material, has submitted a written statement documenting Mike’s business history and accomplishments. Below is a blurb from the essay and the full articicle can be found under the Press >> Press Materials section of our website.
“I was a Jungle Cruise skipper at Disneyland—how much fun is that!” laughs MiMedia president Mike Ivey, who was born and raised in Huntington Beach. “It’s the world’s greatest training ground if you have any fear of standing in front of an audience. Try being a comedian for 10 minutes on a boat ride. You quickly get over the fear and embrace public speaking.”
Ivey has embraced a variety of activities and projects during his multifaceted career, starting with his high school years when Ivey mixed the sound for local bands. After obtaining a bank loan to buy sound gear, he got hired both for his sound engineering skills and for his DJ work.
“When the bands took a break, I’d play music,”recalls Ivey. “However, the audience liked what I did so much they didn’t want the band to come back on. That’s where the whole thing started.”
Good luck to Mike and all of the other candidates (but mostly Mike) out there who were nominated! 
We will keep you posted to see if Mike qualifies after this initial round!
