Author, public speaker, radio show host and successful businessman, Mike Whitaker is the founder of Idea Gateway, an entrepreneurial business start up resource that creates innovative business models for entrepreneurs and investors. Mike is also a founder and current Chairman for Oklahoma City’s Lucas Color Card, a national data technology manufacturing company.

Mike lives and breathes the business world and is known for his touch in helping other business people. With more than 25 years of experience moving businesses from start up to marketable positions, Mike has a proven record as a business development specialist. Mike also coaches individuals and companies on confidence, idea filtering, strategic planning and creative business concepts – helping them move more quickly toward satisfying outcomes.

In addition to his interest in Idea Gateway, Mike is a co-owner of Minnesota-based, Premier Card Solutions, the largest plastic data card manufacturing company in the U.S., with annual sales topping $100 million in 2008. From 2004 to 2007, he successfully managed the card business in Chicago through three acquisitions as CEO, Chairman, and currently, board member. Prior to managing Premier Card Solutions, Mike spent 13 years in Oklahoma City where he established Lucas Color Card. With only $480 in start up cash, Mike went on to develop Lucas into a $12 million enterprise. Lucas Color Card has won the Oklahoma City Metro 50 Award for being one of the Top 50 growth companies in 2003, 2004 and 2006. In 2008, Mike relocated to Tulsa to start Idea Gateway and his media company.

Mike is a native of Wichita, Kansas and attended the University of Kansas where he received his B.S. in Cognitive Psychology. He earned his MBA from the Price College of Business at the University of Oklahoma.

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