In 1998, Mike earned the opportunity to begin building his business acumen and experience as a key member of a premier street team that successfully conducted multiple grassroots marketing campaigns for select Coca-Cola products in the Chicago Market. The experiences from this marketing initiative helped him understand the importance and art of branding.
In 2005 Mike birthed Musiclivesbeyond.com; a website tailored to give undiscovered music artists an opportunity to showcase their talents worldwide. Musiclivesbeyond.com began as a digital word-of-mouth platform that reached 4 million unique visitors; later transitioning to live events in 2006. Mike was responsible for several events that led to the creation of M.L.B.E.C. (Music Lives Beyond Entertainment Center) in 2012, a Chicago-based venue that provided rising artists, entrepreneurs and business owners a platform to showcase their movies, plays, concerts, fashion shows, tv shows, web series, and more.
As an active member and leader in his community, Mike provides educational support and enrichment surrounded about finance and business management to youth through various non-profit programs. His background in Media Production, which gives the youth opportunities to produce their own ideas in video form.
Through years of hard work and dedication to his success and the success of others, Mike has built, owns, and operates several businesses such as: Music Lives Beyond, MLBEC, Mike Watson Films, Big House Of Films, The Power House, co-owner of Harper Tax & Financial Literacy Group, and the Elite Money Making Alliance.
Mike’s talent for producing quality, visually stunning work is what gets him in rooms that most only dream of being in. Whenever you see “328”, know that it’s authentic and officially produced or created by Mike Watson.