Michael Girdley is a serial entrepreneur and investor based in San Antonio, Texas. He is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Dura Software, a hyper-niche software acquisition company that currently operates 9 businesses.

On the investing side, Michael is Co-Founder and Partner at the Geekdom Fund, a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage internet tech startups from pre-seed to seed. He is also the Co-Founder and Partner at Dry Line Partners, a private equity fund focused on B2B recurring revenue technology businesses.

Michael is also the owner of Codeup, a coding and data science bootcamp; Red Runner Coffee, a drive-thru coffee chain and Alamo Fireworks, a fireworks retailer and wholesaler. He has also authored several books on programming, his first written whilst an undergraduate at college.

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