About Thomas Michael

Serial entrepreneur with a relentless passion to build, scale & exit. Living a life worth living.

Founder. Coach. Investor. Explorer.

I’m Thomas Michael – a builder at heart who’s spent the last 25 years launching, scaling, and exiting businesses across SaaS, EdTech, AI, and SAP.

My journey has taken me from Hamburg to Houston, San Diego, New York City – and now London – each stop a chapter in learning what it really takes to grow companies, manage wealth, and design a life worth living.

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My Story

Early Days : Born in Hamburg, Germany, I cut my teeth in tech support and fell in love with SAP. By my 30s I had co-founded and grown Michael Management Corporation into the world’s #2 SAP training provider (after SAP itself).
Big Exit : In 2021, I sold a controlling stake in that business at an eight-figure valuation—and discovered that selling your baby is both exhilarating and strangely liberating.
Tomco Capital : Today I lead my boutique investment & advisory firm, Tomco Capital, where I back small B2B software businesses, curate passion-project real estate restorations, and acquire contemporary art that tells a story (and often appreciates).

What I Do Now

Founder Coaching & Strategic Advisory
I work with a handful of ambitious tech founders (4 max) to help them:

Scale: Double revenue by uncovering hidden growth levers and building predictable sales engines.
Systemize: Architect processes, teams, and dashboards so the company runs without constant founder firefighting.
Exit: Command top multiples by converting revenue into recurring streams, cleaning up governance, and crafting a bulletproof financial story.
Nano-Private Equity: Through Tomco Capital, I make select seed-to-Series-A bets in SaaS, EdTech, and AI ventures—where my operational playbooks and network unlock outsized returns.

Family Office & Legacy Projects

Art Collection: Three curated contemporary pieces and counting. My focus: works that blend aesthetic beauty with market upside.
Real Estate: From small pied-à-terres in world capitals to historic countryside restorations under $500k.
Heritage Book: Crafting my family’s escape story—from Leipzig in 1960 through Hamburg’s great flood—to preserve lessons for future generations.

A Day in the Life

Morning: HIIT workout or functional training session; tracking progress toward sub-12% body fat.
Midday: Strategy calls with founders, followed by market research on emerging AI tools.
Afternoon: Curating gallery visits or negotiating a restoration contractor for my next real estate project.
Evening: Dinner at a hidden-gem restaurant in Chelsea, a drumming session on my electronic kit, or a flight to Berlin for a weekend art fair.

Outside the Boardroom

Globe-Trotter: I treat travel like homework—probing local startups, scouting investment deals, and sampling regional cuisines (muffuletta in New Orleans remains unbeaten).
Collector at Large: Vintage Louis Vuitton Keepalls, Breitling watches, and a ’67 AC Cobra awaiting its London garage resurrection.
Lifelong Learner: Whether it’s a drum lesson, a cooking class in Paris, or mastering conversational French, I believe curiosity is the best ROI.

Why Work With Me?

No Fluff, All Results: I don’t coach for likes; I coach for outcomes you can measure in dollars, efficiency gains, and increased exit multiples.
Founder-First Perspective: I’ve built companies from zero to multi-million exits—I know the pitfalls and the shortcuts.
Global Outlook: Dual U.S./German citizen, London resident, global network. I bring a world-class lens to every engagement.

Double ARR. Build autonomous teams. Drive premium exits.