Mike Williams
Founder at BuildLab
Mike Williams is the Founder of BuildLab, a digital development and automation studio.
Mike has founded two event ticketing companies, MJ Seats and SharpSeat. MJ Seats was listed in the Inc. 5000list of fastest-growing US companies in 2017 and 2018, finding itself in the top 1000 both years.
His success with MJ Seats was due in part to automating processes and developing custom technology that created a competitive edge in an otherwise commoditized industry. Upon realizing the powerful leverage that technology can provide a growing business, he became focused on his latest company, BuildLab, a company dedicated to delivering automation, application and web development services with or without code.
- Founder
- CTO
- Developer
- 📍Arlington, VA
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Mike Williams
Founder at BuildLab
- Founder
- CTO
- Developer
- 📍Arlington, VA
Mike Williams is the Founder of BuildLab, a digital development and automation studio.
Mike has founded two event ticketing companies, MJ Seats and SharpSeat. MJ Seats was listed in the Inc. 5000list of fastest-growing US companies in 2017 and 2018, finding itself in the top 1000 both years.
His success with MJ Seats was due in part to automating processes and developing custom technology that created a competitive edge in an otherwise commoditized industry. Upon realizing the powerful leverage that technology can provide a growing business, he became focused on his latest company, BuildLab, a company dedicated to delivering automation, application and web development services with or without code.
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BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Mike Williams
Founder at BuildLab
- 📍Arlington, VA
- Founder
- CTO
- Developer
Mike Williams is the Founder of BuildLab, a digital development and automation studio.
Mike has founded two event ticketing companies, MJ Seats and SharpSeat. MJ Seats was listed in the Inc. 5000list of fastest-growing US companies in 2017 and 2018, finding itself in the top 1000 both years.
His success with MJ Seats was due in part to automating processes and developing custom technology that created a competitive edge in an otherwise commoditized industry. Upon realizing the powerful leverage that technology can provide a growing business, he became focused on his latest company, BuildLab, a company dedicated to delivering automation, application and web development services with or without code.
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Move over Willy Wonka, the employees at SharpSeat are now the ones offering golden tickets. Whether for concerts or sporting events or theater performances, SharpSeat hooks up secondary market buyers with their dream tickets. The service essentially “is like StubHub, but cheaper,” say co-founder Andrew McCulloch.
Timeline
Nov 2019 – Present
BuildLab
Founder
Jan 2015 – Present
SharpSeat
Co-Founder & CTO
Oct 2012 – Present
MJ Seats
Founder
Aug 2010 - Dec 2014
Accenture
Systems Integration Consultant
Ask me
| What is no-code/low-code development? |
| What are the pros and cons of no-code versus more traditional, custom coded solutions? |
| What is your approach when building modern applications? |
| How can automation help businesses? |
| What tools/processes do you use to stay productive? |
| What is serverless development? |
| Who are some of the interesting people/podcasts you follow? |
| Anything! Mike is curious and enjoys riffing on random topics. |
