Even Mike McDaniel Couldn't Stop this Board Meeting from Going Up in Flames
August 19, 2025
Team Contio
Meet Mike McDaniel — founder, advisor, investor… and boardroom disaster survivor. He’s built and sold not one but two companies, including a successful wealth management firm and Riskalyze, the fintech platform that reshaped how advisors think about risk.
These days, when he’s not mentoring entrepreneurs or spending time with his family, you’ll find him on the pickleball court or fly fishing in the mountains.
In this episode, Mike takes us inside a high-stakes board meeting that had all the right prep — and still went spectacularly off the rails. What went wrong? And what can you learn from it?