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Michael Costigan (born January 2nd, 1993) is an American youth motivational speaker, entrepreneur, and author. Michael began professionally speaking at age 17. He was the recipient of a Youth Venture Grant from  Ashoka in 2007 for his work as a young entrepreneur at madFusion. Starting in 2008 Michael became an active columnist for RadicalParenting.com where he writes advice for parents from a young person's perspective and YoungEntrepreneur.com where he writes on various business and startup topics. In 2011 Michael was named 'Young Business Leader of the Year' by the National Financial Educators Council and featured on NPR.

Michael is represented by Premiere Speakers Bureau for speaking and TripleDot Talent Management for media relations.