Entrepreneurial Ventures | Arizona (2015–Present)
Relocating to Arizona in 2015 to support his wife’s academic career, Manish broadened his business scope to include:
– Retail Ventures: Operated multiple convenience/liquor stores and e-commerce businesses.
– Wholesale & Distribution: Entered wholesale trade of consumer products and smoke-related goods.
– Real Estate Holdings: Invested in shopping plazas, Airbnb rentals, flex industrial condos, and NNN-leased properties.
Manish applied principles of hospitality, customer experience, and operational excellence across all ventures to ensure consistent growth and community impact.
Business & RE Portfolio
Entrepreneurial Philosophy & Team
Alongside his wife, Archana Saini, Manish has co-managed and grown multiple business ventures. Archana, formerly an educator, joined full-time in 2022 and now plays a leading role in operational management and acquisitions.
Together, they bring a powerful combination of vision, resilience, and execution to every business they lead.
Family & Legacy
Manish and Archana are proud parents of two daughters:
– Mahi (17) – A driven and talented student preparing for medical career.
– Avika (13) – A creative force of energy and innovation.
Their daughters are their inspiration, and Manish is committed to building a legacy rooted in integrity, opportunity, and long-term prosperity.
2001–2003
Motel Management | Texas
– Gained deep operational and customer service expertise through hands-on motel management.
– Developed systems to improve guest satisfaction, cleanliness standards, and staff performance.
– Learned the importance of operational efficiency and high-touch service in hospitality.
2003–2007
Co-Owner, Days Inn Motel | Irving, TX
– Managed daily operations, financial planning, staffing, and maintenance oversight.
– Built a reputation for balancing profitability with outstanding guest experience.
– Partnered strategically to ensure smooth operations and sustainable growth.
2005 –2015
Owner, International Metals LLC | Houston, TX
– Ship scrap metal and scrap plastic to Asian Countries (India, China, Vietnam, S. Korea, Bangladesh) from various scrap yards in North America.
– Took care of Logistics and trading of total more than 50k Tons of all kind of metal and plastic to Asia in 3 years.
– Expert with Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Scrap Metal of all kind.
2010-2014
Owner, Creative Plastics | Riverside, CA
-Manufacturer of Plastic and Rubber Extrusion and Injection Molding products
-Acquired the business for $550k and took exit in 4 years for $4.5M by increasing the clients, workforce, and plant capacity.
-Customers till date contact us to see if we have any plans to get back and serve their needs. Our customer service and personal touch was what all customers till date miss very much.
Michael helps entrepreneurs build companies and is frequently brought into difficult situations to help with outside the box problem solving, successfully negotiating, structuring and executing the delivery of high-quality advice, creative financing solutions, strategic planning and corporate finance. Michael’s hands-on, real-life experience sets him apart from other Investment Bankers, Attorneys and business consultants advising today’s entrepreneurs. His goal is to concisely and constructively solve problems, grow companies and guide entrepreneurs to their next level of success.
Michael is often described by his clients as a high-value transactional attorney and investment banker who becomes an invaluable strategic partner to his clients finding ways to deliver service offerings that includes experience, expertise and efficiency.
Michael brings qualities, perspectives and an enthusiasm for the client’s underlying business to the relationship to become a true strategic partner — actively providing more than document drafts, redlines and hypotheticals.
Michael consistently helps the client manage risk and protect profits, guides the client into and through the capital raising process and inherently facilitates growth by working with the client teams to capture the value of opportunities and make risk-adjusted decisions, and measurably contributes to the execution of the client’s overall business strategy.
Michael has had a variety of life experiences which he can draw upon in order to try to solve a problem, or attack a particular dilemma, in a unique way. Michael’s uniqueness and strength is his very different life’s experiences which allows him to make connections which are innovative. In order to connect two experiences together in a unique way you have to not have the same bag of experiences as everyone else … or you’ll make the same connections.
Working with Michael positions your company for long-term success.
For decades, Michael practiced criminal, personal injury, international law, international trade and finance as well as securities law. In each of these areas he rose to prominence, successfully handling some of the highest profile cases in the country.
Michael held FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, 79 and 99 Licenses and has been a partner in or owned multiple FINRA Broker Dealer firms, taking companies such as TASER and Reeds public. Michael established offices and provided extensive consulting, opportunities and guidance to small institutional investors throughout the USA, Europe and Asia.
Michael developed an expertise as a television and radio personality, host, commentator and contributor appearing on ABC for over seven years where he created “Consumers & the Law” and “Todays’ Law.” He produced and hosted the same shows on Clear Channel Radio. Being articulate and comfortable in front of a camera, Michael made a number of appearances on ABC, NBC, Fox and others. Michael partnered with numerous financial trade organizations to develop, produce and host live television interviews with hundreds of up and coming entrepreneurial companies, entrepreneurs, funds and fund managers, delving deep into the mind and inside corporate operations to reveal the inner workings of corporate America. For a number of years Michael appeared as a regional host of the Jerry Lewis Telethon and served on its executive committee to help fund raising on the Muscular Dystrophy Telethon.
Michael has been credited with a visionary skill set, honing that experience and expertise to become a critical, creative thinker who can hear a problem and almost instantly see a solution.
Michael offers many services, such as, assistance with capital raising, due diligence, project management, financing, private client services, structured guidance, Board service and motivational speaking.
Michael can manage the entire capital raising process as well as create clearly focused new business strategies, structures and support by providing resources that deliver both practically and monetarily. Michael can advise on business development and any transaction strategy to help assess the strategic focus required. Michael can assist with financial engineering and contractual negotiations, mergers and acquisitions or he can manage an entire project. Michael brings together in-depth sector-specialized inside knowledge, experience and a comprehensive international network of resources.
Michael has planned, advised, managed, co-managed, underwritten and been a syndicate member or participant in hundreds of offerings, raising hundreds of millions of dollars for hundreds of clients, listing many on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, over the counter and foreign exchanges in Europe and Asia.
Michael reveals his sixth sense for discovering unrealized business potential and talent for instant creative visualization in his seminars, Boot Camps and MasterMinds, offering teleconferences and day- week- or month-long brainstorming sessions.
Michael received a terminal health diagnosis a few years ago, through which he battled daily to regain his life and learn to thrive under extreme circumstances. He will take you from the depths of his journey and be an inspiration and motivation for you, your company, your employees through his motivational speaking programs.