In more than 20 years of professional journalism, Bane has journeyed from the cocktail parties of New York celebrity journalism to small wars in the Third World, the executive boardrooms of some of the most successful companies in America and, most recently, the ends of the earth in search of adventure.

Michael Bane has spent time as an authority on world-class performance in large corporations, a black belt in karate, a columnist and consultant on personal computers, a "guest terrorist" for the U.S. Army Ranger battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia, an expert competition shooter, and the editor of numerous magazines on topics as varied as beer and self-esteem. As a speaker, Bane has addressed audiences in the United States and Canada on topics of risk and risk management, as well as functioning in chaos systems.

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These days, in addition to speaking and writing, Bane is a partner in the Williams Law Group, which specializes in taking small companies public. He is presently training for the Markleeville, California, "Death Ride," a 122-mile, 16,000-foot-elevation-gain bicycle ride.

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