Michael P. Hamer earned a communications degree from Boston University. He began his sales career at age seven selling eggs with his grandfather. In college, he sold books door-to-door and advertising space at a theatre. After college, he spent almost thirty years in advertising sales in the radio and cable TV industries, retiring as a sales executive and manager with WAVA Radio, a Christian station in Washington, D.C. He now spends his time promoting a return to time-honored ethical business practices in an evolving economy.