Mike keynoted the 2010 Russia Forum in Moscow, where he spoke to 1,500 attendees from around the world. He noted the need for increased entrepreneurial opportunities in Russia: "One of the real challenges for Russia - unlike China, India or Brazil - is that for the majority of students here the number-one goal is to work for the government. When entrepreneurship garners the sort of respect Russians usually save for great writers or scientists, there will be a flood of capital from all parts of the world coming to Russia."