While at Queen's University in 2006, Romanow co-founded 'Tea Room,' a zero-consumer-waste coffee shop. In 2014, Groupon acquired SnapSaves and relaunched it in the U.S. as Snap by Groupon." She co-founded
Clearbanc in 2015, a venture capital firm, alongside Andrew D'Souza. In June 2017, Ruma Bose, the former president of Chobani Ventures LLC, founded the Canadian Entrepreneurship Initiative with support from Michele Romanow and Entrepreneur in Residence,
Richard Branson. According to the Globe and Mail, the not-for-profit is meant to help small-business owners get inexpensive financing, and Romanow promised female entrepreneurs applying through the initiative a 10 percent discount on loans obtained through her financial services platform, clearbanc.com. Romanow is currently a director for
Vail Resorts (NYSE: MTN),
Freshii (TSX: FRII),
Shad, Queen’s School of Business and League of Innovators. She is a former director for
Whistler Blackcomb (TSX: WB). Romanow was also an investor (minority shareholder) of Goldie nightclub in Toronto, which lost its liquor license after violating social distancing orders during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Following the events that led to the suspension of the liquor license Romanow publicly denounced the management of Goldie, stating that she had no involvement in the day-to-day operation, and that she would exercise her option to sell her shares. ==Television==