Elevate Your Brand: Recent Episodes
Laurel Mintz
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
In this episode, host Laurel Mintz sits down with Suhay Gonzalez, Founder and CEO of Seid Cosmetics. Discover how Suhay transformed personal adversity into a vibrant, innovative beauty brand that’s redefining product performance, sustainability, and inclusivity. From building award-winning, vegan, and cruelty-free cosmetics to developing products that work for all skin tones and lifestyles, this conversation is packed with insights on branding, formulating standout products, and scaling with intention.
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In this episode, Laurel Mintz welcomes Helen Christoni, co-founder of Make Time Wellness, for a dynamic discussion on the importance of women’s brain health. Discover the story behind Make Time Wellness—from its origins as a COVID project to winning Best Brain Health Supplement awards and landing on shelves at retailers like Ulta, Target, and QVC. Helen shares actionable insights about supplement formulation, navigating the challenges of launching a wellness brand, and why community and honest conversations around women's wellness are so vital.
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In this episode of Elevate Your Brand, host Laurel Mintz sits down with Povilas Sabilauskas, CEO and co-founder of Pulsetto—the world’s first non-invasive, bilateral vagus nerve stimulation device.
Laurel Mintz shares her own transformative experience using Pulsetto, while Povilas Sabilauskas dives deep into how the technology helps switch your body from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest mode, reducing stress and enhancing overall well-being. You’ll learn about the science behind vagus nerve stimulation, the data-driven integrations with popular health wearables like Apple Watch and Oura Ring, and what it takes to bring a unique wellness product to market.
This conversation not only covers the entrepreneur’s journey, the power of influencer marketing, and tips for standing out in the wellness space, but also delivers practical insights for founders, wantrepreneurs, and anyone curious about optimizing their health.
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In this episode, Laurel Mintz chats with Molly Fetich, founder and CEO of Buzzkill Wines, about redefining the non-alcoholic wine market. Discover how brand positioning, product innovation, and strategic pivots—like switching from cans to bottles—drive growth in an evolving CPG landscape. Molly Fetich shares insights on industry headwinds, lessons for new entrepreneurs, and a sneak peek at a nostalgic celebrity partnership. Perfect for founders and brand builders eager to learn from the front lines of beverage marketing.
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In this episode of the Elevate Your Brand podcast, host Laurel Mintz sits down with Steve Booer, founder and CEO of Always Full, to dive into his entrepreneurial journey and the inspiration behind his innovative self-cleaning water bowl for pets. Steve Booer shares how Always Full uses laser technology to monitor water levels, automatically refilling when needed, and features an hourly vortex flush with triple filtration to keep the water clean—all designed to make pet ownership easier and more hygienic.
Throughout the discussion, Steve Booer reflects on his path as a seasoned entrepreneur, revealing that Always Full is his sixth company and sharing valuable lessons from his numerous exits, including a major acquisition by John Deere. He opens up about the challenges of managing cash flow, the importance of buy-sell agreements, and why being "obsessed" with your business is essential for success. The conversation also highlights the significance of surrounding yourself with a great team and learning to delegate effectively.
The episode wraps up with insights into Always Full’s product development process, upcoming accessories like the ear guard for long-eared breeds, and tips for entrepreneurs considering new ventures. It’s an engaging and honest look at building innovative products, surviving the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, and staying passionate about solving real-world problems.
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Welcome to the Elevate Your Brand podcast. I’m your host, Laurel Mintz, a reformed corporate MNA attorney and CEO of LA-based marketing agency, Elevate My Brand. We’ve elevated some of the world's biggest brands from Squishmellows, Geico, and Verizon, to innovative startups you haven’t even heard of…yet. I started this podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” like yourself, looking to learn from the mistakes and successes of some of the fastest growing brands. Are you ready to elevate your brand? New episodes launch every Tuesday.
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Ebony Brown founded Flowing Creations to bring thoughtfully designed baby care essentials that are free of harmful chemicals and eco-friendly. Flowing Creations products are meticulously crafted for unmatched comfort, durability, and timeless elegance.
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Rowena Scherer is the founder and CEO of eat2explore. They make it easy for kids and families to explore world cuisines and cultures with award-winning experience-in-a-box cooking kits.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
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Ryan Riley is CEO of STEMREGEN, leading the supplement company’s growth as it makes the science of stem cells more accessible. His career in the natural products industry also includes Microbe Formulas, where he was CEO and CTO and prepared the company for a profitable exit. He is passionate about scientific excellence and partnering with expert founders — like stem cell scientist Christian Drapeau — who have great products and need guidance for growth and business success. He helps businesses inspire better leadership and teamwork and contribute to the broader dialogue on health innovation.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
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Kristen Allen is the founder of Exclusively Kristen, a fashion brand dedicated to creating timeless, versatile, and modest clothing designed for fuller busts. An entrepreneur and global traveler, Kristen champions ethical production and solving fashion gaps overlooked by mainstream brands.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
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Leanne Viola is the Co-Founder of WHIMS, a modern, low-sugar confectionery brand — think Reese’s and Snickers reimagined for the next generation of ingredient-conscious consumers. To date, WHIMS has reduced over 25,000 pounds of sugar from the American diet, with a goal of removing 1,000,000 pounds by 2030.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
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Michael Tashman is the founder of Churn Foods. Churn is on a mission to fundamentally shift our perception of Butter and inspire home cooks to elevate the ordinary to extraordinary.
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Amber Ferrell-Steele is the creator and owner of the small-batch luxury boutique brand Timeless Vodka and Zeal Premium Rum. What started as an anniversary gift for her husband quickly grew into a labor of love for all to enjoy.
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Jim Phillips is the Co-Founder and CEO of Graymatter Labs, a company dedicated to raising awareness of plant-based cognitive supplementation. Their flagship product, Bright Mind, is trusted by thousands as a natural solution for improving focus and strengthening cognition. Passionate about unlocking human potential, Jim leads Graymatter Labs with the mission of reshaping how people prioritize brain health for everyday performance.
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Ekin Ozlen is a powerhouse entrepreneur and Owner/CEO of Keracell, a company focused on hair, skin, and body care products that utilize Multiple Human Cell Stem Cell Technology.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
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Karly Bonfante is the Author and Founder of Full Moon Fairy. She is on a humble mission to help parents create mindful, magical moments with their children while imparting invaluable lessons of kindness, connection, love, and empathy toward each other and the Earth.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
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Laura Roos is the co-founder of Mary & Jane, a hemp-derived microdosed edibles company. She’s currently on a mission to make microdosing cannabis mainstream.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
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Carol Han Pyle is the founder and CEO of Nette, the luxury candle and fragrance brand. Nette’s mission to help you take good care with clean, sustainable, transparent, and luxurious products.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
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Chirag Sagar is a Co-Founder of Mission Matters, a multimedia company focused on book publishing and content marketing. Their mission is to amplify the purpose of entrepreneurs, experts and executives through their content. Beyond the media, they also help individuals and companies with book publishing services, podcast production services, social media, PR, audio-editing, video-editing, and blog-writing.
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Hans Kaspersetz is the CEO of Oralucent, a groundbreaking oral care company pioneering the use of red and blue light therapy to improve gum health, whiten teeth, and support systemic wellness. A seasoned entrepreneur with multiple successful exits, Hans has spent more than 20 years at the intersection of health technology, consumer wellness, and marketing innovation. Outside the boardroom, Hans is an avid cave explorer and ultramarathon runner, channeling the same curiosity and endurance that drive his business ventures. Having endured his own oral health and health challenges, Hans is passionate about the science of oral light therapy, how it fits into the biohacking and longevity landscape, and why your mouth may be the new frontier of whole-body health.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
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Lizette Espinosa, Esq. is the CEO and Co-Founder of infanttech, a trailblazing brand redefining modern parenting through smart, family-first technology. A former attorney turned entrepreneur and devoted mom, Lizette built infanttech from a deep desire to make parenting less stressful and more empowering.
Giuseppe Veneziano wears many hats—and capes. He’s a husband, father, inventor, author, full-time geek, voice actor, Business and Mindset Coach, and, at his core, a tinkerer. Giuseppe’s mission is to help families purchase their home, inspire parents and guide children through storytelling, and coach budding entrepreneurs to grow their businesses and is the inventor of the zooby baby monitor for cars.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
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At the helm of Archer Meat Snacks' marketing department, Andrew Thomas’ focus is on steering one of the nation's leading better-for-you meat snack brand towards unprecedented growth. This role demands a mastery of strategic planning and a knack for nurturing trend-forward marketing innovations.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
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In this powerful episode of Elevate Your Brand, host Laurel Mintz sits down with Beate Chelette, The Growth Architect, to explore the intersection of strategy, spirituality, and resilience in entrepreneurship. Beate shares her journey, from building and selling a business to Bill Gates, to surviving personal and professional disasters, to finding clarity through plant medicine and spiritual practice.
Together, they dive into why so many entrepreneurs struggle to connect head and heart in business, how authenticity creates attraction over persuasion, and why resilience is the key to scaling sustainably. Beate also opens up about losing everything in the Palisades fire, the community that lifted her up, and how she transformed pain into purpose through her Five Star Success Blueprint and “What’s Your Talent Worth?” quiz.
If you’ve ever wondered how to build a business model rooted in conviction, clarity, and impact, or how to turn setbacks into your biggest breakthroughs, this conversation will leave you inspired, grounded, and ready to elevate your brand.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and across the U.S.
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Mexico’s entrepreneurial spirit is thriving, and few embody that energy better than Jimena Suárez Ibarrola, founder of Sentient. In this episode of Elevate Your Brand, host Laurel Mintz uncovers Jimena’s journey from working inside major corporations to launching her own agency dedicated to authentic, human-centered communication.
Jimena shares how Sentient helps brands bridge cultural divides, adapt to shifting consumer expectations, and build campaigns that resonate across Latin America and beyond. Together, they explore the power of empathy in business, the role of creativity in navigating global markets, and what it takes to turn local insight into international impact.
Whether you’re a brand builder, a marketer seeking cultural fluency, or simply inspired by entrepreneurial grit, this conversation offers a fresh look at purpose-driven growth and the art of storytelling that truly connects.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and across the U.S.
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Rosé has taken the wine world by storm, and no one knows its story better than Paul Chevalier, National Fine Wine Director at Moët Hennessy. In this episode of Elevate Your Brand, host Laurel Mintz uncorks the history, craftsmanship, and cultural shift behind rosé’s rise from a seasonal favorite to a global lifestyle phenomenon.
Paul shares insights from his journey in the world of fine wines, from the sun-drenched vineyards of Provence to introducing rosé to new audiences worldwide. Together, they explore what makes a truly exceptional rosé, how consumer tastes are evolving, and why this pink-hued pour is more than just a drink, it’s an experience.
Whether you’re a wine lover, a curious sipper, or simply looking for inspiration in building a brand with staying power, this conversation offers a fresh perspective on passion, craftsmanship, and the art of elevating a classic.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and across the U.S.
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Mesh Gelman is the founder and CEO behind Cumulus Coffee, a company brewing up a new standard in coffee. With a background in fashion and a passion for product design, Mesh has always looked at the world through an elevated lens—and now, he’s turning that vision toward your morning cup. By reimagining what instant coffee can be, Mesh is creating a product that’s equal parts innovative, elegant, and experiential.
In this episode of Elevate Your Brand, Laurel Mintz chats with Mesh about why great branding starts with great storytelling, the magic of making high design feel approachable, and what it takes to bring a totally new product category to life. From sourcing to packaging to building community, Mesh shares what it means to create a “slow moment” in a fast-paced world.
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Shang Saavedra is a personal finance educator, content creator, and the founder of Save My Cents. With a background in behavioral economics and a mission to help others achieve financial freedom, Shang brings a unique, deeply relatable voice to the world of money management.
In this episode of Elevate Your Brand, Laurel Mintz sits down with Shang to unpack the psychology of saving, the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, and why redefining your relationship with money is the first step toward living richly. Whether you’re looking to build a budget, shift your mindset, or retire early, Shang’s insights will leave you feeling both inspired and equipped to take action.
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Stephanie Cartin is the co-founder of Entreprenista, a platform and podcast dedicated to celebrating and supporting women entrepreneurs. From launching Socialfly to building a thriving community of female founders, Stephanie has made it her mission to empower women to lead with confidence, strategy, and authenticity.
In this episode of Elevate Your Brand, Laurel Mintz chats with Stephanie about the evolution of the Entreprenista brand, the power of vulnerability in business, and why storytelling is essential for scale. Whether you’re a founder, a future founder, or simply curious about how women are changing the business game, this episode is packed with insight and inspiration.
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Earnest Sweat is the founding partner of Swimming with Allocators, a trailblazing investment firm focused on reshaping the traditional venture capital model by backing diverse emerging fund managers and overlooked founders. With a background in finance, innovation, and community-driven growth, Earnest is building a more inclusive and equitable future for the VC space.
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Hilary Cocalis is the founder of Sipwell Wine Co., a premium canned wine brand rooted in storytelling and innovation. With over a decade of experience across the beverage industry, she previously led marketing at Ballast Point Brewing, helping scale it into a billion-dollar brand. Today, she advises emerging food and beverage startups while growing Sipwell from the ground up, all while raising two strong daughters, her proudest role of all.
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Kim Richards is the founder of Caring for Mama, a purpose-driven brand offering thoughtfully curated care packages that support mothers, caregivers, and the women-owned businesses behind each product. What began as a response to the intensity of postpartum has grown into both an e-commerce platform and a partnership hub, delivering meaningful care across all seasons of motherhood and caregiving—with offerings that resonate deeply, whether gifted personally or at scale.
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Sachi Singh is the Founder and CEO of Rootless, a wellness startup focused on seaweed-based nutrition for health and sustainability. With a background in climate policy, international development, and environmental science, she launched Rootless to make ocean-friendly nutrition accessible and impactful.
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Jill Brooks-Garnett is a recognized leader in the affordable housing industry, having served as an executive at some of the country’s largest asset management platforms. She is committed to advancing housing access across the United States through new development projects and by consulting to industry leaders.
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Lindsay Hancock is the founder of My Better Batch, a clean-ingredient cookie mix company on a mission to make better-than-homemade cookies easier and more accessible. A former executive at KIND Snacks, she brings over a decade of experience building and scaling better-for-you food brands. As both a mom and entrepreneur, Lindsay created My Better Batch to offer a premium shortcut—one that saves time without ever compromising on quality or taste
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Marcos Della Pia is the co-founder of Baris since 2023. Previously, he was a member of the executive team at The Not Company, a leading plant-based food company valued at $1.5 billion. Earlier in his career, he worked in Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan and in sales at Procter & Gamble.
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Angela Powell is the founder of Whipzi, a line of naturally flavored and colored powdered sugars designed to make baking and beverage creation easy and enjoyable. A U.S. Air Force veteran and former military spouse, she launched the brand to simplify baking, while using natural flavors and plant-based ingredients to inspire creativity in every kitchen. Whipzi has since gained recognition for its versatility and commitment to clean, accessible ingredients.
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Gary Lipsky is a Multifamily Operator and President of Break of Day Capital who has done over ¼ billion in real estate transactions. He is the host of the Real Estate Investor Podcast and best-selling author of Best In Class, the ground breaking book on asset management and Invest Smart:Spotting Red Flags in Real Estate Syndications. Gary is also the host of the InvestSmartSummit.com that takes place on June 6.
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Dr. Margo Harrison MD MPH is founder and CEO of Wave Bye Inc, which is disrupting the period pain space currently led by Midol. She is a clinically active Ob/Gyn, was previously and NICHD-funded investor, and started a women's health consulting firm before founding Wave Bye.
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Tiana Ravden is the founder of Eroe, an innovative lingerie brand that’s been ten years in the making and fueled by a deep belief in the everyday strength of women. After leading merchandising for companies like Mattel, Gap, and Tommy Hilfiger — and building her own clothing brand and restaurant — Tiana followed her passion, turning a side hustle and a patented idea into a full-time mission to empower confidence, femininity, and triumph through Eroe.
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Hours and hours in the pool did a number on Ann Ragan Kearns’ hair and skin. As an NCAA Division 1 swimmer, she struggled with acne and hair loss, and while she could purchase beauty products for her issues, she never encountered a brand that designed products specifically for her as a female athlete.
Fast forward and Kearns has learned a ton about the beauty market as founder of Odyssey Public Relations, a firm that’s worked with beauty companies including that the gap in it she encountered over a decade ago for a beauty brand aimed at female athletes hadn’t closed. And it became pressing to her to fill it with female athletes rising in prominence and inspiring girls around the world.
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Meredith Cochran is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for authentic conversations and high quality craftsmanship. A roll-up-your-sleeves kind of girl. Meredith has a background in Cellular Molecular Biology, Electrophysiology, and Traditional Chinese Medicine. She uses this experience to pursue her passion of preventive health and food-as-medicine. Meredith is an accomplished author and founder of a BFY brand which generates multi-million dollar revenues annually with an omni-channel business model. She is currently focused on her role as Director of Marketing for one of the largest privately-owned businesses in the world and her new startup, which focuses on sustainably sourced teas formulated with the intention of reconnecting us to our body, mind, soul, and those who surround us. In her spare time, she enjoys time with her dog, Maui, bikram yoga, and reading.
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Sheria James is a dynamic strategist and marketing leader with a proven track record of elevating companies at the intersection of innovation and impact. With over a decade of experience across fast-paced startups and mission-driven organizations, she brings a rare blend of strategic insight, creative direction, and cultural fluency to every project she leads.
Sheria is especially passionate about helping organizations clarify their voice, tell better stories, and design experiences that create growth. She shows up with clarity, warmth, and an eye on what matters most: people. Whether she’s launching a brand from the ground up or leading a strategic repositioning, Sheria combines data-driven thinking with a human-first approach.
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Lauren Alexander serves as the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Qualia Life Sciences, where she leverages over 15 years of experience to drive innovative marketing strategies that resonate with consumers and elevate the brand's presence in the wellness sector. In her current role, Lauren is at the forefront of direct customer acquisition initiatives, utilizing her expertise in paid advertising and media relations to enhance brand visibility and engagement. Her strategic approach encompasses a comprehensive understanding of SEO, content curation, and public relations, ensuring that Qualia Life Sciences not only reaches its target audience but also builds lasting relationships with them.
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Brandie Miller brings a wealth of food industry experience, blending expertise in startups, retail buying, and e-commerce with a passion for food accessibility. She began her career launching a small ice cream brand, driving it from food service into retail through strategic sales and marketing. She then transitioned to the buying side as a category manager for Grocery Outlet, a 400-store chain, where she championed Natural & Organic (NOSH) products, growing it into the company’s largest category. Her efforts contributed to Grocery Outlet’s 2019 IPO.
Her dedication to making healthy, high-quality food more accessible deepened at Misfits Market, where she served as Senior Director of Grocery. There, she and her team expanded affordable grocery options nationwide, launched an upcycled food initiative, and introduced thousands of new SKUs in just three years—all while scaling operations across four warehouses.
Brandie’s impact has been widely recognized, earning her industry accolades such as:
• Supermarket News’ 2016 Disruptor
• Progressive Grocer’s 2019 Top Women in Grocery – Rising Star
• Natural Foods Merchandiser’s May/June 2019 Cover Feature
• NEXTY Judge at Expo East 2022
In 2024, Brandie and Will Miller combined their vastly different experiences to create something completely new—Mochi Love. Driven by a shared passion for innovation, delicious food, and bringing joy to everyday moments, they set out to expand mochi beyond the freezer aisle and introduce it to more categories across grocery stores.
Mochi Love is upbeat, delicious, and simply irresistible—a modern take on a time-honored ingredient.
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Mikuna was founded by fifth-generation Ecuadorian farmer and former professional athlete, Ricky Echanique. While living in Santa Barbara, Ricky faced health and digestion issues that sent him on a new path: to find a better form of plant-based nutrition. This journey led him back home to Ecuador and to Chocho, the "Andean super protein." This powerful lupin has been harvested for thousands of years by Andean farmers yet remains relatively unknown because it grows so remotely. Given his deep roots within the Ecuadorian agricultural community, Ricky felt confident that he could share Chocho with the world. As he met with local farmers, he was moved by their kindness, hospitality and work ethic. Supporting and working alongside Chocho farmers quickly became a key part of his mission.
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Our guest PJ Monte carries on his family’s century-old culinary legacy with Monte’s Fine Foods, offering a vegan, gluten-free, and certified Kosher tomato sauce made from their original recipe, free of pastes, starches, and fillers. Sourcing premium U.S.-grown tomatoes, Monte’s prioritizes quality and tradition in every jar. With deep roots in the restaurant industry dating back to 1906, PJ expanded the family brand by opening Monte’s at the Manor in Montauk, blending classic Italian-American flavors with local ingredients. Through his passion for food, he continues to bring authentic, time-honored recipes to modern tables.
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Recognized as one of Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “Most Admired CEOs,” Jesslyn Rollins is the visionary leader who revolutionized the Sports Drink category. Her family's groundbreaking product, BIOLYTE®, combines the science of IV hydration with the convenience of a sports drink, delivering a medical-strength solution to the mainstream market.
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Meet Aubrey Hubbell, the visionary co-founder of Hazel, who's redefining femme care. Aubrey has always been involved in creating products for women in varying stages of life, informed by the intergenerational friendships that make life all the more rich.
With a background in design, she’s passionate about building better brands and products for women – from pregnancy to post-menopause. Cheers to embracing everything that comes with being a woman – leaks included!
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Elizabeth Fisher is the founder of Lavva, a dairy-free yogurt brand. After being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2013, Elizabeth adopted a ketogenic diet and discovered the pili nut, which inspired her to create Lavva's creamy, plant-based yogurt. She emphasizes the importance of gut health and ensures that Lavva contains 50 billion live probiotics per serving without added sugars or heat processing.
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Matt Corbett has over three decades of refined expertise in talent acquisition, spanning technology consulting, executive search, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) He stands as the President and co-founder of of the Embedded Recruiting division of ZRG Partners, LLC.
Matt’s professional narrative is deeply intertwined with his passion for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) and the transformative power of technology. He is an ardent advocate for leveraging the unique insights and perspectives that diversity brings to the table, ensuring they are recognized and celebrated across various sectors. Matt’s expertise and enthusiasm extend beyond just advocating for DEIB; he is also vocal about the ethical and responsible use of technology to enhance human lives, standing at the forefront of championing technology as a force for good and understanding the impact of AI on labor markets.
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Kimberly, Founder and CEO of ORA, discovered the power of acupuncture after years of managing Type-1 Diabetes. Inspired by her own healing journey, she conceived ORA while at Harvard Business School to make acupuncture more accessible. Today, she brings a curated, elevated acupuncture experience to New York through ORA.
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Amy Shack Egan, known as "The Anti-Wedding Wedding Planner" since her recognition by The Cut in 2022, is the creative mind behind Modern Rebel, an unconventional wedding planning company she established in 2015. Through the renowned "love parties," Amy and her team have led more than 500 couples nationwide to challenge traditional wedding norms, fostering a renewed focus on relationships. Honored as one of The Knot's "Ones to Watch" in 2023 and featured in their first-ever national commercial, Amy's impact extends beyond events, with write-ups in major publications and a distinguished presence on the speaking circuit, signaling that she is only just beginning to revolutionize the wedding industry.
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Co-founder Dan Grossman of LOO (Wipes) speaks on the plant-based bathroom wipes that come in 100% recyclable packaging. Dan Grossman is a driven industrial designer who combined the worlds of both engineering and design to create his outcome. Being an accomplished design, innovation, and strategy leader with a proven track record in the management of design programs and departments, Dan checks every box.
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CEO Jennifer van Dijk and Chief Strategy Officer & Collector Zack Sugarman of Superplastic speak on their character-driven intellectual property company, which makes for an entertaining discussion. Zack Sugarman is a driven tech geek who makes sure to stay on the cutting edge of emerging technologies and digital strategies. Jennifer van Dijk has years of experience in strategic business development and revenue creation as well as many key skills, including being a commercial drone pilot.
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Andrew Lu is the Co-founder and CEO of Captain, a men's skincare platform and personalized concierge service. With a background as a corporate attorney specializing in startups and venture capital, Andrew combines his entrepreneurial experience with his passion for skincare to bridge the personal wellness gap for men.
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Carrie Sporer is the co-founder of SWAIR, a time-saving haircare brand for people who exercise. She resides with her family in Manhattan and loves running, stress-baking and spontaneous dance parties with her two sons.
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Alvin Chong is the founder of a movement to inspire and enable you to do what you love, live life to the fullest and live with no regrets. He's thought deeply about the meaning of life and has had the good fortune to experience what it's like to be truly happy, even if it's not always easy to stay that way, and NO RAGRETS is his way of trying to help everyone have that experience at least once.
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Tracy Holland is a founder, investor, board member, and entrepreneur who is an authority on beauty and wellness with a global track record of incubating and launching brands. Tracy has dedicated her career to creating new brands and success stories by spotlighting innovation, amplifying authentic and celebrity voices in beauty and personal care, and nurturing promising talent — especially other women entrepreneurs.
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Bunny Ghatrora is the co-founder of Blume. Blume creates award-winning, clean and uncomplicated skincare that actually works. With over 400,000+ happy customers, Blume products are formulated with acne-prone and sensitive skin in mind. Blume's formulations are targeted specifically to teens and Gen Z, and sold nationwide at Sephora & Ulta Beauty.
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Gianna Wurzl is a serial entrepreneur, strategist and experience designer. She is also a channel for good, here to help you make sense. Her experience as a strategist and founder paired with my intuitive gifts makes her very good at connecting the spiritual and material worlds.
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Entertainment executive Mike Camello is the President and Co-Founder of Kástra Elión. With a love for vodka, an entrepreneurial spirit and a healthy dose of curiosity, Camello set out to create a different kind of vodka – challenging the industry and delighting vodka aficionados.
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Melissa Green Katrincic, is Durham Distillery’s co-founder, CEO, and an all-around badass for being the first (and so far, only) U.S. female distiller inducted into The Gin Guild. Durham Distillery is the celebrated birthplace of Conniption Gin and a pioneer in craft distillation located in the heart of Durham, North Carolina. The facility isn't just a distillery—it's a gateway to exploring the intricate dance between tradition and modern innovation in spirit production.
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Maya French is a visionary entrepreneur and accomplished brand builder in theConsumer Packaged Goods (CPG) sector, boasting a wealth of over a decade's experience in the industry. Notably, she co-founded Koia, the nation's leading plant protein beverage, which has achieved nationwide distribution across esteemed retailers including Whole Foods, 7-Eleven, Publix, and Walmart. With a profound passion for innovation and a relentless drive for success, French has recently launched her second beverage HappyPop Mood-Boosting Energy with the mission to empower people to live happier and healthier lives through happy and functional ingredients.
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Kristin Taylor Hines, a former brand builder of Denver, CO and Macie Mincey, a former banker of Charlotte, NC met over a blind business date and bonded over the unmet needs of the modern, health-conscious woman, and lack of BIPOC female representation in the wine industry. What was a chance meeting turned into a full fledged business idea, the duo set out on a mission to shift wine culture - to make wine approachable by connecting with the younger generation and using their platform to educate without all the “fluff” that is normally associated with wine. The co-founders have managed to bring together the playfulness of a brand, ingredient transparency, and good taste - all at a reasonable price point.
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David Watkinsis the Co-founder of Dirty Labs, a sustainable, biobased approach to home and laundry care that’s rooted in science and aligned with nature.
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Shelley Gupta is a seasoned executive with a background in music, real estate, and consulting. She founded BāKIT Box, a STEM-based baking activity kit that brings diverse flavors and traditions into their customers' kitchens and launched in July 2023.
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Sally Mueller is the Co-Founder and CEO of Womaness, the brand changing the conversation around aging and menopause. A consummate business builder specializing in retail and brand innovation, Sally’s trend-forecasting Midas touch has benefited companies such as Target, Who What Wear and VERSED skincare, among others.
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Anna Vocino is a comic, culinary tastemaker, and founder of Eat Happy Kitchen. After being diagnosed with celiac at age 28, she has managed her autoimmune through food and authored hundreds of delicious low-carb, gluten-free recipes, included in her best-selling cookbooks. In 2020, she created Eat Happy Kitchen, a CPG company on a mission to nourish people through their no-sugar-added premium pantry items.
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In this special episode of Elevate Your Brand, Content Director Cody H. Owens of Elevate My Brand talks about the creative process including constructive feedback, graphic design, branding, content bulking and more.
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Marcia Dawood is the author of Do Good While Doing Well, TEDx speaker, Podcast host, and an early-stage investor who serves on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. She is a venture partner with Mindshift Capital and the chair emeritus of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), a global professional society for angel investors. She is also an associate producer on the award-winning documentary Show Her the Money.Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
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A Chemical Engineer from Colorado School of Mines, and Colorado Manufacturing Woman of the Year in 2022, Diana Hall Founded ActivArmor in 2016 to revolutionize the medical immobilization market with custom designed 3D printed casts and splints. ActivArmor is used by NFL teams and other professional athletes, and is contracted with the top hospitals, sports medicine and orthopedic clinics in the country, and in 15 other countries.
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Fiona Frills is a 20-year-old beauty, makeup, fashion, lifestyle influencer and entrepreneur. Since launching her YouTube channel at the age of 10, she has amassed a fan base of over 1 Million followers. At the age of 13, Fiona decided to turn her obsession of makeup into a beauty brand and began developing her own makeup line, Frilliance. She personally formulated and designed all the products in the line, which are available in 700+ Walmart stores and CVS Beauty IRL stores. Online at Frilliance.com, Amazon.com, and in the UK at Superdrug.com.
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Chris is an executive and leadership coach helping people and organizations achieve their goals. He has a passion for helping entrepreneurs grow their companies and have sustained success. Chris has 35+ years in corporate finance, spending the last 13 years as a CFO for an employee owned (ESOP) company.
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Evan Waite is currently a co-executive producer on Fox’s Family Guy, and wrote on the Emmy-winning Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, NBC’s Sunnyside, Inside Job, The President Show, Our Cartoon President, Fairfax, and Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History. He won a Writer’s Guild Award for his work on Adult Swim’s Three Busy Debras, and also contributes to The Onion, The New Yorker and McSweeney’s. His first humor book, "Life Wants You Dead: A Calm, Rational, and Totally Legit Guide to Scaring Yourself Safe" is available wherever books are sold.
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Paul Wynns is the CEO and Co-Founder of Flex Air, a flight school for aspiring aviators of all kinds that is led by minorities and veterans focused on increasing minority representation in the industry. He is a retired Naval Aviator from the S-3B Viking sea control community where his duties included leadership of the aviation safety, training, standardization, and operating procedures program for all Navy Viking pilots, world-wide. After leaving the military, Paul worked as a program manager at Boeing Defense, Space, and Security, where he and his engineering team were awarded two patents for their prototyping work.
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Jenn is a consulting partner at Armanino, a leading accounting and consulting firm that offers audit and tax advisory, consulting services, and technology strategies to help businesses achieve their goals. She has over 25 years of experience in outsourced accounting and finance, specializing in startups and the advertising and creative production industries, and is dedicated to helping companies leverage the latest technology to enhance efficiency and success.
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Sara is the founder of GEM, a consumer health company reimagining daily nutrition. Sara received a bachelor of science in international agricultural development studies and has spent a decade building and collaborating with startups, non-profits, and sustainable food networks all over the world. Her personal health journey brought her to become an experimentalist in the kitchen tinkering with superfood concoctions, new age plants, and sustainable nourishing systems like algae, ultimately resulting in the first ever real food way to get your daily nutrition - the GEM Bite.
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Julie Wainwright is an entrepreneur and e-commerce pioneer with over 20 years of experience in technology and consumer businesses. She is currently the CEO and co-founder of Ahara, a precision nutrition company founded in 2022, which raised over $10M in seed funding. Previously, she founded The RealReal, transforming it into the leading luxury consignment company and taking it public in 2019. Julie is a frequent industry speaker and has received numerous prestigious awards, including Entrepreneur’s 50 Most Daring Entrepreneurs and Forbes' 50 successful women over 50.
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Nadya Okamoto is the co-Founder of August, a lifestyle period brand working to reimagine periods to be powerful. She is also the author of the book PERIOD POWER: a Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement, and founder and former Executive Director of the nonprofit organization, PERIOD. Outside of her work in the menstrual health space, Okamoto is also a social media creator with over 4m followers on TikTok, producer and host of the podcast, Tigress, a mental health advocate, and known as a Gen Z marketing expert. She recently graduated from Harvard College, class of 2021.
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Gone Bananas is a female-founded, banana-centric LA bakery that originated as a charity project to help support front line workers during the 2020 pandemic. Founders & best friends Estee Stanley and Leah Smith officially launched the business earlier this year, now shipping their renowned, from-scratch Banana Bread nationwide. Notable flavors include Big Banana, OG Chocolate Chip, Bluenana and Cinnabanana!
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Throughout her 25+ year career in human resources, organizational development and executive development Wendy Ryan has partnered with hundreds of individuals, teams and organizations globally, propelling front-line through C-suite leaders and board members to new levels of success. As CEO of Kadabra, Wendy leads an interdisciplinary team of experts who are revolutionizing how leaders think, what they do and how they show up to others through The Learn Lead Lift Framework® and Kadabra's unique learning solutions.
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LaQuita Cleare is a storytelling magician helping business leaders and companies tell better stories and speak to motivate and inspire from the boardroom to the stage. As a Global Keynote Speaker and CEO of Clear Communication Academy, LaQuita has worked in more than 50 countries across 4 continents with Fortune 500 companies, executives, public figures, politicians and organizations to achieve next-level results with their communication.
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Jeanette Towles brings over 15 years of invaluable industry experience to the discussion. Prior to founding Synterex, she held medical writing and clinical science positions at both startups and large corporations, giving her a unique perspective into challenges across company sizes.
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Mayssa Chehata is the founder of BEHAVE, the first low-sugar, clean label candy that doesn’t spike blood sugar.
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Kevin Smart is Vice President of Business Development at Big Plan Holdings, a diversified family office with ventures in cannabis, real estate, music/entertainment, hospitality, professional sports, fashion, and philanthropy. With a diverse background, Kevin began his professional career at 17 as a touring drummer for pop artist Jake Miller and has since collaborated with numerous artists and toured alongside acts like Fifth Harmony and Shawn Mendes. Simultaneously, he earned a B.S. in Business from Penn State University, demonstrating his commitment to both music and business. Kevin’s entrepreneurial spirit is evident as he continues to pursue his career in venture and music.
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Jake Ireland is the founder and CEO of Off Hours Spirits. Off Hours produces award-winning, small-batch bourbon and rye whiskey for the modern drinker.
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Scott Frohman is a highly passionate entrepreneur and wellness enthusiast who is changing the fabric of the beverage aisle with the introduction of a new, ready-to-drink take on functional mushrooms. As founder and CEO of Odyssey, Frohman is on a mission to make functional mushrooms mainstream and share their benefits with consumers across the U.S.
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Devin McGhee Kirkland began her founder's journey after losing her father to a stress-induced heart attack in 2018. Using her grief as motivation, she decide to trust herself and make a shift in her career. After striving to prove Black worthiness within the beauty spaces she worked in, she decided enough was enough. The needs and voices of Black people deserved to be centered in the beauty and wellness industries—not addressed as an afterthought. Alongside co-founder and spouse, Brit Kirkland, she set out to create an unapologetically Black stress care brand that challenges the extremely white, skinny, and feminine status quo across these intersecting industries, successfully raising upwards of $1M to make this dream a reality. Deon Libra is shifting the culture of wellness by challenging how wellness brands looks, communicate, and make consumers feel, while encouraging Black folks to center self care and focus on taking care of their bodies from the inside out.
Brit “BK” Kirkland is the Co-Founder and COO of Deon Libra. After witnessing countless stress-related deaths in the family, it was only fitting that Brit joined forces with Devin to lead by example and create products that will empower Black folks to take control of their health. Brit leads the charge on Deon Libra’s informative editorial content.
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Awa Kone is the CEO and Co-founder of N/UM, a premium consumer packaged goods company that embodies the authenticity and luxury of the vast African cultural heritage. N/UM's mission is to use African gastronomy and storytelling to craft a new narrative for the continent. Their line of Artisan Salts is 100% natural, and hand-harvested in Southern Africa, using ancient and meticulous harvesting processes that ensure the highest quality. Their salts are not only visually stunning but packed with unique flavors and minerals that add a distinctive touch to any culinary creation.
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Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire is President of 50/50 Women on Boards, the global education and advocacy campaign committed to accelerating gender balance and diversity on corporate boards. She is the author of two books on the topic, "The Board Game: How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors” and “Winning the Board Game: How Women Directors Make the Difference.” Both books offer real-world guidelines and profiles of current women corporate directors for helping women seek board positions as their ultimate career goal.
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Jaclyn Johnson is the founder of Create & Cultivate and Cherub. Jaclyn has spent her career helping underrepresented founders build businesses and raise capital. She has, bootstrapped, built and exited two companies with valuations upwards of $35mm.
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Annie Slabotsky and Morgan Lerner are the co-founders of GoNanas, a better-for-you banana-based baking mix company that is vegan, gluten-free, and allergen-friendly. By having the consumer add ripe bananas to their mixes, they’re making baked goods taste homemade from a mix and reducing food waste. Since the company's inception, they have launched GoNanas into 2,500 retail locations including Whole Foods and Target and has earned appearances on QVC, Good Morning America, and in Forbes as a 30 Under 30 Listers. They have a social media presence with over 85K followers and an influencer ambassador program with over 3,500 members. GoNanas has quickly become the “fastest growing baking brand,” shaking up the baked goods space with their innovative mixes.
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Chef Tai Lee is the mastermind behind Kanji Sushi, Sôlt Restaurant, and Urban Table in the Bryan/College Station area of Texas. Known for his culinary expertise, he's also the creator of Chef Tai's Artisan Sauces, showcasing his dedication to crafting unique flavors and culinary innovation.
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Account Manager and EYB Podcast Manager Gigi Toma, joins host Laurel Mintz for the 300th episode of Elevate Your Brand. Get a behind-the-scenes peak on how marketing agency, Elevate My Brand, records, edits and grows the podcast.
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Mike Schanbacher, Co-founder and co-CEO, leads marketing and growth strategy at Blobs. His leadership experience in startups has shown him the successes and failures that helped him navigate growing early-stage companies and now Blobs, where he lives & breathes their mission – to create a great-tasting product and fun brand that evokes the care-free joy of eating candy as a kid.
Nicholas Kheny, Co-founder and Co-CEO went from engineer to candy maker. Nick has built a career marked by innovation, sustainability, and the unexpected! With degrees in Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, Nicholas entered real estate private equity when he was recruited to build out a sustainability program to slash carbon emissions and operating costs.
Throughout his career, Nick realized he could make more impact by becoming a sustainability-driven lender, furthering his passion for formulating creative business solutions for consumer pain points. It was then that he was inspired to create Blobs, a candy company that evokes the best of childhood, while just happening to be better for you!
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Karen A. Clark is an award-winning leader currently serving as the multicultural strategy manager at City National Bank where she specializes in developing marketing and advertising strategies to serve clients from diverse communities while also building partnerships that are beneficial to multicultural business development. Under Karen’s leadership, City National ranked among Forbes’ “Best Employers for Diversity” from 2018 to 2020. Active in the community, Karen also serves on five nonprofit boards in addition to coaching and speaking on financial fitness, personal branding, and inclusive allyship and leadership. Karen earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from California State University and attended marketing programs at Columbia Business School and Harvard Business School.
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Kendra is Maker’s President and Head of Sales. Kendra leads investor relations, sales partnerships, and wholesale strategy, and is responsible for spreading the gospel of premium canned wine and getting cans-in-hands all over the US. She built her early career as a healthcare management consultant at Huron Consulting Group where she specialized in operations, innovation, and B2B sales. At Huron, she was known for wearing multiple hats and tackling high-profile, complex problems and accounts, including closing and leading Huron’s largest-ever consulting project ($100M+ sale). A Chicago native, Kendra was inspired to enter the wine industry after moving to California for Business School and getting a front-row seat to wine’s complex industry dynamics and the thousands of independent makers perfecting their craft. Kendra gets excited about creating change in an old-school industry and building out a world-class sales team to change wine for the better.
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St Hildie's founding women believe that you can live a clean life but still have a cocktail with friends. Nothing on the market aligned with what we consumed each day. So, we started making our own drinks, with 5% alcohol, no added sugar, all real, functional ingredients and tinctures of beneficial herbs and roots. We then created a meaningful brand, with eye-catching designs, and a deep backstory around our muse, St Hildegard Von Bingen. We’ve won multiple Spirits Awards, and are available at Whole Foods, Erewhon and Bevmo. We have a SoCal Whole Foods mandate and are clearing out inventory regularly at demos & events. We signed our first major distributor, Morris, and are in negotiations with additional distributors.
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Gabrielle Reece is not only a volleyball legend but an inspirational leader, New York Times bestselling author, wife, and mother. Over the last decade, Gabby has transcended from sport to becoming an international fitness and wellness expert. With the release of her new podcast, The Gabby Reece Show, Gabby gets leading health, wellness, sport, psychology, and business experts to share their most valuable and actionable information with her audience. As co-Founder and co-Innovator of Laird Superfood, she has been able to take her nutrition expertise and help create delicious, plant-based better-for-you food products that are accessible to all. Many of today’s top professional athletes and celebrities look to Gabby for training guidance.
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David is a serial entrepreneur and has been self-employed since he was 19 when he bought interest in a nightclub he managed. David has developed multiple successful food companies, retail and service concepts that have ranged from upscale Facilities Maintenance Services to a patented truck-side advertising system. In early 2018 David founded GOOD PLANeT Foods, a premium plant-based cheese and food company. GOOD PLANeT just launched the world’s first non-dairy cheese made from OILIVE OIL, the healthiest and most sustainable cheese on the PLANeT.
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B. is the award-winning founder of DVRGNT Ventures, product strategist, podcast host, startup advisor and investor, executive coach, and a respected thought leader in agile technologies. B.’s fierce drive to promote diversity in tech and impact authentic change continues to define their work and life outside of their work. B. is a proud graduate of Northwestern University with a focus on history and an MBA and master of information systems from Robert Morris University. B. gives back to various organizations by being the Vice Chair & Secretary on the Board of Directors at Howard Brown Health, one of the top 3 largest LGBTQ community health centers in the country, Vice President & Secretary on the Board of Directors at the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, and Board of Directors of both the Northwestern Alumni Association and Outfest. B. has been honored as one of the Queer 50 from Fast Company in 2022 and 2023, 35 Hero Advocate Executives by Involve People and Yahoo Finance UK, 40 under 40 by Silicon Valley Journal, and a finalist for 2022 LGBTQNation heroes of the year.
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Tero Isokauppila is the founder of Four Sigmatic, a wellness company helping people to nourish their bodies inside and out.
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Meet The BAD Tea Co - it stands for Bold And Delicious, duh. The BAD Tea Co. is on a mission to modernize the tea industry with products that highlight global flavors and enough caffeine to make Big Coffee cry. For more info, visit badtea.co or reach out at hello@badtea.co.
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Rico, the visionary founder and CEO of Miz En Place, embodies a lifelong journey fueled by passions for photography, filmmaking, culinary arts, business acumen, exploration, and entertainment. His mission is to unite people in support of artisanal small businesses worldwide. Rico eagerly welcomes the opportunity to share his compelling story and expertise, inspiring your culinary adventures and culinary dreams.
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Stacy is a 10-year entrepreneur in the creative space. Her passion lies with building and growing brands, creating deep immersive partnerships with compelling narratives that ultimately yield beautiful, authentic and memorable experiences for the consumer and brand loyalists.
As an independent creative business consultant who thrives in collaborative environments, her strength is in relationship building and leveraging her own extensive network of professionals, influencers and industry leaders. She also focuses on brand strategy, growth, partnerships and building operational infrastructure to streamline and create maximum internal efficiency.
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Lisa Odenweller is the Founder & CEO of Kroma Wellness, the functional wellness brand that’s revolutionizing the way we think about nourishing our bodies. Founded in 2021, the company was created with the belief that food is medicine, mother nature is our greatest resource, and that what we put in our body is as much about fueling our bodies as it is our minds and souls. Lisa is passionate about health and wellness and encourages others to live a life where they can thrive with food rather than feel deprived.
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Shira Yevin is an Entrepreneur, Artist, Activist, and Founder. Her company Gritty In Pink is building INPINK, a global destination for hiring female freelancers, starting with the music industry -- backed by Live Nation and Melissa Etheridge. Shira became known for crashing the male-dominated Warped Tour and creating the Shiragirl Stage for 300+ artists, including Paramore and Joan Jett, and was featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
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Guy Filippelli is the Managing Partner of Squadra Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that makes concentrated, lead investments into early-stage companies in the National Security and Cybersecurity markets. He was previously founder and CEO of RedOwl Analytics and Berico Technologies. He began his career as a US Army intelligence officer, serving in Korea, Italy, Germany, and Afghanistan, and at NSA where he served as a Special Assistant to the Director, and led a highly successful project in Baghdad. In 2007, Guy received the National Intelligence Medallion, the nation’s highest award for civilian personnel, for his efforts to bring real-time targeting capabilities to our tactical forces. He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, and received his B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University, where he studied as a Marshall Scholar. He is Chairman of the Commit Foundation, a non-profit focused on veteran transition, and also serves on the boards of the National Cryptologic Foundation and the University of Maryland’s BioPark.
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Akilah Releford Gould is the founder and CEO of Mary Louise Cosmetics, a clean beauty brand that helps its Gen Z audience redefine beauty on their own terms by reviving familial beauty rituals of the past. Releford created Mary Louise in 2017 from her college dorm room at Howard University with the intention of making fun and playful beauty products for the masses. Mary Louise Cosmetics has stamps of approval from Marie Claire, ELLE, and The New York Times and can also be found in Macy's, JCPenney, + more.
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Lucky de Leon is the Client Relations Manager at BodyContourz, a company that specializes in helping you achieve your body image goals with an innovative service: body contouring.
Our purpose is to service our clients across multiple facets. When we speak of “Body Contourz”, we are talking about a unique combination of non invasive technology that assists in the accomplishment of what you envision for your body.
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Matthew Elonis is an accomplished entrepreneur known for his successful ventures in the online meal delivery industry. He is now the driving force behind Meepo, a company with a mission to revolutionize nutrition and food production. Matthew's passion for health and innovation has led him to work on products that democratize nutrition and make a global impact.
Meepo's core mission is to revolutionize nutrition by making it accessible, affordable and personalized—enriching every global citizen, no matter where they are born, in order to properly feed their bodies and minds. Living, growing and contributing their fullest potential to the world, making it a better place for all.
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Chef Fullilove's culinary journey has taken him from Ohio to New York to the Caribbean, ultimately landing him in the fresh food paradise of California. Along the way, he honed his skills under the guidance of some of America's top culinary figures. Recognized as one of the nation's emerging culinary stars, he is committed to innovative cuisine, sourcing the freshest ingredients, championing sustainability, working closely with local producers, and adhering to his simple credo: "Passion. Exuberance. Balance." With an extensive career that includes stints at esteemed restaurants in Ohio, the US Virgin Islands, and the Caribbean, and as Executive Sous Chef in New York, Chef Fullilove has immersed himself in California's vibrant farming scene, leading him to establish Barbara Jean Los Angeles (BJLA), a culinary haven - where he brings his interpretation of African American soul food and globally inspired comfort cuisine to fine dining, catering, and pop-up experiences throughout Southern California. Shop his hot sauce here!
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Founder & CEO, Dawn Maire, came up with the idea for Starla Alcohol-Removed Wine while she was taking a break from alcohol and could not find a suitable non-alcoholic replacement for her beloved wine. Teaming up with Co-Founder & Chief Creative, Jamie Coulter, the two created the first and only ultra-premium alcohol removed wine created for wine lovers wishing to nix the spirits but savor the experience. From the beginning, Dawn and Jamie wanted to take an untraditional approach to branding Starla: One that was undeniably feminine, highly stylized and lifestyle-focused.
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Carrie Murray (she/her) is a speaker, podcast host, and the Founder of BRA - Business Relationship Alliance, a network of powerful women devoted to advancing female-owned businesses by providing the community, collaboration, empowerment, and support needed to flourish as an entrepreneur. In 2022, Carrie launched the Wealthy Women Summit which is designed for women to harness the mastery of growing wealth in all aspects of their lives and not just the dollars in their bank accounts. She resides in Los Angeles with her family.
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Julie Nguyen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Methodology. Julie is an esteemed Asian American entrepreneur on a mission to revolutionize the food and wellness category by elevating and reimagining the everyday at-home dining experience. Methodology delivers gourmet, sustainable, fully-cooked meals to time-starved busy professionals and parents, transforming their bodies and lives using food as medicine.
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Suzanne Shpall is an experienced Creative Brand Strategist, Marketing Director and Operations Lead with a demonstrated history in CPG, Beauty, Fashion and CBD Wellness. She has spent the last decade building brands for the modern consumer. She has a deeply studied passion for plant medicine and primal practices. She is captivated by ancient alchemy and is committed to building beautiful products for a sustainable future. Shop Elder Flower skincare here.
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Dr. Patrick K. Porter, PhD, is an award-winning author/speaker and the founder of BrainTap®, the leader in technology-enhanced meditation. Dr. Porter pioneered the use of brainwave entrainment to improve clarity, sleep & energy, and remains at the forefront of scientific research. He founded BrainTap with the goal of making this technology accessible to everyone. BrainTap offers over 1000 original audio sessions in 12 languages and serves a worldwide user base with its mobile app and headset. Dr. Porter has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, People, Entrepreneur, INC and on ABC, NBC, CBS as an expert in brain health & wellness, and in 2020, Dr. Porter received the IAFNR lifetime achievement award. Please visit www.braintap.com.
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Kenzy is a Partner at Finceler8, where she and the Finceler8 team build the sales and revenue pipelines for fintechs including regtechs, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools in trading technology by facilitating C- suite conversations that enable firms to grow and expand. Prior to this role Kenzy spent twenty years as a Senior Equity Trader at BlackRock. Kenzy is also proud to be Chair of 100WFinTech, a 100WF global visibility initiative that spotlights senior women in FinTech and enhances their connectivity within the fintech ecosystem.
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Rebecca Mink founded the MINK brand to offer an alternative to leather. Mink’s passion to build MINK started at the astonishing age of 4 years old when she refused to eat animals and wear shoes made of leather. Mink went on to become a celebrity wardrobe stylist creating fashion forward luxury options that did not harm animals, people or the planet. Mink created the first luxury vegan shoes 23 years ago in Italy sourcing available sustainable materials. After studying vegan material for decades Mink has now invented a supreme bio-based plant leather made from reclaimed fruits and vegetables to launch in 2024. Mink is a pioneer in leading innovative technologies in sustainable materials focused on using no plastic while still creating luxurious products with no compromise. Minks lifework is to shift the paradigm of how people view animal leather versus sustainable non leather options.
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Sea Monsters is the world's first seaweed puff. Founded by former Pokémon Creative Director John Lee and Pentagram Partner Jiae Kim, Sea Monsters brings to life a flavor-packed, crunchy way to snack on seaweed in flavors like Spicy Korean BBQ, Sweet Chili and Cheese Pizza. Sea Monsters' delicious seaweed puffs are made with regenerative seaweed and carbon-negative sorghum to create a snack that celebrates delicious flavor.
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Nanxi Liu is the co-CEO of Blaze, one of the fastest growing platforms to build software tools without writing code. The mission is to enable more people to create technical tools and make building technology more accessible. She previously founded and served as CEO of one of the largest global digital signage software companies, Enplug, which was acquired by Spectrio in 2021. Enplug was consistently named as one of the Top 10 leaders in the digital signage industry alongside Cisco Systems, Samsung and LG by independent research companies.
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Paul Troiano is the President & Co-Founder of joyful, a culture innovation company based in Portland, Oregon. Joyful believes that why you work, how you work, and who you work with are just as important as what you’re working on. That purpose is what inspires people and cultivates the joy in what they do. Because when we care, when we feel we matter, when we are truly united toward a common goal, we do our best work.
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Co-founder of FabFitFun, Katie Rosen Kitchens, has led its evolution as a female-focused media brand, from writing about great lifestyle products to getting them into people’s hands. Since launching the FabFitFun lifestyle box 2013, Rosen Kitchens has shifted her energy toward curating fresh and exciting brands for FabFitFun members and overseeing all brand partnerships and product development. Building on this to place the brand at the intersection of content, community and commerce, Rosen Kitchens has spearheaded FabFitFun’s evolution into one of the most-loved membership services that spans beauty, fashion, fitness, home, tech and more. As editor in chief, Rosen Kitchens continues to oversee all of FabFitFun’s content including its quarterly lifestyle magazine, video, online and social posts, and spearheads FabFitFun’s charity initiatives. After earning English and Sociology degrees from George Washington University, Rosen Kitchens joined the fashion, beauty, and nightlife guide Scheckys.com as its L.A. editor. She has written for an eclectic variety of magazines, newspapers and websites including the Los Angeles Times, Art and Living, Women’s Life, Dining Out, Pasadena Mag, LA Splash, and Venice News. Inbetween blogs and articles, Rosen Kitchens has worked in TV production on several shows including It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Jackass, and has also had a few of her own plays produced. On any given day Rosen Kitchens is testing out protein bars, experimenting with exfoliators, swinging kettlebells, seeking out sex secrets, hailing high/low styles, interviewing fit-lebrities, examining fast & slow food, investigating mood boosters, working out at work, cycling, and more, all to find the best in beauty, fashion, fitness, nutrition and wellness for her FabFitFun Subscribers. When Rosen Kitchens is not at FabFitFun, she can be found hiking, experimenting in the kitchen, and spending time with her husband Daniel and their daughters, Summer and Sienna.
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Tara Health Foundation promotes health, well-being and opportunity for women and girls by strategically investing their financial and human capital in innovative, evidence-informed programs.
Ruth Shaber, M.D., founder & president of Tara Health Foundation, started her career in 1990 as an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center. She served as chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology from 1997 to 2003 and spent six years as director of Women’s Health for the Northern California division of Kaiser Permanente. She is the founder of the Women’s Health Research Institute in Kaiser Permanente’s Northern California region. Ruth was medical director at the Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute (CMI) from 2007 to 2012. At CMI she worked with Kaiser Permanente’s regional and national leaders to apply the best evidence-based and successful systems approaches to create reliable clinical performance. Ruth is the co-founder and board chair of Rhia Ventures, a group of foundations and investors that collaborate to bring new types of capital and enterprise to the field of reproductive health in the United States. She is also a board member at the Women of the World Endowment and Toniic. She received her B.A. from Yale University and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Robyn Russell is the Senior Director of the Gender Diverse Investing Collective at Tara Health Foundation. She consults on projects aimed at driving systemic change for women and communities of color. She currently leads an initiative with the Tara Health Foundation and Women of the World Endowment to put more capital in the hands of women to increase returns and drive economic growth. She also works with the DC Primary Care Association (DCPCA) on innovative approaches to improve the health and well-being of low-income women of color.
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Abby Listo is the Founder & Designer of Smart Birdy. She was inspired by her favorite hat box case that she traveled with for years, and she wanted to design a beautiful and smart carry-on-sized bag that she could travel with that had the same round hat box aesthetic. With a passion for empowering female travelers worldwide, Abby launched Smart Birdy, designing and perfecting their signature round Birdy suitcase. Designed with amenities for the modern woman, this bag has become an iconic piece in the travel industry.
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Richa was born and raised in India. She grew up eating fresh home-cooked meals every night, a blessing she often took for granted. As an adult, Richa strived to cook the same kind of wholesome, hearty meals she grew up on, but the lack of options that were both convenient and nutritious made it increasingly difficult to eat healthy on busy nights. After becoming a mother, Richa knew there was something she needed to do to make a change. How could people be expected to compromise health for convenience?
Driven by her growing desire to make a difference in the world through food, Richa launched Good Food For Good. Richa’s fierce belief in the power of real, whole food and her love for cooking empowered her to create food products that were both nutritious and delicious. No longer would people have to sacrifice their health for the sake of convenience: They could have both.
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Tucker co-founded CHi Foods in 2021, after ten years of pioneering novel plant-based proteins around the globe. He is a serial entrepreneur who founded his first company at the age of 13. An avid regenerative agriculture practitioner, surfer, global traveler, and eco-social entrepreneur, Tucker co-founded Imlak’esh Organics in 2012.
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Ammy Emmerich is passionate about inspiring real people around her to do extraordinary things. As the Chief Content Officer at Refinery29, the leading digital lifestyle media company for women, Amy has more than 20 years of experience developing content and programming for brands including Refinery29, MTV Networks, Travel Channel, and Vice Media.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
Dr. Shubhra Sharma, founder and CEO of CRIA Hair, has a doctorate in Socio-cultural anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin. She has served as Associate Director of Women's and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN and was the co-founding member of Khabar Lehriya, a rural women's newspaper in India, that is now the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary, "Writing With Fire" (2022). She has written an award-winning book on women's education in South Asia as well as 2 children's graphic novels: Zoya, the Cat's Baker, and Manners Matter.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
Based in Washington DC, investor & entrepreneur Sarah Chen-Spellings is Co-Founder of Beyond The Billion (launched as The Billion Dollar Fund for Women), the world's first and largest global consortium of over 100 venture funds and limited partner investors that have pledged to invest and are actively deploying beyond $1B towards women-founded companies. In under two years, the consortium has deployed $638M and counting into close to 800 female-founded companies, of which 11 have been recognized as unicorns. Previously, she was on the pioneer team of a corporate venture capital unit within a $13B publicly traded Asian conglomerate, investing in later-stage biotechnology companies. Since then, she has been at the forefront of multi-million cross border investments, structuring and executing commercialization plans with her portfolio companies.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
NaChé Thompson is an educator turned entrepreneur with a passion for developing products for an often overlooked population. She founded NaChé Cosmetics with a deep understanding of how the beauty industry tends to overlook Black women, especially those with darker skin tones. At NaChé Cosmetics, we know how frustrating it can be to search high and low for a lipstick shade that truly complements your skin, which is why we set out to give you what you've been asking for. Our reliable, beautiful lipstick shades are made specifically for you because we get it, we've been there, and we've got you. At NaChé, we're here to support and empower you, one lipstick at a time.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
Dr. Katherine Zagone, ND, Chief Medical Officer and co-founder of Clockwize, has been supporting women and couples easily conceive their healthiest babies for almost a decade. She’s excited to bring effective science, a warm heart, and an industry-changing approach to the world through Clockwize, Inc.
Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Each week, entrepreneurial special guests join Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, to discuss the marketing failures and successes that have brought their brands to the next level. Learn from real-life experiences and be inspired by leaders in your industry about how smart digital and experiential marketing can elevate your brand.
Jake Karls is the co-founder and Chief Rainmaker at Mid-Day Squares. Building the next biggest chocolate snacking brand. As the Rainmaker, Jake focuses on achieving growth through the business of building genuine relationships – with investors, buyers, journalists, and building out the internal team. In Jake’s better-known role as Mid-Day Squares’s resident Social-Personality, he passionately inspires others to “get comfortable with the uncomfortable” and be unapologetically themselves. Though he was recognized as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2023, his self-proclaimed “greatest accomplishment” was learning how to be confident in himself.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present, and future of their brand.
Two sisters, Jackie and Louise, brought up on natural foods, now considered organic, have always had an interest in nutrition. A family business manufacturing natural and organic products lead them down the path to creating healthy recipes for their customers. The sisters blk. journey started when they were looking for ways to support their mother's health while undergoing cancer treatments.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present, and future of their brand.
Julie Castro Abrams, CEO of How Women Lead, is a gender and racial justice activist who has spent the majority of her career working to build great women owned companies and economic access for women. She works with top executive women to change structures that are unequal. Her leadership impact includes changing laws on women on corporate boards, doing movement building to ensure women put board service on their path and placing women on boards. She is an expert on building boards that add a strategic advantage including proactive searches for women on corporate boards.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present, and future of their brand.
Carrie and Patty founded Hello Again vaginal suppositories in 2019, after extensive research and development of a product to address the experience of menopause. Since then Hello Again has created additional products to help women of all ages feel like themselves again. Hello Again currently has four product lines: Hello Again Everyday, Hello Again Sleep, Hello Again Period and Hello Again Hangover.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present, and future of their brand.
On this episode, we're joined by Manny Cabral, Senior Vice President of Marketing Insights and Analytics at First Horizon Bank. With his extensive experience in analytics, Manny has developed and deployed a wide range of tools and strategies, including brand valuation and ROI, consumer and commercial behavioral segmentation, regression and forecasting, data visualization, marketing automation, programmatic media optimization, social advertising analytics, and more. Manny's expertise has allowed him to deliver invaluable insights into marketing effectiveness, attrition analysis, and upper funnel brand campaigns, making him a true leader in the industry.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present, and future of their brand.
Ms. Wiley is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Development Officer of 100 Women in Finance. She leads the internal operations and development functions for the organization and provides direction to 500 volunteer practitioners globally. The organization, which has registered members in 32 locations, is focused on empowering women in the finance industry and inspiring the next generation of pre-career young women. Prior to joining 100 Women in Finance, Ms. Wiley was the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Client Engagement for Morgan Stanley’s Private Markets Solutions Team, which manages over $16B in client assets in private equity portfolios for a wide range of global clients. Ms. Wiley’s multi-disciplinary investment management experience includes investor relations, business development, impact investing, product marketing, product strategy, product structuring, risk management, finance and accounting. Ms. Wiley is a Certified Public Accountant and holds the FINRA series 24, 7 and 63 designations. Ms. Wiley graduated from Villanova University in 1997, where she received a degree in Accountancy, with honors. She earned a Master of Arts in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, also with honors. Ms. Wiley lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and daughter and, in her spare time, is an amateur drummer and vocalist with the School of Rock.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features a special entrepreneurial guest to discuss the past, present, and future of their brand.
Cristina is the Cofounder & CoCEO of science-backed braincare company, Parable. A pioneer in consumer wellness, she brings a decade of experience running product innovation and marketing teams at Headspace and Google. An alumna of Yale, a two-time start-up founder, and dual Italian-American citizen, Cristina’s drive to make braincare part of the everyday wellness journey is inspired by her personal and familial histories of concussions, mental illness, and neurodegeneration. In her co-leadership role at Parable, she is committed to building effective brain health solutions for the masses.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Amy Cohn, a former media and tech exec and cancer survivor, launched Joydays with one simple mission: to provide low glycemic, better-for-you cookies that are still packed with those classic flavors you know and love. Joydays was founded with the belief that everyone should have the chance to joyfully indulge in their favorite snacks without compromising health or having to worry about spikes in their blood sugar.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
With over 20 years of industry experience, including product and design roles at brands like Jockey and Hanes, Miryha has clear vision, innate passion, and the proven ability to drive transformation and innovation. Her eye is expertly trained to spot the challenges women face with intimate apparel. With these in mind, Miryha creates solutions that marry technology with first-in-class fit, comfort and quality. She began working at Wacoal in 2015, and championed the brand’s expansion and growth in the digital space, all while staying true to its core values. Miryha’s knowledge and expertise was key in developing Wacoal’s mybraFit™ app, the brand’s first-to-market digital fit tool.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Sacred Child Beauty founder and CEO, Tiffany Schade is bringing benevolence to the beauty industry as a change-maker of cosmetics. Her line of clean, non-toxic, cruelty-free, and highly pigmented products is suited for people of all identities to look and feel their best.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jim Mollica joined Bose in 2021 as the company’s first global chief marketing officer. He oversees the brand’s strategic and creative direction, as well as its connection to consumers across all platforms and touch points. Jim specializes in digital transformation and storytelling, drawing on more than 25 years of marketing, media, digital commerce, and revenue-generation expertise.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Urbody is a gender-inclusive underwear and activewear brand created by and for the LGBTQ+ community that designs functional affirming styles tailored to the needs and variety of body types across the entire gender spectrum. We believe everyone deserves to get dressed for the day with confidence, starting with what's underneath.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Aaron Luo is co-founder and CEO of Mercado Famous. A serial entrepreneur and co-founder of luxury handbag brand Caraa, he also has more than a decade of global managerial experience across corporate finance and operations with General Electric Company. Born in Shanghai, China and raised in Madrid, Spain, Aaron is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Robert Petrarca is the Co-Founder and CEO of Maxine's Heavenly and has led the organization through double digit growth for the last three consecutive years. Maxine's, a recently venture-backed consumer goods organization in the Natural Foods space, has quickly become a category leader in the industry, propelling better-for-you snacking into the future. Robert is a two-time founder, having previously founded a nonprofit cultural arts organization in Northern California.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
For the past 2 years, Alicia has built a brand to change the way we milk. Alicia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nutr, a wellness brand with a signature product that makes nut and plant-based milks at home, at the push of a button.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agencyElevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Aside from her creative design talents, Holly Ridel has a successful and long-term track record in identifying niche markets and emerging fashion trends long before they are accepted into the mainstream. In 2016, Holly launched 0.2 Fragrance, as a unisex fragrance that incites the emotional high of that first glimpse, every time. The scent is carefully designed to inspire anyone, anywhere to meet their destiny.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Christine is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for CPG, media and technology. She is a founding partner of Simple Spirits, a collective of social impact brands in the alcoholic beverage industry. She is also the co-publisher of James Lane Post and co-founder of Hamptons Tech Week.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Tracey Wallace is the Director of Content Strategy at Klaviyo, the marketing automation tool powering owned marketing profitability for retailers. Before Klaviyo, she was the Head of Marketing at two early-stage start-ups, and was the Editor-in-Chief at BigCommerce. She's spent the last decade in the ecommerce industry, researching trends and helping ecommerce founders and marketers navigate their way to success.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Rachael McCrary is the founder and CEO of Gather Labs, the first vertically-integrated, high-complexity CLIA laboratory to offer same-day lab results for over 100 diagnostics tests. A seasoned entrepreneur and innovator in the challenging fields of technology and fashion, McCrary has harnessed her passion for creating practical products and solutions to fill the gaps in many core consumer experiences - from post-surgical recovery support to same-day lab result processing.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dr. Maria Viola Sanchez is the CEO & Founder of STOP THE CUT NOW! Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating all forms of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) both nationally and internationally. Maria is an activist in the eradication of FGM procedures, which have affected 200 million girls and women who are alive today.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Raina Kumra is the founder of Spicewell, the world’s first nutrient-dense, Ayurvedic line of pantry essentials. Spicewell’s New Salt and New Pepper are made with vitamins derived from organic vegetables while delivering 10% of your daily vitamins in a half-teaspoon serving size.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Rachel Autumn is a compassionate, Los Angeles-based entrepreneur, creative, and guide in the Healing & Wellbeing industry. Her soul purpose mission involves facilitating empowering, joyful, and safe heart-centered experiences that simplify & normalize access to daily self-care. She is the Founder of Pause Play Wellness, a multimodality candle collection that come with affirmations, crystals, and QR-code linked meditations and playlists for the ultimate self-care experience, as well as an Associate Producer of Yoga & Meditation Content at Glo, 250hr+ Certified Trauma-Informed Yoga Instructor, Meditation Facilitator, Reiki Healer, Private Fitness Trainer, and Dancer.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Caroline Goodner is the co-founder and CEO of OrganiCare, a leader in transforming feminine healthcare by making highly effective, natural products that are science-backed and available over the counter through national retailers under the brand FemiClear. OrganiCare is the 4th company Caroline has led, 3 of which she founded. Her career has focused on making disruptive advances in science, health and wellness that are understandable and accessible to consumers.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
As chief investment officer and a founding partner of Running Point Capital Advisors, Michael Ashley Schulman is responsible for Running Point’s global macro outlook, research, investment strategies, asset allocation, portfolio management, and impact and social assessments across public and private investments. He has also effectively consulted for the World Federation of Exchanges in Paris, the Colombian Financial Exchange, and several high-tech firms, and has presented at forums and conferences in California, New York, Malaysia, Argentina, and Spain. Michael has an MBA from MIT Sloan, a CFA designation, and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley; he has served on the advisory board of an impact fund and several venture start-ups, and is a past president and board member of the CFA Society of Orange County. In his spare time, he enjoys art and adventure travel, including kayaking the Stockholm archipelago and mountain biking in Mongolia to raise funds for underprivileged Mongolian children. You can follow him at https://rbtrage.medium.com/ and at https://www.linkedin.com/in/rbtrage/.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Irin Rubin is a motherhood expert and the co-founder of the app MamaZen. Her passion is helping parents and their kids to live a happy and mindful life.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Now the Chief Executive Officer at Sensate Inc, a consumer stress-management technology company, Anna Gudmundson has been a senior tech business leader in the international high-growth scene for 15+ years. Apart from a passion for technology business, Anna has a huge curiosity for personal and the human potential, and has recently focused on transformational technology and tech that both does good in the world and has strong commercial viability. As CEO of Sensate, the current focus is to solve the mental health and stress crisis using innovative technology.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Buffalo Gal Organic Skincare was founded in 2010 by Chemist + Holistic Practitioner, Kasia Cummings, with a mission to provide quality, plant-based skincare that is good for you inside and out. Using all-natural, organic, vegan + ethically sourced ingredients, Buffalo Gal set out to create products that are cruelty-free to animals and humans alike.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Diana Nguyen is the CEO and Founder of Madison / Savile, a lifestyle brand of women’s inspirational blazers and suits. Before making the leap into the fashion world and starting Madison / Savile she spent 15 years in corporate in the tech and finance industry. During her years in corporate, she saw countless women struggle with finding a blazer that they loved (including herself!) due to a combination of poor fit or style. She realized that there was a gap in the market, quit her corporate job and since then has been working tirelessly to perfect the fit of a woman’s blazer through her label Madison / Savile.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Meditation expert, speaker, and author of "Don't Hate, Meditate!", Megan Monahan is passionate about making meditation accessible and relatable. Her goal is to infuse a modern-day “realness” into the all too often esoteric landscape of meditation. Since learning to meditate in 2009 with Deepak Chopra and becoming a Chopra-certified instructor, she has taught thousands to meditate through her platform. She works with brands like Lululemonand Netflix and with clients internationally, always bringing her spiritual real talk.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Amanat Anand grew up in New Delhi, India and met her co-founder while pursuing her undergraduate degree in Industrial Design at the Parsons School of Design in New York. After graduating, they entered the concept of SoaPen to the UNICEF Wearables for Good Challenge and went on to win the challenge. SoaPen teaches kids personal hygiene habits through their fun and innovative products. She has been featured on Shark Tank and is a listmaker on the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Alicia Tulsee, founder and CEO of Moxie Scrubs, and her team are disrupting the medical apparel market as the first direct-to-consumer brand for nurses. In awe of all of the amazing nurses who cared for her loved ones, Alicia felt a calling to do something meaningful for the nursing profession.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Julia Stewart, the founder, and CEO of Alurx is on a mission – to enable wellness for all. As a member of Fortune magazine’s list of Top 50 Most Powerful Women in the U.S., she has climbed the ladder up to executive leadership for companies like Taco Bell, Applebee’s, IHOP, and for the past 17 years with Dine Brands Global, Inc. Due to her passion for health and wellness, in 2020 Julia launched Alurx to provide health-conscious individuals with a consistent, proven line of wellness-based solutions.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dr. Sierra Simpson is a microbiome innovator who is changing the landscape of how we approach body and brain health. Her PhD focused on the interaction of opioid addiction and how the microbes that live within us can change how our bodies respond to drugs. She’s leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence combined with complex biological and behavioral data to reinvent precision medicine. Using her astounding background, Dr. Simpson became the CEO of Brilliant Biome, a service made to help you understand your unique microbiome for a healthier you!
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Michael Wang is an award-winning hedge fund veteran. An alum of Steve Cohen's legendary SAC Capital, Wang contributed to Tourbillon Capital Partners' early success before winning accolades as Cypress Funds' portfolio manager and co-managing partner. He created Prometheus around his strong belief that everyone should have access to information and investment opportunities that, historically, have only been accessible to a select few.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Myles Powell is the CEO of 8 Myles, a comfort food brand bringing families back to the dinner table. Raised in an environment where the dinner table was more than a piece of furniture, Myles created a line of premium, clean, Mac N Cheese meals inspired by his love of food and family.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Myles Powell is the CEO of 8 Myles, a comfort food brand bringing families back to the dinner table. Raised in an environment where the dinner table was more than a piece of furniture, Myles created a line of premium, clean, Mac N Cheese meals inspired by his love of food and family.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Kelli Richards is recognized as a leader and a trailblazer in the world of digital media and music/tech. Richards is considered a “super-connector” with unprecedented access, and was a long-time Apple exec in charge of music and entertainment. She’s worked with creatives, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs to re-imagine content creation, monetization, and distribution; as well as served as a coach and trusted advisor. Richards was an early podcast host of her own show (“All Access Radio”), has published several books and articles, and has been honored as a “Top 100 Woman of Influence” by Silicon Valley Business Journal. https://www.kellirichards.com
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Cindy Adam is one of the co-founding clinicians and CEO of Choix, a telehealth clinic offering abortion care and sexual and reproductive healthcare. Cindy completed her Master’s Degree in Family Nursing at the University of California in San Francisco, focusing her work in family, community and telehealth, and was one of the first nurse practitioners at an early contraceptive care telehealth provider. Cindy and one of her co-founders Lauren Dubey were recognized by the National Abortion Federation 2022 Clinicians in Abortion Care Leadership Award for their work advancing the scope of nursing practice through their work at Choix.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Cindy Adam is one of the co-founding clinicians and CEO of Choix, a telehealth clinic offering abortion care and sexual and reproductive healthcare. Cindy completed her Master’s Degree in Family Nursing at the University of California in San Francisco, focusing her work in family, community and telehealth, and was one of the first nurse practitioners at an early contraceptive care telehealth provider. Cindy and one of her co-founders Lauren Dubey were recognized by the National Abortion Federation 2022 Clinicians in Abortion Care Leadership Award for their work advancing the scope of nursing practice through their work at Choix.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Deju Wesey is a food and beverage entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of GoHard Energy, a leading energy drink brand delivering fine-tuned fuel for success.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Gail Becker is best known as an entrepreneur, philanthropist and the Founder of CAULIPOWER, the most disruptive company in the better-for-you frozen food space. The company experienced hyper-growth, reaching more than $100m in revenue in five short years. She has received recognition for her achievements in business from Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Ernst & Young.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jen Ballen is the CEO and Co-Founder of Otherworld, a plant-based consumer packaged goods company addressing planetary and human health through nutritious and climate-conscious food products. Otherworld looks and tastes just like your favorite childhood breakfast and desserts, but without any of the unhealthy ingredients. All of their mouth-watering pancake, waffle and brownie mixes are made with upcycled fruits, vegetables and whole grains. Otherworld is on a mission to make eating healthy fun!
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Bassima Mroue is the CEO and co-founder of SkinTē, the first-ever sparkling wellness soda with collagen that benefits skin, mood and immunity. The brand, positioned at the intersection of beauty and beverage, is experiencing rapid growth, and has been recognized by media including the NYT, WSJ, Allure, Goop, US Weekly, Entrepreneur, PopSugar and WWD. Prior to SkinTē, Bassima helped drive Ecosystem strategy for Spanx, was President of the Sara Blakely Foundation and spent a decade at Nike Inc. in various roles
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Bassima Mroue is the CEO and co-founder of SkinTē, the first-ever sparkling wellness soda with collagen that benefits skin, mood and immunity. The brand, positioned at the intersection of beauty and beverage, is experiencing rapid growth, and has been recognized by media including the NYT, WSJ, Allure, Goop, US Weekly, Entrepreneur, PopSugar and WWD. Prior to SkinTē, Bassima helped drive Ecosystem strategy for Spanx, was President of the Sara Blakely Foundation and spent a decade at Nike Inc. in various roles
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jane Feinberg is the founder of Jane Israel, a luxury women’s clothing line. Jane founded Jane Israel to design clothes that reflect inner power and confidence and expresses boldness.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Brothers Chris and Joe Claussen’s journey into cognitive health and wellness began 25 years ago, as they witnessed their grandfather, a once sharp-minded entrepreneur, succumb to Alzheimer’s disease. Determined to figure out what could be done to change the course for themselves and their families, they discovered the brain-boosting power of lion’s mane mushrooms. With their vision to help people improve their brain health and cognition, Chris and Joe created First Person, a cognitive health brand that harnesses the power of precision-targeted mushrooms and nutraceuticals to deliver immediate and long-term cognitive enhancements through their supplements.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Andy Anderson, Head of Faculty Entertainment, is an accomplished industry executive focused on innovation and emerging markets. He’s worked as a studio producer on films with Marvel, Warner Bros, and Sony. Brand deals with Robert Downey Jr, Arnold Schwarzenneger, and Johnny Depp. Market expansion with Dua Lipa, Paris Hilton, and more. He’s passionate about connecting fans, creators, and celebrity talent through entertainment.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Stacey Lee is the co-CEO of Sweety Ice Cream with her brother Sean. Stacey grew up steeped in the food industry from setting tables at her mom’s restaurant to packing popsicles at the ice cream factory. She went on to work on the Martha Stewart Show and served as an attorney specializing in food and beverage brands before launching Sweety Ice Cream with Sean and her cousin Tiffany. Tiffany Yang is the CMO of Sweety Ice Cream. Having spent the past 15 years working as a marketing and strategy executive at companies like Mattel, Johnson & Johnson and Vans, Tiffany Yang has a track record of developing brands and consumer products that people are passionate about. She loves finding fun ways to connect new customers with Sweety’s delicious mochi ice cream.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
After joining HUNTER in 2008, Michael established and built the firm’s Social & Digital Media Group from a team of one to a robust group of more than fifty social strategists, community managers, media planners/buyers, copywriters and influencer specialists. As HUNTER’s Chief Digital & Social Officer, Michael now oversees the entire Digital Group, providing ongoing counsel and acting as lead architect of client digital strategies. He’s led digital campaigns for some of the world’s most recognizable brands, including TABASCO, Diageo, Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Kraft and countless others.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Lisa Sigman and Tania Shah have over 35 years of experience as lawyers representing new and growing businesses. As attorneys and entrepreneurs, Lisa and Tania understand the dedication and hard work it takes to keep a business running and successful. Together, they founded In The Know Legal, which is mission-driven to provide women business owners with professional legal protection. In The Know Legal is out to change all the stigma around contracts by empowering female business owners to create, grow and expand their businesses with powerful and customizable legal templates and contracts, available on-line and on-demand.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dana Varrone is a leading business executive with 20 years of experience in the health and wellness industry. She is currently the VP of strategic partnerships and business development at Lumen, the world’s first metabolic tracking device through the breath. Dana applies her values from coaching to the business world - set ambitious goals, adapt to move forward and focus on the customer always to win.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Fernanda Carapinha is the founder of WE Global Studios. WE Global Studios is the first full-stack startup Innovation Studio & digital DIY Platform that powers the success of women entrepreneurs around the world. Run by women for women, WE Global Studios nurtures talent and their companies through a very unique and tailor-made company-building process focused on five strategic tracks inspired by the Hollywood Studio model.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jennifer McKnight, President and Co-Founder of Bright Future Foods, the makers of Airly Climate Friendly Snacks - Jen has spent over 20 years in consumer packaged goods working on a range of iconic brands. She passionately believes climate change is a colossal challenge that needs bold solutions NOW, that’s why she made the decision to dedicate all her efforts toward driving innovative solutions to this threat. For the past several years, she and her Airly co-founders have been on a mission to reverse climate change through food and prove to the world that it’s possible to create a snack that is not only delicious, affordable and convenient, but can also remove CO2 from the air too!
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Laurel Orley is CEO and Co-Founder of Daily Crunch Snacks, a women-owned and non-GMO healthy snack company. Laurel spent thirteen years building brands at Unilever and had the opportunity to work on well-known brands like Lipton Tea, the Ragu line of sauces, Dove Body Wash, and the Dove Men’s line of products. She has a unique approach on what is needed to succeed as a brand.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Organic and clean beauty formulator, Melissa Jochim, has realized her highest achievement as the founder of high®. Expertly formulated with BioCanna® and hempseed oil, one of the most nutrient abundant skincare ingredients, every high® product nourishes the skin and sets a new high for clean beauty standards.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Olivia was born in the Midwest and raised in Northern California by parents who immigrated from Taiwan. Growing up, she loved the treats her relatives brought from Taiwan, and especially the warm memories of making boba tea together at home. After graduating from UC Berkeley, she managed partner relationships at a tech startup, where she met Pauline. She earned an MBA/MA from The Wharton School & the Lauder Institute, then led marketing teams at Estee Lauder for global brands like Clinique, Donna Karan Cosmetics, and Origins. Olivia's love of marketing and event planning led her to become a publicist for award-winning authors of Amazon and New York Times bestsellers. Olivia brings her love of food and expertise in marketing, business development, and sales to Twrl Milk Tea, as well as a strong passion for positive change and growth. Olivia is excited to share Twrl Milk Tea with the world. In her spare time, Olivia is an avid baker and bento creator.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Brooks Addington is the CEO of TÖST, which is a dry sparkling beverage that provides the celebratory air of Champagne without the alcohol. It’s made of an all-natural blend of white tea, white cranberry, and ginger and lets you enjoy both the health benefits of sparkling water and the thrill of sparkling wine. TÖST got its start at some of the country's finest restaurants and hotels and quickly became a favorite of chefs and culinary experts who appreciate its quality, versatility, and style. They started hearing more and more about how much people were drinking and loving TÖST, so they made it available to a larger audience and are selling it in markets nationwide.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Winemaker and Entrepreneur Grant Hemingway is dedicated to making quality wine accessible. He has spent the last 17 harvests in the industry working across a range of roles from vineyard manager, to technical positions, and general business management. He’s stretched the limits of wine by working with everything from kegs to cans as well as bottles. Grant co-founded Libby with John Green in June 2021 with the goal of creating a new category: Bubbled Wine. Libby is on a mission to make wine more accessible and enjoyable by using technology to inject bubbles into high-quality wine blends with fewer calories and less alcohol. It’s an overall more enjoyable drinking experience.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Nick Mendoza is Co-Founder & CEO of Neptune, a mission-driven snack food brand bringing convenience to the seafood category while educating consumers that seek more high-quality, responsible fish in their diets. From an upbringing on a New Mexico cattle ranch, Nick developed food system and seafood supply chain expertise working in eight countries and doing disruptive projects with commercial shrimp aquaculture, sustainable next-generation aquafeeds, and sailing trans-Pacific research expeditions as a Stanford Marine Scientist. He broadcasts his passion for improving the seafood industry as a speaker, published author, and passionate entrepreneur.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Elenita was founded by friends and classmates Jordan Dil and Mikel Noriega during their MBA at UCLA Anderson. Looking to break out of the traditional corporate mold, and follow a less traveled entrepreneurial path, they were inspired by their love of mezcal to create something new and special. Elenita is under one year old and expanding distribution, as more-and-more retailers are captivated by the world’s first canned sparkling mezcal.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Tired of sacrificing quality and ethical standards in the name of profits, after having spent many years working with large beauty brands, Karima El-hakkaoui co-founded Six Gldn to provide consumers with a better option. Six Gldn, based on 400 years of Korean herbal remedies, uses advancements in science to refine, hone and maximize the potential of each ingredient for outstanding efficacy and results to restore radiance and balance to all skin types.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Bonnie Shah is the VP of Marketing & Innovation at L.A. Libations, a next-generation beverage incubator. L.A. Libations connects with entrepreneurs from across the globe in search of brands that stand out in emerging beverage categories such as plant-based, functional, healthy digestion and natural energy.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Connie Lo is the co-founder of Three Ships, an all-natural, vegan skincare brand on a mission to make clean beauty accessible for all women by providing 100% plant-derived, certified cruelty-free skincare products all under $40. At Three Ships, Connie spearheads strategic partnerships, vendor + retailer management, brand strategy, and sales.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Sisters Kaitie Sjostedt and Lisa Strandberg founded The Shore Line, an independent women’s resort wear brand founded in 2021, made by women for women, featuring effortless feminine silhouettes with a salty spirit of coastal living. Inspired by their childhood growing up on the coast of Florida on the beach, swimming, surfing and everything in between, Lisa and Kaitie built a brand that transitions seamlessly and beautifully from the beach to the city streets—capturing the spirit and magic of a coastal lifestyle. Everything in the collection is meant to work by itself as well as together for a truly effortless and beautiful look.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Bonnie Giangrande started RENU Naturals nearly a decade ago out of a personal need for clean healthy selfcare products. At that time, Bonnie was recently diagnosed with an auto-immune disease called Hashimoto’s, and wanted to lead a healthier lifestyle. Bonnie started seeking out natural products for herself and her family and was surprised at the “green-washing” that was taking place in the industry. Bonnie knew that she had to be part of the change, and create a line of pure, healthy products that do not incorporate fragrances or other toxic ingredients. Bonnie launched Renu Naturals because she was adamant to use only the highest quality natural, organic ingredients, creating formulations that are healthy and effective.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Joline Rivera changed the trajectory of the male-dominated, fast-growing $10 billion cannabis industry in 2017 as the only minority woman to launch a media brand, beginning with the launch of Kitchen Toke, a visually driven print and digital property reporting on culinary cannabis for health and wellness. Kitchen Toke is the definitive source on cooking with cannabis and teaching individuals how to use the plant as part of a regular health and wellness regimen.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
VanTrang Manges is the founder of Green Mustache, a Brooklyn-based, woman- and minority-owned business focused on creating innovative, delicious plant-based snacks. Everything they do stems from our commitment to plant-based living because they believe the food you eat should both feel good and BE good. To further that goal, Green Mustache also strives to have zero food waste and achieve this by donating imperfect crackers from the production process to local farmers who use their scraps as animal feed.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Named one of Goldman Sachs’ 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs Award and Business Insider’s “Top 16 Power Player Execs in AD Video Streaming Space”, Damian Pelliccione leads the finance, business development and advertising sales / operations departments at Revry. Revry is now the world's largest Queer Network, reaching over 280 million households and devices. Revry was also featured on the cover of The Los Angeles Times Business section, named “App of the Day” by Apple app stores globally.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Kara Landau is a world leading expert registered dietitian who specializes in PRE-biotics and the role that gut healthy nutrition plays in improving your mood. The founder of the venture backed digestive and gut friendly functional snacking brand Uplift Food - Good Mood Food - which offers patent protected, clinically proven Prebiotic Puffs, Gut Happy Cookies, and more; Karas mission is to offer prebiotics, the missing nutrient from everyone's diets in enjoyable to consume formats, to help everyone live their happiest and most uplifting life!
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jilliene Helman is the Founder and CEO of RealtyMogul, an online real estate marketplace that gives everyday investors access to institutional-quality commercial real estate deals in dozens of markets across the country. Since 2012, RealtyMogul members have collectively invested over $850 million into $4.7 billion of real estate nationwide (as of March 31, 2022). Jilliene holds Series 7, 24 and 63 investment licenses and is a Certified Wealth Strategist. She’s been featured as an expert on startups and real estate investing on Bloomberg, CNBC, The New York Times, Yahoo! Finance and Entrepreneur.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jessica Koehler is the Founder and CEO of Magna Dea, LLC. Her company was born from the idea that taking care of yourself and your planet go hand in hand, and she holds a patent for her upcoming product that will accomplish both ideals. Her company is certified by WBENC, Leaping Bunny, and is a member of 1% for the Planet. You can find her Roman inspired aromatherapy, hair and body products at www.magnadea.com.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Anthony is the French chef and founder of Pastreez, an online macaron bakery. Graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Paris, his wife and him handcraft authentic macarons daily. It ships it fresh to your door, wherever you are in the United States!
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Martha Carlin, is a Citizen Scientist, systems thinker, wife of Parkinson’s warrior, John Carlin, and founder of The BioCollective, a microbiome company expanding the reach of science. Since John’s diagnosis in 2002, Martha began learning the science of agriculture, nutrition, environment, infectious disease, Parkinson’s pathology and much more. In 2014, when the first research was published showing a connection between the gut bacteria and the two phenotypes of Parkinson’s, Martha quit her former career as a business turnaround expert and founded The BioCollective to accelerate the discovery of the impact of gut health on all human health, including Parkinson’s. Martha was a speaker at the White House 2016 Microbiome Initiative launch, challenging the scientific community to “think in a broader context”. Her systems thinking background and experience has led to collaborations across the scientific spectrum from neuroscience to engineering to infectious disease. She is a respected out of the box problem solver in the microbiome field and brings a unique perspective to helping others understand the connections from the soil to the food to our guts and our brains.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
TrustyScribe is a multidisciplinary street artist, photographer, writer and filmmaker inspired by the human spirit. As a mental health advocate, Trusty sparks conversations about wellbeing to lift the stigma on mental health. His work has been photographed thousands of times all over the world and been seen by millions, and in 2021, The Today Show produced a profile on Trusty for Carson Daly’s mental health series Mind Matters. Trusty, who found mental health advocacy through his street art, continues this conversation with ReBIRTH ETERNAL, his new solo exhibition intended to capture the tranquil moments just before sudden change.
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Mimi Benz is the Founder of Sweat Cycle, The Original Heated Cycling Studio. Through her impressive history of working in the health wellness and fitness industry, Mimi developed a revolutionary, science-based heated workout that provides a deeper level of detox benefits.
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Founded by Niha Amin and Shanzey Al-Amin, the Canadian-based skincare brand Zeyl Beauty combined 15 years of beauty experience and Mother’s Nature’s finest ingredients from Ayurvedic remedies to create premium products. After a mutual obsession with beauty, Niha and Shanzey honed Earth's simplest ingredients to detox, nourish, and treat skin for an instant glow. The gals behind the glow share their best kept beauty secrets with the intent to provide exceptional plant-based skincare for everyone – no matter your age or skin type.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Kamini Lane is a seasoned operations, brand and marketing leader, with a passion for driving sustainable growth and building world class brands and teams. Kamini brings two decades of experience in marketing, communications, and operations, as well as a deep understanding of the luxury consumer. Most recently, Kamini served as the President of the West for Compass, Inc., a technology powered real estate company. Prior to Compass, Kamini was the Chief Marketing Officer of Tradesy, a marketplace for designer fashion, and oversaw marketing, branding, public relations, Tradesy for Business and Tradesy Closet Concierge.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Michael Wolfe is Chief Revenue Officer of ProLon, a 5-day dietary program carefully designed to nourish and rejuvenate your body while supporting metabolic balance. Doctor Rafael Gonzalez has been in the regenerative medicine field for greater than 20 years and has several scientific publications. His present focus has been on maintaining a healthy immune system, and ways to slow down the biological clock. With his extensive background in all aspects of cell biology and health, Dr. Gonzalez serves as a Scientific Advisor for ProLon.
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At a young age, Yunnie Kim Morena realized the impact of delicious, home-cooked food. Her first career was in fashion where she owned and operated several stores within the iconic Fred Segal Santa Monica. Later Yunnie and her husband took over her parents’ 40 year old restaurant on the Santa Monica Pier, The Albright. Today, Yunnie founded Kimchi Avocado inspired by her journey to celebrate how food connects people, brings family together, and creates community.
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Kenzie Biggins is the founder of Worxbee LLC, the gold standard of Executive Assistant solutions. Worxbee consistently delivers well-equipped executive assistants and the executive assistant resources their clients trust to elevate workflow and add value to the overall output. Worxbee is doing this through three service offerings that provide a streamlined executive assistant experience for our clients without compromising on quality or capability. Those services are subscription-based virtual executive assistant support, executive assistant permanent placement, and administrative support consulting within Fortune 1000 organizations.
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Alfred Atanda Jr., MD is a pediatric, sports medicine orthopedic surgeon at Nemours Children’s Health in Wilmington, Delaware where he serves as the Chief of the Center for Sports Medicine and the Director of Clinician Well-Being. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, he completed residency at the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Atanda also completed fellowships in pediatric orthopedic surgery, at Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children, and in sports medicine surgery, at the Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University. His future goals and aspirations are to re-imagine how healthcare is delivered by leveraging digital health and telemedicine technology to appropriately triage, navigate, evaluate, and treat orthopedic patients. He is the chief editor of the world’s first textbook solely dedicated to telemedicine in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine, and he has also launched a telemedicine concierge service for the parents of youth athletes: “ SportsLinkMD”. He is a physician expert for numerous telemedicine companies providing strategic advice and e-consultations to urgent care, emergency department, and primary care physicians, as well as a second opinions directly to patients. In his non-surgical role, he has been working to optimize the physician experience, bringing awareness to the many ramifications of physician burnout, lack of well-being, and physician suicide. He is a speaker at wellness spas and resorts and is developing a physician well-being podcast for the orthopedic surgery educational platform “OrthoBullets”.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Lauren Otsuki is the Co-Founder and Head of Product Innovation of Ourself and its parent company, GLO Pharma. Lauren has over 25 years of experience in biotechnology product development and commercialization, as well as specific expertise in pre-clinical programs. Lauren has founded and managed five successful biotech firms, DexCom, NovaCardia, Oncternal Therapeutics, Alastin Skincare, and Prometheus Biosciences, where she was responsible for development and operations. Prior, Lauren held a number of executive level positions in operations, development, and manufacturing at Quidel Corporation, an in vitro diagnostics company. She has played an integral role in implementing scientific research and development into skincare product formulation with leading professional skincare companies like SkinMedica and Alastin Skincare, and now in aesthetics with Ourself and GLO Pharma.
Vimla Black Gupta is the Co-Founder and President of Ourself, who brings more than 25 years of marketing leadership to the role. Her entrepreneurial spirit and deep knowledge of the beauty industry have allowed her to drive growth and product innovation for premier global companies including Procter & Gamble and The Estee Lauder Companies. Known as a pioneer in the beauty industry, Vimla saw the opportunity with Ourself to define an entirely new category in skincare that will help consumers to look and feel their best. As President, she will guide the strategic direction of the company, from product innovation to international expansion.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Founder and CTO, Chasity's tech experience started in the USAF with Aerospace, Telecommunications, Cybersecurity, and System Engineering. She has expertise in cloud architecture, blockchain and a certification in quantum computing with a Bachelor's in Cyber Policy and Information Assurance Management. Her startup, Infiltron Software Suite prevents catastrophic cyber events and security breaches before they happen and mitigates bias around gender and race in biometric technology, specifically facial recognition.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dan Donovan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Stratoscope, the leading security partner in stadium design and strategic crowd management. He has over 26 years of planning and overseeing event security experiences, which involves planning, security systems design, operational readiness, crisis management, emergency operations and more. A few of his notable clients include the Olympic games, the Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Weekend, Google Next and the Salesforce World Tour.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Martha Krejci is a high-vibin’ mama, wife, business coach + growth strategist and social media marketing powerhouse who has taken the internet by storm. Featured in Oprah Magazine, Fast Company, Cosmopolitan, Shape and Huffington Post among other places, Martha’s intuitive marketing expertise has helped her make her first million in less than a year using a strategy she teaches openly through courses, group coaching and other tried-and-true resources. From finding your passion to building a business that works, she teaches it all to anyone that's ready.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jackie Fast is managing partner of LA-based Sandbox Studios, which is leading the way for talent-owned start-ups. As online audiences outperform traditional media, more celebrities are looking for ways to monetize their fans – but many fail to do so effectively due to lack of resource and expertise. This is where Sandbox Studios comes in. The agency works directly with brands and talent to strategically matchmake collaboration opportunities, whilst the venture arm of the business has the capability to invest in new partnerships that have unrivaled potential.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Lisa Blasser is a personal injury lawyer, law professor, author of "Nine Steps to Law School Success" and the owner of Law School Success Institute, which offers online and live virtual courses to law students on how to succeed in law school. Her business offers the first and only scientifically-backed 9-Step study process in legal education and is based on a two-year qualitative study she personally conducted with successful law students to uncover the most comprehensive study process for success in law school. She is incredibly passionate about helping law students gain a deep understanding of their materials, which ultimately boosts their confidence, saves them time and allows them to elevate and thrive in law school.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Sylvia Walker, RN, BSN, MBA, MHA, CCP is the Founder of NAIWBE Natural As I Wanna Be® organic skincare company based in Jacksonville, Florida. NAIWBE organic skin care products were created as a direct result of seeking a solution to her own dry skin issues of Contact Dermatitis and Eczema. Mrs. Walker has demonstrated a commitment to organic skin care products and healthy lifestyle choices by establishing and maintaining the following certifications: HSI Certified Chronic care Professional, Vegan.org, Leaping Bunny program, NIRC Natural Ingredients Resource Center, Certified Green Business, and Amazon Climate Friendly Pledge.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Brajesh Jha is a senior executive with nearly three decades of experience in building and running professional services business at multi-billion dollar technology companies. Brajesh is currently responsible for Genpact's global digital transformation business in multiple industries ranging from Media, Publishing, Advertising, Communications and Entertainment. This business extends the original GE heritage of Genpact in running efficient global operations and deploys artificial intelligence, analytics, and intelligent automation to achieve real world outcomes.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
In this week’s special episode of Elevate Your Brand, Laurel Mintz and Cody Owens of Elevate My Brand sit down to talk about Laurel’s new capital venture firm, Fabric VC. With the mission to weave together diverse founders with the funding they need and deserve, Laurel and the rest of the Fabric VC team are doing great things together by investing in companies doing great things in the world.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
In this week’s special episode of Elevate Your Brand, Laurel Mintz and Cody Owens of Elevate My Brand sit down to celebrate the 13th anniversary of their award-winning agency, Elevate My Brand.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Darnell Smith is a CPG and alcohol industry veteran and cannabis entrepreneur, innovator and advocate. Smith is the founder and CEO of MXXN, a non-alcoholic, cannabis-infused spirits brand that is evolving today’s cocktail culture and disrupting the alcohol and cannabis industry. MXXN is the first product launch of MOJO Ventures, which is part of the digital + creative consultancy MOJO he founded that has done extensive work for Procter & Gamble Ventures, Barcardi’s Incubation group, Pepsico and more. Find Darnell on LinkedIn here and MXXN on Instagram here.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Adam Ochman is the Global Head of Marketing Solutions at TripAdvisor. Joining the company during the middle of a pandemic, Adam’s goal is to unite his team globally while creating content marketing solutions for partners of the TripAdvisor platform.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
After dealing with dark marks as a result of hormonal acne and hyperpigmentation, Hyper Skin founder Desiree Verdejo scoured the skincare industry far and wide for a culturally inclusive, results-oriented brand, but came up short. Having her “aha” moment, Verdejo brought Hyper Skin to market, focusing on multiculturalism in the industry with the overall goal of treating dark skin spots and discoloration for all skin tones.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Eleanor Doty is an experienced Chief Marketing Officer with a demonstrated history of success in diverse restaurant brands and geographies such as Burger King, Chilis and KFC. In her role at Burger King, Eleanor drove a culture shift toward a guest-first, insight led mentality. In just year one, Eleanor spearheaded the creation of lasting Everyday Value Platforms, built and launched Loyalty and CRM, created the first hand-breaded chicken sandwich in a mainstream burger QSR and elevated the brand identity and imagery via a total overhaul of brand VI.
Jasmine Cogdell serves as the Director of Marketing for Blacktag. Jasmine jump-started her career in advertising at BBDO NY. Shortly thereafter, she began working at Wieden + Kennedy New York (WKNY), where she advised on brand strategy and creative development for clients such as Vitaminwater, HBO, Lyft, Verizon, Bloomberg, and Equinox. Having observed the lack of Black representation within the industry, Jasmine made it her mission to create space for Black voices to be amplified within the creative industry and advise WKNY on how to establish systems and processes to better support Black creatives. She co-founded Noir, WKNY’s Black ERG group, and expanded the Black talent pool within the agency. After 6 years, she left WKNY to serve as the first in-house marketing hire for Blacktag where she continues her passion of advocating for Black creatives and working to change the landscape of the creative and entertainment industry.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Patrick Reinhart is the VP of Customer Success at Conductor, Inc. He is a passionate digital marketing professional with over 17 years experience in the SEO space. For over a decade, he has had the opportunity to help clients grow their organic footprint and overall digital experience.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Robyn Young is a brand strategist and agency founder with a strong creative vision and penchant for crafting fresh, innovative ideas. Her multifaceted history includes 20 years of branding & marketing experience for top commercial brands like Nike, Target, UCLA and Everyday Health. Since launching Young & Co. in 2016 from the couch of a shared coworking space, Robyn and her team have worked with over 60 brands to clarify their purpose, cut through the noise of oversaturated markets, and create emotional connection and loyalty with customers by outsmarting old marketing strategies. She's dedicated her life to building fresh, creative brands rooted in authenticity and integrity. Brands that truly impact and inspire (not just another pretty design).
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jodi, Lori, and Kari Caden are "sisterpreneurs" and co-founders of the revolutionary maternity and post-partum brand Belly Bandit. In 2020, they founded Proof, a female empowerment company on a mission to provide a best-in-class line of leakproof, worry-free underwear that empowers women to leak less and live more, and is currently the only triple-patented leakproof underwear on the market. With a history of disrupting and revolutionizing their industries, the sisters and co-founders of Proof and Belly Bandit create products that make women's lives better.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
As the founder and creative director of designKrew, Jessica Krewson has assisted many companies and brands to achieve their vision by clearly communicating their voice, values, mission and principles through beautiful, effective graphics and marketing objectives. Jessica has a unique ability to intuitively refine a brand, infusing elegance and luxury into a masterfully crafted visual strategy, which effectively increases the flow of revenue, credibility and brand recognition. Her specialties include creative direction, photo shoots, content creation, sales funnels, social media, and creating aligned and genuine brands which produce a strong return for her private clients.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Mara Smith is a former attorney, corporate strategist and stay-at-home mom who is the founder of Inspiro Tequila. Mara started drinking tequila when she was looking for a clean, gluten-free spirit that fit into her active lifestyle. Mara searched for a tequila brand that was additive-free with a look, taste and aroma that appealed to her. That perfect tequila did not exist, so she decided to create one. Mara's goal was not just to create a one-of-a-kind tequila, it was also to bring another female voice to the spirits industry. Women are a part of every aspect of Inspiro Tequila's process from creating our taste profiles to getting bottles on the shelves. As a female founder, Mara's mission is to inspire and support other women on their entrepreneurial journeys through financial support and mentoring.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Morgan Spindler is the Marketing Manager of Terez. Morgan oversees the Digital Marketing, Public Relations and Event efforts at Terez while working closely with the Terez team. Morgan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and Business Management as well as an Omni-Channel Retail Business Certificate from the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Howard Schiffer is the Founder & President of Vitamin Angels, a public health nonprofit working to improve nutrition worldwide by delivering essential vitamins and minerals to underserved pregnant women and children around the world. Vitamin Angels works with over 2,000 local organizations, including governments, to reach more than 60 million women and children in 65 countries annually.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Alex Black is the Director of Marketing for Grindr, the world’s largest dating app for gay, bi, trans, and queer people. For more than a decade, he has helped brands authentically tell their story and increase their digital footprint through strategic content, experiential, and brand campaigns.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jessica is the Founder and CEO of BUBBLE, the national direct-to-consumer marketplace for vetted, healthy foods. Prior to launching BUBBLE, Jessica was the first hire and led product and operations at Daily Harvest, the frozen food direct to consumer model, now valued at over $700M.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Caroline Cotto is the Co-Founder & COO of Renewal Mill, a venture-backed startup creating a new circular economy of food by upcycling the byproducts of food manufacturing into premium ingredients and plant-based pantry staples. A food marketing and nutrition specialist, Caroline has experience at the UN World Food Programme, the White House (for Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! initiative), Techstars Farm to Fork Accelerator, and HubSpot, where she ran the women’s diversity program globally. Caroline grew up in food, working for her family’s ice cream business in the town of Sandwich, MA. She serves as the inaugural Board President of the Upcycled Food Association, and formerly served as a Fulbright Fellow in Taiwan.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
After working in government and political affairs, Heidi Hertel became an entrepreneur who built Fitz Frames to revolutionize the eyeglass making and buying experience. Heidi founded Fitz Frames after taking her children through the process of buying comfortable and attractive glasses with little to no success. Through the use of sophisticated technology, Fitz Frames makes glasses that are better for kids in terms of fit and durability.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Raised in India, Shrankhla Holecek has been immersed in the knowledge and cultural traditions of Ayurveda and holistic medicine since birth. Shrankhla named the organic luxury beauty and wellness collection after her aunt Uma, a remarkably strong woman who played an integral role in raising her and her sister. With Uma, Shrankhla strives to give women access to powerful, organic, artisanal products that deliver dramatic results, and wisdom to empower and embolden a woman's choices in her self-care.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
FX Rouxel spent 20 years building a skill set that led him to combine his knowledge of clean energy, as well as deploying automation, artificial intelligence, and cloud technologies to help solve the major problems that have been created within our food industry to get “fresh” produce to our tables. His invention, Gardyn reimagines how we grow produce, making it sustainable for our planet and easily accessible so everyone can have nutrient-rich foods every day.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Stella Gray is a sophomore at Yale University and the founder of GØØDZ, an online pop-up store featuring handmade products created by an international coalition of women with proceeds supporting The Pad Project, an organization that supports period equity. With the founding of GØØDZ, she hopes to curate stylish, hand-crafted wares and continue to spread good in the world.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Founded by clean beauty experts Cary Lin and Angela Ubias, Common Heir is on a mission to better your boudoir and beauty traditions by reimagining your top-shelf staples, starting with their hero product, Vitamin C Serum. This clean, 100% plastic-free formulation is encapsulated in biodegradable, plant-based serum capsules to maximize potency for brighter, healthier-looking skin that is gentle on the skin and on the environment. As a partner of the Ocean Blue Project and member of 1% for the Planet, Common Heir is dedicated to giving back to the community and showing gratitude for our beautiful planet.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Mother-daughter duo Lori Schmidtke and Kirsten Schmidtke are the beauty and brains behind fashion accessories brand Klas squared. Born from a need to be creative, to leave an impact, and to build something to call their own, the pair teamed up to develop designs that make women feel joyful, feminine, and powerful. Klas squared jewelry is designed from a palette of sterling silver, 18k gold filled, Swarovski crystals and pearls, and semi-precious stones, all hand crafted by our Founder and Lead Designer, Lori.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Lynn Godfrey is the SVP, Chief Experience Officer for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) - the largest nonprofit dedicated to creating a world without blood cancers through investments in groundbreaking research, patient care and advocacy. Leading a multidisciplinary team across digital, content, experiential marketing, communications and creative development, she is responsible for stewarding the brand to drive mission impact, revenue growth and audience engagement.
A seasoned executive with +20 years of experience in vision-driven innovation and brand transformations in non-profit, public and corporate sectors, she has successfully delivered results for leading organizations such as the Girl Scouts of the USA, American Red Cross, PBS Kids, Nickelodeon and American Express. Launching her career in advertising at Young and Rubicam, Lynn earned her BA in Biology from Wesleyan University and her MBA in Marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Lynn resides in New Rochelle, NY with her multi-generational family and pup Lola.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Doug Bouton is the Co-Founder of Halo Top, the iconic low-calorie ice cream brand that has taken the world by storm. Halo Top sold its business to Wells Enterprises in September 2019, after which Doug spun out Halo Top's international operations into Halo Top International where he currently serves as CEO. In 2021, Doug launched Gatsby Chocolate, the first-ever and only low-calorie chocolate brand that's positioned to disrupt the chocolate and confectionery category much like Halo Top disrupted the ice cream category. Doug received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2010 and his B.S. from Georgetown University in 2007 with a double-major in mathematics and theology.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Amy Wenslow, CEO of Products To Profits, leads the team that supports people in creating consumer products or fixing big problems with existing products. Products To Profits' unique combination of expertise blends deep experience in product development, sales and marketing for consumer products. Products To Profits exists to support people who are creating consumer products or fixing big problems with existing products. We work at the intersection of product development, sales and marketing. Clients typically get into major sales without the risk of tons of inventory.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
With over 20 years of experience in digital entertainment, Ira Rubenstein is a talented Chief Digital and Marketing officer for PBS, leading digital consumer experiences and marketing. Prior to PBS, Ira worked at MeeMee Media, 20th Century Fox, Marvel Entertainment’s Global Digital Media Group, and Sony. Rubenstein holds a B.A. in Management Science from the University of California, San Diego and earned a M.F.A. from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jerred Kiloh is the founder and CEO of The Higher Path and the President of the United Cannabis Business Association. Along with testifying in front of the senate to make radical change within the cannabis industry, Jerred started The Higher Path Collective, a licensed medical and adult use recreational dispensary –– started by patients for patients.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Michelle Jacobs and Sally Mueller met 20 years ago and soon became friends, creative collaborators, and honest sounding boards for one another. Many years later, Sally shared that she discovered her recent aches and pains, vaginal dryness, and dry skin were all connected to menopause. The pair reached out to friends and colleagues and realized this was all too common, particularly for women in their 40s, 50s, and beyond. So, the two founded Womaness, a high-performance collection of modern menopause products by women, for women that offer solutions from head to toe (and everything in between). Menopause, meet your match.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Get to know our host, Laurel Mintz. Today, we will be flipping the script as EMB Account Manager, Cody Owens, will be interviewing Laurel about all things marketing.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.
Eril Serbetci is the Co-Founder and Storyteller at Darling Spring, a designer store exploring the intersection of slow living, good design, and female creativity. Darling Spring is designed with love, curated with taste, and wrapped in pleasure.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston/Tufts University), Rachel Martin decided to make her love of wine a full-time vocation. She parlayed a degree in Viticulture and Enology from Napa Valley College into a spot in the prestigious Sensory Evaluation program at the University of Bordeaux School of Enology. And from there, Rachel ushered in the very first wines at Boxwood, located in Middleburg, a bucolic area previously better known for horses than vines. Rachel was present at the inception of what is now considered one of Virginia’s premier wine producers, Boxwood Estate Winery, making her well suited to again start from scratch with Oceano Wines.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Colette Courtion is a distinguished and award-winning consumer marketer, business leader, and femtech innovator. Using her experience as a medical aesthetic entrepreneur and partnered with Dr. Sarah, Ob-Gyn to create a line of products that improve all aspects of women’s intimate health. Joylux is a consumer healthtech company that offers a platform of life-changing solutions with high-tech devices, digital tools and products that address menopausal-related health concerns.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Wren Amber Is a Los Angeles based, handmade couture children’s clothing brand, founded and created by Jessica Olsen and her mother, Amber Brown. Inspired by the birth of Wren, Jessica’s daughter, Wren Amber brings three generations together to collaborate and create re-inspired vintage styles, giving them new life for today’s trendsetting child.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
With an M&A legal background, Alice Chen is a well-recognized founder who has grown a business from 0 to 7 or 8 figures six times across industries. Her pedigree includes Top 40 Under 40, CitiBank’s Global Family Office Leadership Program, and an exit to PWC. Inspired by her own consumer desire to easily access clean, gluten-free, low-sugar, low-calorie and portable canned drinks, Alice and her co-founding team set out on a mission to deliver and share the most delicious craft tequila seltzer with you.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Warren Brown is an entrepreneur with a spirited passion for life. He left his career as a lawyer to become a baker in 2000. Armed with a credit card and a sense that people wanted something better than what was currently on the market, he founded CakeLove, a bakery. Then, in 2005, he became the beloved host of Food Networks’ Sugar Rush. Ten years later, Warren developed his first prototype of Spark Bites: bite-size, non-GMO, vegan and gluten-free energy snacks that come in fascinating flavors such as red beet, match and Mumbai masala.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Believing everyone should be able to enjoy luxury, health-conscious products regardless of their shade or undertone, Samara Walker founded Àuda.B, a luxury vegan nail lacquer brand with colors that compliment every skin tone. Through the combination of creativity, technology, and beauty, Samara is redefining the expectations of what a beauty experience should offer with Àuda.B.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
The idea behind Bon AppéSweet was founded in the broken heart of a deployed mother. Thereasa Black was away from her daughter for 13 months, just before her second birthday, and spent her entire deployment thinking of a way to never have to leave her again. Also while she was deployed, her daughter fell in love with dessert. When Thereasa came home, she decided that instead of taking away the foods her daughter had grown to love, she’d simply make them healthier. After lots of research and development, Thereasa’s developed date-sweetened desserts with zero processed sugars and zero sugar alcohols. And in looking out for the planet that her daughter will soon inherit, Thereasa made all of Bon AppéSweet’s chocolate 100% plant-based and dairy-free.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Founded by sisters Shaz Rajashekar and Kiku Chaudhuri, Shaz & Kiks is a holistic haircare brand that draws inspiration from the sisters’ experience with traditional Indian Ayurvedic practices that are as effective as they are culturally meaningful. Shaz & Kiks is a community as much as it is a beauty company and aims to pass down a tradition of collective care through wholesome self-care products.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
As CEO of Aster Farms, Julia brings expertise in entrepreneurship, supply chain management and business development to her team. Julia’s personal interest in cannabis is rooted in her battle with chronic migraines, incorporating the plant with her prescribed routine to mitigate symptoms, balance equilibrium and chart a healthy course. Prior to Aster Farms, Julia was co-founder and CEO of NMRKT, an affiliate marketing platform for content providers. She led the company through Techstars and it's acquisition by XO Group in 2016, where she went on to be the Director of National Revenue Products.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jeremy Novy’s unique brand of street art is ripe with thoughtful social examinations. Novy has combated a homophobic lack of representation with a celebration of gay iconography, bringing joviality and warmth to disused urban spaces.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
**Nicole Centeno is a French Culinary Institute-trained chef, cookbook author, mother and the founder and CEO of Splendid Spoon, a meal-delivery platform that offers 50+ ready-to-eat, plant- based meals. A Condé Nast alum, Nicole has always been passionate about food; well before founding Splendid Spoon, Nicole immersed herself in the culinary world where she worked at pop-ups, catered and taught cooking and nutrition courses at Columbia University in her free-time. It wasn’t until her first pregnancy in 2012, when Nicole decided to leave her corporate career to pursue food full-time. Like many of her peers, Nicole realized how unattainable it was to achieve a wellness-driven lifestyle with a 9-to-5 job and the day-to-day demands of life. This inspired her to launch Splendid Spoon and eventually informed Splendid Spoon’s mission to offer accessible, nutritious and delicious plant-based fare to everyday Americans.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.**
Denise Lambertson pioneered the pairing of celebrities with venture backed consumer startups by implementing sweat equity compensation for marketing services and capital investment. Applauded by Forbes as “changing the influencer marketing platform between celebrities and startups”, Denise is the Chairwoman at LMS Agency and the Managing Partner at Constellation Capital.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Cynthia Plotch co-founded Stix in 2019, a company on a mission to transform your health experience, starting with pregnancy, ovulation, UTI, and yeast infection products. Before starting Stix, Cynthia was on the founding team of Hungry Harvest where she led their national expansion. Cynthia received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and is a Venture for America alumna.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dylan Martinez is an American sculptor best known for his hyper-realistic glass sculptures that challenge the viewers perceptions. His artwork is exhibited and collected internationally. He lives and works in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington state.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
**Alessandra T. Shirley is a the founder and CEO at HereNow CBD.
HereNow CBD's mission is to provide the highest-quality organic CBD products to help all those in need, and to destigmatize THE NEED FOR HELP. They are focused to understand what every individual is experiencing with and what is the best product they can use.
Trust, Quality, Transparency and Focus on customers are their values. HereNow CBD products are pure and simple. HereNow CBD products are designed to help you, stay active, patient and balanced” to achieve your best!
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.**
Founder and CEO Lauren Schulte Wang launched The Flex Co. in 2016 with the dream of transforming the lives of people with periods. After suffering from chronic yeast infections for 15 years related to tampon use, it dawned on her that it was time to change the status quo — not just for herself, but for menstruators everywhere. She set out to create period products that were more innovative, sustainable, and made for the 21st century. Follow her on Twitter @lmschulte and Instagram @laurenschultewang.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Elizabeth James migrated to the world of fashion through channels that have often inspired its creators: fine art, music, and photography. Producing and executive producing video content for Concord Music Group, James’ tenure led her to cross paths with legends including James Taylor and Carole King. James also produced documentary films, concert films, and music supervised films that saw major festival premieres and theatrical releases. When her years in the industry no longer met creative needs and environmental concerns, she wrote a new chapter. The co-founder marries her passion for animals and the environment with high design in Taylor + Thomas.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
From Mexico to Texas, Anahi Rivera has had 15+ Years in experience with an extensive network in the Wine and Spirits Industry as Supplier Development and Brand Builder of 1921 Tequila at more than 20 markets. Anahi graduated from ITESM Campus Monterrey with a Bachelor of Business in Marketing. She is an Agave aficionada and married happily with two kids on earth and one in heaven.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Katie Dos Santos, founder of Petalled and marketing professional in New York City, often marveled at the artistically crafted centerpieces she’d order for the events she planned. Still, it was never more than a passing appreciation and a resignation to buy bouquets, not make them. As she prioritized her health and worked to get better, Katie realized that bits of beauty felt essential to her wellness. The idea for Petalled was more like an awakening that happened, literally, in her bed as she worked to recover. Katie assembled her A-Team of floral artists that could craft stunning displays and explain their process.
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Kat Dey is the Co-Founder and President of ettitude. Kat is a serial entrepreneur and executive, named one of “35 People to Watch in New York Tech” and “EY Entrepreneurial Winning Woman” in 2016. Having fallen in love with ettitude's products and mission, Kat joined Ettitude in early 2018 to help expand the company globally. Prior to ettitude, Dey had a decade of experience scaling mission-driven brands. In 2012, Dey founded Try The World, a direct to consumer food subscription company, which disrupted the global artisanal food supply chain. It was named by Crains NY as the #3 fastest growing company in New York before it was acquired in 2017. Today Kat also serves as advisor and investor in several direct to consumer brands. Prior to her startup journey, Dey held strategy positions at Weight Watchers and Thomson Reuters, and received her MBA from Columbia Business School.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Ron is veteran cosmetic chemist with over 20 years experience in creating innovative, big-selling beauty products for leading beauty brands (Revlon, Avon, L’Oreal, Estee Lauder, Clinique). Ron recently started his own beauty brand, BeautyStat Cosmetics.
His brand, already an award-winner, was called out as one of the most Google searched beauty brands due in part to its best-selling vitamin C serum (Universal C Skin Refiner) that has been named one of the best by Oprah Magazine, Allure, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. He is also a resident beauty expert for Allure magazine.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Sol Broady is the CEO and Founder of Leilo, the world's first all-natural, dedicated relaxation product. After an inspirational trip to Fiji in 2018 where he was introduced to kava-culture, Sol began his journey by making prototypes out of his college dorm room as a freshman at Columbia University. A political science major and ancient history minor, Sol enters his senior year in college three years later with Leilo surging to the tune of 150+ national retailers and a footprint across 18 states.
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**Bisco Smith is an American contemporary artist, based in New York, recognized for his graffiti-deconstructive approach to abstract expressionism. Utilizing his understanding of space and songwriting from his early years as a graffiti writer, music maker, and graphic designer, Bisco strips his compositions to their fundamental essence of motion and rhythm while channeling the energy of a moment through gestural marks and abstracted, lyrical text. Reimagining the execution of abstract expressionist painting through his unique contemporary lens, Bisco aims to create art that inspires hope for the future. Over the past decade, Bisco has painted murals and performed live across the globe. He has partnered with creative brands including Nike, (RED), Coach, Adidas, SLS hotels, RYOT, and Hypebeast. With a resume of solo and group exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Miami, Berlin, Seattle, and Hong Kong, Bisco Smith’s works are sought after by collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
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Tim Rickards is the Marketing Director of Activation and Engagement at Charles Schwab - a unique investment service firm that strives to disrupt the status quo of the traditional Wall Street approach. He has a deep understanding of client relationships and proven experience building campaigns that drive revenue. At Charles Schwab, Tim provides a unique blend of creative and strategic expertise that produces effective, innovating marketing, high performing teams and happy/efficient partner relationships.
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With a relentless dedication to improving the lives of others, Nichol Whiteman serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the award-winning Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF). Under Nichol’s leadership, LADF tackles the most pressing problems facing Los Angeles with a mission to improve education, health care, homelessness and social justice for all Angelenos. During Nichol’s tenure, LADF launched the incredibly impactful Dodgers RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities), a youth development initiative serving more than 10,000 youth. The Spelman College alumna has cultivated partnerships resulting in more than $32 million in community investment in the form of direct programs and grant making, impacting over 2.3 million children.
**With a firm belief that each person has the power to positively impact a life, Nichol's journey continues to be full of inspiration and hope as she fights for young people to realize their dreams. She resides in Los Angeles with her husband Timothy and two sons, Timothy Jr. and Nicholas.
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Haley Pavone (Founder & CEO at Pashion Footwear) is an entrepreneur whose ambition & passion for innovation led her to create the largest disruptive advancement women’s footwear has ever seen – the world’s first fully convertible heel. She has invented, developed, and brought to production what was once thought to be an “impossible” shoe…and she’s done it all by 25, and with no background in footwear. A charismatic & persuasive public speaker, Pavone has become both the visionary and face behind this up-and-coming fashion tech brand. Her wins at several startup competitions as well as appearances on a variety of TV shows (Including season 12 of ABC's Shark Tank), radio shows and in print publications have earned her a reputation as an exciting thought leader in the space.
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Matt Kamin has been working and volunteering in the nonprofit world for over sixteen years and holds a MBA in nonprofit management. Matt has served as Executive Director of Palisades Emergency Residence Corporation in New York, Children’s Nature Institute in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles Youth Network in Hollywood. Matt has also served as a consultant to organizations serving populations ranging from disabled adults, domestic violence, children in nonpublic schools, and the geriatric community.
Matt is co-founder of Youth for Charity, an organization bringing together teens of different faiths to raise awareness for families living in poverty, as well as founder of Eleventh Commandment, which has grown into JQ International. Matt has sat on numerous boards located in the US and abroad and has lived and worked in Southern California, New York Metro, and the Middle East.
Matt is currently serving on the Advisory Board for the Community Foundation of the Valleys as well as on the Board for Tierra Del Sol Foundation.
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One day, Krishna Motukuri was sent out to buy organic milk for his toddler. Finding an excruciatingly long line at the store, he decided to buy cheap milk at the local corner store instead. When his decision wasn't received too well at home, he realized that there had to be a better way. His solution was Zippin, the next generation of checkout-free technology enabling retailers to quickly deploy frictionless shopping in their stores. Zippin’s patent-pending approach uses AI, machine learning and sensor fusion technology to banish checkout lines and self-scanners for good so shoppers can zip in and out with their purchases.
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Tori is head of operations at Cloud Paper and lives in Seattle, WA. Tori graduated from Cornell University in 2014 and began her career at BlackRock and Convoy before joining Cloud Paper as its first employee in 2019.
Ryan is a Co-Founder at Cloud Paper and based in Seattle, WA. Ryan graduated from the University of Washington in 2012 and almost immediately went into startups. He was previously at tech startups including Uber and Convoy before shifting his efforts toward Cloud Paper in 2019.
Cloud Paper is a tree-free paper products company on a mission to end the deforestation from traditional paper products. The company was started in the spring of 2019 after learning that tens of thousands of trees are cut down everyday to make disposable paper products like toilet paper and paper towels. Instead, Cloud Paper is made out of ultra-renewable bamboo fibers. Their products and packaging are also 100% plastic-free and rely on recycled materials for packaging. The company is also a certified CarbonFree Shipper via the CarbonFund due to their 2x carbon offset of any transportation of their product.
**Since their founding the company has produced over 1 million rolls of tree-free toilet paper and recently launched paper towels. The company has raised $3M in venture funding and is an active supporter of local non-profits like Food Lifeline where they have donated over 125,000 rolls of Cloud Paper to families in need in Washington.
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**Merrilee Kick is the CEO/Founder of BuzzBallz, LLC/Southern Champion, located in Carrollton, Texas. She was a high school teacher working on her master’s degree when she invented her flagship product, BuzzBallz®, a premium, premixed cocktail made with natural juices or creams, contained in a unique plastic can. Today, Merrilee owns the only Women-Owned distillery, winery, and brewery combination in the United States with BuzzBallz being the number one selling single-serve, ready-to-drink cocktail brand in the nation.
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**In September of 2011, Corey Tolkin graduated with a Masters of Education. Although she loved teaching, she knew there was something else out there for her. She had always enjoyed baking with her mom, Julie. Julie, a nursery school teacher at the time, was at a crossroads and decided to take life by the bootstraps and start a business, Whipped Up, with Corey. They are a mother/daughter team who thrive on others enjoying unbakeables...ready to eat cookie dough treats. Unbakeables are more than simply a spoonful of dough, they are pucks of dough sandwiched between two layers on complementary topping, all 150 or less and ready to eat directly from the freezer! Our flavors include chocolate chip dough with dark chocolate pretzel and birthday cake dough with sprinkles, always made with all natural ingredients!
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Olympic Gold Medalist and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Angela Ruggiero has held several leadership positions at the highest levels of sport, including the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee and Chief Strategy Officer of the 2028 L.A. Olympic bid. She also leads Sports Innovation Lab, a leading sports research revolution, and holds both a B.A. and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
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Imelda Walavalkar is the CEO and co-founder of Pure Beauty. She has a Masters in Public Health and International and Public Affairs from Columbia University. Before Pure Beauty, she owned and operated Five Spice, a catering company in NYC focused on sustainable and eclectic ingredients. And prior to her foray into food and weed, Imelda focused her efforts on social justice, including work with post-incarcerated populations.
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**Pete Maldonado, a former Personal Trainer, is the Co-founder and CEO at Chomps, the fastest growing natural meat snacks brand in the category. Chomps was started in 2012 as an eCommerce brand focusing on DTC and Amazon but has since made its way onto the shelves of 8,000 Natural and Conventional Grocery stores across the US including Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, Sprouts, Walmart, Safeway/Albertsons, Kroger and eCommerce platforms like Thrive Market. The brand’s rapid growth has landed them on the Inc. 5000 list 3 times and with only 8000 retail doors, there’s plenty of white space for Chomps to continue scaling on the same trajectory.
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**Katie Wilson, former celebrity matchmaker and current IBS-sufferer, spent years struggling with gut health and discomfort. Recognizing the need for more delicious, low-FODMAP, gut-friendly snacks that can be eaten anytime and anywhere Katie and her husband Nick created BelliWelli, one of the only low-FODMAP, gluten-free, vegan, gut-friendly snacks on the market. Katie's mission is to educate people on the importance of a healthy gut and provide people with a delicious snack that can be enjoyed by anyone - anytime... anywhere.
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Bella Hughes is the Co-founder and President of Shaka Tea, the first line of Hawaiʻi-grown, RTD iced teas on the market. Born and raised in Oʻahu, Bella was inspired to brew tea with māmaki, an ancient, adaptogenic superleaf that’s only found on the Hawaiian archipelago. She founded the company with her husband in 2016 out of a love for her home and a desire to bring a healthy and authentic Hawaiian drink to customers across the world. Shaka Tea also supports the local community by using business as a vehicle for true, social enterprise and force for good.
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Bina Motiram and Dana DuFrane formed a friendship in the corporate world and soon after launched SugarRoti, a start-up that provides innovative products that modernize cooking without compromising tradition and flavor. SugarRoti is committed to sustainability every step of the way, from its compostable packaging to its sustainable sourcing in the supply chain to using organic ingredients wherever possible.
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**Cody Derner and his wife founded KrackCorn in January 2020 from their home kitchen, launching on retail shelves in August of 2020 around the Denver, CO metro area. They have since expanded into their production facility, grown distribution lines regionally and have upcoming launches with Kroger and Safeway/Alberstons among others in select regions (Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Denver) next month. Cody’s background personally was in Real Estate and Oil & Gas prior to this launch. KrackCorn is Cody’s grandmother’s recipe that he and his wife decided was a great product to share with the masses!
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Sarah Alter is president and CEO of the Network of Executive Women, a nonprofit learning, leadership and gender equality advocacy organization of 13,500 members (representing nearly 900 organizations), 300+ national and regional corporate partners, and 22 regional groups in the United States and Canada. NEW advances gender equality and diversity in the retail, consumer goods, financial services and technology industries. Alter joined NEW in 2017 and has wide-ranging experience in the markets NEW represents.
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Jesse Lyon is the founder and chair of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP’s multi-discipline, nationwide Food + Beverage practice group. He has devoted his legal career to serving high growth businesses in the food and beverage, new school agriculture, and alcohol supplier sectors. He is especially recognized for his own work counseling clients in joint ventures, strategic alliances, and M&A transactions, in addition to building and managing the DWT F+B team.
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**Sofi Newmyer is the Founder and CEO of Ma’am Shoes, a new line of elevated, everyday footwear for modern women. The line was crafted for women leading busy lives who want to invest in high quality products that can take them from grabbing their first cup of coffee in the morning, to (eventually) a day of meetings, an evening event, and everything in between. Every pair is comfortable, stylish, and sustainably made in Los Angeles.
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Kristopher DeSoto is the founder of Hiatus Tequila and lives by the mantra Carpe Diem. Between his passion in experiencing life beyond his borders and a career in helicopter sales and marketing, he was fortunate to travel the world, visiting more than 50 countries and even scaling Mount Kilimanjaro.
Raised in Texas, he was introduced to tequila early on and, since then, has traveled throughout Mexico and spent over 7 years living there. In that time, he noticed that tequilas south of the border were often different from those found on U.S. shelves, the flavors and aromas more robust and expressive.
He decided that such a tequila—true tequila—should be available in the U.S. His vision for a traditional, honest tequila crafted from the finest ingredients was nearly four years in the making.
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Jill Koziol is the co-founder and CEO of Motherly a wellbeing brand empowering mothers thrive. She is also the co-author of "The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama: Redefining the Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Journey" and "This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections and Practices". Jill is passionate about serving and empowering women and mothers because when mamas are successful, everyone wins. She is an advocate for families, female founders, and how to thrive with multiple sclerosis. Jill lives in Park City, Utah with her husband and two daughters.
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Lisa Choi Owens is the Chief Revenue Officer and a Director of TED. TED is a non-profit committed to engaging with the world’s most inspired thinkers to share ideas worth spreading. Lisa is responsible for assuring that TED continues to grow its reach and impact as a global media platform through strategic partnerships with mission-aligned organizations around the world. Her mandate is to collaborate with companies to discover and curate the best ideas to share both within their organization’s own ecosystem and with the TED community at large. She also serves as a Director on the executive committee at TED.
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Jonathan Eppers is the CEO & Founder of VYBES, a functional wellness brand crafting beverages made with cannabinoids & adaptogens that improve well-being. VYBES has helped pioneer an emerging category of functional wellness beverages specifically addressing mental health using plant-derived ingredients. Prior to VYBES, Jonathan was the CEO & Founder of RadPad, an end-to-end rental marketplace that made finding a place, signing a lease and paying rent much easier.
**Jonathan made the switch from tech to CPG after he began using CBD to manage his own anxiety. It has become his mission in life is to bring naturalized forms of therapy using clinically proven plant-derivates to improve daily the health & wellness of people.
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**Marie-Anne is a 32 year old from Paris, mom of a 2-yo little girl. She has a background in marketing and media, and joined Perifit in 2020 to help the company grow and make the product available to as many women as possible worldwide. At Perifit, Marie-Anne leads marketing, communication and distribution. Perifit is a connected solution for autonomous pelvic floor rehabilitation. It combines biofeedback from a connected probe and an app inclusive of 9 games to help women understand their training (the quality of their contraction and relaxation) and motivate them in training regularly. Perifit helps with solving stress incontinence and mixed incontinence, sexual discomfort, and helps accelerate postpartum recovery, with a recommended ten minutes of training per day, three days per week. Most women see an improvement of their symptoms in less than two weeks. USE CODE "ELEVATE15" FOR 15% OFF YOUR ORDER
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Diagnosed with breast cancer at 27, Dana Donofree founded AnaOno out of her own necessity and desire for pretty, sexy, beautiful lingerie. After a mastectomy with reconstruction bras no longer fit her surgically altered body, and Dana was certain there must be more than just sports bras and camisoles. With a degree in fashion design from Savannah College of Art and Design, and a quite successful fashion industry career, she took her 10+ years’ experience and put it toward designing, launching and growing AnaOno.
Dana is very active in the breast cancer community and is involved with several non-profits, including Living Beyond Breast Cancer board and she is a Metavivor advocate. Her story has been featured on USA Today, The Today Show, HuffPost, New York Times, INStyle, and many others.
However, she is most proud of being able to make a difference in the lives of women worldwide and is honored to continue to spread her mission of beauty, confidence and empowerment.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Maxeme (Max) Tuchman is the CEO and Co-Founder of Caribu, an interactive video-calling platform that helps kids have virtual playdates with family and friends when they can’t be physically together. Caribu is one of Apple's 15 "Best Apps of 2020", one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions, made Fast Company’s list of World Changing Ideas, was named one of the ‘Top Ten EdTech Companies to Watch’ in Forbes, and became one of the most innovative startups in the world by winning the 1776 Global Challenge Cup. Max has been the winner or finalist in 30+ pitch competitions, is the 59th Latina in the US to raise over $1M in venture funding and the first Latinx founder, male or female, to raise $1M in Equity Crowdfunding, and was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
As Vice President of B2B Marketing at Verizon Media, Jen Whelan loves telling tech stories without the geek-speak. Jen joined Verizon Media in 2020 and brings 23+ years of marketing experience to her role, having led successful growth initiatives in advertising technology at Criteo and Innovid and across global innovation brands such as Qualcomm, Microsoft and Intel. In addition to B2B marketing, Jen has driven key B2C strategic initiatives and integrated marketing campaigns for Office 365, Windows Phone and T-Mobile flagship devices.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jasmine Kees is the Strategic Director at Reuters Events. From the tech start-up scene to globally recognised brands, Jasmine brings together those influencing the direction of marketing, customer engagement and CX. In her role as Strategic Director at Reuters Events, Jasmine leads all marketing content and events, including the Marketing Interactive Week (June 8-11) and Strategic Marketing 2021 (Oct 12-13). She also hosts the #REWIM webcast, providing the women in marketing community with insights and inspiration from the world’s most influential marketing leaders.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Alex Sourry is the co-founder of Cleanli, an all natural cleansing brand. When the pandemic hit in early spring of 2020, Alex and his two friends seized an opportunity to create their own product that filled a unique need in the industry. Cleanli is not your average hand sanitizer. Designed to moisturize and cleanse with natural ingredients, this premium product offers a more luxe solution to other harsh alcohol-based sanitizers on the market.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
**Jenna Habayeb is the Chief Brand Officer of IPSY, the largest beauty subscription in the world. Jenna focuses on driving home IPSY’s mission of inspiring individuals around the world to express their unique beauty. Jenna concentrates on uniting three areas: community, content & commerce, with the goal of creating the ultimate beauty platform that allows people to express themselves and create deep connections with others.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.**
Mother-daughter duo Diana Shneider and Alexandra Bella spent years trying to find the perfect products for their skin. The two began to lose hope in ever finding clean, non-toxic skincare products that would actually work. With a background in wellness and clean beauty, Diana began developing her own products for her and her daughter to use.
Almost immediately, their skin was transformed. Feeling hydrated, glowing, and restored, the mother-daughter duo knew they needed to share their discovery with the rest of the world.
**Founded on the belief that everyone should be able to have beautiful skin without compromise, Diana and Alexandra aim to bring the benefits of clean, effective, anti-inflammatory skincare products to all women and men. Bella Skin Beauty offers a curated skincare line that emphasizes effective products with luxurious textures, invigorating smells, and nutrient-rich formulations without the use of harmful ingredients.
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Nat Brown is the Head of Brand Marketing for the small business app Invoice2go and the Host of The Female Founders Network. Her global team of creatives, designers, writers and marketeers are the brains and muscle behind several entrepreneurship communities, including The Female Founders Network, the Freelance Forum, and the Self-Made Toolkit. Nat's team focuses on visioning and producing tools and resources to help entrepreneurs launch, build and amplify their businesses every day, giving everyone the opportunity for financial freedom and career independence.
**Sylvie Hall is the Founder of both Insyze and Dani Marie the Label, as well as the Co-Host for The Female Founders Network's Season 01. She cut her teeth as a marketing consultant through her boutique firm, Vibal Agency, and has now used her knowledge to launch and grow a body-positive community for plus-sized women. Her clothing line, Dani Marie the Label, has just launched earlier this year.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.**
**Dr. Pamela Williamson, President & CEO, is an exemplary, dedicated individual, and has extensive experience as a senior leader for over twenty years. She has served as the CEO of SABA 7 a consulting firm, overseen quality control at a Psychiatric urgent care facility of a National Behavioral Health Care Organization where she served as Vice President and Deputy Director, and has served as the CEO of WBEC-West, since 2008. Her extensive experience in developing and implementing innovative alliances with key stakeholders has enabled the organizations to reach new levels of growth and stability. Her ability to lead and empower staff members creates a strong team environment which filters throughout the entire organization.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.**
Brian Mac Mahon is the founder of Expert DOJO, the most active international early-stage startup accelerator in Santa Monica. Between 2018 & 2020, Brian has made successful investments into 80 technology startups from all over the world and from different industries. During COVID-19 and after, Brian intends to help more entrepreneurs from all over the world secure investment and have a launchpad to the US.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
**Simran is a 10-year, 6x woman founder. She’s the Founder & President at Fintech Meetup, a digital-first events company that helps catalyze the modernization of payments, banking and related financial services through community and collaboration with facilitated meetings, discussions and other interactions. She’s also the Founder and former President of industry leading events Shoptalk, Groceryshop and Retail Meetup (exits to Hyve Group) and Money20/20 (exit to Ascential).
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Sophia Yen, MD, MPH is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pandia Health, birth control delivery. She has a passion for making women’s lives easier, preventing unplanned pregnancies, and educating women about #PeriodsOptional. With more than 20 years of experience in medicine, she is board-certified in Adolescent Medicine. She graduated with a B.S. from MIT, M.D. from UCSF Medical School, and M.P.H. from UC Berkeley in Maternal Child Health. She serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Stanford Medical School. She is a Reproductive Health Specialist and co-founded 3 non-profit organizations/projects in her endeavors to improve the lives of women: The Silver Ribbon Campaign to Trust Women, SheHeroes.org, the “full” campaign = fffl.co = Female Founded, Female Led, a B2C campaign to get consumers to choose Female Founded, and Female Led, all things being equal.
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**Akshay Sateesh is the Founder and President of Ziksana Consulting, a Leadership Development firm that Activates the World of Work Through Play. His combined experience in leading teams at a medical device unit of DuPont and being a Founding Member of an Improvisation Theater, led him to believe that there are more engaging and playful ways adults can learn and perform in the workplace. Over the last 10 years, Ziksana has served national and international clients in the life sciences, technology, hospitality, and sustainable energy industries with their Leadership Training, Coaching, and Consulting services. Akshay loves to surf, dive, play with his family, and is an amateur photographer.
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Jason Rogers launched Yabai, America's first domestic "chuhai" in 2020. Chuhai is a shochu-based alcoholic beverage that is extremely popular in Japan. As a professional skateboarder in his teens and twenties Jason traveled extensively, including multiple trips to Japan. After running skateboard companies into adult life, he looked to pivot to another industry. While chatting with a friend about high calorie beer options, the idea to research Japanese chuhai began. After a few years of research, licensing, and testing Yabai was released.
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Sarah Kiefer is Director of Enterprise Marketing at Spotify, the world’s most popular audio streaming service. Sarah and her team are responsible for promoting Spotify’s advertising business globally and deepening Spotify’s engagement with the world’s biggest brands and advertisers. Based in London, her role spans thought leadership, content marketing, paid and organic media, sales materials, client events, and more.
With a career focused on the intersection of storytelling, media, technology and advertising, Sarah previously held leadership roles at Ooyala, the online video technology provider, Discovery and Viacom. She’s passionate about where culture is heading and the growing opportunities for anyone to discover personalized experiences that move them and create meaning in their lives.
**Sarah received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BA in Modern Languages from Oxford University. She lives in London with her husband and two sons.
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A 20 year veteran of the entertainment and digital industries, Karyn kicked off the early years as Ashton Kutcher’s VP of Production, Tyra Banks’ Director of Communications, and VP of brands for the first-ever influencer agency, theAudience. She connected directly with digital creators as the Head of Creators at Vine, and upon Vine’s closure became VP of AT&T Hello Lab, a diversity-driven millennial and Gen Z-focused initiative. At Target, served as the Director of Talent Partnerships and Influence Marketing. In 2018, she joined the board of creator-founded and Alexis Ohanian-funded Clash as their advisor. Last week, Clash acquired Byte, the second social media platform launched by Vine founder Dom Hofmann. At Whalar, Spencer signals a new era of the digital CMO - an expert in both social media and the creator ecosystem.
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Sarah Zapp is an entrepreneur, award winning journalist and relationship curator. She is the CEO and Founder of Beyond Board. Beyond Board is nationwide community of today’s best board members and board eligible executives with live events, virtual offerings, board placement opportunities and a mission to place more women and diversity on boards. In 2019, Brown Brothers Harriman named her one of the 19 “Women to Watch”.
As a relationship curator she currently advises, consults and sits on the board of advisors for various start-ups. She’s also a speaker and panelist on the topic of building relationships and board diversification, recently featured at national TED Women’s conference, Goldman Sachs Women’s Symposium and in Harvard Business Review.
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**Morgan Chemij serves as Senior Director of Global UX & North American e-commerce marketing at HP.com, where he oversees demand gen and CRM programs inclusive of email, print, search, display and affiliates. Prior to that, he oversaw e-commerce marketing at FTD brands – before which he spent many years agency side at iCrossing and Wunderman creating best-in-class search and digital innovations for the likes of American Express, American Airlines, Disney, FedEx, Citibank, Land Rover and countless others.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.**
Alexandra brings her passion, drive, and active pursuit for knowledge to her role as the North American B2B Marketing Manager at Gameloft for brands. Her passion for advertising for both its creativity and real-world impact on today’s culture has led her to the media industry, currently playing in the world of mobile gaming & gamification. She believes innovation and creativity will continue to drive marketing and advertising to new heights of engagement, fun, and value for both marketers and consumers.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Simone conceived Mammamia as a way to blend his Italian heritage with his new California home. He was trained at Alma, Italy’s most prestigious cooking school, founded by maestro Gualtiero Marchesi. He hones his craft at Sud, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Naples. And he earned his chocolatier’s degree at Accademia Cioccolatieri Italiana. Simone founded Zibiru, an authentic Italian bistro in Bali, which now has eight locations.
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Sashee Chandran is founder and CEO at Tea Drops. Tea Drops is an innovative tea company, manufacturing organic, bagless teas. Before founding Tea Drops, she worked in Silicon Valley leading digital marketing and market research campaigns for Fortune 100 brands but was frustrated by the cumbersome process of making tea at her work desk, and so she created Tea Drops.
Tea Drops can be found in over 1,500 retail stores nationwide, as well as online and Home Shopping Network (HSN), and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and Los Angeles Times. Sashee was recently awarded a $100K business investment grant from the Tory Burch Foundation and $50K from Pepsi-Co Frito-lay as the most innovative women-run CPG business, and recently closed a Tea Drops’ $3.4M Seed Series round in a majority female-funded capital raise.
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Dina Samson has had interesting careers as an investment banker, chief of staff to CEOs, a restaurant publicist, and a video game producer. With the knowledge gained from these experiences, she has seamlessly switched focus and built three successful restaurants with her husband, Chef Steve Samson - Sotto, Rossoblu, and Superfine Pizza. Along with her two partners, Dina now manages the finance and marketing aspects while finding time to raise 8-year old twins.
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Kimberly Small has over twenty-five years of experience in education. She started her career as an elementary teacher for Compton Unified School District. Kimberly taught for Compton USD for two years before moving on to teach for Los Angeles Unified School District for eight more years. After which she moved to the private sector working as a School Director for a nonpublic school for students with special needs owned and operated by Catapult Learning, Inc. (formerly Specialized Education Services, Inc.). During her tenure at Catapult Learning, Kimberly moved up the ranks serving first as Outreach Director, Business Development Specialist and ending her time with Catapult as Director, Strategic Initiative.
Kimberly currently serves as Executive Director for NFTE Los Angeles Metro. NFTE (Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship) activates the entrepreneurial mindset and builds startup skills in youth from under-resourced communities to ensure their success and to create a more vibrant society. Over the past ten years, NFTE has worked with over 60,000 students in the Los Angeles Metro area, 600,000 nationwide.
Kimberly is a Teach For America alum. She holds a Masters of Science in Educational Administration, Masters of Art in Education from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA, and a B.A, from the University of Southern California located in Los Angeles, CA.
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Nes is a passionate leader with a proven record of strategically building brands to achieve world-class status in key global markets. Nes prides himself in building and managing strong, long lasting relationships with top/luxury accounts, as well as thought and opinion leaders that he has collaborated with throughout many industries. He possesses well-founded experience in trade, trend, experiential and influencer marketing, innovation, managing agencies, and sales teams. Nes has extensive experience in successfully launching brands around the world, managing distributors at all levels, and working with foreign and international teams.
Having accomplished major brand recognition with CÎROC Vodka & Deleon alongside Sean "Diddy'' Combs, Nes was recruited by Disaronno as its National Trade Marketing Director (on-premise) where he led a team focused on Disaronno’s US marketing agenda. Later, Nes joined SŌTŌ Sake as Marketing Director where he was responsible for the marketing vision and premium positioning to successfully launch the brand in the US. Most recently, he has led the launch of HEAVENSAKE in the U.S., serving as Managing Director, from proof of concept to a national distribution partnership with SGWS.
Nes is a CSP (Certified Sake Professional) and holds a BS in Management and Marketing from Florida Atlantic University.
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Justin Trout co-founded Health-Ade Kombucha in 2012 with his wife Daina, and their friend Vanessa Dew. The trio formed an entrepreneurship club to explore ways they could combine their diverse backgrounds into a successful business venture; the result, Health-Ade Kombucha. Originally a musician with a music production and engineering degree from Boston’s Berklee College of Music, Trout began his professional career as a songwriter, studio engineer and session guitarist before transitioning into the business world.
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Former exec of e-commerce at Marc Jacobs, Ryan Fortwendel makes the jumps from one trend to the next. Leaving the fashion industry in 2016 to explore the health and wellness space, he saw an opening for innovation in the booming sparkling beverage sector. In 2019, he launched Minna, a lightly brewed sparkling tea, that brings the sparkling water velocity to the tea sector.
Minna sits at the intersection of tea and sparkling water, bringing a "better for you" beverage to the space using Fair Trade tea, and only organic, non-GMO ingredients, with no sugars or added sweeteners. A better beverage for a better world - Minna donates 1% of sales to nonprofits advocating for inclusion.
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Founder and CEO of Glory Skincare, Alisia Ford noticed a disconnect between the beauty industry and the representation of women of color. She soon set out to create a space where women, like herself, could receive expert advice and clean beauty products.
Glory, meaning beauty and splendor, is the meaning behind the name of Alisia’s beauty brand focusing on skin health and providing women of every hue with advice from skin experts and a shop curated with non-toxic products, focused on the needs of melanin-rich skin.
Alisia has a background in business and is a licensed attorney and former Nike executive with over 10 years of experience working the world’s most innovative consumer and retail brands, including Apple, Mazda, Fox Sports, Showtime Networks, NFL and Disney. Having experience in legal and licensing, as well as marketing with some of the top brands in the world she then started out to create her Oregon-based beauty-tech startup Glory Skincare, accessible to women of all shades.
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Shona is an entrepreneur, a woman in tech, a mom, nature buff, community activist and the Founder of Maharindee skincare. She recently launched "Maharindee"- Pure & Potent Skincare: Made with a combination of ancient Indian wisdom & CBD science.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Leela joined SurveyMonkey in April 2018 and leads all marketing functions including brand strategy, growth marketing, product marketing, and communications. She also serves on the board of UpWork. Previously, Leela served as Chief Marketing Officer at Lever, and prior to that, she served as VP of marketing at OpenTable, where she built product marketing from scratch and established the foundations of a B2B marketing team.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Julie Johnson is the winemaker and owner of Tres Sabores, a winery nestled into the western Rutherford bench land of the Napa Valley. Passionate about food, wine, and the land, for the last 30 years Julie has lived on a certified organic farm, growing wine grapes, pomegranates, lemons and olives, raising her children not to mention Golden Retrievers, Guinea Hens, and sheep. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Joni Rogers-Kante is the visionary and driving force behind SeneGence International, a direct sales cosmetics and skincare company known for its products that really work, offering a career path for women that really works. Prior to founding SeneGence, Joni moved up through the ranks of the Sav-On® Drugs Corporation then became a top consultant for another Direct Sales Cosmetics Company before founding SeneGence and launching her first patented lip color product, LipSense in 1999. Today with a complete beauty regimen that includes over 300 proprietary beauty products, SeneGence is becoming a global brand through word of mouth from one satisfied user to another. Joni has also self- authored Million Dollar Lips, an autobiography and business book that teaches how to succeed in the direct selling industry.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Estee Cross leads with her mind on the team, and eyes on the business. Her drive and curiosity are core to her success. Estee’s career evolved from traditional media planning to media sales and sales management. Presently she is VP Head of National Sales, USA TODAY® Network, focused on partnership, growth and innovation.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Julie Tucker joined The Associated Press as the Director of Global Marketing in 2018. After beginning her career on the agency side at shops like Saatchi & Saatchi London and TBWA/London, Julie made the switch to client-side to lead marketing team at The New York Times. This was the team created and launched the Truth campaign in partnership with Droga5. In her role at the AP, Julie oversees 18 marketing and creative professionals across three teams around the globe.Over the past 18 months, Julie has spearheaded a brand repositioning at the AP, dedicated to maintaining the brand’s long-standing identity, while elevating and reinforcing the value of AP’s products and services and to allow the AP to compete more effectively in today’s ever-evolving media landscape.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Mr. Lewendon is a partner at The Giannuzzi Group LLP, a law firm that concentrates on the representation of high-growth consumer products companies. Since 2007, Mr. Lewendon has focused his practice on helping consumer products entrepreneurs grow their companies – by navigating both the day-to-day hurdles and the tent-pole obstacles and opportunities a consumer products company must navigate on its way towards an acquisition. Mr. Lewendon has assisted hundreds of companies structure and negotiate their various rounds of financings from inception through acquisition as well as their distributor, broker and supplier relationships, employee incentive programs and advisory networks, and celebrity/influencer endorsements and promotional partnerships.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Back when working in an office all day, Matt Kornberg, Founder of Corsa Botanical Tonics, first discovered the power of beautiful exotic drinks to transport him to a happier place, like a vacation in a bottle. Since then, he has embarked on a never-ending journey to travel the globe meeting chefs, farmers, bartenders and other tastemakers in order to tell their stories of history, culture and nature through the highest of quality botanical beverages. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dr. Shuting Hu is one of the youngest cosmetic scientists awarded by IFSCC (The International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists). Dr. Shuting Hu was awarded the prestigious IFSCC Henry Maso Award for young cosmetic scientists in 2013, due to her contribution on the development of novel natural ingredients for skin health. Aiming to transfer her research into commercial value that can be appreciated by people in their daily lives, not only in publications, Dr. Hu declined faculty position offer from the university and established her own Research & Innovation center. In 2018, Dr. Hu was selected by Sephora Accelerate program as the first entrepreneur from Asia and developer her cosmeceutical brand, Acaderma. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Sabrina Merage Naim is the Principal of Echo Capital Group, a Los Angeles-based venture capital fund focused on disruptive consumer packaged goods startups. ECHO combines decades of operational expertise with the dynamic insights of a young team, providing growth capital and strategic collaboration to elevate innovative companies in the consumer product space to a new level. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Torus Pet is a New Zealand based pet business focused on developing innovative solutions for pet hydration. Owned and operated by Danit and Nathan Lawrence, the range is based around the unique filtered Torus water bowl. Designed to give pet parents peace of mind that their loved pets have a source of fresh water all day, Torus is a growing brand in the USA and Europe.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Danielle is the CEO and co-founder of Coconut Cartel, a premium rum brand based in Miami, FL making waves in B-commerce (Booze-commerce; "quasi DTC" liquor brands). Growing up in Guatemala, she developed a passion and taste for the region's unique agricultural goods and premium exports. Danielle initially started the brand by importing fresh coconuts from Central America to Miami's hottest hotel beach resorts and restaurants, garnering the attention of celebrities such as Drake, Martha Stewart, Former Prince Harry...to name just a few. In 2018, Coconut Cartel's product line broke into the spirits category with the launch of a Guatemalan Aged sipping rum cut to "proof" with fresh, locally sourced coconut water. This nutty innovation in rum blending has converted seasoned rum and whiskey drinkers into raving Coconut Cartel fans across the US. Today, at 28 years old, Danielle is one of just a few young women leaders in the liquor industry and hopes to pave a path for more young women in booze. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Aaron Gailmor is the Founder and Chief Eats Officer of Brass Roots, a New Orleans-based healthy snack food brand pioneering the Sacha Inchi Seed (aka the Inca-Peanut) in the US. Aaron aims to help kids and adults through Sacha Inchi's nutrition and nut-substitute nature, while empowering kids from less fortunate backgrounds in New Orleans and Southeast Asia where the seed is grown. Aaron is also founder of the New Orleans Food & Beverage Group.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Gadiel Morantes is president at Early Growth. He works closely with early stage entrepreneurs and founders providing them with mentorship, guidance and outsourced accounting, finance, tax, controller & CFO level solutions for their organizations. He works with many of these organizations at different stages of their lifecycle from inception through exit. He is an accomplished executive with 20+ years of sales, marketing and operations experience. He has an ability to strategically build and maintain profitable business relationships with key corporate decision-makers establishing large-volume, high-profit accounts with excellent levels of retention and loyalty.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Harrison Fugman is the CEO and Cofounder of The Naked Market. Harrison was previously the Head of Credit Suisse’s Venture Capital Coverage business. While at Credit Suisse, Harrison worked in the New York, Hong Kong & San Francisco offices with well-known corporates including; Wal-mart, 7-11, & Alibaba (to name a few). He was also part of the firm’s fast track employee program becoming a Vice President at the age of 26. In his spare time, you can find Harrison running marathons with his father, trying to visit every country in the world (currently has visited 62), skiing in Whistler or in a group workout class (likely Barry’s Bootcamp). Prior to Credit Suisse - Harrison attended McGill University (where he and Alex started their first successful business together) and was born in Vancouver, Canada.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Brittney Ogike is the Founder and CEO of BEAUTYBEEZ, the premier beauty retailer for women of color. BEAUTYBEEZ offers a 3300 sq ft North Hollywood flagship and e-commerce site that features a selection of over 200 brands within beauty, bath-and-body, skin essentials and haircare, including wigs and extensions. In addition to leading BEAUTYBEEZ, Brittney runs Prima Sports, a lifestyle management firm for professional athletes and is also the Board Chair of The Middleton Family Foundation—a privately held, family-run foundation that provides relief and support for underserved communities; primarily, communities of color. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Named one of Forbes 30 Under 30, Founder and CEO of Compartés, Jonathan Grahm, is known as one of the youngest and most prolific artisan chocolatiers in the country. He began at the age of 15, and driven by his passion, reinvigorated Compartés by the time he was 25. Despite no formal culinary or business training, he has grown Compartés, an LA tradition since 1950, into an international brand, producing small batches of over 200 different—and often unexpected—flavors all by hand in his Los Angeles chocolate kitchens and shop. Jonathan’s edible works of art have also been featured in the Smithsonian Museum. Learn more here: compartes.com and @compartes. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Founder of Wilde brands who made an impossible snack possible through relentless innovation and never taking no for an answer. Serial entrepreneur who failed at his first company, Feed Granola but learned the importance of having a differentiated product and applied that to his next adventure, Wilde Chips. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Tulani Elisa is the VP of Social Media at FOX Entertainment. She's worked in the digital space for 10+ years across sectors. She has a passion for diverse and impactful strategies that speak to the times and help take brands to the next level. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Courtney Cowan, founder and owner of Milk Jar Cookies, earned her baking stripes in her mother’s kitchen, sneaking spoonfuls of cookie dough during the process. In her spare time during her job as a Post Producer in Los Angeles, Courtney began perfecting her own cookie recipes in the kitchen of her one-bedroom apartment. After earning rave reviews, in the spring of 2013, she opened the doors to Milk Jar Cookies’ flagship location. Courtney’s inspiring entrepreneurial story has been celebrated across Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine, while her cookies have been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine and on the Today Show. Her first cookbook is being published in the fall of 2020. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dulari is a proven entrepreneur, investor, and brand builder. Dulari is the co-Founder of Synergy Ventures. She invests in and is an advisor to mission-driven early-stage and growth companies. Across CPG, tech, and healthcare, her investments have a combined market cap of over $2.5B. Previously, she co-founded Phenomenon, an award-winning agency working with Fortune 500 brands. She bootstrapped the company to 120+ employees across three cities. Dulari is a passionate advocate for education and economic empowerment, and serves on the boards of Woodbury University, Larchmont Charter School, and Beyond Capital Fund.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Irene founded and created LEMONKIND in 2016, with a mission to make 100% natural beverages that are not only both delicious and better-for-you but also accessible to anyone ready to build on beneficial, sustainable self-care. Since then, LEMONKIND has been one of the top selling juice brands on Amazon, and has continued to grow year after year. With LEMONKIND, Irene continues to support, inform and motivate others to better personal health and wellbeing - starting from within.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
As an executive in the entertainment business for over a decade, Michelle's expertise and focus is leading creative brand marketing campaigns and securing partnerships for her artists as VP brand marketing at Epic Records with clients including Travis Scott, Rick Ross, Black Eyed Peas, Wu Tang Clan, Madison Beer and Meghan Trainor. As a change agent, philanthropy, diversity & inclusion and giving back has always been her passion, and integral in her work as she creates unique partnerships to ignite change. Michelle Edgar founded The XX Project over 8 years ago and has made it part of her everyday life to inspire and empower women in business through this network and platform by providing leading women in business with resources and tools to enhance their lives to propel business forward. The XX Project has curated over 150 events across NY, Los Angeles and San Francisco featuring industry leaders including Soledad O'Brien, Debra Lee, Beth Comstock, Tina Knowles, Suzanne DePasse, Lavinia Errico and Ty Stiklorius.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
As co-founder and chairperson of GOODFISH, Justin Guilbert is on a mission to make a tangible contribution towards transforming hyper-consumer culture into a formidable engine toward a positive social and environmental outcome. Early in his career, Justin managed marketing as an executive for L’Oreal. In 2010, he co-founded Harmless Harvest, the world’s first sustainably harvested, organic coconut water. It was there that Guilbert honed in on the ethical supply chain, proving a company could benefit consumers, its producers, and the planet. Soon after, Guilbert continued his passion with the launch of Bravo Sierra, the first military-native wellness company that engineers high-performance grooming essentials, and his latest passion, GOODFISH. GOODFISH is a project that is changing the snacking industry with a progressive ecosystem and social practices so the oceans’ salmon can thrive again.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Phoenix Gonzalez is the co-founder and inventor of Silked.co a beauty bedding brand focused on travel and wellbeing products as well as one of the co-founder of dotstudioPRO of a video distribution technology/entertainment company. With over 15 years of experience in business development and sales, her passion and profession lie at the intersection of beauty, media, and technology.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
When she was younger, Beatrice Dixon suffered with bacterial vaginosis for eight months. One night, an ancestor gave her the ingredients to heal herself in a dream. From that insightful dream, she created the formula for a healthy, clean feminine wash. In 2014, Dixon launched The Honey Pot Company, a plant-based feminine hygiene line created with a goal to provide women with a healthy alternative to feminine care that is free of chemicals, parabens, carcinogens and sulfates. The Honey Pot Company currently offers feminine washes, wipes, tampons, pads, mommy-to-be products, and soon-to-be additional offerings in both the feminine hygiene & feminine care segments.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Stevon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, speaker, and corporate consultant. In his private practice, he specializes in working with adults struggling with Impostor Syndrome. He has been a featured expert for various major television and media platforms, including the Oprah Winfrey Network, Bustle Magazine, Thrive Global, and Entrepreneur Magazine. As a corporate consultant, he has facilitated discussions about race in the workplace for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) and Tory Burch. In addition, he has hosted a series of workshops for A New Direction, a London-based non-profit, that provides support and development to individuals that are underrepresented in the creative and digital industries.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Ashley Sumner is the CEO & Founder of Quilt. Quilt is a social platform for women to start and join live audio-based conversations. Her startup career started 12 years ago in NYC at a matchmaking company. With an intuitive ability to bring people together, she turned her passion into a career as a community developer for brands such as NeueHouse, Wanderlust, Breakout and One Roof ultimately leading to the creation of Quilt. She now lives in Los Angeles, like every other New Yorker.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Rachel is founder and CEO of Productable SaaS, a software that drives innovative ideas to successful outcomes. She has worked across large corporations as an innovation consultant, venture backed startups as Mark Cuban's innovation right hand, and world class research institutions as an innovation success researcher with MIT. She is passionate about democratizing the innovation process so people of all backgrounds can achieve their vision.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dana is the Founder and Co-President of Barefoot Scientist, overseeing brand, marketing and partnerships while leading development for the company’s growing slate of premium foot care products. She hopes to inspire people to treat their feet in the same specialized way that they care for their face, hair and body. Before launching Barefoot Scientist, Dana helped invent the company’s award-winning innovation, now known as PreHeels+ blister prevention spray, and she was part of the founding team of Clevver Media (now owned by Hearst).Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Sarah Moret is the founder and CEO of Curie. Like most good ideas, Curie was born out of a personal need, as Sarah struggled to find natural personal care products that were person- and planet-safe, while still being effective. When she realized this was a struggle for others as well, she bootstrapped the brand on $12k of personal savings, and within 6 months managed to hit 6-figure revenues with zero marketing budget. The brand has since grown from 1 to 4 SKU's and is sold in stores nationwide. Prior to founding Curie, Sarah worked in Venture Capital for almost 5 years investing in seed stage startups in the Bay Area and LA. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Kate Brodock is CEO of Women 2.0 and Founding Partner at W Fund. She’s lived in the tech startup world for over 15 years and has played an active leadership role in the women in tech ecosystem for over a decade. She's spoken at and been featured in numerous places, including SXSWi, Collision Conference, Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored, IBT, MSNBC, and TechCrunch.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
With a reputation built on transforming businesses, creative innovation, and driving people culture, Lisa’s storied career has taken her from banking to Barbie, movies to music, Transformers to tech. While getting her Masters Degree in International Finance at Thunderbird, Lisa took a marketing class and became passionate about what drives consumers, switching her focus and leading her to become, at that time, the youngest marketing manager at Mattel, overseeing the Barbie brand internationally. In November 2018 Licht left her role as CMO Live Nation Concerts to start Licht Consulting. Microsoft, Illumination, AllBright and Exploding Kittens are a few of her clients. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Shelley Zalis, known as the “chief troublemaker,” is a pioneer for online research, movement leader, and champion of gender equality. She is an internationally renowned entrepreneur, speaker, mentor, mother, and founder and CEO of The Female Quotient. Zalis works with Fortune 500 companies to advance gender equality across industries. The FQ’s signature pop-up experience, the FQ Lounge (formerly the Girls’ Lounge), brings a Home of Equality to major conferences, companies, and college campuses around the world. The FQ Lounge is the gathering place for leaders of all levels at events such as the World Economic Forum, Cannes Lions, Consumer Electronics Show and the Milken Institute Global Conference. Through the destination-turned-movement, Zalis has connected more than 18,000 women in business and created the largest female-led community to transform workplace culture. You can follow Zalis on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Janette is a PR and storytelling machine. She is able to turn key business objectives into compelling, timely, exciting news - always crafting the story so it provides maximum value to the company, the news outlet running it, and the audience consuming it.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Sandra Shpilberg is the author of New Startup Mindset and the Founder and CEO of Seeker Health, a digital patient-finding platform she started, built and recently exited when the company was acquired. She's been named a Top 40 Healthcare Transformer by Medical Marketing & Media.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Amy Keller is Co-Founder and CEO of PurePlus+, a revolution in the whole foods-based economy. Amy has spent her career working on environmental initiatives to save the planet, focusing on food waste. She is also a seven-time ironman and ultra-marathoner who is hyper- focused on personal health and well-being.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
As the brand partnerships manager at Planoly, Priscilla Castro is a pro at making connections. With 7+ years working in digital creating digital content and social & editorial strategies for brands like PLANOLY, Create & Cultivate, Makeful, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, BeautyCon, Logitech, Filter Magazine, and many others, she has witnessed the ever-changing landscape of digital. Along with creating content, she has also taught small businesses on how to kick off their social strategies via in-person workshops and digital webinars for PLANOLY and General Assembly in Austin and New York and various other events and conferences. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
With nothing more than her love of footwear and a penchant for nostalgia, CEO and Designer Angela Scott dove feet-first into the world of shoemaking to create a product that would empower women from the ground up. In the fall of 2011, Angela launched her line of American handcrafted luxury footwear in Santa Barbara, CA, where she resides with her husband Scott and their two Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, Honey and Pumpkin Pie.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Hilary Quartner is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hilma, which makes natural remedies that are accessible and scientifically backed. Hilma launched in January 2020 with three products—Immune Support, Upset Stomach Relief, and Tension Relief—and continues to develop other incredible products that break down the barrier to a holistic, natural lifestyle.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Ramona Wright is the CEO of WeUp, a social gaming platform that rewards people to stick to their goals and solve social problems. Ms. Wright is a serial entrepreneur with more than 15 years of strategic communication experience. She is an early pioneer who taught public relations and social media marketing at her alma mater Loyola Marymount University from 2007 - 2011. Ramona has worked in the corporate, non-profit, and tech sectors and is the fund manager for an apprenticeship program providing underrepresented youth access to STEAM careers. She has raised $5 million for a global humanitarian organization and managed a $2.5 million marketing budget for Cialis®. She's worked on behalf of Sony Music Latin, Reebok, Georgetown University, Film Independent, Qatar Foundation International, and the West African country Sierra Leone. Follow Ramona @mswrightsays and @weuptheworld.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Jennifer Schuler is the CEO of Wetzel’s Pretzels, a 350-unit chain founded and headquartered in Pasadena, CA, and with locations across the country, including Universal City Walk and Disneyworld. She started at Wetzel’s Pretzels in 2014 as CMO and became President only four years later. Her expertise in food and beverage comes from many years in the industry, working for brand such as General Mills, but she’s also excelled in healthcare and tech.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
From founding member of a GRAMMY Award-winning band to co-founder of a coast-to-coast seafood restaurant, Tobi Miller’s background is both powerful and fascinating. Today, Tobi serves as president of the fine-casual chain LemonShark Poke, where passion is the brand’s most important ingredient. LemonShark has more than 60 locations across the U.S.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
SHE is a collective of coaches, holistic practitioners, and artists whose mission is to help connect humanity to their authentic selves by working from the inside out. SHE delivers through individual and group workshops, retreats, classes, and coaching in-person and remotely. Founded by Caroline Lopes, Mila Bogdan, and Kerstin Klein.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Michelle Finizio serves as Chief Revenue Officer of FounderMade's Consumer Discovery Show, connecting the world's most innovative consumer brands in beauty, wellness and food with active retailers, distributors, investors, influencers and consumers.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Passionate about the advancement of women, Darya Allen-Attar co-founded Women Founders Network (WFN) in 2013. The network is a virtual accelerator that connects women founders not only with capital but with resources, mentorships, sponsorships and more so they can grow scalable, successful businesses. To date, WFN and its members have awarded and invested $1.5 million in cash and services.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Mike Whitmire, CPA*, is CEO and Co-founder of FloQast, a provider of close management software created by accountants for accountants to close faster and more accurately. Prior to founding FloQast, Mike was part of the accounting and finance team at Cornerstone OnDemand in Los Angeles and started his career as an auditor at Ernst & Young.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Michael Kamins is an experienced culture marketer with expertise in building brands via non-traditional marketing channels. He previously led growth and partnership at TikTok (previously called Musical.ly), which was the world’s most downloaded app in 2018 with nearly 1 billion downloads. Today, he is a team member at OpenNest, a diversified holding company that invests, incubates and operates start-ups.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Lauren Gropper is the founder and CEO of Repurpose, the leader in plant-based tableware. Lauren leads Repurpose on its quest to change the world one low-impact cup, plate and fork at a time. As both climate change and sustainable technology accelerate, Lauren challenges her team to think years ahead about what make and use today.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Rana is a Le Cordon Bleu trained pastry chef, MBA, mom of two little girls and creator of a new dessert category, Edible Cookie Dough. Edoughble is the first and only premium, all-natural and non-GMO edible cookie dough company. Each of the 14 flavors has a straight-from-the-mixing-bowl taste. Rana’s mission is to bring people happiness, and she donates 5% of net proceeds to help end hunger in the U.S.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
An investment banker with cross-border consulting experience, Mayumi is the Exclusive U.S. Representative for Chrysmela, the most secure earring back, period. Chrysmela was invented by a woman for women to solve all the problems with earrings: lost earrings, uncomfortable statement earrings, and large diamonds facing downward.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Toni Forge is co-founder of 4LeafConsulting, a cannabis consulting firm dedicated to offering clients a practical approach to establishing their canna-businesses. Eugene Kim is a partner at Nan Law Group, a law firm that specializes in serving the legal needs of early-stage startups and businesses in the technology sector and cannabis industry.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Best friends for 15 years, Mollie Cha and Hannah Hong co-founded Hakuna Brands in 2016. They make delicious plant-based ice creams that are “no worries” because of their incredible ingredients. You can find their lines, Hakuna Banana (banana-based) and Totes Oats (oatmilk-based), at major natural retailers like Whole Foods Market and Sprouts Farmers Market.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Dianne launched KINONA in 2018 as a solution to the unflattering, unstylish range of golf apparel for women. Her brand set out to change the narrative on course-compliant clothes by offering feminine apparel in an assortment of shapes, sizes and styles. Prior to KINONA, Dianne led supply chain management and merchandising for brands such as Levi Strauss & Co., Eddie Bauer, Ann Taylor and Speedo.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Kathi Sharpe-Ross is a 30-year entrepreneur, Brand & Lifestyle marketing guru, and the Founder, CEO and President of THE SHARPE ALLIANCE. She is also the creator of The Reinvention Exchange, the hub for all things “life reinvention.” Kathi is a sought-after advisor, speaker, philanthropist and regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Thrive Global. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
In The Groove, a community on a mission to free women from rules and age limits, was founded by Susan Feldman, an MBA graduate of UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. Prior to In The Groove, Susan was the visionary behind home décor destination One Kings Lane and an executive at an array of apparel brands, from Polo Jeans to Liz Claiborne.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Pooneh Ramezani is a graduate of the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry, a mom of two and the CEO of Dr. Brite, a line of customized, dentist-created oral care products that ship to your doorstep. Dr. Brite fuses science and nature to help you have a healthier, more beautiful and more confident smile.Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
With a background in healthcare, Meredith has always loved studying human physiology. After witnessing the healing power of bone broth, she began perfecting her recipe until she discovered the best flavor profile around, aka Osso Good’s ridiculously good sippable broths. Her passion grows with each person who is healed through Osso Good Bone Broth!Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
A passionate entrepreneur with expertise in strategic marketing, real estate and hospitality, Seth Cohen founded chef-driven California-inspired poke concept Sweetfin in 2015. Sweetfin’s “Pole to Bowl” philosophy means the fast-casual chain serves SoCal only the highest-quality and most sustainable produce and raw fish. Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
Mike Dixon is one of the minds behind AKALO, a lifestyle wellness brand focused on creating innovative products that improve people's everyday lives. AKALO’s inaugural products feature transdermal vitamin delivery for hangover prevention and vitamin D deficiency. Their tagline says it all: “Achieve more. Live fully.”
Kaitlin Mogentale is a self-proclaimed food waste warrior and the founder of Pulp Pantry. Pulp Pantry works with juiceries to turn organic vegetable fiber—the prebiotic-rich fiber leftover after juicing fresh veggies—into nutritious, high-fiber, lower-carb versions of your favorite snack foods. Their newly launched tortilla-style Pulp Chips are a complete reinvention of everyone's favorite junk food, made better for your body and for the planet.
Goodmylk Co. founder Brooke Harris is on a mission to bring truly good food to the world. And like many mission-based companies, Brooke’s is driven by a personal experience that left her asking, “Why isn’t there something better?” Goodmylk Co. makes real “alt-mylks” with only the good stuff, and nothing else. No chemicals, no binders, no fillers and—above all—no compromises.
Jen Saxton is the Founder and CEO of Tot Squad, a baby services marketplace that connects new parents with health, wellness and safety services such as car seat installation and babyproofing. Jen received her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and her BS in Math at Duke University. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband Kern, one-year-old daughter Charlotte, and furry friend Jackson, a bichon frise.
A successful former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, Gaurav Goel is the founder and CEO of StayTouch, a next generation networking solution that lets you make and maintain meaningful connections with a simple touch. His innovative StayTouch app, which allows professionals to tap smartphones to exchange contact details, already has more than 10,000 downloads. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Gaurav was an engineer from the prestigious IIT Delhi and studied management in Paris.
An innovative, creative risk-taker who delivers results, Tirzah has disrupted the beauty market with BlinkBar, the go-to chain of lash salons in Los Angeles. Prior to launching BlinkBar, Tirzah had a successful and award-winning career as a film director; and before that, as the lead aircraft interior designer at Syncro Aircraft Interiors.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.
President and Co-Founder of Helpr, Becka Klauber Richter has many years of experience in the childcare industry. She grew Helpr from a boutique babysitting agency into a nationwide network of sitters servicing top media, finance and tech companies. As a former foster parent and power user of her own platform, Becka is driven by her mission of achieving universal parent inclusion in the workplace.
A graduate of the Musicians Institute, Ashleigh Lockerbie’s career took off as a touring musician, performing backup vocals for music industry giants such as Selena Gomez and Rihanna. When her sister-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer at 24, she and her husband Trey decided to innovate a better tasting kombucha, a beverage known for its anti-cancerous properties. With their combined passion for food and flavor, they developed Better Booch in 2012.
Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.