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Welcome to CEO Uncovered, hosted by co-founder of Create Every Opportunity Ashley Henschel! On this podcast, you'll find in-depth interviews with proven entrepreneurs, startup founders and business leaders. Learn more about CEO and The CEO Program at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Over the course of her decades long career, Sophie has launched festivals & start-ups, project managed multi-platinum & Grammy-winning albums, managed clients, toured internationally, and started multiple businesses - all without ever working within the walls of a major label.
Recognized in September 2015 by Billboard Magazine as one of five “Young Music Power Players to Watch” in their celebrated “40 Under 40” issue, in October 2016 as an official "40 Under 40" recipient, and in January 2017 for Forbes "30 Under 30" list in the Music category." Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Chase Griffin is an American football quarterback for the UCLA Bruins. Chase Griffin is a nationally recognized leader in the college athletics Name Image Likeness marketplace and is the 2X winner of national NIL Male Athlete of the Year awards from the NIL Summit and Opendorse. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
We are happy to welcome back Dale Alexander to CEO Uncovered. Dale has been blessed to pour inspiration and motivation into others for 30 years. As a well-known employee benefits broker and Certified Financial Planner , Dale also combines his passion for living with speaking opportunities to impact others’ lives and attitudes. His stages have included numerous corporations, association conferences, school convocations and numerous media outlets. Every high senior graduating in the state of Georgia last year received a sendoff gift to help prepare them for navigating the real world - a book titled "'The Talk' (about money), A Young Adult's Guide to the ONE DECISION That Changes Everything" written by Dale Alexander. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/.
Chris Ullman is a communications professional, author, inspirational speaker, mentor, and champion whistler. He is president of Ullman Communications, a strategic advisory firm, and previously served as Director of Global Communications at The Carlyle Group, led communications at the White House Budget Office, ran the public affairs office at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and was spokesman for the U.S House Budget Committee. Chris is the Strategic Communications Expert in Residence at High Point University, a Senior Advisor at Narrative Strategies, and a Trustee of The Fund for American Studies. He earned his B.A. in political science from Binghamton University and is a four-time international whistling champion and member of the Whistlers Hall of Fame. Chris is the author of Find Your Whistle: Simple Gifts Touch Hearts and Change Lives and Four Billionaires and a Parking Attendant: Success Strategies of the Wealthy, Powerful, and Just Plain Wise. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Gloria Nevarez, a 25-year veteran of intercollegiate athletics, is the second Commissioner in the history of the Mountain West Conference. Nevarez comes from the West Coast Conference (WCC), where she served as Commissioner since 2018. While at the WCC, Nevarez shaped nearly every facet of the internal and external operations of the WCC. She directed significant overhauls to the conference’s branding, expanding the league’s national television contracts, adding a long-term title sponsor for the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, and launching groundbreaking social justice initiatives. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Dr Ryan Neinstein is a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York City, and owner of Neinstein Plastic Surgery. He is often referred to as the surgeon’s surgeon as many surgeons choose him as their own trusted doctor. As the author of safety guidelines and masterclass instructor he stresses the importance of hyper-specialization and patient care above all else. He is also an entrepreneur in the crypto, bio tech, spirits, and real estate world. His most proud achievements are the loving family he has with celebrity fitness instructor wife Lauren Neinstein. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Derek L. Anderson Sr was born in Louisville in 1973. Abandoned by his parents at the age of 10, he would find himself sleeping in empty apartment buildings, old school buses, and even his high school gymnasium. He would become a single parent at age 15, work two jobs, but stayed focused enough to graduate with a 3.7GPA as Class President. Derek believed that living in poverty was just a mind set and even at a young age he believed that winning was a choice, as well as losing. He would earn a full scholarship to The Ohio State University and then transfer to the University of Kentucky, where he won the NCAA Championship in 1996. Derek was drafted as the 13th pick in the 1997 NBA draft and became the 1st player signed to the Michael Jordan Brand and was given his own signature shoe. In 2006, Derek won a World Title with the Miami Heat, becoming 1 of 13 players to win an NCAA and NBA championship. After an eleven year NBA career he would retire in 2008. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Eboni is an author, lawyer, reality star as well as the host and executive producer of the NAACP Image Award nominated podcast “Holding Court with Eboni K. Williams”. Her latest book is titled “Bet on Black: The Good News About Being Black in America Today” and has an upcoming syndicated television judge show “Equal Justice with Judge Eboni K. Williams”.
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Laura is a money expert and the nation’s leading on-camera financial spokesperson. She’s an award winning author who hosts a weekly, top-rated podcast called “Money Girl” with over 40 million downloads to date. She was named one of Empower’s “Top 50 Women in Personal Finance” in 2018. In this episode she shares some tips on on how to approach money management and personal financial growth for young people.
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Renee Fraser, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of Fraser Communications the largest female owned and led integrated advertising agency in Southern California. Fraser Communications is a $30 million firm creating, producing and placing media campaigns in digital, social, as well as TV, radio, and outdoor. Clients include Lexus, East West Bank, Nuvision, Hyundai, Ontario Airport, First 5 California with their Talk. Read. Sing.® campaign, and more. Renee serves as the Chair of the Board for Wise and Healthy Aging and serves on the boards of Girls Inc. and NAWBO-LA as well as the national board of 2020 Women on Boards. Renee was honored as one of the “50 Most Influential Women” by Los Angeles Magazine for her many contributions in civic leadership (United Way board, National Volunteers of America board and Co-Chair of Business Task Force to end homelessness in L.A./Home for Good). Renee encouraged entrepreneurship through her radio show “Unfinished Business”, for five years. She’s a featured columnist on Business.com and has been featured on Forbes, the Huffington Post, and many others. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
As a Board Certified Occupational Therapist, CEO & Founder of Performance Meets Purpose Consulting, author, and keynote speaker, Coach Dar is passionate about helping people break through adversity to achieve greatness. Recently named Senior Fellow of PathNorth—an organization of world leaders and CEOs of Fortune 100 companies—her powerful message continues to reach a global audience. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Bill Cartwright is a former professional basketball player and a former head coach of the Chicago Bulls. A 7'1" center, Bill played 16 seasons for the New York Knicks, Chicago Bulls and Seattle SuperSonics, helping the Bulls capture consecutive championships in the 1991, 1992 and 1993 seasons. In 1974 and 1975, he was named California High School State Basketball Player of the Year and in 1975, he was named California High School Sports Athlete of the Year. A year after his retirement, Cartwright joined the Bulls once again as an assistant coach under Phil Jackson ahead of the 1996–97 NBA season. He was a member of the championship-winning teams in 1997 and 1998. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Dropping out of college to start a tour management and production company, Chadrick Fellers' grandmother told him he was "wasting his potential" so he decided to name his company for it. Today his client roster includes Jack Harlow, Lil Baby, Kid Laroi, Doja Cat, Ed Sheeran, A$AP Rocky, Lil Nas X and many others. With over 100 of employees and millions in annual revenue, he's led production on Coachella's mainstage, Jimmy Kimmel, Ellen, MTV VMA's and other major events. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Myles Amine is a Sammarinese-American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler. He represents San Marino due to his maternal great-grandfather being a citizen. In freestyle, Amine won bronze for San Marino at the 2020 Summer Olympics and claimed medals at the European Games and the European Championships. Amine is a five-time NCAA Division I All-American and two-time Big Ten Conference Champion (four-time finalist) for the Michigan Wolverines. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Olivia Seltzer is the founder of The Cramm - a website and email/text service that informs people about what’s going on around the world with a daily message that’s easier to digest than the average news article. Olivia has written over five hundred newsletters for The Cramm, spoken at NATO Engages and the IFTF Summit, been featured in NPR, Teen Vogue, TODAY, The Economist, and Forbes (among others), been selected as a Three Dot Dash Global Teen Leader and a Diller Teen Awardee, and traveled to different college campuses starting a grassroots movement to educate the world’s future. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Peng-Peng Lee is a retired Canadian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Canadian team that qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and committed to attend UCLA after the Olympics, where she led UCLA to a comeback win at the 2018 NCAA National Championship. Peng-Peng Lee has close to 5 million followers on Tik Tok and that number continues to climb. She talked to CEO Uncovered about how she went from gymnastics champ to TikTok sensation, and the hard work that goes into it. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Adam Davidson is a contributing writer to The New Yorker, covering business, technology, and economics. Previously, he was the On Money columnist and a contributing writer for the Times Magazine. He also co-founded and co-hosted NPR’s “Planet Money,” after serving as the international business and economics correspondent. He has been a frequent contributor to “This American Life,” including co-reporting the episode “The Giant Pool of Money,” which received a Peabody Award, a DuPont-Columbia Award, and a Polk Award, and was named one of the top works of journalism of the decade by New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s, GQ, Rolling Stone, and other publications. He has also served as a technical consultant to Adam McKay, the co-writer and director of the Academy Award-winning film “The Big Short.” Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Mori Taheripour is a faculty member in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches Negotiations and Dispute Resolution at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels. Mori is a negotiation expert who creates transformational change in people who are seeking a greater meaning in life & work. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
David Sable is a sought-after advisor, speaker, mentor and consultant in the global marketing community. He is also a published children’s book author, a LinkedIn Influencer - he ranks among the most read business leaders in the world - and a social activist working to end gun violence; hunger and inequality. David is the Co-Founder/Partner of DoAble, a brand strategy and marketing collective. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of both UNICEF/USA and the International Special Olympics, as well as the Executive Board of UNCF. David is also a Board Member of American Eagle Outfitters and was Executive Producer on MTV’s highly acclaimed REBEL MUSIC series. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Michael Fertik is Managing Director and Founder of Heroic Ventures and the Executive Chairman and Founder of Reputation.com. He has also been the Founder and CEO of b4.ai, WaveShift, Sightglass Vision, among others. Heroic Ventures is a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm focused almost exclusively on first-money and formation investing. Reputation.com is the world’s leading company in digital reputation and customer experience. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
David Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Established in 1987, Carlyle now manages $325 billion from 26 offices around the world. David is an original signer of The Giving Pledge, a significant donor to non-profit organizations and a recipient of the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, and the MoMA’s David Rockefeller Award, among other philanthropic awards. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Jeff Selingo has written about higher education for more than two decades and is a New York Times bestselling author of three books. His latest book, Who Gets In & Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, was published in September 2020 and was named among the 100 Notable Books of the year by the New York Times. A regular contributor to The Atlantic, Jeff is a special advisor for innovation and professor of practice at Arizona State University. He also co-hosts the podcast, FutureU. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Cassie Petrey is co-founder of Crowd Surf, a digital marketing company providing catered and specialized marketing services to a roster of massive stars, everyone from Guns N Roses to Backstreet Boys, Fifth Harmony to Britney Spears. Today, her company boasts a 35-person team with four offices and a roster of accounts with a combined 800 million followers. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Jeff Haden is a ghostwriter, speaker, influencer and Inc. magazine Contributing Editor. Before becoming a ghostwriter of more than 50 books, Jeff Haden worked in manufacturing for 20 years, starting as an entry-level material handler and eventually rising to plant manager. In 2021, Jeff's online articles for Inc. attracted more than 30 million readers. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Founded by Ryan Bahadori and YouTube personality, Logan Paul, Liquid MarketPlace offers a curated selection of high valued, unobtainable items, and is the only trading platform of its kind to offer a truly democratic approach to collecting via its voting page which empowers users by giving them control over their ownership. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Aaron Hurst is a globally recognized systems entrepreneur who has used the science of purpose to change the way we work and service. He is the CEO and Founder of Imperative, a venture-backed startup that is reconnecting us as human beings in the workplace through peer coaching. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Lawrence Levy is the President and CEO of Levy & Associates - Levy & Associates is a full service tax resolution, audit defense and accounting firm. Lawrence Levy formed the firm in the 1990’s that represented taxpayers (both corporate and personal) with the IRS and State of Michigan regarding their delinquent tax liabilities and filings. Levy & Associates, Inc. expanded its services to the east coast of Florida in 2002. As the business continued to grow, Lawrence decided to expand the business to offer tax resolution services on a national scale. Lawrence has made recent appearances on Fox News "The Rundown" and ABC News "Morning Blend". Lawrence is an expert on Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Geoffrey Moore is an author, speaker, and advisor who splits his consulting time between start-up companies in the Wildcat Venture Partners portfolios and established high-tech enterprises, most recently including Salesforce, Microsoft, Autodesk, F5Networks, Gainsight, Google, and Splunk. Moore has a bachelors in American literature from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in English literature from the University of Washington. After teaching English for four years at Olivet College, he came back to the Bay Area with his wife and family and began a career in high tech as a training specialist. Over time he transitioned first into sales and then into marketing, finally finding his niche in marketing consulting, working first at Regis McKenna Inc, then with the three firms he helped found: The Chasm Group, Chasm Institute, and TCG Advisors. Today he is chairman emeritus of all three. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Daniel Burrus is considered one of the World’s Leading Futurist Speakers on Global Trends and Disruptive Innovation. The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker. He is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. He is the author of seven books, including The New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-seller Flash Foresight, as well as the international best-seller Technotrends. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Michael J. Nyenhuis is the President and CEO of UNICEF USA, bringing in over 25 years of global humanitarian and development experience, fundraising acumen and proven results to this role. Before joining UNICEF USA, Nyenhuis was the president and CEO of Americares, a position he held since 2014. Nyenhuis was CEO of the global nonprofit MAP International for 13 years prior. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Currently serve as the CEO of Bracketology, the world’s first centralized fantasy gaming platform for reality TV. Led by its first property, Bach Bracket (founded by four women in 2016, think Fantasy Football for The Bachelor franchise television shows), Bracketology plans to expand into additional reality tv shows (Survivor, Big Brother, The Voice, etc.) adding to its current base of over 580,000 unique users. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
With 25+ years of experience, Chris Mele is the Managing Partner of Software Pricing Partners. From emerging startups to mature enterprises who are creating B2B software, pricing is your single most powerful variable for driving growth, taking market share and maximizing value creation. Software Pricing Partners helps develop innovative pricing strategies that delight customers and derange competitors, while minimizing risk at every stage of the pricing process. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Known in the fitness community as the Mind-Body-Soul Connector and selected by Verywell.com as one of the top one hundred voices in wellness, Robert Brace is a celebrity wellness expert, motivational speaker, former soloist ballet dancer, star of the Food Network’s weight-loss reality show “Fat Chef" and Founder of Brace Life Studios, a luxury, boutique personal training studio in New York City. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Ross Andrew Paquette is the founder and CEO of Maropost, North America’s fastest growing marketing automation platform, as ranked by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Ross has led Maropost to double its annual growth each year since its inception in 2011, turning a one-man operation into an international business that simplifies customer engagement for B2C brands and retailers by providing an effective and unified customer experience. Ross is also passionate about using technology to power non-profits. He founded Maropost CARES in 2017, which is focused on the protection, conservation and education of global environmental issues. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Aditya Jain aspires to become a successful entrepreneur and change the world through his initiatives. He invests his time working on his passion projects, through which he seeks to empower student entrepreneurs and connect them to create impactful initiatives. Aditya is the founder of Revoteen - a networking platform helping students connect with like-minded students, discover opportunities, and join impactful student-led initiatives. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Nathan Beckord is the CEO of Foundersuite.com and VentureArchetypes.com. On the consulting and advisory side, he mainly works with early stage internet, B2B software, mobile, and consumer product startups. He is also interested in platforms, markets, and networks. Previously, startup CFO and BD guy at VentureArchetypes.com and worked with 150+ companies including Clicker, Kickstarter, LaunchRock and many more. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
After injuries forced Haley Rosen to retire as a pro soccer player, she found she had a hard time locating even basic information like scores and schedules for women's sports leagues. That led her to start Just Women's Sports. Under Rosen's leadership as CEO, the media startup raised $3.5 million in seed funding in May 2021.
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Dr. Eric G. Mackey serves as the Alabama State Superintendent of Education. Since being named state superintendent in April 2018, Mackey has focused on innovative initiatives outlined in his strategic plan, Alabama Achieves, including the Alabama Literacy Act, STEM, Career Technical Education, and workforce development. He recognizes the importance of the whole child approach in promoting the long-term development and success of all children. During his tenure, high school graduation and college and career readiness rates have increased with Alabama’s high school seniors of 2020 graduating at 90.6%. More than 87% of Alabama high schools students are currently enrolled in at least one career technical education class and Alabama has been ranked first in the South Central Region for workforce development in 2022. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Mackey illustrated his strong leadership skills and unwavering dedication to the students and schools in the state. Because of his efforts, Mackey was named as one of the top 20 Alabamians Who Made a Difference in 2020.
Prior to being named State Superintendent, he served as Executive Director of the School Superintendents of Alabama, the professional association for local school system executives, for eight years. He began his career as a high school science teacher and then taught middle school science, where he discovered a passion for middle school education that continues to inform and influence his perspectives to this day. He went on to serve as principal of Kitty Stone Elementary School and then Superintendent of Jacksonville City School System. Mackey currently serves on more than 30 boards including the Southern Regional Education Board, Alabama Public School and College Authority, Retirement Systems of Alabama, Interstate Military Children’s Compact Commission, and Alabama Germany Partnership. He also serves in leadership positions on several boards including Board Chair of the Alabama-Korea Education and Economic Partnership, and Commissioner for the Education Commission of the States. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Jacksonville State University as well as, a Master’s, Education Specialist and Doctoral degrees from The University of Alabama. Dr. Mackey is past president of the Montgomery Rotary Club, volunteers with Meals on Wheels, Boy Scouts, and teaches high school youth in Sunday School.
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Veronika Soares is a mother of 3 busy children, a Registered Nurse, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, a founder of Gaia Goddess Nutrition INC and a co-founder of Carb Smart Express. Amynah Somani lives in Ottawa with her husband and three boys. She is a Chiropractor and a very busy mom. These women co-founded Carb Smart Express, a foods company that allows you to order low carb, keto foods shipped directly to your door. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Jim Donnelly is the CEO of Restore Hyper Wellness + Cryotherapy (Restore), a rapidly-growing health and wellness company focus on bringing the Hyper Wellness lifestyle to clients across the U.S. Jim began Restore in 2015 with a mission to make hyper wellness services accessible and attainable to everyone in the U.S. so more people can feel better and do more of what they enjoy. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
In 2015, Adelle Archer lost her close friend and mentor to pancreatic cancer. That's when she heard about turning loved one's ashes into diamonds and created Eterneva. The company charges customers a minimum of $2,999 for the process (a 0.5 carat diamond averages around $7,000), which takes around eight to 10 months. It's sold hundreds of diamonds, and in October 2019, Archer appeared on Shark Tank, securing investment from Mark Cuban. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
As the old adage goes, “necessity is the mother of invention/when there’s a will there’s a way.” This exact sentiment is what drove Jasmine Lawrence to launch EDEN BodyWorks back in 2004. After facing her first beauty challenge — a hair-damaging chemical burn — at age 11, Lawrence was shocked to learn about the lack of natural products that could help nurture and restore her hair. So, in true entrepreneurial fashion, she took to her kitchen and began concocting her own remedies. As a leader whose vision for helping others has no bounds, Lawrence also maintains a dual-career in the field of technology. Currently, she is a Product Manager on the Everyday Robot Project at X, the moonshot factory. The Everyday Robot project is building a new type of learning robot—one that can eventually learn to help everyone, every day. Prior to this, Lawrence held positions at Facebook on their Portal and Social Good teams and also at Microsoft on the company’s HoloLens Experience and Xbox Engineering teams. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Misha Esipov is the CEO and co-founder of Nova Credit, the world’s cross-border consumer reporting agency. Nova has built a global network of credit bureaus to empower consumers to transport their financial identity wherever they move. As CEO, Misha oversees the overall strategic direction of the firm as well as leading Nova’s mission to “power a fair and inclusive financial system for the world.” Under his leadership, Nova has emerged as one of the most exciting financial technology companies from Silicon Valley in the last few years. The company is backed by Kleiner Perkins, Index, General Catalyst, First Round Capital, Y Combinator and is a Forbes Top 50 Fintech. Before Nova, Misha was a private equity investor at Apollo Global Management, a $250 billion global alternative asset manager. Misha started his career at Goldman Sachs where he helped execute over $10 billion in corporate financing, mergers and acquisitions. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
A dynamic entrepreneur, Nick Spina started shovelling snow and mowing lawns to bar-tending/managing in my early 20's to owning and operating hospitality companies at 23. Nick launched Canada's leading fully-cooked meal service in 2015, LiveFitFoods, starting with 100 meals a week and 2 employees to now 200+ employees, serving over 50,000 meals every week. Nick Spina and his team were bootstrapping for the past five years until Gary Vaynerchuk joined them as an advisor and partner, leading the premium, direct-to-consumer meal delivery firm’s latest $20 million round.
Courtney Spritzer is Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Socialfly. A graduate of New York University, Ms. Spritzer moved to Boston, MA to pursue a career in underwriting where she analyzed and worked with various different companies across telecom, banking, construction, and retail industries. She then moved to New York City to join a top financial services company as a financial analyst providing analytical support for marketing and product development initiatives. Learn more at https://www.createeveryopportunity.org/
Jason Feifer is the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine, and author of the forthcoming book Build For Tomorrowabout how people can become more adaptable in their careers and life. He is also the host of two podcasts: Build For Tomorrow (yes, same name as the book), which is a show that debunks people's fears of change; and Problem Solvers, about entrepreneurs solving unexpected problems in their business. He writes a newsletter about how to find opportunity in change.
For more than a decade, John led AT&T in expanding the company’s overall innovation program. John oversaw the company’s global leadership in 5G, led the industry in the transition to software-defined technology, and successfully worked with application developers and others to make AT&T’s network open to collaboration and innovation. John is chair of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), a board member of Palo Alto Networks and Lockheed Martin, and author.
Stephen Stokols is an American entrepreneur, technologist, investor, and executive located in Los Angeles, California. Stokols currently serves as CEO of Boost Mobile, which has over 9 millions subscribers and $4 billion in annual revenue. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Pamela Liebman is President and Chief Executive Officer of The Corcoran Group, the country’s premier residential real estate firm. Under Liebman’s dynamic leadership, Corcoran is the leading, most successful brokerage firm in each of the markets it serves, New York, the Hamptons and South Florida, and has achieved sales of over $21 billion annually.
Highly recognized for her impact within the nonprofit sector, Laura Gassner Otting is Founder & CEO of Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, a member of multiple nonprofit boards and a thought leader on mission-driven work. With her unique insight and a vast breadth of experience, Otting's writing has been featured in numerous high-profile publications, including The New York Times, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Money magazine and more.
Based in Long Beach, California, Dray Alliance is a venture-backed company on a mission to transform the trucking and logistics industry, starting with drayage. Their technology simplifies the antiquated process of moving containers across short distances, with focus on port and rail moves. CEO Steven Wen was named to Forbes 2022 "30 under 30". Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Joseph Fung is the CEO of Uvaro, a tech sales career accelerator, and of Kiite, a sales enablement platform purpose-built to provide sales teams with the information they need when they need it. The fastest-growing segment of our economy needs 250,000 new sales professionals. Our colleges and universities aren’t training them. Worse yet, when tech companies want to hire diverse talent, established interview practices and company cultures put up barriers. Marginalized people who do accept job offers are often left to flounder by businesses that don’t have effective sales training programs. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Marny is the SVP of Business Operations at Mighty Networks, the premiere SaaS platform for creators and brands to start and grow communities they own. It is the easiest way for new creators to get started with memberships, events, and live online courses, while established brands, organizations, and successful creators use Mighty Networks to level up their business on their own branded iOS, iPad, and Android apps. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
John Lee Dumas is the host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, an award-winning podcast where he interviews the world's most successful entrepreneurs. Past guests include Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, Gary Vaynerchuk, and thousands more. With over 2000 episodes, 70 million downloads, and 1 million monthly listens, JLD has built a media empire with a massive fan base aptly called "Fire Nation. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
With decades of entrepreneurial experience in his own business ventures as well as consulting countless other entrepreneurs, Barry has discovered the formula to get stuck business owners unstuck and marching forward. As a small business expert, Barry applies simple, strategic steps to facilitate change. After successfully selling his last operating business, Barry has branched out into a number of entrepreneurship-related activities. He founded an angel investor group, an angel fund, and is a former advisory member of the board of the Angel Capital Education Foundation. His first book, “You Need to Be A Little Crazy: The Truth about Starting and Growing Your Business” describes the ups and downs and emotional trials of running a business. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Jim Silver is an innovator in the digital and social spaces, focusing on the toy, family, and children's entertainment industries, and is nationally recognized as one of the preeminent experts in play. Silver oversees multiple businesses including TTPM and TTPM Influencer Talent Management. TTPM is the leading and largest video reviewer of Toys, Baby Gear, and Pet Products creating video reviews for more than 3,000 products a year. TTPM Influencer Talent Management is a division that manages leading influencers of social platforms. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Originally from Los Angeles, Jessica Richman serves as Austrade's Investment and Trade Director. Ms. Richman is focused on attracting foreign direct investment in quantum, immersive and cloud computing technologies. She was previously a Senior Account Manager at adtech company Manifest (purchased by Rakuten) where she managed a list of clients including Target, Zappos, QVC, and Neiman Marcus, in addition to strategic relationships with Facebook and Twitter. Prior to that, she held roles in marketing, growth and strategy at Walmart.com where, she negotiated the acquisition of co-marketing funds from Walmart suppliers including Kimberly-Clark, HP, Fuji, Proctor & Gamble, Sony, and Coca-Cola to increase profit and sales. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Guy Kawasaki is a marketing specialist, author, and Silicon Valley venture capitalist. He was one of the Apple employees originally responsible for marketing their Macintosh computer line in 1984. Guy is the author of fifteen books. These books are textbooks for the finest academic institutions in the world and have been both New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers. Guy gives over fifty keynote speeches per year. His clients include Apple, Nike, Gartner, Audi, Google, Microsoft, and Breitling as well as dozens of trade associations. His topics include innovation, enchantment, social media, evangelism, and entrepreneurship. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/ceo-uncovered
DRock is a videographer and photographer who is famous for his work with entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk. He began his time working as a producer and editor for his personal content in 2014, and has produced daily videos since. He has garnered massive popularity to his DRock Instagram account with more than 160,000 followers. His debut video "Between the Clouds and the Dirt: A Short Film" was published to Gary Vaynerchuk's YouTube channel in 2014, and it led to his hiring. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
David S. Rose has been described as "New York's Archangel" by Forbes, "patriarch of Silicon Alley" by Red Herring, and a "world conquering entrepreneur" by BusinessWeek. He is a serial entrepreneur, Inc 500 CEO, active angel investor, CEO of the US Real Estate Market and Executive Chairman of Gust, the SaaS platform powering over 1,000,000 startups and 85,000 early-stage investors. He is the NYT best selling author of "Angel Investing" and "The Startup Checklist." Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Alon Braun is an entrepreneur and online marketing guru and business accelerator strategist. Alon is best known for identifying growth strategies using technology and data. He was recently named #1 among Top 30 international entrepreneurs in the world by Entrepreneur Magazine. Learn more at
Shane Dikolli is the Bank of America Associate Professor in Business Administration at Darden School of Business at UVA. He previously held the position of associate dean of faculty engagement at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. His primary research interests focus on the performance evaluation of CEOs spanning both analytical modeling and empirical analysis. Dikolli currently serves as an editor at The Accounting Review and has served as an editor at Journal of Management Accounting Research and as an ad hoc editor at Contemporary Accounting Research. He currently holds editorial board member positions at Accounting, Organizations and Society, Journal of Management Accounting Research, Management Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, and Accounting and Finance.
Gene Marks is a columnist, author, and small business owner. A past columnist for both The Washington Post and The New York Times, Gene writes regularly for The Hill, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Forbes, Inc. magazine, Entrepreneur.com, The Washington Times and The Guardian. Nationally, Gene Marks appears regularly on MSNBC and Fox News as well as The John Batchelor Show and SiriusXM’s Wharton Business Channel where he talks about the financial, economic and technology issues that affect business leaders today. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
After more than a decade in real estate, she’s brokered more than half a billion dollars in sales for Fortune 500 executives, Oscar-winning actors, and mega-influencers with millions of followers. Kirsten has sold out three new developments in New York City, for a total of $100M in new development sales.
Million Dollar Listing New York's been a boys' club for nearly a decade, but Kirsten Jordan is more than ready to change that. The longtime broker joins the series for its ninth season, becoming the NYC offshoot's first-ever female broker.
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As a dedicated champion of women, Sam has devoted her career to advocating and supporting women in the pursuit of their dreams. She finds that spark within and turns it into a fire. In Sam’s quest to help women achieve financial independence, she launched Park Place Payments, a company disrupting the payment processing industry with a new kind of sales force.
Since earning her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard, Sam has become a best-selling author of five books, a renowned speaker and co-host of What’s Her Story With Sam & Amy, a weekly podcast for iHeart featuring leading women from Glennon Doyle to Gloria Steinem. Sam’s most recent book is The Pie Life: A Guilt Free Recipe for Success and Satisfaction.
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Jeffrey A. Carr has been on the faculty of the New York University Stern School of Business for 23 years where he teaches marketing, competitive strategy and entrepreneurship in the MBA, EMBA and undergraduate programs. In 1998 he was selected for the Stern/Citibank Teacher of the Year Award, received the NYU Stern Teaching Excellence Award in 2011 and was named the Stern Faculty of the Year in 2012. From 2007-2012 Professor Carr was the Executive Director of the NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation which offers one-on- one mentoring and coaching to NYU student, alumni and faculty entrepreneurs through the Venture Mentor Network along with other services for the start-up community. He is the Director of the NYU Stern Fashion & Luxury Lab, the central hub of academic and co-curricular activities in the fashion and luxury space, building and growing connections between students, faculty and the fashion and luxury industries. Learn more at https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Hue Jackson is an American football coach and the current offensive coordinator for the Tennessee State Tigers. He has spent 10 seasons coaching in the AFC North, during which time he helped his team advance to the postseason seven times. Jackson was head coach of the Oakland Raiders in 2011 and guided the team to an 8-8 record. He has also served as offensive coordinator in Washington (2003), Atlanta (2007), Oakland (2010) and Cincinnati (2014-15).
Ms. Acevedo served as Chief Executive Officer of the Girl Scouts of the USA from May 2017 to August 2020, and as interim Chief Executive Officer from June 2016 to May 2017. She was a board member from 2008 until 2016. One of the most enduring non-profits in the world, Girl Scouts supports more than 2.5 million girls worldwide and generates more than $800 million annually through its iconic cookie program to support local Girl Scouting. Sylvia was the Chair of President Obama’s White House initiative for Educational Excellence for Hispanics in early childhood leadership and a driver of the Administration’s Early Childhood Dual Language Education Policy. Ms. Acevedo currently serves on the Qualcomm Board of Directors.
Leonard Steinberg is the President of Compass, having sold over $3 billion worth of real estate in a career spanning two decades. He embodies the new breed of modern real estate professional who provides substantive knowledge about all aspects of real estate and full-fledged, elegant and discreet service to sellers, developers and buyers of New York property.
CEO works with the most knowledgable and influential entrepreneurs, companies and business leaders to curate a program that teaches all of the basics of financial literacy, entrepreneurship and business. Our students get access to the valuable advice and basics driven from years of real world experience from people like Shark Tank Entrepreneurs to Professors from Top Universities and Colleges. Check out https://createeveryopportunity.org/ for more content.
Robert D. Manfred, Jr. was elected as the 10th Commissioner in the history of Major League Baseball on August 14, 2014 by vote of the 30 Major League Clubs. He officially became the sport’s leader on January 25, 2015. On November 15, 2018, Club owners re-elected Manfred to another five-year term through the 2024 season. Under Manfred’s leadership, MLB has formed core partnerships with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, the Jackie Robinson Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer. In 2020, Manfred corrected a longtime mistake in the game’s history by conferring Major League status on the Negro Leagues, allowing future generations to more easily learn about this pivotal chapter and its meaning to the sport. More content on https://createeveryopportunity.org/
A seasoned media executive and expert in building, marketing, and monetizing digital media brands, Erika Nardini currently serves as CEO of Barstool Sports, the digital media juggernaut delivering 24/7 unfiltered, authentic, and satirical sports and entertainment content to over a billion followers on social media and millions of people through its website, app, podcasts, and Sirius XM channel. Barstool has turned the digital media landscape on its head by incubating young talent and rapidly innovating and diversifying to develop a sophisticated platform for growing, marketing, and monetizing brands. Under Erika’s leadership, Barstool has established itself with the world’s #1 sports podcast, #1 hockey podcast, #1 golf podcast, and #1 female podcast—and as the fastest growing sports brand on every social platform. More content on https://createeveryopportunity.org/
Brenda Andress is the Founder and President of SheIS. She was also most recently the Commissioner of the Canadian Women’s National Hockey League, a post she held for 12 years, shaping and leading the CWHL’s vision to create the world’s most exceptional women's professional hockey league and a place where women will ultimately earn a living playing the sport at which they excel. In 2014 she was named the top 100 Award winner as Canada’s Most Powerful Women by WXN and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport, Most Influential Women of 2014 and 2015. Brenda’s new focus is on growing SheIS, which represents a sisterhood through sports, and a cross-pollination of support for women and girls everywhere. Visit https://createeveryopportunity.org/ to learn more!
Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac are the founders of Cousins Maine Lobster, a franchise food truck business based in Los Angeles, California. The idea for Cousins Maine Lobster came when cousins Jim and Sabin were discussing food they used to eat while growing up in Maine. Impressed with the Los Angeles food truck industry, they decided to start selling Maine lobster in the L.A. area. The company received an investment of $55,000 from Barbara Corcoran after appearing on Shark Tank in 2012. More content on https://createeveryopportunity.org/