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With millions of listeners a month, Building the Future has quickly become one of the fastest rising nationally syndicated programs. With a focus on interviewing startups, entrepreneurs, investors, CEOs, and more, the show showcases individuals who are realizing their dreams and helping to make our world a better place through technology and innovation.

VRRB is a startup that is building a new, innovative, computationally lightweight block mining and consensus algorithm known as Proof of Claim. Proof of Claim allows for fast, decentralized, fair validation of transactions and block mining. Due to the lightweight nature of the algorithm, launching and running a node will simply be accessible to anyone with a computer. Proof of Claim is a consensus algorithm that aims to solve many of the issues currently present with both Proof of Work and Proof of Stake.

https://vrrb.io/

Kenmore® and Brands represents the wholesale and licensing products and services with our Kenmore® and DieHard® brands, as well as product bundling options with industry leaders.

Kenmore® has the spirit, tenacity, and agility of a start-up paired with decades of experience in innovation and trusted product performance only legacy brands can bring. It’s a name customers already know and know they can trust. And its is backed by a robust team of tech-forward, climate-conscious, operationally-excellent everyday Americans ready to change the world.

Our mission is to help our customers live more by providing innovative, inspirational and affordable solutions that enhance daily living and promote longevity. We prioritize reliability and quality craftsmanship in every artfully designed product, empowering our customers to live more with confidence.

https://www.kenmore.com/

Founded in 2000, Sivoo, Inc. was a video streaming pioneer, implementing a content network with on-demand multicultural entertainment over the Internet. Looking forward, with millions of users in over 150 countries, serving telcos and mobile operators globally, Sivoo will offer video and data enabled AI services across their global network, SivooCloud®, including their proprietary video platform providing both ad-supported and subscription streaming of thousands of content hours to connected, enabled devices.

http://sivoo.com/

At Ferla Bikes we are changing the reality of Street Vending Business. Our revolutionary & innovative Mobile Electric Coffee Bikes, Cold Brew Bikes, Ice-Cream Bikes, and Promo Bikes are perfect for young entrepreneurs and experienced business moguls who want to grow and expand.

https://ferlabikes.com/

The World’s Leading Enterprise Channel Marketing Automation Platform

StructuredWeb provides prominent technology brands like AWS, IBM, ServiceNow, Google Cloud Platform and Veeam — along with many other growing brands — with a powerful, flexible and easy-to-use channel marketing automation platform. Since 1999, StructuredWeb has combined an innovative platform with proven go-to-market strategies and world-class services to deliver a better way to accelerate channel-driven demand generation, strengthen partner engagement and grow channel revenue.

https://www.structuredweb.com

Paystand's on a mission to create a more open financial system, starting with B2B payments. Using blockchain and cloud technology, we pioneered Payments-as-a-Service to digitize and automate the entire cash lifecycle. Our software makes it possible to digitize receivables, automate processing, reduce time-to-cash, eliminate transaction fees, and enable new revenue.

We asked ourselves: "What would payments look like if we recreated them today from scratch?" We imagined it would look more like this, so we built it:
- No transaction fees
- Automated receivables and payables
- 100% paperless
- Real-time cash recognition
- Flat monthly pricing
- Instant Reconciliation
- No markups or interchange fees
- Flexible integrations

https://www.paystand.com

The Flex Co. is the top-selling sustainable period care brand known for creating a more comfortable period for everyone. Our product portfolio, including Flex Disc™, Flex Cup™, Flex Reusable Disc™, Softdisc®, and Softcup®, is sold in over 25,000 retailers in the United States. Based in Venice, California, The Flex Co. is FDA-registered and is the sole designer of its products which are manufactured in the United States and Canada.

https://flexfits.com

Tada is an anagram for Data. We are a revolutionary data platform with groundbreaking Digital Duplicate™ technology that connects people, products, and processes to provide visibility, collaboration, and orchestration across your entire enterprise ecosystem.

Tada operates mission-critical solutions for some of the most complex supply chains in manufacturing, CPG, retail, and healthcare. With over 50 installations in the past four years, we’ve helped many businesses, from the most complex Fortune 100 companies to midsize supply chains, digitally transform their business.

https://www.tadanow.com

Supercharge your growth with the Google for Startups Cloud Program

We’re here to help you grow. Get access to dedicated startup experts, cloud credits for two years (up to $100,000 each year) and guidance from Google engineers. Build a thriving, sustainable business, with intelligent, cost-effective, proven technology that helps you move fast.

https://cloud.google.com/startup

As the venture capital arm of CSAA Insurance Group, Avanta Ventures invests deep industry expertise, resources, and financial support to create products and services that offer extraordinary value. As an affiliate of CSAA Insurance Group, Avanta Ventures is aligned with one of the top personal lines property and casualty insurance underwriters in the United States.

https://www.avantaventures.com

Formerly known as iPalapa Corp, Real Time Reservation is a hospitality software company designed to help hotels capture additional streams of revenue through improved guest services. Real Time Reservation makes it easy for guests to reserve everything pre-arrival, from rentable structures to activities, amenities, events, day passes, and more.

Our software allows guests to reserve everything but the room prior to check-in, while providing guest confirmations and an itinerary. Reservation made through Real Time Reservation’s software can be integrated with your hotel’s PMS, allowing guests to charge to their room, or use credit cards. This ultimately increases hotel revenues, improves guest experience, eliminates errors in booking, reduces labor costs, and improves operational efficiency.

https://www.realtimereservation.com

Tobias, CEO of Glasnostic here.

When the company I co-founded became Red Hat OpenShift and embraced Kubernetes, I felt PaaS could be so much more than an execution fabric for application code.

Forward-looking teams were already building the complex and rapidly evolving landscapes of applications we see in successful companies today, and these applications needed more than just an execution fabric. To reliably and safely connect applications across teams, clouds and companies, they needed an effective way to bring load and interaction behaviors under control.

This is why we created Glasnostic.

The fastest-growing companies today deploy ever more applications in ever more places, and code and configuration say nothing about how actual user behaviors and service interactions impact applications in production. That's why production is where applications get punched in the face.

Our purpose at Glasnostic is to augment cloud production environments with powerful runtime control capabilities so engineers understand what is going on and what needs to be done—across all environments.

Because it's high time that we get cloud production under control.

https://glasnostic.com

ONERARE - THE FIRST FOOD METAVERSE

OneRare is the world's first 3d Metaverse for the global Food & Beverage Industry. We are building the first Tokenization layer that celebrates Food in Web3 - creating an immersive & Gamified experience for foodies worldwide.

🍩 Claim Dish NFTs from all across the world | Global Cuisines, Festive Menus, Vegan/Keto, Cocktails & more

🧄 Collaborating with Celebrity Chefs, Iconic Restaurants, & Food Brands for their first NFTs in blockchain gaming

🍟 Immerse in our Gamified Foodverse to create Dishes | Play-to-earn Farm, Farmer's Marketplace, Kitchen, & Mobile Gaming Playground

🍕 Food Partners to Web3 Projects | Special Menus for Web3 games & characters, Food Catering for Web3 events

🌯 NFT to Real Life I Swap NFTs for meals & deals from Top Restaurants/Brands

🍚 Action Against Hunger I Join the global effort to take action against hunger.

https://www.onerare.io

Reflect offers a new way to manage stress and find calm in your day. It is a portable, interactive smart textile product that utilizes Biofeedback to help you practice relaxation and reduce anxiety. Reflect invites to take a break in your hectic day, put aside your phone, and take a few minutes for yourself.

https://www.meetreflect.com

Redefining the future of transportation while combating climate change, Delfast e-bikes have disrupted the global e-bike market. Guinness World Record for greatest distance (228 miles) traveled on a single charge. Featured in Forbes, Mashable, TechCrunch, Business Insider, and more.

https://delfastbikes.com

Professor Al Bovik (HonFRPS) holds the Cockrell Family Endowed Regents Chair in Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, where he is Director of the Laboratory for Image and Video Engineering (LIVE). He is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Wireless Networking and Communication Group (WNCG), and the Institute for Neuroscience. His research interests include digital television, digital photography, visual perception, social media, and image and video processing.

His work broadly focuses on creating new theories and algorithms that allow for the perceptually optimized streaming and sharing of visual media. The outcomes of his work have the benefits of ensuring the visual satisfaction of billions of viewers worldwide, while substantially reducing global bandwidth consumption.

He has published over 1,000 technical articles in these areas and holds several U.S. patents. His publications have been cited more than 120,000 times in the literature, his H-index is above 120, and he is listed as a Highly-Cited Researcher by The Web of Science Group. His several books include the The Handbook of Image and Video Processing (Academic Press, 2000, 2005), Modern Image Quality Assessment (2006), and the companion volumes The Essential Guides to Image and Video Processing (Academic Press, 2009).

http://www.ece.utexas.edu/people/faculty/alan-bovik
http://live.ece.utexas.edu/

QualSights is an immersive market research platform that provides brands, agencies and consulting firms the ability to generate deeper and more authentic insights from consumers anywhere in the world, in a dramatically faster and cost-effective way. Using proprietary technology, companies can collect real-time consumer insights by remotely observing and interacting with consumers as they shop for, use or consume products in their natural environment.

QualSights is the first and only truly integrated solution that seamlessly supports mixed methods research studies, blending the advantages of qualitative and quantitative research to provide clients depth, authenticity, speed and agility within their studies. In addition to offering a variety of options to capture data, QualSights helps expedite analysis by providing a powerful suite of AI tools that make it easy to find and present the insights that matter.

Whether you need to collect product insights or shopper insights; evaluate your brand perception or general perception on an ad; or are looking to understand a new product innovation at any stage in the product development process, QualSights can help you gain the insights you need. Schedule a demo today to learn more about how we can help you with all your insights needs.

https://www.qualsights.com

In 2016, Dr. Kennedy created AEDIT (pronounced ‘ed-it’) to improve the aesthetic experience for patients through technology. AEDIT iOS app and its revolutionary technology “the AEDITOR,” is disrupting the plastic surgery industry and transforming the doctor/patient experience.

The AEDITOR,” allows you “try on” different cosmetic procedures and treatments in the comfort of your own home for under $10. Before the AEDIT app existed, you would have to book an appointment with a plastic surgeon to have access to this level of accuracy. The app includes procedures from Botox and filler, rhinoplasty, as well as facial masculinization and feminization and more. In addition, AEDIT has a network of highly vetted and experienced doctors that you can book appointments with.

https://aedit.com

Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT) liberates business and IT professionals to do amazing things with their data by ensuring the integrity of their business. Its industry-leading Intelligent Data Services Platform empowers professionals to store, protect, optimize, and use their data, wherever it lives. Delivering the ultimate in simplicity and flexibility to customers, its Intelligent Data Services Platform is available as software subscription, an integrated appliance, partner-managed, and software as a service (SaaS)—a differentiator in the market. For 25 years, more than 100,000 organizations have relied on Commvault, and today, Metallic, a Commvault venture, is accelerating customer adoption to modernize their environments as they look to SaaS for the future. Driven by its values—Connect, Inspire, Care, and Deliver—Commvault employs more than 2,700 individuals around the world.

https://www.commvault.com

Open the UVCeed app. Turn on your Bluetooth and the app will detect the sanitizing device in seconds; simply follow the on-screen instructions to operate. Point your phone at any surface and press and hold the “Press and Hold” button at the bottom of your screen. You disinfect what your camera sees.

https://www.uvceed.com

Bonutti Technologies was founded in 1990 by Dr. Peter Bonutti, an orthopedic reconstructive surgeon. The facility is 37,000 square foot and houses a machine shop, production floor, customer service offices, a mechanical lab and an electronics lab.

Bonutti Technologies is an incubator for new ideas in surgical instrumentation, implants, procedures, and rehabilitation. The team consists of Mechanical, Electrical and Biomedical Engineers, Regulatory and Quality Affairs, IP Counsel, and Business Development personnel. The multi-disciplined team works together to develop prototypes, perform mechanical and electrical testing, and manufacture medical devices.

Bonutti Technologies has a FDA Establishment Registration, several FDA Premarket 510(k)s, and a Quality System that follows good manufacturing practices.

Bonutti Technologies has 338 Issued Patents, 144 US Applications, 70 PCT and Foreign Applications and 284 Licensed Patents and Applications (additional 455 cross licenses).

http://bonuttitechnologies.com

CRV is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage tech startups. Since 1970, the firm has invested in more than 500 startups at their most crucial stages, including Airtable, DoorDash and Iterable. Founders need more than capital to build a great company. It takes a partner who understands the entrepreneurial journey and knows what it takes to win. From founding to IPO and beyond, CRV is there every step of the way. Founders rely on CRV to be trusted, long-term, committed partners, which has helped make CRV into one of the longest-running venture capital firms in the world.

https://www.crv.com

I host my own podcast, Wake Me Up, which uses meditation, mindfulness, and motivation to help listeners start their day with a positive mindset.

https://www.wakemeuppodcast.com/

An accomplished P&L leader with experience overseeing organizations as large as 30,000 with $18 billion in revenue and P&L responsibility.

Ability to inspire large teams to achieve excellence and surpass goals.

Expert in developing business plans that include comprehensive analysis of the Customer, competition and economic landscape; Revitalizing stagnant businesses through both new products and marketing & sales programs that capitalize on consumer buying motivations while driving cost-improvement and productivity programs that culminate in significant savings without negatively affecting sales.

https://www.stevewhitespeaks.com/

Predictable Success® was founded and is managed by international keynote speaker and bestselling author Les McKeown.

Les has over 25 years of global business experience, including starting 42 companies in his own right. He was the founding partner of an incubation consulting company that launched hundreds of businesses with thousands of employees.

A native of Ireland, Les was awarded the Samuel Smyth Memorial Prize as a Chartered Accountant (CPA) in the UK and was, at that time, the youngest qualified Chartered Accountant in the UK. After a brief period with Price Waterhouse (now PwC), Les became Ireland's youngest ever accounting firm partner.

After a long career in advising individuals and organizations on growth and development, Les started his own training and development business; when he sold his share in that practice to his business partner in 1998, it had grown to a 13-office, worldwide training and consulting business. In 1999, Les relocated to the US, from where he writes, teaches and consults in high-performance organizational development.

Les' clients include Harvard University, US Army, Pella, Chiron Corporation, Microsoft, United Technologies, Overture Services (a Yahoo! company), Canadian Defence Department, MI-SWACO, St Vincent Health, Verisign American Express, and many others.

Les is an internationally-renowned keynote speaker, with experience speaking to groups at Google, DO Lectures and numerous Fortune 500 companies.

He is the author of national best-seller 'Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth Track, and Keeping It There', 'The Synergist: Leading Your Team to Predictable Success', and 'Do Lead: Share your vision. Inspire others. Work towards a common goal.' His next book, ‘Do Scale’ will be released in Spring 2019.

https://predictablesuccess.com/

I lead the team at Big Cabal Media, which publishes the tech and youth publications, TechCabal and Zikoko. Big Cabal is building the next generation of African media brands and creating some of the most interesting and exciting original content from the continent. We work with brands through our Cabal Creative Studio, doing everything from brand design to video production.

I believe in products that address real human needs, brands that stand for something, marketing that thrills and great ideas executed well. As a leader, my skills lie in convincing great people to deliver their best work as part of coordinated teams; taking complex products from idea stage through development and running an effective business development to ensure our greatest ideas become bankable.

I've taken Big Cabal through a transformation that's made it one of the most exciting new media companies on the continent, delivering 400% YOY revenue growth and high-impact projects like Jollof Road and TechWomenLagos.

An experienced media and marketing professional, I’ve worked for and with a range of businesses across sectors in both North America and Africa. My last job was with Ventra Media, where I worked in leadership of one of the most formidable digital media agencies in Nigeria, with a focus on digital publishing, product development, content production and monetisation.

https://bigcabal.com/

Phenix is the go-to provider for real-time video streaming solutions and the only company that can stream synchronous real-time video to broadcast sized audiences. We offer an end-to-end solution that delivers video with less than ½ second of latency. Real-time is the next frontier for companies to drive interactivity, enabling them to acquire, engage and retain viewers in areas such as sports, esports, microwagering, and entertainment. Let’s work together to connect the world without delay.

Phenix is the only company that can deliver content to broadcast sized audiences while maintaining less than 1/2 second of latency.

https://phenixrts.com

I’ve spent the past 20+ years working with individuals and organizations across geographies and industries, helping them bring new, unique brands and experiences into the world. In my experience, the most successful brands are the ones that were faster, smarter, and better prepared to adapt and respond to changes quickly. If you want to get clear about your value, create memorable ways to talk about what you offer and to attract more clients, and grow your business you’re in the right place.

I’m in the business of making CREATIVE, CULTURAL, & COMMERCIAL IMPACT!

https://gkofiannan.com/

TradesLink started as a platform that helped tradespeople fill the gaps in their schedule by connecting them with customers who had small service jobs. From their humble beginnings in residential construction, the team at TradesLink identified a larger issue: that there was no central place for tradespeople to connect - amongst themselves or with employers.

TradesLink then set about building a professional social network dedicated to those who work on the tools and in the field, in all sectors of the construction and servicing industries. The free TradesLink app allows blue collar workers to connect with each other, share knowledge and find work. Having a profile on the platform also provides workers with access to dozens industry-leading employers, recruiters, and job opportunities.

The trades community is stronger together. Join Canada's growing community of tradespeople today!

https://www.gettradeslink.com/

Foundersuite makes software for raising venture capital and managing investor relations.

Our core product line includes: i) a searchable database of 140k+ investors for building your funnel; ii) a "kanban style" CRM for managing your investor pipeline; iii) pitch deck hosting with view tracking; iv) a bulk email tool for doing personalized investor follow ups; and, v) an Investor Update tool for reporting and relations.

Foundersuite also contains over 80 docs and templates and over 25 deals and discounts on other great products.

Customers include 2,000+ monthly active startups + venture capital firms, investment bankers, funding advisors and fractional CFOs.

https://foundersuite.com/

We are changing the way we learn about our bodies by using blood.

Yes, you heard that right— blood. You see the thing with blood is that it’s what makes us human, and more importantly it is has all the answers to how we learn about our bodies. But the problem right now is no one really understands it?

We believe there is no time like the present for brands to stop talking and start doing. Which is why we built Base— so you can stop guessing and start measuring. Our goal as a brand is to stand in the gap and create a new kind of way to track health through at-home blood testing and regular tracking. And before you say didn’t someone already try that, and didn’t that not really do so well? Yes and yes, and because of exactly that reason we’re doing it the right way.

If people were able to understand their data from blood, and know that it wasn’t getting abused, stolen or shared without their permission, all of a sudden the world of data is so much more optimistic. As a team of scientists, doctors and engineers we’re excited to open up the world of blood in an entirely new way.

We’re working on translating blood data in an easier way so that you can understand, access and measure your health over time.

We have a few different tracks that you can select from pending what your most obvious needs are right now. Don’t worry we’ll help you figure out the best place to start.

Meet your new support system, and the future of health.

https://get-base.com/

Marlon Nichols is the founding managing partner at MaC Venture Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in visionary founders building the future that the world wants to see.

Marlon is a Kauffman Fellow who also serves on the Board of Directors. Prior to MaC Venture Capital, Marlon was founder of Cross Culture Ventures and served as Investment Director at Intel Capital. Marlon has an extensive background in technology, private equity, media and entertainment. His unique eye for global and cultural trends, along with shifts in consumer behavior, has helped him uplift and accelerate entrepreneurs and companies that are on the verge of their breakthrough moment. Some of his current and previous portfolio companies include Blavity, Gimlet Media, LISNR, Mayvenn, MongoDB, PlayVS, Pipe, Thrive Market and Wonderschool, among others.

Marlon is the recipient of MVMT50’s SXSW 2018 Innovator of the Year award, Digital Diversity’s Innovation & Inclusion Change Agent award and was a TechWeek 100 winner. He was named Pitchbook’s 25 Black Founders and VCs to Watch in 2018, 2019 and 2020, and one of Silicon Republic's 26 VC professionals spearheading change. He’s been featured on TechCrunch, Fortune, Cheddar, MSNBC, Blavity and NBC, and is adjunct faculty in entrepreneurship and venture capital at the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University.

https://macventurecapital.com

Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is

IMPACT makes it easy to find and invest in companies that share your values, helping to better align your portfolio with the kind of world you want to create.

With IMPACT, you can pursue returns for you, your community, and the planet.

Let’s build a better future together.

https://impact.interactivebrokers.com

Pale Blue Dot is a €87M seed-stage venture capital firm, investing in climate tech startups that reduce and reverse the climate crisis and help us prepare for a new world. Pale Blue Dot is based in Malmö, Sweden, and invests in early stage companies in Europe and the US.

https://www.paleblue.vc/

Recharge Company Bio:
Recharge is the leading subscription management solution, helping ecommerce merchants of all sizes launch and scale subscription offerings. Recharge’s subscription billing and payment management solutions are designed to help merchants grow by increasing revenue and customer lifetime value while reducing operating costs and churn. Today, Recharge powers subscriptions for more than 45 million subscribers across 15,000 merchants, including fast-growing brands such as Billie, Bokksu, LOLA, The Sill, and Native. Recharge is a remote-first company with more than 450 team members across 10 countries. For more information, visit https://rechargepayments.com/

Oisin O’Connor Bio:
Oisin O’Connor, CEO and Co-Founder of Recharge, has over ten years of experience building and launching companies. Starting with Empowered.Org and BootStrap Heroes, Oisin went on to launch Recharge in 2014. Recharge is now the leading subscription management solution for ecommerce merchants. With a team of passionate builders and problem solvers, Recharge strives to make payments seamless, grow the ecommerce economy, and foster merchant communities globally. Recharge has processed over $8.5B in gross merchandise value and powers subscriptions for 15,000 merchants including some of the largest and fastest growing brands. Oisin earned his bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. In his spare time he enjoys hiking, reading, and traveling to uncharted destinations.

The future of storytelling

We are building a new film studio and streaming platform for digital-first storytellers and their audience who are hungry to support them.

https://www.creatorplus.com/

Halogen Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund focused on female founded consumer technologies.
We believe in hands on attention and plug each of our portfolio companies into a strategic network of advisors, investors and accelerators in the greater venture community. With a focus on consumer, we also add value in the entertainment, marketing and PR space to further the footprint of our brands.

https://halogenvc.com/

As of July 2021, Marcia is currently the Chair of the board of the Angel Capital Association (ACA). She also founded and leads the Growing Women's Capital group within the ACA working to get more funding to women-led early stage companies. Prior to her role as chair she was the co-chair of the Marketing and Membership committee.
The ACA is a collective of accredited angel investors, North America's most prolific early-stage investment class. The association is the largest angel professional development organization in the world. ACA provides an insider perspective that can help an investor make smart investment decisions.

https://www.angelcapitalassociation.org
https://www.marciadawood.com
https://www.mindshiftcapital.com
https://www.marciadawood.com/the-angel-next-door-podcast

Barry Dean is an award-winning songwriter turned wheelchair technology founder. As CEO of LUCI, a company reimagining mobility for power wheelchairs, Barry sets the strategic vision and leads the company towards its goal of providing security, stability and connectivity for power wheelchairs. He founded the company with his brother, Jered, in 2017 with hopes of building a smarter solution for his daughter Katherine and all power wheelchair riders.

He is a founding writer at Creative Nation Music, Recording Academy (GRAMMY) Nashville Chapter Governor, and has previously served two terms as a board member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International. Prior to becoming a songwriter, he led market strategy and product development for a leading education technology company. Barry lives in Nashville, Tenn.

https://luci.com

Tend is a member-driven, digital personal finance platform that offers innovative money tools to help make finding financial wellness easier, faster and more human. A banking collective built around the fundamental concepts of community, co-creation and rewards, Tend offers a new kind of banking experience, empowering members to take control of their own finances - all in one place.

Tend’s banking services are provided by nbkc bank, Member FDIC in the US, and INVEX Banco in Mexico. To learn more, visit www.tend.money or www.tend.mx or follow along on Instagram at @tendmoney.

About Jonah Myerberg

Jonah Myerberg is a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Desktop Metal where he is responsible for leading the technical direction of Desktop Metal’s 3D printing solutions.

Prior to joining Desktop Metal in 2015, Myerberg held senior positions with a variety of organizations focused on high performance battery development, including Renovo Auto and Boston Impact, which he founded, and A123Systems. At A123Systems, Myerberg established and led the motorsports business unit which focused on the development of high-performance batteries. His products were adopted by the majority of Formula One teams including McLaren, Force India, Mercedes Benz, RedBull and other high profile motorsports teams like the Porsche 919 team which won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 2015 and 2016. He was also a race engineer for Porsche on the 919 team and for Mahindra Racing on their Formula E team.

Myerberg earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University and his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing from Johns Hopkins University.

About Desktop Metal

Desktop Metal, Inc., based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is accelerating the transformation of manufacturing with an expansive portfolio of 3D printing solutions, from rapid prototyping to mass production. Founded in 2015 by leaders in advanced manufacturing, metallurgy, and robotics, the company is addressing the unmet challenges of speed, cost, and quality to make additive manufacturing an essential tool for engineers and manufacturers around the world. Desktop Metal was selected as one of the world’s 30 most promising Technology Pioneers by the World Economic Forum, named to MIT Technology Review’s list of 50 Smartest Companies, and the 2021 winner of Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award in materials.

https://www.desktopmetal.com

Skyline Robotics has a vision.

The company is leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced robotics to deliver a smarter, faster automated work future.

Skyline’s flagship product, Ozmo, is the world’s first robotic-armed window cleaner. The smart, automated service robot targets high-risk skyscraper windows and has proven to clean six times faster than traditional window washers without missing a spot.

But Skyline is setting its sights higher than skyscrapers. The company is innovating to deliver cutting-edge robotic solutions to meet the needs of tomorrow’s smart cities and global workforces today.

https://www.skylinerobotics.com/

Medha Parlikar is on a mission to make block chain the platform for doing business in the future. Future proofing and de risking how businesses use public block chain is a fundamental goal of the company C-Suite to adopt. The CasperLab platform Highway is designed for businesses to customize and tokenize block chain content including patents, stock, human resources, supply chain and more.

According to Medha, “It’s not a scary technology. We are de-risking the Block chain for the enterprise. The time is now for businesses to adopt and not be left behind.”

By 2023, Gartner Research states blockchain will be poised for mainstream adoption en route to generating $3.1 trillion in new business value by 2030, according to Gartner. By 2023, blockchain will support the global movement and tracking of more than 2 trillion dollars in goods and services.

Medha is paving the way for an entire new generation of C suite to change how they do business.

The future of block chain is now. Businesses need to make the shift quickly for a competitive advantage.

Medha Parlikar, co-founder and CTO of CasperLabs on the importance of blockchain. Medha has more than 30 years of tech experience and is considered one of the top women in blockchain. She started working with technology in the early 1980’s, building computers in the basement. For the past two decades, she has been delivering production SaaS software for large companies including Adobe, Omniture and Avalara. Medha excels in building high-functioning technical teams, and inspiring them to deliver solutions that solve customer problems. Medha holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems and Programming from Coleman College.

https://casperlabs.io/

Lak Ananth is an Indian American venture capitalist who has spent much of his career focused on identifying industry changing disruptions and acting on them as an investor or acquirer. He is the author of Anticipate Failure: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Navigating Uncertainty, Avoiding Disaster, and Building a Successful Business, a practical guide for business leaders on the most common patterns of failure in innovation, featuring never-before-heard stories on how some of the most successful founders and executives in the world have navigated failure to get to success. He is the founding CEO and Managing Partner of the global venture capital firm Next47 which is backed by Siemens AG and partners with the best entrepreneurs to help them build companies that will change how the world works. Lak has spent his career in service to the entrepreneurial pursuit. In addition to running Next47, he serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1B valuations. As an investor and board member, he believes in establishing mutual trust with founders so when critical business decisions need to be made, he can support them in making the best choices for building world-class new businesses. Lak holds an MBA from INSEAD and The Wharton School of Business. He is also a Kauffman Fellow (Class 12).

Lak Ananth is CEO and Managing Partner of global venture capital firm Next47 and serves on the board of several companies that he has helped to grow beyond $1B valuations. He is the author of Anticipate Failure, a practical guide for business leaders on common patterns of failure in innovation.

http://www.next47.com/

Lamah is one of Libya's leading information technology companies. We provide solutions to better connect and improve the lives of Libyans, and beyond.

Makani, Lamah's application, is the country's first digital addressing system, and now has 1 million+ registered addresses.

https://lamah.com/

Coinos is an open source bitcoin web wallet, point of sale, ecommerce marketplace and exchange platform. Development started in Vancouver in September 2012 as a way to provide local merchants with a convenient way to accept bitcoin payments.

The feature set has grown over the years to accomodate a wide variety of use cases with the goal of making it as easy as possible for anyone to get started using Bitcoin quickly, cheaply, and securely.

Anyone can download the source code and host their own instance of the platform backed by their own bitcoin, liquid or lightning nodes, or reach out and we'll gladly set this up for you.

Once signed in, you can create both custodial and non-custodial wallets within your account. The default custodial wallet allows funds to be deposited on any of the bitcoin, liquid or lightning networks and seamlessly withdrawn over any other network without any conversion process or fee.

Using a non-custodial wallet means keys are generated client-side in your browser so we never have access to the funds. Transactions from these accounts are subject to on-chain transaction fees and Lightning Network payments are not supported but we advise using this account type or a paper wallet for storing larger amounts.

Accounts denominated in USDt and LCAD stablecoins and other Liquid assets are also supported.

Intra-account transfers between custodial wallets of different users on our server are completely free, instant, and unlimited.

https://corporate.coinos.io/

Founded in 2014, Lukka is a trusted, blockchain-native technology company that delivers leading products for the crypto asset ecosystem. Lukka bridges the gap of traditional finance and the crypto world and is actively working with the world's largest financial institutions to help institutionalize crypto. The Lukka team provides retail investors and traders with essential tools and resources such as tax reporting software, portfolio management tools, and educational databases and research and offers insight into how both institutional and retail traders navigate the crypto ecosystem. Lukka’s premier solutions enable the transformation of distributed and decentralized data into auditable information within a highly scalable and secure SOC 1 Type 2 infrastructure.

Robert Materazzi is the CEO of Lukka. Prior to joining Lukka, he served as Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers, specializing in large risk, regulatory, and cybersecurity driven technology implementations for traditional financial institutions and foreign banking organizations. Robert also led the PwC Advisory Veterans Recruiting and Mentorship Initiative. Prior to PwC, Robert served in the United States Marine Corps for nine years as an Officer and AH-1W Super Cobra Pilot.

https://lukka.tech/

EonLabs is a fintech startup that focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital finance, specifically in the blockchain space. It is developing the Enigma trading system, which integrates with existing exchange APIs, and leverages the power of machine learning models to autonomously trade in various financial markets. This trading system is then licensed out to fund managers who use it to achieve above average gains for their investors.

https://www.eonlabs.com/

DataStax is the open, multi-cloud stack for modern data apps. DataStax gives enterprises the freedom of choice, simplicity, and true cloud economics to deploy massive data, delivered via APIs, powering rich interactions on multi-cloud, open source and Kubernetes.

DataStax is built on proven Apache Cassandra™ and the Stargate™ open source API platform. DataStax Astra is the new stack for modern data apps as-a-service, built on the scale-out, cloud-native, open source K8ssandra™.

DataStax powers modern data apps for 500 of the world’s most demanding enterprises including The Home Depot, T-Mobile, Intuit and half of the Fortune 100.

https://www.datastax.com/

I lead the Mobility and Energy Transition practice with a focus on all things EV, Autonomy, and Energy Infrastructure.

Drake Star Partners is a global investment banking firm serving the technology, media and communications sectors (TMC) with offices in New York, London, Paris, Munich, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Berlin, Geneva, and partners offices in Singapore and Dubai. The firm focuses on M&A and corporate finance for its clients worldwide. Drake Star Partners has completed over 400 transactions since 2004, 70% of which are cross-border.

http://www.drakestar.com

QP is the world's first premium messaging app designed for creators-of-all-kinds. Whether you send messages or post content to social media, you are a content creator and have the right to protect your privacy while staying in full control of your own data.

Control your own content, even after it’s been sent: With QP you can delete or edit messages after you’ve sent them without letting the receiver know that you did. As the publisher, you no longer need to hand off control of your message to the person you’re sharing it with.
Choose what personal information you want to share and with who: The QP app lets you control who sees personally identifying information like your phone number, email, IP address and profile picture. In fact, you can decide not to share any of your personal details at all.
Create separate profiles and decide how you want to be seen: QP enables users to create personalized profiles depending on the audience type. Customizing multiple profiles allows you to brand yourself more specifically to different audience groups.
Schedule messages in advance and set limits for when others can engage with you: QP gives you the power to pre-schedule important messages that can sometimes slip through the cracks during a busy day. Set clear time limits for when you are available to engage with specific audiences.
Keep your personal messages always private: With QP, your messages include the latest and greatest end-to-end encryption technologies that keep your content and conversations always secure. We never track or read your messages or sell your data to third parties.

At QP we believe, that #everyoneisacontentcreator. Our ground-breaking features are disrupting the market and changing the way we connect and communicate with each other. It’s time to take back control of your own content, your personal data and your precious time.

QP is now available on the Apple Store and Google Play.

https://qp.me/

WaveSense has pioneered Ground Positioning Radar™ (GPR) for autonomous features and self-driving vehicles, allowing vehicles to localize and determine their precise location when other sensors fail. By using an ultra-wide band radar to create a 3-D map of the road's unique subsurface , WaveSense’s technology is unaffected by adverse weather or terrain conditions, GPS availability, and other common barriers faced by autonomous vehicles today.

By adding WaveSense’s GPR, automakers can enhance vehicles with more reliable and accurate ADAS features—including autonomous parking and active lane keeping—safeguarding the automated driving experience.

WaveSense provides accurate localization data that’s always available, with feature density that’s differentiated and stable over a long period of time, and unimpacted by common hurdles faced by AVs.

https://wavesense.io

Enfusion is a leading global provider of native SaaS-based investment management technology solutions and services that enables clients to operate from a single golden source of data from the front-office to the back. A platform to boost agility, Enfusion delivers award-winning software, managed services and analytics to more than 500 investment managers and hedge funds from eight offices spanning four continents.

https://www.enfusion.com

At Shopalyst, we are re-imagining how digital consumers discover and purchase products they love. We are building the technology and data infrastructure that help friction free purchases from any digital moment that inspires shopping.

https://www.shopalyst.com

Corel products enable millions of connected knowledge workers around the world to do great work faster. Offering some of the industry's best-known software brands, we give individuals and teams the power to create, collaborate, and deliver impressive results. Our success is driven by an unwavering commitment to deliver a broad portfolio of innovative applications – including CorelDRAW®, MindManager®, Parallels®, and WinZip® – to inspire users and help them achieve their goals.

https://www.corel.com

Neeva was created to give you a choice in how you search and experience the internet. We built Neeva to feel like your personal corner of the web, designed specifically for you – always ad-free and private. Our mission is to serve our users, and only our users.

https://neeva.com/

We created the first app that gives you full control over your data — and the power to get paid for it. Sign up today and start putting your data to work with Ozone.

https://ozone.ai

Crosschq is pioneering Human Intelligence Hiring™ by harnessing the power of people to help companies better screen, onboard and source the best talent. Crosschq’s technology gathers direct insights from people, for people and transforms those insights into powerfully predictive data that helps ensure a great job match between talent and a company. The company’s cloud-based SaaS solutions were built to ensure a fully transparent candidate experience while minimizing bias and protecting privacy. Founded in 2018, Crosschq is backed by GGV, Bessemer Ventures, Slack, Tiger Global, Rocketship, SAP and other well-known Silicon Valley Investors. To learn more, visit crosschq.com.

Billd is a simple payment and finance solution for the construction industry. Suppliers get paid how they want, when they want, while providing their customers the flexible payment terms they need to grow their business. The Billd products were built by construction professionals who understand the unique obstacles contractors face when purchasing materials.

https://billd.com/

Volansi is revolutionizing the world of mobility by developing infrastructure-independent drones that can take off and land autonomously and vertically, also known as VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing). Today, our drones are delivering critical parts, essential supplies and life-saving medicines to remote locations that were once inaccessible. Deep in the desert. Out to ships at sea. Up to the mountaintops. Our VTOL drones and logistical services are beginning to revolutionize supply chains for every industry, making it possible to deliver anything, anywhere.

https://volansi.com/

Contract Logix is a longtime leader, innovator, and provider of intelligent and data-driven contract lifecycle management software. The company’s software empowers legal, administration, IT, procurement, finance, and sales professionals across dozens of industries to digitally draft, negotiate, approve, execute, and manage their contracts. Hundreds of brands have partnered with Contract Logix to automate and streamline their contracting processes while minimizing risk, increasing compliance, and driving profitability.

For a demonstration of our software, call (866) 371-4445 x101, email us at sales@contractlogix.com, or complete the form here: https://www.contractlogix.com/products/contract-software-demo/

https://www.contractlogix.com/

Networking, negotiating, communicating, leading, career planning — all skills critical to your career success. But did anyone ever teach these skills to you?

The Career Toolkit will help you master these vital skills and yield outsized returns for your career and your income. Every chapter is packed with dozens of actionable principles, exercises, and practices that will accelerate your success. It’s a multivitamin for your career!

The Career Toolkit shows you how to design and execute your personal plan to achieve the career you deserve. Including: ‍

Negotiating a job offer. (This alone will pay for the book.)
Creating a dynamic career strategy.
Building a high-value network.
Developing the fundamental leadership skills that matter most.
Managing teams effectively, even as an individual contributor.

https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/

Our solutions support providers in specialty medical settings across the continuum of healthcare—from hospital to home. Our interoperable EMRs deliver end-to-end solutions that ensure compliance, improve outcomes, empower providers and inspire care. We serve over 14,000 facilities, including 98% of the largest hospital chains, two thirds of skilled nursing facilities and many leading hospice organizations and private practices. Net Health is a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, Level Equity and Silversmith Capital Partners.

https://www.nethealth.com https://refounder.com/book-on-changing-work-culture/

Rich Tyson is a consultant and executive coach to CEOs. His focus is on business strategy, team-building, problem-solving, and managing for results—including the enhancement of productivity, employee engagement, and financial outcomes. Mr. Tyson is the founder and principal owner of CEObuilder, which provides forums for consulting and coaching to executives in small businesses. He has built CEObuilder around the distinctive competencies of exceptional facilitation, life-long learning, synergistic associations, and mutual commitment. Over the past 23 years, CEObuilder has served over 100 companies in more than 30 different industries.

https://ceobuilder.com

In Part 1 we cover his background and career.

Rich Tyson is a consultant and executive coach to CEOs. His focus is on business strategy, team-building, problem-solving, and managing for results—including the enhancement of productivity, employee engagement, and financial outcomes. Mr. Tyson is the founder and principal owner of CEObuilder, which provides forums for consulting and coaching to executives in small businesses. He has built CEObuilder around the distinctive competencies of exceptional facilitation, life-long learning, synergistic associations, and mutual commitment. Over the past 23 years, CEObuilder has served over 100 companies in more than 30 different industries.

https://ceobuilder.com

In Part 2 we cover learning in the moment, and the business success pyramid.

Rich Tyson is a consultant and executive coach to CEOs. His focus is on business strategy, team-building, problem-solving, and managing for results—including the enhancement of productivity, employee engagement, and financial outcomes. Mr. Tyson is the founder and principal owner of CEObuilder, which provides forums for consulting and coaching to executives in small businesses. He has built CEObuilder around the distinctive competencies of exceptional facilitation, life-long learning, synergistic associations, and mutual commitment. Over the past 23 years, CEObuilder has served over 100 companies in more than 30 different industries.

https://ceobuilder.com

In Part 3 we cover his courses.

Rich Tyson is a consultant and executive coach to CEOs. His focus is on business strategy, team-building, problem-solving, and managing for results—including the enhancement of productivity, employee engagement, and financial outcomes. Mr. Tyson is the founder and principal owner of CEObuilder, which provides forums for consulting and coaching to executives in small businesses. He has built CEObuilder around the distinctive competencies of exceptional facilitation, life-long learning, synergistic associations, and mutual commitment. Over the past 23 years, CEObuilder has served over 100 companies in more than 30 different industries.

https://ceobuilder.com

Get your free, secure, verified vaccine passport on your phone. Congrats, You got the Covid-19 vaccine. Now save the record for free with VaxYes. In 3 easy steps you can get a secure, digital vaccine record that you can use for Travel, Live Shows, and Employers.

https://www.gogetvax.com/vaxyes-b

WellHealth is a hyper-customer centric wellness and primary care company, focused on providing sophisticated clinical care through an unmatched in-person and digital experience. We help our patients manage their health and wellness through proprietary clinical pathways - using evidenced based medicine, cutting edge diagnostic capabilities, all while serving you virtually through telemedicine or in our practices. The wellness and primary care you receive today is inadequate. Let us show you what better looks like.

Our experience is unlike any other. Schedule your appointments through our app, the same way you make a restaurant reservation. Spend the time you need with your care providers to gain a deeper understand regarding your lab results. Access the customized portal to track your progress against your custom wellness pathway. Pop into one of our flagship clinics and explore our learning centers, and let our digital tools guide you through how to manage that nagging condition. And understand exactly how much we’re going to bill your insurance, before we start.

https://www.wellhealth.studio

Centrifuge is an open, decentralized operating system to connect the global financial supply chain. It allows participants to transact on a global network while maintaining ownership of their data, including their validated company details, their reputation, business relationships, and subsequent transactions.

Our team built multiple companies together over the last 18 years and we still enjoy working as a group. Together, we created software that transacts billions of dollars each day and is used by 97 out of the Fortune 100. With the help of our world-class investors, advisors, partners, and team we started Centrifuge to go on building real software, solving real business problems.

https://centrifuge.io/

Verdigris is an artificial intelligence IoT platform that enables smarter and more connected buildings while reducing energy consumption and costs. By combining proprietary hardware sensors, machine learning, and software, Verdigris “learns” the energy patterns of a building. With our AI software, Building engineers can produce comprehensive reports including energy forecasts, alerts about faulty equipment, maintenance reminders, and detailed energy usage information for each and every device and appliance. Verdigris offers a suite of applications that gives operators a comprehensive overview, an “itemized utility bill”, powerful reporting, and simple automation tools for their facility.

www.verdigris.co

Transform Your Home Or Business With Luxury Aromatics

Brilliant Scents has taken years to manufacture and develop into the systems which they are today. We know first-hand how hard it is to find a reliable, healthy, 100% natural way to fragrance a space. Unlike our competitors who use generic, unhealthy, chemically-infused products, we pride ourselves in manufacturing the highest quality all natural fragrances in the world and continue to pursue the highest quality products through your reviews and suggestions.

https://brilliantscents.com

At Uvaro, we're on a mission to make career transformation and best-in-class training available to everyone!

Uvaro fills the overwhelming unfulfilled demand for sales talent at scale-up companies in North America's emerging technology hubs. Our innovative sales training programs teach recruits everything they need to know to thrive in B2B sales roles at growing tech companies, from sales methodologies and tactics to using digital sales enablement tools, all underpinned by immersive real-world industry experiences. We believe in the success of our students, which is why payment for our program only begins once our students are employed.

https://uvaro.com

As a world leader in astonishing AGI, Soul Machines is for transformational companies that want to fully utilize the interaction of human and machine collaboration. Soul Machines is the only company with a patented Digital Brain, resulting in the most incredibly lifelike dynamically interactive experiences.

With 100,000s conversations taking place, the Soul Machines Human OS platform allows the world to leverage the goodness of human and machine collaboration in a responsive, relatable and unprecedented way.

https://www.soulmachines.com

Millennials Turn to AntiLand for Safe, Anonymous Chats in Ad-Free Environment

AntiLand, the world’s most popular anonymous chat app, is reinforcing its commitment to providing a safe community focused on self-discovery and mindfulness. Unlike other chat destinations, AntiLand was created to be a secure environment where people can go incognito and be their true selves. The ad-free chat app has become a daily destination for millions of people, particularly millennials, looking for a safe place to talk freely without fear of judgement.

Current events have divided people across the globe, resulting in an inability to partake in discussions on sensitive and polarizing topics. AntiLand promotes civil discourse and builds self-confidence, awareness and empathy through 1:1 and small group conversations. AntiLand’s charter is based on community trust, rewarding badges for good deeds and a zero tolerance for bullying and other bad behavior, which results in revoking privileges for those violating guidelines.

“There’s a lot of talk about bringing people together right now. AntiLand is doing just that,” said Nova Halavins, founder & CEO, AntiLand. “AntiLand is an opportunity for people to respectfully communicate and exchange ideas. Through these interactions, our users broaden their understanding of the world, while making new friends at the same time.”

As people were forced to stay at home over the past year due to COVID-19, many took to online communities to cope with this new reality. Unfortunately, whether due to social, political or personal views, this became an extra added source of stress, anxiety and/or unhappiness for people around the world. AntiLand has emerged as a safe harbor for respectful and meaningful dialogue and connection on all types of issues.

“We live in a world of constant change and stress,” added Halavins. “AntiLand was designed to provide shelter and safely collaborate on real issues. We are not a vanity social app; we are a real community that deals with life head-on.”

Since its founding in 2016, AntiLand has built a community of more than 30 million users with an average age of 30. It features more than 100,000 group chatrooms in 32 international languages and a team of skilled moderators to control order, secure messaging and safety. AntiLand is the number one-rated anonymous chat app in the Apple Store.

https://www.antiland.com/

Founded in 2012, Bridge West CPAs and Consultants was the first accounting firm in the world to focus solely on the cannabis industry. We work with all types of organizations that provide legal recreational cannabis, medical marijuana, low-THC and high CBD products, hemp farming, and ancillary services.

From preparing audited financial statements to minimizing the effects of IRS 280E, our services address the industry’s unique and ever-evolving issues. Our team is comprised of more than 100 professional advisors, meaning our clients always have the support they need.

www.bridgewestcpas.com

"Our mission is to completely revolutionize how companies conduct business by delivering the most comprehensive suite of cloud-based telephony, unified communications and contact center services. Our solution dramatically improves customer experiences, invigorates employee productivity and integrates business processes for greater revenue growth.

We consolidate and simplify communication services across locations, eliminate CapEx costs while reducing OpEx costs, and deliver conversation intelligence to improve business outcomes - helping businesses compete better today and in the future.

https://www.ultatel.com

Simple Solutions to Healthcare's Hardest Problems.

Hero was founded to be the world's most people-focused healthcare company by creating frictionless solutions to the most challenging problems facing patients and caregivers.

If our products aren’t easy to use, beautifully designed, and readily available to the masses, we go back to the drawing board. Why? Because we love working together to deliver the “impossible” with integrity, quality, candor and discipline. We are building stuff that matters. And we are having a lot of fun along the way.

Hero’s first product is a revolutionary step forward in how caregivers and their loved ones manage complex medication sorting, scheduling, dosing and refills.

https://herohealth.com

We are a Startup Studio with a unique approach to launching great companies. We source and develop concepts for our future businesses, then recruit talented entrepreneurs to launch and grow these new startups. We provide a pathway to entrepreneurship for those with the ability and passion to build a successful company.

We believe our rigorous due diligence, founder selection, and incubation process can address many common causes of startup failure and increase the success rate of our companies.

https://www.launchfactory.com

BlueOcean: the company providing million-dollar brand audits in seven days for $17K. We make it easy for executives and marketers to make dynamic decisions with on-demand auditing and market intelligence. By harnessing algorithms, we speed up the time it takes to get brand insight and strategy recommendations that drive business outcomes at a fraction of the cost.

https://www.blueocean.ai

The Internet Distilled Everything happening in the world and trending on the web – from sports to celebrities, in the Times and on Twitter

https://river.app/

We make it easier for medical imaging data to flow to and from healthcare providers by placing patients at the centre of the exchange, not on the outside.

PocketHealth is a step towards a healthcare system where security, efficiency and patient accessibility complement each other, and we're proving this reality in hundreds of institutions every day.

www.pocket.health

An award-winning journalist’s eco-adventures across the globe with his three traveling companions: his fiancée, his OCD, and his chronic anxiety—a hilarious, wild jaunt that will inspire travelers, environmentalists, and anyone with mental illness.

Most travel narratives are written by superb travelers: people who crave adventure, laugh in the face of danger, and rapidly integrate into foreign cultures. But what about someone who is paranoid about traveler’s diarrhea, incapable of speaking a foreign tongue, and hates not only flying but driving, cycling, motor-biking, and sometimes walking in the full sun?

In Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondriac, award-winning writer Jeremy Hance chronicles his hilarious and inspiring adventures as he reconciles his traveling career as an environmental journalist with his severe OCD and anxiety.

At the age of twenty-six—after months of visiting doctors, convinced he was dying from whatever disease his brain dreamed up the night before—Hance was diagnosed with OCD. The good news was that he wasn’t dying; the bad news was that OCD made him a really bad traveler—sometimes just making it to baggage claim was a win.

Yet Hance hauls his baggage from the airport and beyond. He takes readers on an armchair trek to some of the most remote corners of the world, from Kenya, where hippos clip the grass and baboons steal film, to Borneo, where macaques raid balconies and the last male Bornean rhino sings, to Guyana, where bats dive-bomb his head as he eats dinner with his partner and flesh-eating ants hide in their pants and their drunk guide leaves them stranded in the rainforest canopy.

As he and his partner soldier through the highs and the lows—of altitudes and their relationship—Hance discovers the importance of resilience, the many ways to manage (or not!) mental illness when in stressful situations, how nature can improve your mental health, and why it is so important to push yourself to live a life packed with experiences, even if you struggle daily with a mental health issue.

With mental illness impacting the lives of millions of people, this timely book will inspire people to step out of their comfort zones and take the road meant to be traveled. Hance proves that we all have baggage--the question is, do we leave it dusty in a closet or do we take it out in full view for others to see?

https://jeremyhance.com/

Tabletop Tunes is the first of its kind adaptive music application specifically made for tabletop gaming. Experience music that will immerse you in magical forests, quaint villages, and glorious kingdoms. If that's not exciting enough for you, then initiate combat with our combat music system, allowing you to adjust the intensity on the fly. Get the incredible app now!

https://www.tabletoptunes.com

VidDay is a collaborative video web app made for people who want to give a unique gift. With VidDay, you can collect video messages and photos from friends, to compile into a beautiful video. No editing skills required, VidDay makes the video for you. Birthday videos are the most popular, but a VidDay video is a perfect gift for all special occasions.

The best part about VidDay is watching the recipient’s reaction. What’s even better is when they cry tears of joy. 🥰

Who We Are: VidDay is a fast-growing Canadian startup. We’re a team of like-minded individuals who are building a company that is a positive force in the world.

We make meaningful videos as surprise gifts. The service we provide brings a genuine sense of happiness as it makes people feel loved and appreciated.

We don’t stop there. We want our impact on the world to be bigger than spreading happiness through videos. Not only do we give people a way to share a gift that is eco-friendly, but for every video sold, VidDay will plant one tree. Plus, Get Well videos are totally free because support from loved ones can make a difference when fighting through or recovering from an illness.

Our Mission: To make a billion people smile.

https://www.vidday.com

Manufacturing the Future: Meet Arris Composites

Manufacturing is headed toward a stronger, lighter, faster, and greener future.

Arris Composites is leading this charge with the invention of continuous carbon fiber composites joined with other advanced materials in a high-speed process, combining additive manufacturing and traditional high-volume molding.

Through its proprietary Additive Molding™ manufacturing technology, advanced carbon fiber materials stronger and lighter than metal are produced with the same efficiency and design freedom as plastic molded products. Additionally, Arris Composites developed a novel Specific Design method and software which designs with the end in mind for optimal performance, reduced waste, and maximum recyclability.

The end result: Arris Composites enables mass production of high-strength light-weight composite parts, offering a cost-effective, new manufacturing path forward for consumer electronics, sporting goods, automotive, aerospace, and other industries.

https://arriscomposites.com

Trying to maintain a healthy heart has become more difficult in the wake of COVID-19.

While the pandemic has increased remote telehealth, there are glaring vulnerabilities due to a lack of real-time cardiac monitoring. Heart attacks are on the rise as a result of patients ignoring symptoms, staying home and not going to the hospital. COVID-related stress has caused a surge in cardiac health issues. Additionally, some recovering COVID patients have since developed heart issues related to the virus.

As a result, the need for real-time cardiac monitoring is more important than ever.

Dr. Waqaas Al-Siddiq has been at the forefront of remote monitoring solutions. He is the founder and CEO of Biotricity, developer of advanced remote cardiac monitoring technology. Waqaas believes COVID-19 has accelerated the ongoing shift in the health landscape from a reactive system to a prevention, personalized and more efficient tech-based system.

https://www.biotricity.com

Mode Founders Make Cannabis Consumption Safer

Cannabis is no longer just for recreation. People depend on cannabis for a variety of personal and medical reasons on a daily basis.

The problem for many users revolves around dosing and consumption. From choosing the right strain to knowing how much to take, achieving the right result can be troublesome.

Mode is solving this problem with the world’s first universal dosing device and personalized guidance app for 510 cannabis cartridges. Mode removes the guesswork out of dosing and helps users achieve the ideal experience every time.

The idea for the company came when co-founder Izzy Kirsh was using cannabis to treat a personal injury and became aware of the lack of proper cannabinoid dosing devices. This led to the exploration of creating a better and healthier approach to cannabis use.

Mode offers several features including:

• Real Time Dosing Control – Mode’s Touch Slider™ allows users to adjust their dose with precision down to the milligram • Universal 510 Compatibility – Mode is compatible with the universal 510 threaded cartridge, giving users the freedom to enjoy their favorite strains from the best brands on the market. • Haptic Guidance™ – Mode’s Inhale & Exhale Haptic Guidance feature lets users know exactly when to stop inhaling and when to exhale with a gentle vibration from the device. • Quick-Snap™ Connector – Swap out 510 cartridges with a simple snap. No screwing or twisting required. • Mode App – The app features the first ever control dashboard for personalized cannabis consumption. It provides access to detailed dosage plans, product information, feedback loop, personalized recommendations and consumption analytics.

Mode retails for $100 and is set to launch early Q1 2021.

https://mode.co

We’ve eliminated diesel fuel and replaced harmful chemicals with mechanical solutions, so our tractor impacts the environment exactly as intended, without side effects. Using state of the art hardware and machine learning, the Monarch is able to autonomously use implements, identify and eliminate plant ailments, and estimate yields. Our tractor platform acts as a full data collection and analysis suite, enhancing existing growing operations and providing superior precision to farmers globally. Despite it’s cutting edge tech, the Monarch still has best in class plow, till, and hauling capabilities.

http://www.monarchtractor.com

Wrightspeed Electrifies the Future of Heavy Duty Urban Transportation

Urban transportation vehicles are among the world’s great polluters.

Studies show that traditional medium- and heavy-duty trucks comprise only 4 percent of the total on-road vehicles, while producing 30 percent of on-road emissions and consuming 26 percent of the fuel.

Wrightspeed is addressing this global problem with its electric vehicle and range-extended EV solutions.

Wrightspeed has designed the world’s most efficient range-extended electric vehicle powertrains. Built for short-haul operations on urban streets, Wrightspeed is powering frequent-stop, heavy-duty vehicles such as garbage, delivery and construction trucks, as well as busses.

Traditional piston combustion engines are least efficient when starting and stopping. Wrightspeed’s hybrid electric powertrains address this problem by optimizing efficiency and performance. On regional schedules, the Wrightspeed range-extended solution provides a 25 percent fuel savings with measured real-world fuel savings of up to 60 percent on more aggressive driving schedules. In addition to fuel savings, annual maintenance and brake replacement can be reduced by as much as $25,000 per year on these aggressive schedules.

Wrightspeed has opened a new route for sustainable trucking by reducing greenhouse gasses, meeting regulatory needs and noise ordinances, and providing total cost of ownership (TCO).

Wrightspeed is partnering with countries and international companies to make a global environmental impact. We’d like to invite you to speak with Wrightspeed VP of Engineering Broc TenHouten about the company’s groundbreaking technology and how the company is transporting the future of heavy duty vehicles one short haul at a time.

https://www.wrightspeed.com

There’s a whole new thing going on out there for restaurant companies. You know it. You see it happening all around you. It’s a massive paradigm shift that is bringing incredible disruption to our industry. It’s difficult. It’s problematic. It’s even a little dangerous. But it’s also bringing all manner of tremendous opportunity. We call it the Restaurant 2.0 World. And it’s why we exist.

SYNQ3 Restaurant Solutions embraces these radical changes by bringing a host of innovative solutions that help our clients thrive in the Restaurant 2.0 World. Innovations that grow sales and profits. Innovations that increase efficiencies. Innovations that reduce costs. And these innovations have helped us grow dramatically in the past few years–developing SYNQ3 into the premier restaurant solutions company in the world. We currently work with a substantial number of prestigious, national chains — continuing to grow our business as we help our clients grow theirs. We’d like to invite you to see how SYNQ3 Restaurant Solutions can help your business thrive in this brave new world.

Mind of a Call Center… Heart of a Restaurant

SYNQ3 Restaurant Solutions is a global restaurant ordering solutions provider specializing in GROWING SALES! We are a management team that has worked with some of the largest and fastest growing restaurant brands in the world. Our experience in the business of convenience and restaurant ordering solutions is unparalleled in terms of both process and execution. Our technical capability is unmatched in the industry.

SYNQ3 Restaurant Solutions was founded nearly a decade ago when restaurant entrepreneur Steve Bigari began taking drive-thru orders for his fast food restaurants via a call center. Since that time, we have grown into the premier call center solutions provider for the restaurant industry with hundreds of millions of dollars in orders processed to date.

https://synq3.com

Next Coast Ventures is a private equity firm headquartered in but not limited to Austin, Texas. Next Coast invest in amazing entrepreneurs who are building disruptive companies in big markets. I co-founded this firm with long time associate and great investor / entrepreneur, Tom Ball.

Mr. Monkey and Me: A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs What if the secret to being a successful entrepreneur had nothing to do with your business plan, resources, market size, or strategy? If your success or failure weren’t dependent on how much money you have, where you grew up or the level of education you received?

Here’s the truth: the difference between success and failure is right between your ears.

www.nextcoastventures.com www.mikesmerklo.com https://www.mikesmerklo.com/mr-monkey-and-me-book

We make Specs, the world's first productivity boosting smart glasses!

http://www.preorderspecs.com

Zero-input sales pipeline tool that thinks and works for its user, not the other way around.

No more manual data entry. Salesflare fills out your address book and keeps track of all interactions with the people you're in contact with. It takes data from social media, company databases, phone, email, calendar and hands it to you in automated customer timelines that tell you everything you need to know. You just have to write the emails, make the calls, and have the coffee.

Never miss a deal again. Salesflare will tell and remind you what to do about leads so deals can't fall through the cracks anymore. Visual pipelines and powerful insights put you in full control of your sales funnel. Intuitive and easy-to-use, Salesflare turns complexity into simplicity so you can turn leads into customers.

Salesflare works wherever you work and with whatever you are working with. Use it on desktop, mobile or just from a sidebar in your email inbox (Gmail and Outlook). Get even more out of Salesflare by integrating with 400+ other productivity tools, such as Google Apps, MailChimp, Trello and Slack.

There's a free trial available from salesflare.com.

GraniteShares is an independent, fully funded ETF company headquartered in New York City. GraniteShares’ focus is on products that bring the excitement back to investing, using new ideas, innovative structures and low cost.

http://www.graniteshares.com

Father, Entrepreneur, Explorer and Transformational Life Coach

I’m here to help you unlock an empowered state of being in your work, relationships and mental and physical health.

Over the past 15 years, I’ve competed as a runner at world championships, led intensive boot camps, built international brands, co-founded a Nasdaq-listed company, and raised millions of dollars for start-up companies. I am deeply passionate about dedicating a portion of my time to helping people – executives and entrepreneurs – cultivate balance, as well as inner strength and wellbeing, on their path to personal and professional success.

You’ll see how different areas of life – money, family, intimacy, and emotional well being – can be handled all in the same coaching session… and how a coach can utilize the body to create incredible healing.

As an individual experience, it does not matter to me whether you’re a C-Suite Executive, a successful entrepreneur, a dreamer ready to start your first business or liver of life. If you’re courageous and committed and seeking support to break through to a higher level then I’m game. If you’ve found your way here, I have no doubt you are!

https://joelprimus.com

Kosan Travel Our Mission - Make and curate the world’s best travel clothing and gear! Once we ramp up we’ll also have loads of inspiration and information to help facilitate and connect travelers with unique places, locals and each other.

Why did start this company - because we believe travel makes the world a more tolerant and understanding place. The more people we can help travel and connect the better off the world will be.

https://www.kosantravel.com

Bastille is the first company to enable enterprise security teams to assess and mitigate the risk associated with the growing Internet of Radios. Bastille’s patented software and security sensors bring visibility to devices emitting radio signals (Wi-Fi, Cellular, Bluetooth, BLE, wireless dongles and other IoT communications) in your organization’s airspace.

https://www.bastille.net

Learn a new language while browsing the web. Download the Chrome extension for free today!

https://jointoucan.com/

Suzy is a consumer intelligence platform which is being touted as 'Siri for brands', the platform brings the voice of real consumers directly to brands at scale and at the speed of culture. Suzy helps companies like Netflix, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, Citibank, Verizon, Nintendo and Nestle, among others, validate critical assumptions so they can focus on creating compelling new products, developing effective marketing strategies, and validating direct offers that increase conversion, improve path-to-purchase and drive growth.

https://suzy.com

About Horizen Launched in 2017, Horizen is a technology platform that enables businesses and developers to quickly and affordably create their own public or private blockchains on the largest node network in the industry. Through its fair and inclusive ecosystem, Horizen fosters a community where everyone is empowered and rewarded for their contributions. With its unique Sidechain technology, Zendoo, Horizen provides all necessary components for an easy and fast deployment of a fully customizable blockchain.

About Rob Viglione Rob is the CEO and Co-founder of Horizen, a blockchain platform that aims to enable an application-rich and inclusive ecosystem through its leading-edge sidechain solutions.

Formally a trained physicist, mathematician, and military officer, Rob's experience working on satellite radar, space launch vehicles, and combat support intelligence informed much of his understanding of how blockchain technology could change the trajectory of global societies.

Rob holds his Bachelor of Physics and Actuarial Mathematics, an MBA in Finance & Marketing, and is a Ph.D. (C) in finance at the University of South Carolina where he researches cryptocurrency and teaches a class on blockchain in finance

Official Website Link: https://www.horizen.io/ Horizen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/horizenglobal Rob’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/robviglione Youtube Channel: (where people can tune in to Horizen’s weekly insiders) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ0v_lUnZHIKUQUXJzfgqOg

Real Leaders magazine is the world's first sustainable business & leadership magazine. It's an official publication of the Young President's Organization (YPO) and on global newsstands across the US and the world. The magazine readership includes more than 30,000 of the world's top business leaders, in 130 countries, who control $9 trillion in GDP. Real Leaders interacts with the world's brightest minds, inspiring business leaders to achieve profitability through innovative ideas that are good for both people and planet. Grant has interviewed and written features on Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Muhammad Yunus, Forest Whitaker, Princess Beatrice of York, Buzz Aldrin and Tony Robbins.

https://real-leaders.com

We help clients proactively build healthy and prosperous organizations through cultural intelligence, mental fitness and enhanced life skills. Our innovative and easily integrated curriculum increases teams' engagement, empowerment, resilience and raise-the-bar accountability.

AVATAR SIMULATOR TRAINING Our groundbreaking training tool uses Immersive Learning built on evidence-based, behavioral and cognitive science. We address today's most current workforce topics and transform problems into strengths. Advance role-playing of challenging topics build muscle memory for long-lasting positive outcomes including enhanced team collaboration and trust. * Diversity & Inclusion * Harassment: Addressing & Preventing * Resilience & Retention * Building Healthy Cultures

WORKSHOPS: * PREVENTING HARASSMENT - A LEADERSHIP IMPERATIVE co-taught w/Rear Admiral (Ret) & former CO of Camp David, Michael Giorgione

Preventing harassment & building a healthy workplace culture of unity, respect, trust & integrity. We take a deep dive on the Big 5 of harassment (emotional, verbal, physical, sexual & financial), power & control, tools of manipulators & look at biases, preconceptions & behaviors.

COUNTERING INSIDER THREAT: Mental Health, Mindfulness & Mission co-taught w/CIA Chief of Counterintelligence Ops (Ret) Karl Wagner &/or CIA Deputy Chief of Global Counterterrorism Ops (Ret) Rick Hotchner

We identify & protect from unhealthy behaviors that lead to Insider Threat. When repeatedly exposed to stress, even the sharpest individuals & strongest organizations are at risk. Protocols of awareness, resilience, resolve, trust, collaboration & communication are addressed to help create sustainable careers & successful mission-driven outcomes.

SPEAKING: * USAF LEDx * Prevention of Workplace Harassment (100+ CO Senators) * Awareness of Adverse Spiral: Stress, Depression, Addiction, Abuse, PTS & Suicide

We believe in: TRUST = Truth. Respect. Unity. Safety. Transparency. SELF = Secure. Ethical. Loving. Fearless.

Abigail is the Founder of CACL Inc., creator of the Authentic Health curriculum, Life Skills SME, workshop trainer & national speaker. She combines an Indiana University double major (Cognitive, Social & Behavioral) and her firsthand life lessons learned from overcoming childhood abuse, domestic violence & PTS. As a proud mother of U.S. Marines, she is keenly aware of military culture. Working primarily with military, government & national security companies, Abigail has a heart-felt passion for the people she serves.

https://abigailgmanning.com

Intercom is the only suite of customer messaging products that drives growth at every stage of the customer lifecycle—across acquisition, engagement, and support. Today more than 30,000 businesses use Intercom to connect with a billion people worldwide.

Eoghan McCabe is an entrepreneur from Ireland. He was founding CEO of Intercom until moving to the Chairman role in 2020. As Chairman at Intercom, Eoghan provides strategic guidance to help the company further their mission to “make internet business personal”. Prior to founding Intercom in 2011, Eoghan started Contrast, an award-winning software design agency, and Exceptional, a built developer tools company later acquired by Rackspace.

https://www.intercom.com

The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit organization that supports the development and growth of Stellar, an open-source network that connects the world's financial infrastructure. Founded in 2014, the Foundation helps maintain Stellar's codebase, supports the technical and business communities building on the network, and serves as a voice to regulators and institutions. The Foundation seeks to create equitable access to the global financial system, using the Stellar network to unlock the world's economic potential through blockchain technology.

Prior to my current role I was the Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary at Mozilla Corporation, During my time at Mozilla I spearheaded Mozilla’s legal, policy, business, revenue and operations in defense of an open, transparent and commercially sustainable Web. I have been a vocal advocate for net neutrality, encryption, the disclosure of vulnerabilities by governments and greater user choice and control.

Before joining Mozilla full-time in 2012, I was an external advisor for the organization. My past experiences also include working at private equity firm Terra Firma on brand issues and risk assessment and managing Yahoo!’s legal team advising on products, human rights, antitrust and litigation issues.

https://www.stellar.org

Applied Visions has a long history of creating innovative visual solutions to solve complex problems for commercial and government applications. Our team combines top talent in research, engineering, product development and interaction design with a practical approach to software development.

Our Secure Decisions Division specializes in cyber security, providing tools and services to analyze massive amounts of critical data to make better decisions. Deriving from R&D funded by DARPA, the Air Force, DHS, Naval Research Laboratory, and other government agencies, our visual analytics products let you see and understand the security state of your critical infrastructure, including fixed and mobile computing assets. Our products SecureScope, VIAssist and MeerCAT are the results of our leading-edge research on enhancing the effectiveness of analysts in this domain.

https://www.avi.com/

Even before #COVID19 and the Remote Learning crises, the Learn team and I were working to develop better tools for parents to discover, curate, and manage extraordinary experiences for their families.

Now with #COVID and #PandemicPods, we're giving parents the tools to organize their families in their pursuit of extraordinary learning.

Michael Staton is a lifelong educator, colearner, and entrepreneur. Beginning as a public school teacher, Michael redesigned his classroom around getting typical high-school students ready for the academic rigors of college. Now a Partner at Learn Capital, he spent over a decade as an education entrepreneur and investor, backing innovators like Coursera, Outschool, Photomath, MakeSchool, Minerva, Clever, and NearPod. He was also helpful to the founding of Million Lives Fund, Reach Capital, Higher Ed Live, UnCollege, YearOn and Dev Bootcamp. He was co-founder and CEO of Uversity, which changed the way colleges do admissions and enrollment management.

https://www.colearn.com https://www.pandemicpods.org

Schell Games is the largest full-service education and entertainment game development company in the United States. Since 2002, we’ve worked to create interactive experiences on every platform to enrich the lives of players of all ages. Projects in our award-winning portfolio range from mobile, desktop, and virtual reality games to interactive installations and theme park attractions...and everything in between.

Schell Games counts some of the world's most respected brands as clients, including The Walt Disney Company, Yale University, SeaWorld Parks, Lionel, The Fred Rogers Company and Microsoft Corporation. The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

https://www.schellgames.com

Robin’s founders, twins Sam and Zach Dunn and friend Brian Muse, began their software startup journey in an unlikely place -- at a digital agency called One Mighty Roar they started in college. After prototyping connected experiences within their office — including a conference room table that knew when a meeting was taking place -- they quickly learned that there was widespread demand for a smarter, more digitally aware workplace experience.

Enter Robin.

Companies like HubSpot, Shopify, and Twitter rely on Robin’s workplace experience software to maximize employee productivity and engagement by reducing friction throughout the workday. This simple vision has paved the way partnerships and collaborations with Herman Miller, Amazon, and Crestron, along with more than 1500 customers worldwide.

Robin has raised $30M in venture funding and has over 100 employees in their Boston office. Read more about how you can create an office that supports your people and their work at robinpowered.com.

https://robinpowered.com

Tickmark’s flagship application, Taxfyle, was launched in 2015 as the “easiest way to file your taxes”. Considered the #1 tax app in the Apple Store for four tax seasons in a row, Taxfyle has revolutionized the world of accounting and more specifically tax preparation.

Taxfyle’s network consists of remote, online, U.S. based licensed tax professionals that have an average rating of 4.8 stars and 10 years experience. Jobs submitted to the platform are picked up in under 3 minutes with all communication happening in-app.

Whether you’re an accounting firm looking to reduce overhead or a consumer that needs to get their taxes done quickly and easily, Taxfyle is the premier service for individuals that are looking for convenient, affordable, and professional tax solutions.

https://taxfyle.com

APY is a fast, simple and efficient mentoring platform to connect with experienced professionals globally. Mentees can create new relationships on APY to grow professionally, overcome challenges and build a network that matters.

With APY, you join a community of inspiring professionals around the world, book online meetings to achieve your goals by learning from the experiences of others.

APY provides a framework to help mentees make the right choices by connecting them with the right professionals, while always inspiring them to grow personally and professionally.

http://www.getapy.com

Boulder-based supporter of all things startup related. Former CEO of SendGrid backed by Bessemer, Foundry. Always meeting new founders/CEO's.

https://twitter.com/jimfranklin

GreenPal is an online market place connecting homeowners with lawn mowing professionals that want their business. Get 5 bids in minutes, pick the pro you want, and schedule and pay all online or with the mobile app.

Founded by landscaping professionals to make the lawn care industry easier and more efficient for homeowners and vendors.

http://yourgreenpal.com

In June of 2015, we at Greenworks launched a second company StreamTek Productions. StreamTek provides professional live video streaming services to businesses, event organizers, and associations. Our model provides stunning HD TV broadcast quality at an entry point that makes sense. Using today's technology combined with today's robust internet, we connect the right dots and deliver a product that is hassle free, inexpensive, and engaging to audiences. Our unique model is so flexible that our client base runs the gambit. From billion dollar corporations to one man start-ups.

https://streamtekproductions.com

Airside builds innovative digital identity products for businesses and consumers alike with privacy-by-design and leading edge security as its guiding principles.

Among a suite of products, Airside’s award-winning Mobile Passport app is the first commercial product that expedites the customs entry process into the U.S. at over 30 major airports and cruise ports. In concert with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Airports Council International - North America, Boeing, and Airlines for America, Mobile Passport has facilitated over 12 million entries into the United States.

Airside partners with private and public entities to create seamless experiences for their customers, employees, and stakeholders to balance data privacy, transparency, and convenience.

https://www.airsidemobile.com

Mike has over 16 years of product and technology experience working in mobile/social games and online media. He co-founded Fusion8, which was acquired by popular social media company RockYou in spring of 2016. Mike was previously VP of product at GREE and executive producer at Funzio when it was acquired by GREE in 2012. Before mobile, he was employee five at YuMe (NYSE:YUME), an online video advertising technology company. Mike is also a restaurateur working with notable chefs like Dominique Crenn of Atelier Crenn.

https://www.triller.co https://www.instagram.com/trillervids https://twitter.com/triller

Be together with friends, on Squad

Start a room and invite your friends to video chat, screen share or watch videos on your smartphone, tablet or computer.

https://squadapp.io

Particle Health provides a simple and affordable way to connect to the US health system. By leveraging Particle Health's HIPAA compliant API, digital healthcare solutions can get patient permission and securely pull their records in seconds, enabling them to focus on caring for patients faster and with the most up-to-date information that is essential for quality care or a multitude of other use cases.

https://www.particlehealth.com

Local SEO Search Inc. is a Toronto-based Search Engine Optimization (SEO) company. We help business owners reach ready to buy customers on Google by providing More Clicks to their website, More Calls to the office and More Sales to their business. Our objective is to provide local business across Canada the best digital marketing experience possible. We develop customized local SEO campaigns for all of our clients in order for them to increase their online exposure through organic search by helping them become the experts and authoritative figures in their industry and local market. We offer full in-house services to all our clients that include: Website Design, SEO Audits, Keyword Research, SEO Technical Implementations, Link Building, Citation Building, Social Media Management, Content Creation and Blog Writing, Link Audits and Removals and Reputation Management. At Local SEO Search we follow all of Google's guidelines and best practices to ensure all our SEO techniques are “white hat” and ethical. Contact the team at Local SEO Search today and find out why we are one of the top SEO agencies in Canada.

https://www.localseosearch.ca

Banyan's Continuous Zero Trust Platform provides secure, user friendly, least privilege application and infrastructure access for hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Banyan replaces your legacy VPNs with a least privilege, network independent, contextual access platform modeled after the BeyondCorp framework. Utilizing sophisticated Trust Scoring powered by machine learning, Banyan ensures both users and devices are authenticated and trusted before authorizing granular access to sensitive corporate resources. Banyan's distributed, highly scalable platform is currently used by enterprises across verticals including Adobe, SAP, Veeva, BlueVoyant and Byton.

https://www.banyansecurity.io https://twitter.com/BanyanSecurity https://github.com/banyanops

CALA is the world's first fashion house technology that makes it easy for creative influencers to design, produce, and deliver their own fully-custom apparel. Instead of trying to do it all themselves or limiting their creativity to what print-on-demand companies or single factory cut and sew shops can provide, CALA offers creators the customized elegance of couture fashion with the manufacturing capabilities of the largest mass-market players.

https://www.ca.la https://www.instagram.com/thisiscala https://twitter.com/thisiscala

We map each HR and Recruiting software category (from ATS to AI), and then tell you who the very best vendors are, questions to ask on demos, how to think about ROI, implementation best practices, and more.

We provide in-depth, actionable and unbiased research that helps you buy the right HR software to supercharge your business.

www.selectsoftwarereviews.com https://twitter.com/bestb2bsoftware https://www.linkedin.com/company/select-software-reviews/

Digicoop (est. 2015) builds software solutions to help businesses work better and more efficiently. Its main product is Kantree, a simple, flexible and very powerful collaborative work management platform. The company is based in France and operates as a remote-first worker co-op.

Maxime Bouroumeau-Fuseau is a French developer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Digicoop. After several years of developing large-scale web applications, he took time off to travel the world before returning to Paris to start Digicoop.

Pola Henderson is a content writer and communications specialist. Digicoop’s newest team member, she serves at the Content & Community Manager. Pola was born in Krakow and spent many years in Chicago prior to settling in Paris.

Start a free trial: https://kantree.io/signup & an extended free trial if you sign up by May 31 (instead of April 30): https://kantree.io/covid19-solidarity

https://kantree.io https://digicoop.io https://twitter.com/kantreeapp

Founded by two brothers and inspired by an auto accident—meet

Getting your tires replaced, rotated or repaired can be a real hassle. Especially if it’s on the side of the road.

The average time spent in a tire shop is a minimum of three hours. Time you never gain back.

If you own an electric vehicle, you’re likely to spend even more time there as the increased weight and torque of EV’s results in 30-percent faster tire wear, leading to more frequent tire replacement.

Unfortunately, the tire replacement experience has remained unchanged over the decades, leading to consumer demand for a more convenient and affordable alternative.

Zohr has answered the call with a mobile tire service that makes tire replacement as easy as pushing a button.

With Zohr, consumers simply choose their tires and book an appointment online. Zohr does the rest, coming out to the client’s home or office to deliver and install the new tires. Zohr offers its level of service at the same price as going to a traditional tire shop.

Founded by brothers Komal and Anoop Choong, Zohr currently offers its services across Texas, Kansas and Missouri, and will be expanding throughout the US in 2020.

https://zohr.com https://twitter.com/getzohr https://www.facebook.com/zohr

Xledger began in 2000 as a response to overly complicated and costly on-premise ERP systems, with a vision to simplify business management and make ERP capabilities accessible to enterprises of all sizes. Xledger’s mission is to empower ambitious companies to prosper. We achieve this via three value pillars: INSIGHT makes complex financial data accessible to decision makers as actionable information; AUTOMATION increases efficiency in business processes through alignment with best practices; and SCALABILITY yields freedom and control by providing an out-of-the-box solution that is configurable to each customer’s needs.

Xledger is the most comprehensive and automated business management solution in the cloud. It begins as a highly flexible accounting system, then adds so much more, such as sophisticated reporting, billing, purchasing, inventory, payroll, project and time management, XRM, document management, donor/member management, and integrated banking. Available in more than 20 languages and seamlessly handling worldwide currencies, Xledger enables companies to easily and effectively manage multiple business units and legal entities no matter where they are located in the world all from a single community cloud solution. Xledger is a truly unified system with impressive functionality at a reasonable cost.

Xledger Inc is proud to make Colorado Springs, Colorado our home. However, used by more than 8000 companies in over 50 countries, Xledger’s community is truly global, and we delight in serving the needs of organizations around the world. Empowering leaders to make quality decisions. Empowering doctors to better diagnose and treat patients. Empowering teachers to innovatively engage students. Empowering governments to serve well. Empowering supply chains to function smoothly. Empowering breakthrough ideas. Empowering relief where it matters most. Empowering ambitious organizations to prosper. Xledger – empowering ambition.

https://xledger.com https://twitter.com/XledgerUSA https://www.facebook.com/xledgerusa

In 2017 husband and wife team Kathryn Fantauzzia and Dr. David Rabin and together we set out to accelerate the development and translation of novel neuroscience discoveries to address public health needs and improve outcomes.

Recently the World Health Organization officially recognized burnout as a medical syndrome.

This designation is a milestone calling out for the world to combat the collective global crisis of work-related stress.

When left unchecked, chronic daily stress overwhelms the body and mind, burning us out by making it hard to sleep, focus at work, and feel engaged. This leaves us exhausted, depleted, increasingly “checked out” and feeling ineffective, no matter how hard or long we work. Most worrisome, burnout can lead to serious negative health consequences.

The economic consequences of burnout for business are palpable, with studies showing the following figures:

● Two-third of the full-time American workforce suffers from burnout

● On average, workers lose 11.3 days in lost productivity due to chronic stress in the workplace.

● US businesses suffer $63.2B in lost productivity annually due to chronic stress at work.

And the most concerning stat: there are 120,000 stress-attributed deaths a year caused by stress-related illnesses.

We’ve all heard of steps to manage our stress like meditating, exercising regularly, and prioritizing our sleep. However, these activities can be tremendously difficult to pursue when you’re already overwhelmed and stressed out and there is a scientific reason for it - Our bodies are not designed for persistent stress. When faced with constant emails, phone calls, text messages, distraction and interruption, our fear center in our brain becomes overactive, making it significantly harder to sleep, meditate, and focus.

And that’s where Apollo comes in.

Apollo is the only technology to improve sleep and cognitive performance by delivering vibration through a wearable. Apollo works within minutes by signaling safety to the brain and is the only technology that has been clinically validated to improve Heart Rate Variability (HRV), the most reliable predictive measure of how well your body adapts to and recovers from stress. In the age of wearables, many devices including the Apple Watch track your HRV, but do nothing to improve it. By signaling safety to the body, Apollo naturally improves HRV, and restores homeostasis, helping users fall asleep faster, focus, and practice mindfulness more easily. Apollo users can track improvements in their sleep and biometrics within the mobile app.

Apollo has been evaluated in multiple University-led trials, has been tested by over 1,000 beta testers, and has over 500 case studies with long term users, all with consistent results. Over 95 percent of users report enhanced productivity, focus and sleep when using Apollo.

www.apolloneuro.com vimeo.com/377890612/9b4f6547d8 https://www.instagram.com/apolloneuro/

Digital Assets Data is a financial technology and data company building enterprise-grade software and data feeds for crypto hedge funds, protocol teams, family offices, research firms, global consulting firms, banks, sovereigns, and other market participants.

About Mike Alfred Mike is co-founder and CEO of Digital Assets Data. He is a persistent and driven business leader, previously holding the position of Co-founder and CEO of Brightscope, Inc., which was acquired by Strategic Insight in 2016. He received his bachelor’s degree in History from Stanford University. He lives in Denver, CO with his family and enjoys participating in local ultramarathons.

www.digitalassetsdata.com https://twitter.com/mikealfred https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikealfred

The all-new FreshBooks is accounting software that makes running your small business easy, fast and secure. Spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work you love.

https://www.freshbooks.com https://twitter.com/freshbooks https://www.instagram.com/freshbooks/

Celine Tien is founder and chief executive officer of Flowly. In her role, Celine leads a team focused on delivering an accessible and direct-to-consumer alternative for pain and anxiety management. Celine got her start in VR as the director and writer of the award-winning film, Pippa’s Pan 盼, one of the world’s first immersive virtual reality hybrid live-action films. Prior to Flowly, Celine grew up as a film/TV actor and model, and later worked in feature development at Oriental DreamWorks in Shanghai and DreamWorks Animation in Los Angeles. Celine is also the founder of the nonprofit education-based organization: Zoom for Kids! Celine studied English and Film at Yale University.

https://www.flowly.world https://twitter.com/FlowlyVR https://apps.apple.com/app/id1485955236

Damon is a disruptive technology start-up based in Vancouver, Canada focused on the forgotten category of 1.5 billion Vulnerable Road Users.

Our mission is to cause a paradigm shift for safer, smarter motorcycling. Starting with a completely blank slate, we reverse engineered the problems motorcyclists face and built what 160 million annual buyers want and need: a game changing riding experience that’s exponentially safer, smarter and more user-friendly. With it Damon will redefine the industry.

We put data-driven thinking at the epicentre of the company, employing radical innovations in sensor fusion, robotics and AI. Damon expands the reach of your senses in 360º to protect you from accidents, providing that one extra second you need to react. These same sensors collect rider, traffic and vehicle data and sends it to our cloud for industry-wide data consumption. Our system learns from every rider, every intersection and every situation. The goal is a self-learning technology platform that will usher in a world with no fatal accidents on Damonized vehicles by 2030.

https://damonmotorcycles.com https://twitter.com/DamonMotorcycle https://www.instagram.com/damonmotorcycles/

Superhuman is the fastest email client in the world. Our users love what we've built: https://superhuman.com/love

We rebuilt the inbox from the ground up to make you brilliant at what you do. We specifically designed it for those of you who want the best.

Superhuman is gorgeous. Blazingly fast. And comes with advanced features that make you feel superhuman. A.I. Triage. Undo Send. Insights from social networks. Follow-up Reminders, Scheduled Messages, and Read Statuses. To name but a few.

Superhuman is so fast, delightful, and intelligent — you’ll feel like you have superpowers.

https://superhuman.com https://twitter.com/superhuman https://www.facebook.com/SuperhumanCo

PROVEN is the first skincare line to combine machine learning and data science to create customized products for consumers. We've built the largest skincare database in the world - The Skin Genome Project - by analyzing 8 million customer reviews, 100,000 skincare products, and 20,000 ingredients - and won MIT’s AI Startup of the Year award for our algorithms and database. After taking a two-minute quiz, customers are presented with their unique skin profile and personalized product mix.

At PROVEN, we believe every person is unique and extraordinary. Her beauty regime should be too.

* FOR 10% OFF USE CODE: future10 ***

https://www.provenskincare.com https://www.instagram.com/provenskincare https://www.facebook.com/provenskincare

Halogen Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund focused on female founded consumer technologies.

We believe in hands on attention and plug each of our portfolio companies into a strategic network of advisors, investors and accelerators in the greater venture community. With a focus on consumer, we also add value in the entertainment, marketing and PR space to further the footprint of our brands.

https://halogenvc.com https://twitter.com/halogenvc https://www.instagram.com/halogenvc

We redefine the way e-commerce product marketers and merchandisers work. By providing product information management (PIM) products and services that help create, update, refresh, maintain and distribute content about products globally, we help businesses to drive increased revenue, customer satisfaction and brand equity. More than 1000 brands and 400 customers across 19 countries rely on us to efficiently control the product flow for their globally recognized brands.

https://www.inriver.com https://twitter.com/inRiver_PIM https://www.facebook.com/inRiverInc

Matt helped invent the format, system, and science of viral videos in the publishing world at Business Insider, NowThis, New York Magazine, Men’s Health, and others.

He produced and oversaw over 2,000+ pieces of video content (both branded and editorial) that generated well over 10 billion video views across platforms. He’s worked on viral video campaigns with brands such as Toyota, the National Football League, Campbell’s, Chase Bank, Verizon, Adobe, Tidal, Fresh Direct, and many others. He’s also driven hundreds of millions of page views in content to websites, and built many successful content and video teams from scratch.

Matt left the publishing world in 2018 to bring viral branded video and disruptive, content-based PR to innovative companies across the globe.

Vesta: https://brands.vestamedia.io/getvesta/ Producing Empathy (My book): https://amzn.to/36mqySg My site: http://mattjohnstononline.com Guide Social (company): https://guidesocialglobal.com/

Producing Empathy: The Secret Method I Use to Get 100 Million Views on Videos Online

We are a Startup Studio with a unique approach to launching great companies. We source and develop concepts for our future businesses, then recruit talented entrepreneurs to launch and grow these new startups. We provide a pathway to entrepreneurship for those with the ability and passion to build a successful company.

We believe our rigorous due diligence, founder selection, and incubation process can address many common causes of startup failure and increase the success rate of our companies.

http://www.launchfactory.com https://www.facebook.com/launchfactorysd https://www.linkedin.com/company/launch-factory-sd

Solace helps large enterprises become modern and real-time by giving them everything they need to make their business operations and customer interactions event-driven.

With PubSub+, the market’s first and only event management platform, the company provides a comprehensive way to create, document, discover and stream events from where they are produced to where they need to be consumed – securely, reliably, quickly, and guaranteed. Behind Solace technology is the world’s leading group of data movement experts, with nearly 20 years of experience helping global enterprises solve some of the most demanding challenges in a variety of industries – from capital markets, retail, and gaming to space, aviation, and automotive.

Established enterprises such as SAP, Barclays and the Royal Bank of Canada, multinational automobile manufacturers such as Renault and Groupe PSA, and industry disruptors such as Jio use Solace’s advanced event broker technologies to modernize legacy applications, deploy modern microservices, and build an event mesh to support their hybrid cloud, multi-cloud and IoT architectures.

http://www.solace.com https://twitter.com/solacedotcom https://www.youtube.com/user/SolaceSystems

We help eCommerce, SaaS and technology brands create, manage and scale profitable PPC campaigns across North America, Europe, and Australia. Working with us is like having a Director of Marketing on your team.

Need help with the training and education of your team? We do that too!

https://www.takesomerisk.com https://twitter.com/duanebrown https://www.linkedin.com/in/duanebrown

In part two we cover UX/UI, how design & technology come together, what is creativity, art vs. functionality, bridging the gap between design & development, how the design landscape has changed & a lot more.

Frits Habermann is a Tech Entrepreneur, Landscape Photographer and CEO at PicMonkey. He spent 20 years at Adobe, where he co-founded Adobe InDesign and later ran the Core Technologies group. More recently, Frits served as CTO for PopCap Games and CTO/Head of Product at Lynda.com. He holds degrees in both applied mathematics and computer science from Carnegie Mellon and University of Washington.

His passion is combining technology with art and using fancy words like “leveraging synergy” to explain what he’s passionate about. Most at home with a camera in the outback running from grizzly bears or melting his shoes on lava fields, he’s more frequently seen in his hoodie at PicMonkey HQ working with a talented and passionate group of creative designers and tech innovators.

PicMonkey, the leading photo editing and creative design tool for both web and mobile, with millions of users a month and over 5 billion photos edited. Our mission is to provide inspiring tools and services to empower the Everyday Creative.

www.picmonkey.com www.twitter.com/picmonkey www.fritshabermannphotography.com

Spanner creates products that impact the world and the way we live. Our goal is to merge innovation, sustainability and responsibility to bring meaningful product experiences to life.

Founded in 2014 by product development veterans Giles Lowe and Arne Lang-Ree, the duo set out to create a superior approach for engaging with innovators, entrepreneurs and designers. They achieved this through a highly collaborative process, in essence teaming up with their clients through all aspects of product evolution from idea to launch.

Spanner’s portfolio boasts hundreds of companies including Apple, Google and Amazon and globally recognized products including Xbox, Fitbit and GoPro. The team has introduced many disruptive products to market including Brava, August Lock, Sana, and Arable.

Spanner believes that with great products comes great responsibility. The company is dedicated to making the world a better place through its products and beyond. Most recently, Spanner has taken part in a philanthropic venture with Living Water International to drill a water well in El Salvador, providing clean, safe water for residents. Regardless the distance or the challenge, Spanner applies its global sensibilities and engineering experience to every aspect of its business and team culture.

Spanner is headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley in a sustainable historic building complete with tail-wagging friends, bikes and an unstoppable creativity that reflects the firm’s best practices. Spanner prides itself on its unparalleled passion and determination to consistently deliver successful products to market… and the result is a better humanity.

Giles Lowe is co-founder and CEO of Spanner, a firm committed to creating products that impact the world and the way we live. As a child in England, Giles was fascinated with how things worked and enjoyed taking apart radios and other appliances. Fast forward more than two decades later, and Giles is still deconstructing and making things work better. He has tenaciously led many successful high profile launches for world-renowned companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft and hundreds of emerging markets. Giles has a wealth of international experience in a diverse array of product markets including consumer electronics products for home, wellness, entertainment, agriculture, food and beverage, sports, and motorsports. When not creating the next disruptive product, he can be found paddle boarding or surfing along the California coast or making sandcastles with his triplets. Giles holds a BSC with honors in product design and manufacturing from Bournemouth University.

Arne Lang-Ree is co-founder and CTO of Spanner. A tinker, thinker and deconstuctor, Arne challenges himself and Spanner’s clients to bring sustainable and responsible products to life. Born in Norway, Arne was schooled by his engineering father to look at things twice. At an early age, he was imagineering inventions that ultimately inspired him to earn his MSE in Product Design and BSME in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. In his career, Arne has racked up more than 25 years of product development and mechanical design experience for consumer products including Koosh, Fitbit, Bell, GoPro, and a host of disruptive products with start-ups. Arne is rarely without his trusted canine sidekick, Penny, and the duo can be found at the Spanner office creating together or walking the Silicon Valley for inspiration.

http://www.spannerpd.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/spanner-pd https://www.instagram.com/spannerpd

Founder of Shazam and Tatari, former president TrueCar, and some big company experience with Google/YouTube.

TV viewing is rapidly changing: from linear in the living-room, to on-demand and anywhere. With that, TV advertising is changing. Tatari is a technology company built on data & analytics that helps both media companies and brands through this industry transformation. Our platform and services simplify the process of measuring and optimizing ad campaigns across both linear and connected TV.

Tatari is headquartered in San Francisco, California with further offices in Santa Monica, California and Toronto, Canada. Clients include established brands such as Monster.com or Mrs. Fields cookies, as well as many fast-rising companies such as MVMT, Roman, Turo, TouchNote, Rent the Runway, Keeps, and Quip.

https://www.tatari.tv https://twitter.com/tataritv https://www.facebook.com/tatari

Tara's goal… Improving the quality of life for thousands, if not millions of people throughout the nation.

Realizing that the base of a happy and successful life is health and wellness, she provides cutting edge information that shows people how to take charge of their well-being.

We live in a country where obesity is the norm. So, what better way to attack this drastic issue than to travel to the State with the highest obesity levels. Tara launched a State campaign named “A Million Pounds in Mississippi” with great responses. She has educated thousands in Mississippi, and is continuing that pursuit of destroying obesity in all 50 States.

The word is spreading in New Jersey, Louisiana, Illinois, Texas, California, Alabama and even jumping to Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Are you ready to drop unwanted pounds and improve your quality of life?

You can have a better quality of life… Tara will show you how!

https://tarachristopher.net https://twitter.com/taranewlife https://www.facebook.com/Taradelaneychristopher/?fref=ts

Founded by Harvard/MIT-trained PhDs, pymetrics uses behavioral science data and AI to help global clients like Unilever, Accenture and LinkedIn make their hiring and internal mobility more predictive and less biased. pymetrics replaces the resume as a first-pass filter by assessing candidates based on their true potential -- their inherent cognitive and emotional make-up. Using algorithms that are trained on high-performing employees at a company, pymetrics builds a trait profile of a company's top performers to select best fit talent. These algorithms are then audited to remove any gender or ethnic bias. pymetrics also serves as a common application for candidates, ensuring that everyone finds their best-fit job, regardless of where they apply. With over 80 enterprise clients and offices in NYC, London, Sydney and Singapore, pymetrics is powering the future of hiring: efficient, predictive, and bias-free.

https://www.pymetrics.com https://twitter.com/pymetrics https://www.facebook.com/pymetrics

A groundbreaking smart motorcycle helmet from down under.

It’s called the MK1 and features Forcite’s patented RAYDAR™ helmet system, combining the latest Formula 1 LED technology, audio interactivity, military-grade camera recording and a fingertip handlebar controller into a smart, seamless and sensory rider experience.

Forcite launched the MK1 in Australia to overwhelming demand, selling out within weeks and will deliver the helmet to the United States in 2020.

Forcite is led by Alfred Boyadgis, 29, a visionary and industrial designer with a passion for motorsports. A serious motorcycle accident inspired Alfred to create the MK1 and provide motorcyclists with a complete riding ecosystem, providing relevant information to keep them connected and aware of everything going on around them without unnecessary distractions.

“Forcite’s mantra is ‘Know Everything’ and our RAYDAR system enables just that, setting a new standard in motorcycle connectivity and awareness,” said Alfred Boyadgis, founder & CEO, Forcite. “Forcite is here to wage war with the big brands and fly the flag high as the leader in smart helmet tech globally.”

Forcite is transforming the motorcycle helmet industry with a range of helmets designed to make the riding experience smarter and safer. Initially designed for motorcycle police officers to help with response times and ultimately save lives, Forcite has evolved its smart helmet to include all motorcyclists, resulting in a complete platform for the riding ecosystem that connects riders to roads, communities and cities.

Alfred Boyadgis is founder & CEO of Forcite. A visionary and industrial designer with a passion for motorsports, Alfred was involved in a serious motorcycle accident in 2014. The near-fatal wreck inspired Alfred to create what would ultimately become the Forcite MK1: the “Know Everything” helmet that keeps motorcyclists fully informed of what is going on around them using a patented light display. Alfred has a rich history of industrial design, branding and mechanical engineering experience and has received several industry design awards and accolades including being named to the Forbes “30 Under 30” list and an Australian Good Design award. Alfred holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and Product Engineering with first-class honours from University New South Wales, Sydney.

www.forcitehelmets.com https://twitter.com/ForciteHelmets www.linkedin.com/in/alfred-boyadgis-3759563b

Silke is an Executive Coach and Consulting Psychologist M.A. with an over 15-years career in counselling and coaching. She supports executives and experts in overcoming burnout, anxiety and stress in 4 sessions so that they can take their work and life to the next level.

All her programs are built on 3 pillars: Strength, Skill & Success. These pillars acknowledge that everyone is on their own health and wealth journey - and give them the right interventions to move forward.

Silke trained with a broad range of international experts like the world-renowned therapist Marisa Peer (Rapid Transformation Therapy Practitioner®) and Prof. Dr. Justin Kennedy (Applied Neuroscience Coaching).

She is a recognized member of Forbes Coaches Council and a Rapid Transformational Therapy Practitioner.

https://silkcelia.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqhPTT5RzEgyDazgMhhxa0Q https://www.linkedin.com/in/silkeglaab

I'm living a life I never expected to have. Growing up, I was shy and didn't think I had much to say. When I was 24 an insightful manager of mine encouraged me to find my voice so I could be a stronger leader. At that time, I was panicking before staff meetings, worried about being singled out, and working harder than ever to fit in. I decided to take him up on his advice and spent the next four years working through my fear of speaking (to anyone, really) and found confidence to not only get on stage and present, but also to quit my job and start a business. At 28, I became an independent career consultant and wrote my first book, The Anti-Resume Revolution. Since then, I've become an award-winning professional speaker, written four more books, helped thousands of people find or create work they love, and got invited to the TEDx stage twice. I am now running the Speaking School for Women, hosting Claim the Stage, a public speaking podcast for women.

The Speaker Sisterhood is a network of public speaking clubs for women who want to follow their dreams by finding their voice. If you want to be a better facilitator at meetings, feel more confident speaking up, and present yourself with a stronger presence, this club is for you. The first club started in August 2016 in Springfield, MA and in the first few months, five more clubs launched due to popular demand. The network is growing and more clubs are launching all the time. The goal is to create a worldwide network of women who are speaking their truth and becoming role models for the next generation. Join us!

https://speakersisterhood.com https://twitter.com/speakersisterhd https://www.facebook.com/speakersisterhood

Tradeshift is the business commerce company, and leader in supply chain payments. Get your supply chain connected to the future with digital marketplaces, payments, and apps.

Tradeshift connects over 1.5 million companies across 190 countries, processing over half a trillion USD in transaction value, and its supply chain marketplaces contain more than 35 million SKUs. Procurement, treasury, and AP departments use Tradeshift’s supply chain payments and marketplaces to digitally transform their supply chain. With the company’s unique app platform, they have access to more than 200 third-party apps and can also build their own applications.

Tradeshift was positioned as a Visionary in the Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites.

Tradeshift is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Copenhagen, New York, London, Paris, Suzhou, Sydney, Oslo, Frankfurt, Shanghai, Bucharest, Kuala Lumpur, Stockholm, Tokyo and Munich.

https://tradeshift.com https://twitter.com/Tradeshift https://www.linkedin.com/company/tradeshift

Jeff Ransdell is a venture capitalist building a portfolio of exponential technology companies at Wynwood Arts District-based venture capital firm Rokk3r Fuel ExO, which he co-founded in 2017 following a departure from the world of private wealth management. Jeff approaches venture capital with a signature “founder focused, investor driven” mindset, shaped by two decades as a top executive of Bank of America Merrill Lynch. As a managing director and market executive of the financial powerhouse, he managed more than $130 billion of global private client investment assets, a P&L of $2 billion, and over 2,000 employees across the bank’s Southeast Wealth Management Division. His transition to venture capital was motivated by what he saw as mounting evidence that opportunities to shape the economy and capitalize on innovation were steadily shifting from the public markets to the private markets. In the face of much skepticism, Jeff chose Miami, Florida, as the home base for Rokk3r Fuel, armed with an unparalleled rolodex and emboldened to leverage the city’s untapped resources and advantages. Today, Rokk3r Fuel manages a $200 million fund and has a portfolio of almost a dozen companies, such as Bolt, AdMobilize, and Taxfyle. Jeff is regularly called upon to share his insights on the global economy with outlets such as CNBC, CBS and American City Business Journals. Keep up with Jeff and Rokk3r Fuel via Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

https://www.rokk3rfuel.com https://twitter.com/Rokk3rFuel https://www.instagram.com/rokk3rfuel

Frits Habermann is a Tech Entrepreneur, Landscape Photographer and CEO at PicMonkey. He spent 20 years at Adobe, where he co-founded Adobe InDesign and later ran the Core Technologies group. More recently, Frits served as CTO for PopCap Games and CTO/Head of Product at Lynda.com. He holds degrees in both applied mathematics and computer science from Carnegie Mellon and University of Washington.

His passion is combining technology with art and using fancy words like “leveraging synergy” to explain what he’s passionate about. Most at home with a camera in the outback running from grizzly bears or melting his shoes on lava fields, he’s more frequently seen in his hoodie at PicMonkey HQ working with a talented and passionate group of creative designers and tech innovators.

PicMonkey, the leading photo editing and creative design tool for both web and mobile, with millions of users a month and over 5 billion photos edited. Our mission is to provide inspiring tools and services to empower the Everyday Creative.

www.picmonkey.com www.twitter.com/picmonkey www.fritshabermannphotography.com

Ignacio Rodriguez is a self-made and visually-driven architect with an impressive slate of luxury real estate successes throughout Southern California. His elite slate spans high-end luxury homes that range from 5,000 square-foot contemporary new-builds to 70,000 square-foot estates that are among the largest houses on the market in America. Since launching his own architecture firm, IRA (Ignacio Rodriguez Architects), at the age of 28, Rodriguez has quickly built an impressive repertoire and became a vigorous force in the highly-competitive world of LA luxury residential architecture. Rodriguez places a strong emphasis on collaborating with clients to bring their vision and his designs to fruition by fusing his client-focused approach with a passion for providing functional, yet visually-appealing designs.

Leading IRA to constant advancement and innovation, Rodriguez recently launched AVR, a virtual reality studio offering virtual property inspections for clients, developers and financial institutions to facilitate the development process.

Being a Southern California-native, his work is informed by his deep appreciation and natural understanding of the demographic, climate and distinct design potential in Los Angeles. Rodriguez attended Woodbury University in Burbank, CA and upon completing several years of professional practice, he launched his own company with the intent to create a firm that leads with a client’s vision. Rodriguez’s architecture aspirations began at a young age, leading him to join an architectural program in high school and intern at an architecture firm at 15 years old.

https://irarchitects.us https://avrstudio.us

Whether you’re an online entrepreneur or brick and mortar business owner, and whether you’re hustling, growing or slaying it in your business right now, you know you want a more profitable business.

(Slight) Correction – you know that you want to super-charge your profit. With ease and with simplicity. That’s more like it. And I know that every business could make more profit – including yours.

More profit = more fun, right? And everyone should want more fun in their life.

More profit = more impact. And you want your business to make a bigger impact, yes?

So what gives? You’re not shying away from doing the work, but it may have felt like there’s an imbalance between the level of profit made and the effort that you put in – it just feels too hard to make that profit. Moreover, you know that if you want to grow your business you can’t just keep on working harder and harder {Only 24 hours in a day, remember}. Fortunately, there is another way. There is a solution for you.

https://jasonawithers.com https://twitter.com/jasonawithers https://www.facebook.com/JasonAWithers

Light Sail VR is a bleeding edge immersive cinema production company and studio determined to push the boundaries of creative storytelling in Virtual Reality. Founded by managing partners Matthew Celia and Robert Watts in 2015, Light Sail VR specializes in live-action Virtual Reality content with great characters and compelling narratives. We craft 360, 180 and interactive VR content for agencies, brands, studios and consumers.

We are creators. We are innovators. We are Light Sail VR.

http://www.lightsailvr.com https://twitter.com/lightsailvr https://www.youtube.com/lightsailvr

I’m an infrastructure geek who likes working on the hardware, software and people sides to make endeavors successful. My experience lies within untangling underlying communication issues, both from the people and software side that would otherwise inhibit growth, and in applying learnings from large-scale enterprise to startup.

Throughout my 20 year career, I have spanned gaming, travel, healthcare, nonprofits, hospitality, productivity, government, retail, entertainment and security verticals.

In my current life, I’m a CTO and coach for technology leaders at early-stage startups as well as an angel investor and tech advisor. I've also served on various boards with the aim of fostering entrepreneurship, and I write, speak and produce workshops around the world to that end.

http://roceteer.com https://antarcticonf.com https://twitter.com/heathriel

In 2017 husband and wife team Kathryn Fantauzzia and Dr. David Rabin and together we set out to accelerate the development and translation of novel neuroscience discoveries to address public health needs and improve outcomes.

Recently the World Health Organization officially recognized burnout as a medical syndrome.

This designation is a milestone calling out for the world to combat the collective global crisis of work-related stress.

When left unchecked, chronic daily stress overwhelms the body and mind, burning us out by making it hard to sleep, focus at work, and feel engaged. This leaves us exhausted, depleted, increasingly “checked out” and feeling ineffective, no matter how hard or long we work. Most worrisome, burnout can lead to serious negative health consequences.

The economic consequences of burnout for business are palpable, with studies showing the following figures:

● Two-third of the full-time American workforce suffers from burnout

● On average, workers lose 11.3 days in lost productivity due to chronic stress in the workplace.

● US businesses suffer $63.2B in lost productivity annually due to chronic stress at work.

And the most concerning stat: there are 120,000 stress-attributed deaths a year caused by stress-related illnesses.

We’ve all heard of steps to manage our stress like meditating, exercising regularly, and prioritizing our sleep. However, these activities can be tremendously difficult to pursue when you’re already overwhelmed and stressed out and there is a scientific reason for it - Our bodies are not designed for persistent stress. When faced with constant emails, phone calls, text messages, distraction and interruption, our fear center in our brain becomes overactive, making it significantly harder to sleep, meditate, and focus.

And that’s where Apollo comes in.

Apollo is the only technology to improve sleep and cognitive performance by delivering vibration through a wearable. Apollo works within minutes by signaling safety to the brain and is the only technology that has been clinically validated to improve Heart Rate Variability (HRV), the most reliable predictive measure of how well your body adapts to and recovers from stress. In the age of wearables, many devices including the Apple Watch track your HRV, but do nothing to improve it. By signaling safety to the body, Apollo naturally improves HRV, and restores homeostasis, helping users fall asleep faster, focus, and practice mindfulness more easily. Apollo users can track improvements in their sleep and biometrics within the mobile app.

Apollo has been evaluated in multiple University-led trials, has been tested by over 1,000 beta testers, and has over 500 case studies with long term users, all with consistent results. Over 95 percent of users report enhanced productivity, focus and sleep when using Apollo.

https://shop.apolloneuro.com https://vimeo.com/377890612/9b4f6547d8

Has successfully grown dozens of early stage companies across a wide variety of products and markets, As founding partner, I currently lead market development strategy for the GrowthX portfolio of companies.

GrowthX provides seed-stage venture capital and market development expertise to a select group of startups seeking product-market fit and predictable revenue. Our focus is on helping the entrepreneur make money - not raise money - and we've got it down to a science. Products and markets are unique, but the path to product-market fit and sustainable growth is not.

GrowthX Academy trains individuals and their companies in the skills needed in the innovation economy. Programming areas include Market Acceleration, Entrepreneurial Selling, Growth Marketing and UX Design.

https://growthx.com https://gxacademy.com https://twitter.com/growthxvc

Fairfax Intel is a Charlotte based managed analytics provider with clients throughout the US ranging from early stage companies to SMBs to Fortune 500 firms. We empower organizations to use the right data at the right time. We draw on deep expertise to develop the data-driven decision making infrastructure and programs to guide clients toward opportunities to capitalize on business growth. We are experts in finding public and private open market and deep web data, curated to help our clients see the bigger picture beyond their four walls. We provide steady guidance and planning for organizations managing periods of transition, expansion and marketplace shift. Our core expertise is to architect a custom suite of analysis tools leveraging multi-source data along with strategic frameworks for organizations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 industry leaders. Using best-in-class analytics technology, we meet the diverse needs of businesses regardless of size and market.Solutions are reasonably priced and designed particularly for SMBs.

https://fairfaxintel.com https://twitter.com/fairfaxintel https://www.linkedin.com/company/fairfaxintel

Andrew is a Founding Partner of GrowthX. He has been in the technology sector since 1998, based in New York City, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Palo Alto.

Andrew began his career in technology as a lawyer for the early Internet pioneers in Search (Alta Vista and Yahoo), AdTech (DoubleClick), SaaS (Salesforce) and others while practicing law. He left private practice at Skadden Arps to join DoubleClick leading up to the Google acquisition. Andrew then joined Thomson Financial where he co-founded their financial news business leading to the acquisition of Reuters. At Thomson Reuters, Andrew served as Publisher of Reuters News, where he worked on innovation and design-thinking with nearly 3,000 journalists based in 200 countries worldwide. He then became Co-Founder and Managing Director of the company’s legal media business in Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

After 6 years in Asia, Andrew returned to the U.S. and returned to helping early-stage companies. In Silicon Valley, Andrew was early at Guidespark, an employee communication SaaS platform, and BrightTalk, a content marketing SaaS platform and professional community. He then co-founded GoodMoney to democratize high-performance, values-based investing. During that “wonderful learning opportunity,” Andrew met his current partners and co-founded GrowthX.

Andrew is a Kauffman Fellow, Trustee at the Nashville Children’s Theatre, Founding Organizer of Nashville Entrepreneur Week, Regional Board Member of Venture for America, and a proud Mentor at Alchemist Accelerator in Palo Alto, Matter in San Francisco, WeWork in Nashville, and, nationally, at Galvanize. Andrew received his undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati and his law degree from Georgetown University.

GrowthX provides seed-stage venture capital and market development expertise to a select group of startups seeking product-market fit and predictable revenue. Our focus is on helping the entrepreneur make money - not raise money - and we've got it down to a science. Products and markets are unique, but the path to product-market fit and sustainable growth is not.

GrowthX Academy trains individuals and their companies in the skills needed in the innovation economy. Programming areas include Market Acceleration, Entrepreneurial Selling, Growth Marketing and UX Design.

https://growthx.com https://gxacademy.com https://twitter.com/growthxvc

Serial entrepreneur and technology executive with a passion for launching and building high-growth businesses. Launched 14 of ventures, successfully exiting 9, currently operating 3 and helped launch 89+ companies. Raised $357M+ in venture capital, led 17 acquisitions of venture-backed or public companies and 2 IPOs.

I'm an advocate for diversity and equality in tech. I coach female founders and funders as well as underserved founders in tech. Published author, keynote speaker on female and minority leadership, diversity, entrepreneurship, and cybersecurity. A thought leader and cybersecurity evangelist, frequent industry speaker including RSA, BlackHat, and SANS among others, frequently quoted in SC Magazine, Wired, Red Herring, CSO, Information Week and other publications.

Technology executive with Fortune 50 and entrepreneurial expertise covering all aspects of business and serving in multiple CXO roles focused on the enterprise with clients from SMB to the Global 5000.

Technical: Auditing, Assessment, Incident Response, Risk Management, Security Architecture. A member of the founding OASIS Provisioning Services Technical Committee (PTSC) formed to define an XML-based framework resulting in the unified standard of SPML. Certifications: CISM, GSLC, CIPP, CWSP, GLEG

Business & Corporate Development: Adept at re-engineering processes, creating and driving strategy, developing innovative methodologies to bring products to market. Recruiting and motivating teams to exceed goals. Skilled negotiator, strong leader, effective presenter with proven success influencing and selling concepts to executive teams internally and in client organizations.

http://www.newmarketpartners.com https://twitter.com/joy_randels https://www.linkedin.com/in/joyrandels

The SCA Group, LLC is the premier solution for comprehensive board advisory and consulting services for companies ranging from privately owned small businesses to billion dollar public corporations. The SCA Group's consulting practice focuses on your strategic, operational, financial and capital needs. Our professionals act urgently to respond to the challenges of our clients.

http://www.thescagroup.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-sca-group-llc

Xendoo is a fintech company in the online accounting and bookkeeping space serving small businesses. Our technology enables us to provide three simple monthly rates that include bookkeeping, sales tax, tax planning, corporate tax return filing, and unlimited access to a dedicated CPA team.

We simplify your bookkeeping and accounting and deliver the financial attention you deserve, unlike a traditional CPA relationship where the focus may not be on your big picture. We take a holistic and responsive approach to make your company finances operate faster and better.

By using Xendoo as your business partner, you’ll have the peace of mind you need to do what you do best – build your business.

Founded by Lil Roberts and Steven Gelley, professional entrepreneurs with a passion for helping small businesses achieve financial success, Xendoo provides small businesses with access to cutting-edge tools and CPA’s that think out-of-the-box and go above and beyond standard CPA services, at a low monthly rate. By harnessing proprietary technology, the Team at Xendoo is revolutionizing accounting and empowering business owners to achieve their best financial selves.

https://www.xendoo.com https://twitter.com/Xendoo_ https://www.facebook.com/xendoo

Fattmerchant is an integrated payment technology provider that revolutionizes the payment processing experience for business owners through real-time data analytics, transparent subscription pricing, and award-winning customer service. Instead of percentage markups and hidden fees, Fattmerchant offers business owners the lowest cost of interchange for a flat, monthly subscription saving members thousands of dollars each month.

In addition to these savings, members also benefit from real-time insights and analytics to drive their businesses. Through Omni, Fattmerchant’s robust integrated payments platform, members can view sales and customer information, integrate directly into their ERM and eCommerce solutions, access merchant management, and enjoy a robust marketplace of additional applications. Their real human team is always ready to answer any call, email, or chat. The Fattmerchant payment experience simplifies the most vital aspects of running a business in one convenient location - no hassle, no headaches, and no strings attached!

https://fattmerchant.com https://twitter.com/fattmerchant https://www.facebook.com/fattmerchant

Find out how industry giants such as Lloyds Bank, Rolls Royce, Accenture, Oppenheimer and PwC apply Emotional Intelligence to their businesses, and what Stephen's transformational EI can do for you!

Let us transform your business results through the creation of healthy, happy & powerful teams!

Our mission at ThirdLEVEL is to positively transform peoples’ business success and enjoyment by helping them passionately create well together in collaboratively dynamic ways. We help our clients’ teams build trust with each other and establish deep and lasting connection with their clients in their direct relationships - person to person, team to team. People do business with people they know, like and trust…

All ThirdLEVEL programs are designed, developed and delivered specifically for each client. While we draw from the same core curriculum and thought-leadership bases, we assess, analyze and adapt our programs to fit the situational needs and desires that our clients determine. With more than 25 years of experience in applying emotional intelligence concepts to organizational development and executive coaching, ThirdLEVEL offers:

• Individual and Team Coaching • Emotional Intelligence Assessment and Development • New Team Integration and Existing Team Development • Relationship Facilitation • State of the art engagement studies and improvement programs • Cultural Audits • Sales Effectiveness Training • Motivational Speaking/Presentations

https://www.thirdlevel.com https://twitter.com/ThirdLevel https://www.facebook.com/ThirdLevelInternational

Acceleprise was one of the first SaaS focused accelerators in the United States. Originally founded in Washington DC in 2012, we moved to San Francisco in 2014. We provide entrepreneurs an opportunity to tap into the extensive network of great enterprise companies, mentors and investors the Bay Area has to offer. With the consumerization of the enterprise and continued adoption of the Saas model across every industry, Acceleprise will focus on investing in very early stage companies that are solving very targeted vertical or horizontally specific pain points with an easy to use application and have a team in place with the relevant operating experience to make it happen.

With offices in San Francisco, New York City, and Melbourne, Australia, founders have the opportunity to grow their companies closer to home. The accelerator is a 4 month program focused on getting the companies access to mentors and educational programming to accelerate execution of best practices, introductions to early adopters of technology with the goal of closing their first few paying clients and opportunities to have meaningful conversations with early stage investors.

https://acceleprise.vc https://twitter.com/acceleprise https://www.facebook.com/acceleprise

Las Olas VC is a B2B focused, early stage investment firm backing the next generation of enterprise tech founders. Las Olas VC's mission is to provide capital while leveraging its extensive operating experience and network to help B2B founders win. Dean Hatton, Esteban Reyes, Paul Tanner and Mark Volchek are the Founding Partners of Las Olas VC.

http://www.lasolasvc.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/las-olas-venture-capital https://twitter.com/lasolasvc

Smart Home Sentry (“Sentry") is focused on making home security products more intelligent. Existing home security systems are good for monitoring and reporting, but they do not have the level of sophisticated AI to deliver data where action can be taken without actual human involvement.

The Company’s intelligent platform layers on top of nearly every camera on the market capturing granular data. The platform moves beyond package delivery, providing facial and vehicle identification, people & pet identification and real-time assessment of behavior.

As a result, Sentry AI suppresses up to 95 percent of false alerts and only notifies users for potentially critical events. This advancement in home security delivers a new level of intelligence not seen before.

Sentry fills a gap in the market between home security that makes time-poor consumers self-assess all alerts, and expensive real-human monitoring services.

The company currently offers computer vision and video analytics for security cameras and drones:

Security Cameras: Sentry easily outfits home security cameras with AI technology in minutes.
Security Drones: Sentry automatically detects human activity and moving vehicles from aerial cameras on drones traveling at 35 kmph, 2000m above ground. Drone fleets can be managed with fewer personnel, while enabling a highly effective industrial operation.

https://www.smartsentry.ai https://twitter.com/smarthomesentry https://www.facebook.com/sentryai

Make Your Own Damn Cheese is a deceptively powerful work of non-fiction, cloaked in the disguise of a charming and easy-to-read fable about a young mouse named Earl who wonders ceaselessly about the maze into which he was born. He yearns for a better life, filled with freedom and happiness, and desires more than the maze has to offer―a life where the cheese is plentiful and never out of reach. He believes he needs to get out of the maze, but how?

The reader follows Earl on a journey that introduces him to the mind-expanding teachings and philosophies of personal development gurus Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill, Jim Rohn, Price Pritchett, Bob Proctor, Brian Tracy, and Denis Waitley. In the end, these great teachers show Earl – and the reader – how to experience the ultimate goals of freedom and happiness.

The general structure of this no-nonsense and immediately implementable work is written with a stylistic nod to Spencer Johnson’s Who Moved My Cheese and Deepak Malhotra’s I Moved Your Cheese. With simplicity and clarity, John Chuback delivers powerful concepts that will put you on a path out of the mundane, and allow you to fulfill your true and immense potential.

http://chubackeducation.com https://www.instagram.com/JohnChubackMD/ https://www.facebook.com/chubackeducation

Herman Williams is the Managing Director of the BDO Nashville Healthcare Advisory Practice and is a leader in the BDO Institute for Healthcare Excellence & Innovation. He has extensive experience as a senior hospital executive with healthcare expertise that includes the management and operations of large and small-scale, national clinics and hospitals. His successful leadership has resulted in achieving the highest and safest levels of quality inpatient and outpatient care.

Dr. William’s long tenure in healthcare began as a Healthcare Manager of the Pacific Northwest Healthcare Consulting Division of Arthur Andersen from 1994 -1997. From there, he went on to start his own consulting company, Herman Williams Consulting, from the ground up. As President, Dr. Williams helped deliver physician hospital organizational development and medical staff redesign consulting services including credentialing, bylaws and accreditation preparedness for a national client base. He joined the Greeley Company in 1997 as an External Peer Review Medical Director and Senior Consultant and oversaw over 200 national, external peer reviews across multiple specialties.

Dr. Williams then began his 18 year hospital operations career which spans Rural and Major Urban cities as well as small and large facilities. In his most recent position as Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at RegionalCare Capella Health (RCCH) Healthcare Partners, Dr. Williams has spearheaded the implementation of Physician Leadership Groups (PLGs) at all RCCH facilities, implemented the strategy for RCCH to become a system of “High Reliability Organizations (hospitals)” nationally and oversees all quality initiatives and multiple Medical Staff Affairs solutions.

Dr. Williams holds a Doctor’s of Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine, a Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Washington and a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard University. He is a Board Certified Coach and holds the advanced coaching certificate of Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coach Federation (ICF). Dr. Williams currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife of 27 years and his 22 year old son. He enjoys golfing and is an accomplished musician.

http://clearlivingthelife.com https://twitter.com/hermancoach https://www.facebook.com/ClearLivingTheLife

In 1992, Susan Steinbrecher formed Steinbrecher and Associates, Inc., offering distinctive principle-driven solutions to challenges in the areas of operations, human resources, leadership training and executive coaching. Passionately committed to developing businesses and motivating people, Steinbrecher is an organization that is impeccably responsive to the needs of its clients.

Our mission is to help people be the best they can possibly be both professionally and personally. The success of Steinbrecher’s mission is evident by the roster of new and repeat clients. Our loyal client partnerships can be attributed to our proven ability to increase management and customer-service capabilities, and ultimately, boost profits.

Steinbrecher knows how to get businesses where they want to go and operates with a sense of integrity that consistently makes our clients proud of the journey they took to achieve that success.

https://steinbrecher.com https://twitter.com/SteinbrecherInc https://www.facebook.com/SteinbrecherandAssociates

Digicoop (est. 2015) builds software solutions to help businesses work better and more efficiently. Its main product is Kantree, a simple, flexible and very powerful collaborative work management platform. The company is based in France and operates as a remote-first worker co-op.

Maxime Bouroumeau-Fuseau is a French developer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Digicoop. After several years of developing large-scale web applications, he took time off to travel the world before returning to Paris to start Digicoop.

Pola Henderson is a content writer and communications specialist. Digicoop’s newest team member, she serves at the Content & Community Manager. Pola was born in Krakow and spent many years in Chicago prior to settling in Paris.

Start a free trial: http://kantree.io/signup

https://kantree.io http://digicoop.io https://twitter.com/kantreeapp

Bank of Hodlers aims to provide its users with a customer-centric banking solution leveraging blockchain. We intend to treat your cryptocurrencies as a separate asset class and offer services that ensure technologies based on the blockchain are usable as of today.

Our asset-backed lending and borrowing platform currently supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, TrueUSD and DAI. We will be going live with our platform within a week.

https://bankofhodlers.com https://twitter.com/BankofHodlers https://www.facebook.com/bankofhodlers

"Stoners, young adults and partiers are yesterday’s cannabis users. The new cannabis market is for all adults, all walks of life, and ALL lifestyles.” - Latham Woodward, CEO, Shoogies.

The legalization of cannabis has opened the door to a mainstream audience, yet there still exists a “cannabis culture” that is not entirely welcoming.

The new freedom of the adult general public to purchase differing cannabis products is being hampered at the retail side by people who are in the so-called “culture," and not allowing in brands that serve new and differing buyers.

"What the culture wants" and "what the culture will accept” is limited to a very narrow segment of this society.

Shoogies CEO Latham Woodward considers this way of thinking short-sighted and elitist. He believes that with the advent and legalization of cannabis, there is no longer a unified “culture,” just an entire adult sphere of buyers.

What is Shoogies?

“Shoogies” is a cannabis-infused sweetener available with agave or cane sugar designed to integrate cannabis into your daily life. It’s an on-the-go, use anywhere, use anytime, sweet, sweet treat that brings joy to the things you already do everyday. Shoogies lets you change the way you cocktail, bake, eat, and drink, knowing you are ingesting only the purest ingredients.

Shoogies has adhered to a strict and comprehensive food safety and quality assurance (QA) program throughout its creation, overseen by Chief Food Scientist Christine Ramsey, a 25–year food safety and QA veteran specializing in cannabis-infused products, among others.

Shoogies was created in part to erase the stigma of cannabis and make it more accessible to mainstream consumption for overall wellness. The company has outlined several missions moving forward including:

· Delivering a product for reasonable adult consumption

· An unwavering approach and adoption of green and organic practices

· A complete and holistic approach to child safety in its packaging, advertising and products

On May 1, 2019, Shoogies will be available in 300 stores across California.

https://www.shoogies.com https://twitter.com/shoogiesb https://www.instagram.com/thatshoogiesfeeling/

We are presentation consultants, designers, writers, and coaches.

We believe that the world can become a better place when we learn to clearly express our ideas. We believe we can help get the world there by focusing on individuals, one presentation, one talk, one pitch at a time. We want to help you to analyze your goals, analyze your audience, and structure a presentation that will be simply powerful.

https://presentationsbydeck.com https://www.instagram.com/deck_presentations

Propel(x) is an investing platform focused on deep technology startups, companies rooted in scientific discovery or technological innovation.

Propel(x) is the first platform to enable an online diligence process to help users make informed investment decisions. We curate high-quality deals and propel them from diligence to investment - all on a single platform.

https://www.propelx.com https://twitter.com/propel_x https://medium.com/dissected-by-propel-x

J Kaufman Consulting is proud to be expanding its services into coaching to offer both organizations and individuals to build and enhance their capabilities and accelerate their success in whatever the endeavor they are trying to achieve.

J Kaufman Coaching (JKC) services for individuals focuses on getting the best out of themselves by helping them develop their strengths and work through the daily challenges of business and life.

SERVICES:

EXECUTIVE COACHING JKC provides personal executive coaching to help individuals meet corporate expectations and develop optimal working relationships. J Kaufman Coaching will place the emphasis on you to cultivate strategies to refine skills,confront ineffective attitudes and build better teams. THE KEY ASPECT IS ALWAYS ABOUT IMPROVING PERFORMANCE.

PERSONAL GROWTH/LIFE COACHING Finding success in life encompasses more than what we do for a living. It is about overcoming challenges, our values, and the relationships we nurture in our daily lives. It is about discovering ourselves in the process by finding purpose in our lives. J Kaufman Coaching will help guide clients to nurture this by: -Clarifying situational Issues and Focusing on what you value -Analyze, Prioritize and Establish Personal Goals -Establish a Vision and Create a Personal Action Plan to Set in Motion -Stress Management -Develop Communication and Listening Skills -Cultivate Personal Fulfillment and Satisfaction

EAP for Key Personnel

Jonathan Kaufman uses his skills as a licensed psychotherapist to offer clients employer assistance to help organizations keep their workforce healthy and balanced. It is too often that people in your organization are suffering from workplace stressors such as burnout, organizational restructuring, reduced staff or ever increasing pressures from output. This often affects individuals health, relationships and overall functioning and performance. Let JKC help you help your people.

https://jkaufmanconsulting.com https://twitter.com/@jkaufmanconsult https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathankaufman

We help companies achieve their profitability and process improvement goals by providing expertise in the following areas:

Financial Planning and Analysis
Operational and Informational Reporting
Budgeting Planning and Forecasting
Supply Chain and Demand Planning
Predictive Analytics

During my years with BOARD International I have delivered successful initiatives for Nike, Pulaski Bank, Buffalo Wild Wings, Zales, Atlas Oil and so many others across different industries. One of the important things I learned during almost 100 BI and CPM projects is that while anyone can give you the pieces, success is attained by making sure that they are put together properly. I excel at this by my talent to understand advanced math, numbers and sequences and the skill to translate these in simple business language for your business users.

https://www.g7techservices.com https://twitter.com/g7_tech https://www.instagram.com/g7tech

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he is responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm. He has been with the firm since its inception in 2009 and has overseen its rapid growth, from three employees to 150+ and from $300 million in assets under management to more than $7 billion.

Prior to joining Andreessen Horowitz, Scott worked as vice president and general manager of Software-as-a-Service at Hewlett Packard. Scott joined HP in 2007 as part of the Opsware acquisition, where he was senior vice president of Customer Solutions. In this role, he had global responsibility for customer interaction, including professional services, technical pre-sales, and customer support. Scott joined Opsware shortly after the company’s founding and held numerous executive management positions including vice president, financial planning and vice president, corporate development. In these roles, he led the company’s private financing activities as well as its initial public offering in 2001. Scott also started the company’s Asia Pacific operations and led the execution of the company’s multiple acquisitions.

Prior to Opsware, Scott represented software companies in both financing and mergers and acquisitions transactions at Credit Suisse First Boston and Lehman Brothers. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in public policy with honors and distinction. Scott also holds a law degree with distinction from Stanford University and is a member of the State Bar of California. Scott is chairman of the board of Genesys Works; cofounder and co-director of the Stanford Venture Capital Director’s College; co-founder and co-director of the Stanford Rock Center’s Guide to Venture-Backed Board Membership; Executive in Residence at Haas School of Business and Boalt School of Law; and a Lecturer at Stanford Law School. He is vice-chair of the investment committee of St. Jude’s Children’s Cancer Research Hospital and also serves as a member of the investment committees for Stanford Medical Center, the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and Lick Wilmerding High School.

Scott served as Chairman of the Board of the National Venture Capital Association (2017-2018). He is the author of the forthcoming book (June 2019), published by Portfolio, a division of Penguin, on Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It.

https://a16z.com https://a16z.com/book/secrets-of-sand-hill-road https://twitter.com/skupor

We provide training and advisory services focused on helping companies, their leaders and people experts, improve performance and achieve goals through hiring, motivating, and managing their people more effectively. We publish the GRI, a system that includes robust online people analytics, management techniques, and practical trainings based on proven and reliable behavioral assessments. We work with clients and partners worldwide, including Fortune 500 corporations, privately-held companies, and startups.

https://www.gri.co https://twitter.com/griplatform https://www.linkedin.com/company/griplatform

The 2019 Commemoration is a sub-agency of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, the lead State Agency planning the 2019 quadricentennial commemoration of the first representative legislative assembly; first Africans to arrive in British North America; arrival of women to build community; and the first thanksgiving. The vision of the commemoration is to leverage partnerships and launch a series of programs and events of national and international significance to build awareness of Virginia's role in the creation of the United States and position Virginia as a global leader in education, economic development and tourism.

Ms. Spangler will serve as the principal liaison to state appointed committees and will oversee the planning and execution of the Commemoration.

http://americanevolution2019.com https://twitter.com/Commemorate2019 https://www.facebook.com/Commemorate2019 https://www.americanevolution2019.com/engage/va-history-trails/

G. Brian Benson’s mission is to wake up the world with conscious, thought-provoking media that inspires. In 2008, Brian followed a hunch and left his family’s business, stepping into the unknown. Ever since, inspiration has followed. Letting intuition be his guide, he began to step out of his comfort zone and unexpected paths and talents started to emerge such as writing, acting, and crafting stories. Tapping into this emerging creativity, Brian began his own hero’s journey of self-realization and growth, which continues to influence his empowering and inspiring books, films, and presentations.

Brian an award-winning and #1 best-selling author, radio host, actor, filmmaker and TEDx speaker, knows the value of trusting intuition and wants to share his own personal journey of self-growth, discovery and accomplishment to help others re-connect with their own personal truths to live an authentic and fulfilling life. As a 4x Ironman triathlete and cross-country bicyclist, Brian knows the value of hard work and never giving up on his dreams, a message he shares with audiences through each of his creative expressions.

Brian has a brand new book coming out winter of 2018 called “Habits for Success – Inspired Ideas to Help You Soar” through Mango Publishing available on Amazon.

Before Brian got into acting he authored two books, including "Brian’s List – 26 1/2 Easy To Use Ideas on How to Live A Fun, Balanced, Healthy Life!" which was the winner of a Next Generation Indie Book Award in the Self-Help category. Brian’s second book "Finding Your Voice" was an award-winning Finalist in both the USA Book News and the Indie Excellence Book Awards.

Brian lives in Los Angeles, California.

www.gbrianbenson.com https://www.facebook.com/gbrianbensonmedia https://twitter.com/gbrianbenson

For 30 years have dedicated my life to understanding how children really learn and how the school works. I am deeply concerned that we are not teaching the child of today the intellectual skills and sense of social responsibility they will need in the artificial intelligence dominated world they must live and work in.

Through my work & research I offer a new way to understand intelligence, how it may be better developed in the child & a new method for teaching large classes of students. I have written books for teachers to improve student ability, how to correct dyslexia, how to deal with bullying and for headteachers how a new concept of school could be realized -- just as they offer help to parents to prepare their child for school and how to guide them through it.

I travel around the world to meet educators and parents in my continuing efforts to help all children live in a safer, happier and more stable world.

www.andersenroy.com

YouMail is changing how the world handles phone calls by providing intelligent, cloud-based telecommunication services, having answered well over 5 billion calls from roughly half of the phones in America. YouMail's flagship app is an intelligent call manager that stops robocalls with its highly accurate caller ID and smart blocking technology, provides the industry's easiest one-touch conference calling capabilities, provides an automated virtual receptionist for handling, routing, and responding to calls, and includes the company's award-winning voicemail service. YouMail also produces WhoAreYou, a caller ID and call blocking app on Android, and publishes the YouMail Robocall Index, which tracks the volume and extent of robocalls in the United States.

YouMail was founded in Irvine, Calif, in 2007, and the company is privately funded. YouMail is backed by VantagePoint Capital Partners, Wavemaker Ventures, the Tech Coast Angels ACE Fund, the CrunchFund, the Tech Coast Angels, and numerous private investors and family offices.

https://www.youmail.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id308331524 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.youmail.android.vvm&referrer=utm_source%3DYouMail%26utm_medium%3DOrganic%26utm_campaign%3DHomePageHeader%26utm_term%3D%26utm_content%3D%26

Anne Ahola Ward is chief executive officer at Veritoken Global. Dubbed “The Mother of Startups” by CNN, Ward is an entrepreneur, futurist, and published O’Reilly author. As CEO of Veritoken Global, Ward has led the way for updates in blockchain technology, specifically utilizing previously underappreciated technology known as “Non-Fungible Tokens” (NFTs) to help alleviate global suffering for the unbanked.

In a career that spans more than 15 years, Ward has thrived in most areas of technology and is known for her strategic growth scientist strategies, having mastered nearly every role in web development including DBA, webmaster and developer. Ward was an early entrant into the field of search engine optimization and in 2009 co-founded digital marketing agency, CircleClick, which has worked with world-renowned companies including Apple and Samsung. Ward was named one of Entrepreneur's "27 Top Masters of Marketing that everyone can learn from" in 2014, and "Top 50 Inspirational Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2017." Ward sometimes tours as an IoT Influencer with the elite IBM Futurist Program.

She has worked with Apple, Samsung, Heroku, Twilio, Inc. magazine, Farmer's Insurance, Dr. Phil McGraw (Path to Recovery), A&E Intervention's Ken Seeley and Rikki Rockett from Poison.

https://veritoken.io https://twitter.com/VeriToken_io https://www.instagram.com/veritoken_io

I am the author of The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium (2014). A new, updated edition of the book, including a foreword by Arnold Kling and analysis of Trump, Brexit, and our current political zaniness, was published in December 2018 by Stripe Press.

I have 28 years of experience as Director of Research and senior analyst in the U.S. Government's Open Source Center. I have five years of experience in the private sector as Chief Analyst in Fifth Wave, working as a recognized expert in geopolitical analysis and the development of courses on analysis and open source exploitation, and serving as instructor.

I led the development of new methodologies for analyzing new media, including video persuasion and audience resonance analysis.

I developed highly successful courses and instructed less experienced analysts in navigating the complex new global information landscape.

https://thefifthwave.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgurri https://www.amazon.com/Revolt-Public-Crisis-Authority-Millennium/dp/1732265143

The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

Get Off Your Apps (Goya-Move) is an app that gets kids off their phones and actually moving. We do this by incentivizing kids by rewarding screen time through movement, exercise, and measurable goals. Get Off Your Apps teaches kids about screen time moderation and accountability. Available on both Google Play Store and iOS App Store.

https://www.goyamove.com https://twitter.com/goyamove https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/goya-move-parental-control-app/id1368055924?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootstrap.goya&hl=en_US

A wellness platform and tool for people, coaches and providers to improve outcomes. minder is an advanced wearable that conditions improved posture and diaphragmatic breathing through biofeedback, resulting in better wellness.

Ken is the founder of obVus Solutions and has a proven successful track record of pioneering multi-billion dollar platforms and developing products and devices in practice-based healthcare. Ken has had multiple successful exits from previous ventures in recurring revenue, PaaS, SaaS businesses.

https://www.obvus.me https://www.facebook.com/obvussolutions https://www.linkedin.com/company/obvus-solutions-llc

In a nutshell, Panviva creates customer experience rock stars out of your employees!

How do we do it? Panviva is the world's leading cloud knowledge management solution guiding users step-by-step through processes, policies and procedures. Our real–time solution provides role-specific, contextually relevant information to the end user enabling them to perform their job more effectively and efficiently and deliver 5 star service to their customers. Our methodology relies on layering information which increases the speed of access and minimizes the frustration of search.

Our customers are in banking, finance, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, pay-tv, telecommunications and government. Panviva has enabled our customer base to achieve measurable benefits in time to competency, reduce training costs and improve user engagement, including: • Enhanced customer satisfaction • Full utilisation of enterprise systems • Increased staff productivity • Improved training effectiveness • Continue process improvement • Faster process management • Broader staff capabilities

https://www.panviva.com https://twitter.com/Panviva https://www.linkedin.com/company/panviva

Jukin Media is a global entertainment company built on the belief that the future of storytelling is user generated. Jukin provides a wide range of solutions that allow premium brands, publishers, and media networks, to commercially utilize user -generated video content. Jukin produces original content for TV, the web, and emerging platforms, and is owner/ operator of a portfolio of social video properties that includes FailArmy, People Are Awesome, The Pet Collective, and JukinVideo; the properties combine for more than 100 million fans online and 3+ billion monthly video views.

https://www.jukinmedia.com https://twitter.com/JukinMedia https://www.youtube.com/user/JukinMedia

Ron has a thirty-year track record helping executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization, and leadership — from start-ups to Fortune 10s, non-profits to heads-of-state, turn-arounds to new markets and strategies, overhauling leadership and culture to re-designing for growth. With experience in more than 25 countries on 4 continents, he helps organizations articulate strategies that lead to accelerated growth, and then designs programs to execute those strategies. The best-selling author of eight books, including the recent Amazon #1 Rising to Power, Ron is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, where Navalent’s work on leadership was named one of 2016’s management ideas that mattered most. He is also a regular contributor to Forbes, and a two-time TEDx speaker. His work’s been featured in Fortune, CEO Magazine, Inc., BusinessInsider, MSNBC, Business Week, and Smart Business.

http://www.navalent.com https://twitter.com/@navalent https://www.linkedin.com/company/navalent

I started Dressing Room 8 to create an online platform where women can learn how to dress with confidence, think with clarity, and live with purpose. I provide business consultation services, life & business coaching, and public speaking services. Aside from running Dressing Room 8, I am an Adjunct Professor at Nassau Community College where I teach Introduction to Women’s Studies. I am the Lifestyle Editor for Plus Model Magazine and I am the Program Coordinator for Long Island Girl Talk, a Long Island community-based start-up program that teaches teenage girls how to produce, direct and star in their own television show about women’s issues in their communities. Recently, I partnered with my husband to create the new podcast WokeNFree and I am the host of Our Voices on 90.3 WHPC.

https://www.dressingroom8.com https://twitter.com/dressingroom8 https://www.linkedin.com/in/natashamnurse

Stayhealthy's mission is to empower, inspire, and give hope to individuals, families, and communities to become healthier by providing lifestyle solutions using enhanced engagement technology and a global community wellness network. Founded in 1995, the company has been an industry leader at the intersection of health and wellness. Since that time, its innovative FDA cleared technologies and devices have enabled users to measure, track, and change their health for the better.

Stayhealthy's mission is focused on providing personal solutions to address the growing epidemic of diseases that are linked directly to excess body fat such as many cancers, Type 2 diabetes, and stroke. The company's latest breakthrough is a screening tool for excess body fat that uses a mobile platform and augmented reality to demonstrate the effects of excess fat along with the solutions and incentives to reduce it.

Stayhealthy has brought together creative minds from science and medicine, media and entrepreneurship, advertising and design, and technology. Prior to founding Stayhealthy, CEO John Collins had successful careers in the music industry and public relations until a personal life-changing experience led to his passion for transforming healthcare. Stayhealthy's President, Ziggy Kormandel, has had a celebrated career of over three decades as a creative agency executive and serial entrepreneur who holds multiple patents including for groundbreaking augmented reality tech. Their shared vision has resulted in the merging of patented healthcare technology and AR to deliver unique interactive experiences that educate, engage, and empower people on how to manage their own health.

https://www.stayhealthy.com https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stayhealthy.colorquest&hl=en https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/color-quest-an-art-adventure/id1435974934?mt=8

As a serial entrepreneur whose story, work and clients have been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Huff Post and more, I am on a mission to help individuals and companies bridge communication gaps that keeps them from connecting with their target audiences.

Who do I work with?

Corporate Entities I help, consult and train decision makers in corporations on how to identify communication gaps in their culture and leadership to create a cohesive and collaborative work environment for executive, managers and employees.

Small Business & Entrepreneurs I coach, consult and train SBOs and entrepreneurs on how to effectively communicate their value and unique selling proposition they can attract their ideal customers and clients — to increase their bottom line. Including but not limited to brand awareness and strategic partnerships.

Millennials I coach, consult and train millennials and those associated to explore career options that fuel creativity and spark sustainable ideas to build lucrative companies.

I work in multi-faceted settings including one-on-one, small groups and teams, small and large conferences and summits as well as through digital methods. Hire me to work with you and your team or to bring my expertise and energy to your next event as a speaker.

Areas of Influence & Authority: Entrepreneurship, Consulting, Small Business, Storytelling, Marketing & Media, Personal Development, Professional Development, Training & Development, Social Media Management, Digital Marketing, Public Relations, Ghostwriter

https://maleekahollaway.com https://twitter.com/officialmaleeka https://www.linkedin.com/in/maleekathollaway

Robin is a serial tech entrepreneur and investor. He is CEO and Co-founder of Yoti, the digital identity app.

Prior to Yoti, Robin was Co-founder and Finance Director at Gamesys, one of the world's leading online gaming operators. He is also a serial angel investor in a handful of technology companies and a trustee of Future First.

https://www.yoti.com https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/yoti-wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/09164338/Yoti-Age-Scan_WP_09.01.19.pdf https://twitter.com/getyoti

Experience Real History, a San Antonio, Texas based education technology company, develops an array of fun and exciting historical apps and products for the retail and educational markets under the Experience Real History (ERH) brand. All products utilize innovative Augmented Reality to bring historical sites and figures to life.

Products include interactive Augmented Reality collector’s cards, Reality Boards™, puzzles, figurines, coasters and books, with additional products currently in development.

Currently developing the Experience Real History-Gettysburg Edition.

https://www.experiencerealhistory.com https://www.instagram.com/experiencerealhistory https://www.facebook.com/ExperienceRealHistory

Office of Machine Intelligence The space where impossibility intersects reality. Where companies speed beyond norms and realize an exploded potential. Where light filters out the dark. And machine intelligence makes everything about your business more intelligent.

Hypergiant Space Age Solutions Division The guiding light for Fortune 500 companies. Providing understanding, creation and implementation at the intersection of experience and machine intelligence. Analyzing data. Teaching machines to teach themselves ‐ in order to create powerful technology solutions and smarter, more efficient human workforces.

Hypergiant Sensory Sciences Division The rapid proliferation of cameras, sensors and locations under surveillance has generated an urgent requirement for a breakthrough in the ability to persistently observe, analyze and learn from our physical surroundings. Thus the mission: develop and implement sensory perception at scale powered by machines that can see, sense and alert us when important things happen in our environments.

Hypergiant Galactic Systems Division Hypergiant Galactic Systems is a revolutionary orbital systems and constellations enterprise that combines artificial intelligence with proprietary hardware and the latest advancements in space access. Focused on evolving international commerce with more accessible and affordable space missions, Hypergiant Galactic Systems identifies, invests in, and acquires celestial technologies that can be integrated with and enhanced by machine intelligence.

https://www.hypergiant.com https://twitter.com/hypergiant https://www.instagram.com/gohypergiant

Altuit does reality. Augmented. Virtual. And unlimited. An independent design firm with deep experience in cognitive visualization and content development. Cross-reality solutions for your big idea. We do that.

Our group is very diverse and interdisciplined, so our attention to process and methodology is critical. Many of us have worked together with each other for well over 10 years. Our goal is to use our 5Ds process, including the unique Cognitive Visualization™ to help our clients communicate to themselves, their partners and customers, whether they are software, product or cross–reality.

Our latest project created for the startup company, Alamo Reality, is a massively scaled augmented reality project called Experience Real History: Alamo Edition.

https://www.altuit.com https://www.experiencerealhistory.com https://www.experiencerealhistory.com/using-the-products

Karen Walker is an executive coach, consultant, speaker and author - focused on helping senior leaders create internal strategies that support their organizations’ external growth. Karen helped lead the (then) fastest growing - and fastest to $1B annual revenue - company in American history: Compaq Computer. from startup to $15 billion in annual revenue. After 14 years there, she left to launch her consultancy.

She now serves as an executive advisor, coach and consultant to CEOs and senior organization leaders to grow their companies — with outcomes including IPOs, acquisitions, market share increases, and dramatic leadership development. Karen’s work has enabled sustained growth in a multitude of companies, including startups, Inc. 500 and Fortune 500 firms

Karen has a B.S. degree in engineering from Texas A&M University and graduated from the ODHRM program at Columbia University. She has served on advisory committees to Rice University and Texas A&M University, and on the executive board of The Alley Theatre.

No Dumbing Down: A Guide for CEOs on Organization Growth is a book for a companys senior-most leaders. It teaches them how to do a job only they can do: aligning the organizations internal and external strategies for profitable, sustainable growth. This book will help CEOs and other senior leaders create and align the internal strategies and structures that support external growth.

"No Dumbing Down is a “must read” for any new or seasoned CEO, looking to effectively grow their organization. With inspirational and relevant quotes from leaders in industries and with analytic tools, Karen navigates the pitfalls we all encounter that impact a company’s culture. It is not enough to look at the bottom line and focus on team-building; good CEO’s must constantly assess how they actively harness a culture of performance. This book doesn’t just ask leaders to reflect on the possibility of culture shifts; it demands it! " -Miki Kapoor, CEO Verana Health

https://karenwalker.us https://twitter.com/KarenWalkerUS https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenwalkerus

Cam Kashani is known as the "Godmother of Silicon Beach". She is a 3x founder, a highly sought after transformational and mindset coach, cofounder and CEO of a powerful and innovative coaching program called COACCEL: The Human Accelerator, an Expert Speaker with US State Department, and a single mom of twin boys. She’s worked with 4000+ Entrepreneurs and 700+ startups and was as named as one of the most "Inspirational Women in Tech" by Inc. Magazine.

She previously cofounded the first coworking space in Los Angeles for technology startups and entrepreneurs in 2010, Coloft. During her four years there, Coloft had over 1800 alumni, including Uber LA, Instacart, Fullscreen and others. Cam is on a mission is to humanize business, and her vision is a global economy that thrives on “WE” as opposed to “ME”.

While Cam works with men and women, she has a deeply rooted passion for working specifically with women as she believes that women that embrace their deeply rooted power can collectively shift the energy in business, and ultimately create a more harmonious environment for us all.

https://www.coaccel.com https://www.instagram.com/coaccelerate https://www.facebook.com/coaccel

Brian Fried is a serial inventor with many of his inventions reaching mass retail, As Seen On TV, home shopping channels, catalogs and online retailers through licensing and manufacturing. He is the author of "Inventing Secrets Revealed" and "You & Your Big Ideas", has been featured in the media including; New York Times, Inc. Magazine, Newsday, Inventors Digest, CBS News, Food Network and WPIX11. Brian hosts Got Invention Radio, interviewing high profile guests including, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and Lori Greiner from ABC's Shark Tank and over 150 interviews.

He founded and continues as President of inventor clubs on Long Island representing Nassau and Suffolk counties. Brian mentors and represents individual inventors to celebrities at all stages of the invention process, providing feedback, product development, licensing representation and turnkey solutions to make ideas a reality.

He is considered an authority and advocate for inventors within the invention community. Brian has been requested as a guest speaker on innovation and invention at major trade shows, government agencies, schools and libraries throughout the country. He recently received the Innovator of the Year Award on Long Island and Proclamation from the County Executive.

Fried was recently appointed as the Executive Director of the United Inventors Association of America.

http://brianfried.com https://inventorsmart.com http://www.uiausa.org

Marie Incontrera is a speaker; social media, publicity, and TEDx speaker consultant; author; avant garde musician; and fitness enthusiast. Her consulting services include: social media and online branding services for individuals and small businesses; media bookings (podcasts, internet radio, traditional radio, and more); TEDx talk development and speaker booking outreach; and book launch services.

Marie’s social media clients have included national best-selling business authors, medical professionals, wellness experts, a popular science-based gaming app, and more. Her speaker clients have booked TEDx conferences across the country (She has a 100% success rate getting her clients placed!) Her media clients have been booked on popular podcasts and radio stations such as The World’s Most Amazing People, Entrepreneur On Fire, and more.

Marie is the author of the Amazon best-seller, Social Your Book Launch. She will be speaking at TEDxSevilleSq in August 2018. When she’s not working, she can be found playing with the Eco-Music Big Band, or on the roller derby track.

https://www.incontrera.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/marie-incontrera-0b84219

Many of us want to get the most out of life and to discover our purpose, but daily chaos and distraction keep us from taking the time to figure this out. The Search for Aliveness documentary series shares diverse perspectives on what people do to feel alive, inviting us to slow down, reflect, and to begin making choices that will increase our own aliveness.

https://www.thesearchforaliveness.com https://www.instagram.com/thesearchforaliveness https://www.facebook.com/TheSearchForAliveness

The Agency Spotter platform is reinventing how marketers and agencies connect and how they work together. We are using technology, data and design to organize the creative industry, improving agency search and management.

AgencySpotter.com is the digital destination where businesses find and partner with creative agencies across advertising, digital, design, PR, mobile, social media, research and much more.

Agency Spotter helps marketing, strategy and innovation experts find the best agency partners, taking agency search from months to minutes, and providing tools to help make more confident decisions. As a result, the platform helps all kinds of agencies gain more focused exposure and land new business.

https://www.agencyspotter.com https://twitter.com/agencyspotter https://www.facebook.com/agencyspotter

We specialize in recruitment technologies, services and solutions.

ATLAS by Workland is a new generation, intelligent talent acquisition platform that automates job posting and social media sourcing, allows for instant processing and filtering of CVs, and tracks high potential candidacies from the beginning to the end of the hiring process.

ATLAS is the only bilingual technological solution developed to help achieve the end result targeted by Recruitment Agencies: Achieving ultimate recruitment performance: Speed, Quality of results & Cost efficiency.

We aim to accelerate and facilitate the entire hiring process by automating the MATCH process between talents and businesses. We make sure to look beyond CVs and job descriptions while ensuring great ‘fit’ between interested parties, for long-lasting work relationships.

Through the alliance of human and technology, Workland truly is recruitment done differently.

http://www.workland.com https://www.facebook.com/atlasworkland https://www.instagram.com/workland.official

Our mission is to help international students get into the best school possible. Students enter their grades and what they want to study and our algorithm begins recommending schools that best match their goals and abilities.

https://zept.co https://www.facebook.com/zeptinc https://www.instagram.com/zeptco

I just started back working with these guys as the Chief Design Officer

Our vision is a world in which people with power are accountable. It is a world in which resources are used wisely, decisions benefit everyone fairly, and people lead secure lives. We are catalyzing a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders around the world by supporting change-makers to develop and implement positive ideas for integrity in their communities. By enabling people to generate the knowledge, skills and networks needed for accountability, we unleash positive social and economic change.

We have three mutually-reinforcing objectives: to support a positive movement to build accountability; provide substantive, flexible and long-term support for those leaders who can collectively lead this movement within specific contexts; and support collaboration around accountability and open governance.

http://www.accountabilitylab.org https://twitter.com/AccountLab https://www.instagram.com/accountlab

Nathan Pettijohn is a talent manager, producer, and growth hacker. In 2011, Nathan founded Cordurouy, where he now serves as CEO. Cordurouy leads digital strategy for numerous brands and influencers. As a talent manager, Nathan represents business innovators such as Janice Bryant Howroyd (Founder and CEO, The ActOne Group). Nathan is a contributing writer for Forbes on topics relating to what business leaders need to know about innovations in media and digital strategy, and is the coauthor of #1 Amazon Bestseller, Zen and the Art of Admin Tasks, a tactical guide to outsourcing your administrative work so that you can focus on driving exponential value in your personal and work life.

https://www.cordurouy.com https://www.instagram.com/becordurouy https://twitter.com/becordurouy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F3JH2MY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_wtRnBbM4MCC5C

Zen and the Art of Admin Tasks

Wysdom.ai is leading the way in using AI to deliver fast personalized customer service. There are 6 trillion customer service transactions a year and 80% of them will be automated by AI.

The Wysdom platform is the world's leading AI based Digital Care solution. By using 4 years of accumulated AI training data, massive amounts of customer data as context, along with the latest in AI technologies, Wysdom is able to deliver highly qualified responses to customers’ natural language questions with the highest accuracy in the world today.

https://wysdom.ai https://twitter.com/wysdomAI https://www.facebook.com/WysdomAI

Sudden is great coffee you can enjoy anywhere in just seconds. We buy beans from amazing producers and roasters, brew the coffee by hand and turn it into delicious instant coffee.

Get our 2-Cup Trial Pack FREE Today! https://goo.gl/twP7Jc Use Code: COFFEERUSH

Featured in The New York Times, Food & Wine, CNBC, VICE News and more. Chosen as one of the Imbibe top 75 brands to try in 2018.

Backed by Y Combinator, Founder Collective, CRV, and Lifeline Ventures.

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Our mission is to enable business owners and HR professionals to attract the right talent by showcasing their company culture.

About Us The world of recruiting has changed. Job seekers are no longer looking for just a desk and a paycheck; they want to work for an employer who aligns with their lifestyle and values. They’re looking for a place to belong, to feel respected and to contribute. At WorkScene, we envision a world in which companies move away from traditional job sites toward a more cost-effective, inbound recruiting strategy, one that showcases culture and the qualities job seekers are looking for in an employer.

We believe that your culture and employer brand are the most important tools for attracting the right talent. But let’s face it, only candidates who interview in-person can see what makes your company a great place to work. We have found a way to bottle that greatness so it can be shared and used to bring the right talent to your doorstep.

WorkScene is the new standard in best recruiting practices. After decades of recruiting, and numerous failed attempts at social recruiting, our founder assembled a team of corporate recruiters, employer branding experts and digital marketing professionals to develop a social media platform designed for recruiting. They evaluated the pro and cons of top social media platforms and job sites to create WorkScene. With a WorkScene Page, you can attract the right talent, build and maintain genuine relationships with the members of your Private Talent Community and, over time, convert job seekers into hires—all while eliminating the need for paid job listings.

Give passive and active job seekers a look behind the scenes. Job seekers want to understand your employer value proposition. They want to know all about you, right upfront, and they’re researching your company before they apply. But while they can gather information, they have no way of seeing what it’s really like to work for you until they come in for a job interview. A WorkScene Page gives your business a central place to show job seekers why they should work for you.

Sign up now for a FREE 12-month Charter Pro Membership to try WorkScene.com. The newest social media platform designed for recruiting, sourcing, employer branding and showcasing your company's culture. Just go to www.workscene.com/charter and enter in the guest code FREE2019

A dedicated customer success manager will contact you to answer questions and provide assistance.

https://workscene.com https://twitter.com/WorkSceneHQ https://www.facebook.com/WorkSceneHQ

GoodRx helps Americans save on prescriptions.

Americans spend over $400 billion a year on prescriptions, and too many people simply can't find affordable prescriptions. Even if you have insurance or Medicare.

We offer a website and mobile apps that gathers current prices, powerful savings tips and valuable discounts for every prescription drug at virtually every pharmacy in the US.

GoodRx is used by thousands of physicians and millions of Americans each month. We have saved Americans over $3 billion. We're not going to rest until prescriptions are affordable for all Americans.

We also offer GoodRx for Benefits, which provides technology solutions for health plans, payors and PBM's in an easy-to-understand website and mobile app experience.

http://www.goodrx.com https://twitter.com/goodrx https://www.facebook.com/goodrx

RedWorks Construction Technologies Inc. began as a design team for a NASA habitat competition, and from that space-directed research is developing on-site 3D printing systems to radically cut construction overhead costs and the need for site infrastructure by giving builders the tools to create any materials they need, on-site, from a marketplace of designs generated by leading architects and universities.

RedWorks began to solve the problem of building in space, and now we're taking those lessons to make it easier to build on Earth.

Our team is creating a flexible system to 3D print building materials from the dirt beneath your feet. This construction system will use local materials to make it less costly to build on Earth, by using long established architectural concepts in concert with new adapted organic construction technologies.

http://www.redworks3d.com https://www.facebook.com/RedWorksCTI https://twitter.com/RedWorksCTI

Morgan Hill is helping technology companies - from start-up to scale-up - transform digital disruption into a sustainable competitive advantage through data-driven strategy and execution. As a result of our expertise in strategic consulting combined with more than 100 combined years of operational excellence and a proven track record creating value, the plans we create together achieve organizational alignment and grow the bottom line.

As trusted advisers, we are relentlessly focused on our customers' success. We deliver excellence and increase the likelihood of capital raise / sale with strategy, technology, revenue and leadership solutions.

★ Strategy & Investment Planning ★ Market & Opportunity Assessment - Competitive Analysis - Structure & Culture - Financing & M&A

★ Executive Leadership ★ Executive & Board Placements - Dashboard & KPI Measurement - Sales & Marketing - Technology

★ Product Excellence ★ Technology Architecture - Product & Marketplace Development - Customer Success & Support

★ Revenue Development ★ Direct & Channel Go-to-Market Strategy & Messaging - Customer Acquisition - Pricing

Morgan Hill is Relentlessly Transforming Businesses.

https://www.morganhillpartners.com https://twitter.com/MHPAdvisory https://www.facebook.com/MHPAdvisory

Ember Medical is modernizing EMS and increasing the efficiency of emergency care. With a unique mobile platform, we’ve combined crowdsourcing, geolocation services, and telehealth technology to reduce emergency response times and provide triage services before patients get to the waiting room.

Our user-friendly mobile app allows users to alert 911 and our growing network of medics simultaneously. With one-step touch, voice, or smart wearable activation, it’s faster and more efficient than a call with 911 dispatch, and Ember medics arrive on the scene in less than 5 minutes.

Our in-app audio and video call feature also allows patients to receive professional recommendations from our Ember network on what kind of care is right for them—whether that’s the ER, urgent care, or an urgent appointment with a primary care provider.

By focusing first on providing EMS care to sudden cardiac arrest victims, Ember has a target market of 92 million at-risk Americans. With a wealth of emerging opportunities to bring on large-scale health insurers, Ember is looking to expand to address all medical emergencies—anaphylactic shock, opioid overdose, stroke, etc—responding to an additional 1 million cases per year.

https://www.embermed.com https://twitter.com/embermedical https://www.facebook.com/embermedical

At Pass It Down, we believe it's time to rethink the way communities share their history because history hasn't kept up with technology. To that end, we created the Pass It Down platform, an innovative new way to engage people in telling and sharing stories and history.

Upload, categorize and deploy. It’s that easy. Pass It Down is the leading all-in-one platform built to bring your digital collections and archives to life on any phone, tablet, computer or kiosk. Plus, we are the only platform that allows your community to upload multi-media memories and narratives straight to your digital collections.

Start Crowdsourcing Your History Today.

We serve cities, libraries, businesses, historical societies and foundations that want to create and share their rich historical narrative with the world.

https://www.passitdown.com https://www.instagram.com/pass_it_down https://twitter.com/passitdown

Verrency is a global payments innovator that has a mission to put financial institutions back at the centre of the innovation. Our payments API platform has been designed to enable financial institutions to innovate more efficiently and effectively through a single connection. Our platform works with their existing payments infrastructure and messaging, allowing them to:

• Leverage internally-built services that sit across: Loyalty and Rewards Redemption, Transaction Round Ups, Device and Card Management, Real Time Payment Data Publishing and Digital Currency Enablement • Utilise our marketplace services as an integration point for Fintechs, data analytics and loyalty partners to the bank • Utilise our platform as a payments sandbox to quickly test and scale innovations

Verrency’s platform has been designed with Tier 1 financial institutions in mind and works in the background, enabling the Bank to continue to control the consumer journey. Once connected, all our features (and future ones) are enabled in the live payments flow, ensuring instant gratification for the end consumer.

We are currently working with some of the world’s largest banks, card issuers and payment processors to bring these new capabilities to their customers.

We have offices is Australia, Singapore, USA and UK and are expanding further into Europe and Asia.

http://www.verrency.com https://twitter.com/verrency https://www.linkedin.com/company/verrency

I am the leading AR tech evangelist in Hollywood, creating augmented reality technology for motion picture effects, interactive, and location-based entertainment. The teams I've built are hard at work creating the most high-end AR illusions in the world. In March 2018, I had the incredible honor of winning the SXSW Accelerator Startup Pitch for the AR/VR Technologies category, received for my presentation of ARwall. Most recently, I designed ARwall's first ARFX Lab which opens February 2019 in Burbank, CA.

http://arwall.co https://twitter.com/ARwallco https://www.instagram.com/arwallco

We talk how to build a successful hardware startup.

Ventrify is a group of collaborative multi-industry professionals who work together to cultivate your idea into a successful product and brand. After first performing market feasibility studies, we work with you to build your product through an A-Z process that includes a series of design and prototyping phases before mass producing it in Asia for globally competitive rates.

Combining marketing, design, and manufacturing into a single adaptive process, we guarantee that your product hits the market with a bang. In order to offer our clients a unique and full experience, we have built Ventrify to offer more than traditional design and manufacturing firms:

The products we mass produce are optimized specifically for Asian mass production, and we take on full responsibility for the quality of our manufacturing.
Marketing is a fundamental pillar of our service; this inspires us to develop quality products that will be lucrative and marketable.
We develop both the hardware and software side of a product simultaneously. This means that the product-user interfaces are designed alongside the aesthetic elements of a device ensuring excellent functionality.
From the start of the design process, we collaborate with the Asian factories that will be manufacturing and assembling your product.
We operate in Canada and Asia; your product will be developing around the clock. This makes us much more efficient than firms running out of only one continent.

https://www.ventrify.ca https://twitter.com/VentrifyInc https://www.facebook.com/Ventrify

Chris Denson is an award-winning innovator, marketer, recovering comedian, and host of the Innovation Crush interview series, with over 200 episodes and 700,000 subscribers around the world. Having been a guest speaker, curator, and attendee at 100’s of industry events, Chris is an expert at uncovering the best thinking and commonalities across a diverse array of cultures. Applying his expertise to the likes of The White House, Google Launchpad, C2: Montreal, and Omnicom Media Group, his work has been featured in Adweek, Forbes, the New York Times, and Inc., to name a few.

As an industry taste-maker, he most recently served as Director of Omnicom Media Group’s Ignition Factory, the key group responsible for emerging innovations across media, technology, and culture for Fortune 50 clients including Warner Bros, Wells Fargo, The CW, Hilton, Asics and more.

With an early background steeped in stand-up comedy, screenwriting, and production, Chris conceived Innovation Crush in 2013, launching the series in 2014 alongside Levity Entertainment Group. Prior to his work in innovation, Chris worked in front of – and behind the camera for Paramount, BET, Playboy Television, Machinima, the American Film Institute’s Digital Content Lab, and more. He has also been a featured speaker and curator at numerous events around the world from The White House Global Entrepreneurship Summit, Innovate Finance Global Summit, and SXSW.

Author, Crushing the Box: 10 Essential Rules for Breaking Essential Rules which is an Amazon #1 Bestseller.

If everyone followed the rules, Grace Hopper would've never invented the computer, George Lucas wouldn't have visited a galaxy far, far away, and Colonel Sanders would still be pumping gas. True innovators think way outside the box—stomping it down and tap dancing over it on their way to success. With these ten unexpected metaphors to guide you, you too can demolish the status quo and claim creative victory.

Chris Denson's colorful career has given him unique perspective on how great breakthroughs happen. In Crushing the Box, he shares wisdom and stories from his experiences and those of innovation rock stars to help you find your own inspired path. From learning to swim like an otter to fleeing like a refugee or even ruining everything, Chris's unconventional and irreverent advice will help you reimagine, experiment, collaborate, grow and succeed…. It's time the break all the rules and kiss that boring old box goodbye.

http://thecrush.co https://twitter.com/densonology https://www.instagram.com/densonology

Creativity isn’t a finite personality feature – it’s a skill that EVERYONE can master with the right mindset. Adam Wilber proves that theory as a world-class magician, author, inventor, and keynote speaker with a limitless supply of creative ideas.

As a keynote speaker and creative thinking workshop leader, Adam engages, challenges, and inspires audiences with the promise that everyone can learn how to be creative. The impacts of innovation range from success in business to personal fulfilment and happiness. Adam brings compelling energy to the stage with the perfect mix of magic entertainment and unique creativity concepts that will revolutionize the way that you think and dream.

His five books define the magic formula of creativity and are the must-have manuals for anyone that wants to improve their creative quotient. Adam’s voice resonates with readers and delivers the insight that everyone needs to recognize and embrace innate creativity. Just like any other learnable skill, improvement is possible.

Adam performed his very first magic trick at the age of six and instantly fell in love with the art form. Magic is a wide category with dozens of specialties and he was eager to master all of them. Adam practiced diligently to perfect the classic, iconic tricks of mentalism, illusionism, and sleight of hand, but it wasn’t enough - the real thrill was rooted in invention and innovation.

Upgraded magic tricks and brand-new illusions skyrocketed Adam’s career as a professional magician. The never-before-seen inventions and illusions were highlighted on national television shows, including Penn & Teller, and in front of thousands of awestruck audiences at private and corporate events.

In addition to inventing tricks and props for himself, Adam is the GM of Ellusionist, a company that invents tricks for other magicians. With the creative capacity to think through both sides of the illusion, Adam not only fooled audiences, but he also stunned his fellow magicians. Today, Ellusionist is the world’s largest magic company with a line of must-have magic essentials. Adam sits at the helm as general manager with full creative control and marketing experience for multi-million dollar products.

Magic gave Adam an outlet to grow, challenge, and refine his creative skills. Through every invention, revolutionary business decision, and real-time improvisational quip on stage, he cemented his position as the authority on creativity and innovation. Now, he’s on a mission to teach others and spark an inferno of creativity in every audience.

Adam performs corporate entertainment all over the country. While not traveling the country performing, lecturing, and keynote speaking on creativity, design, and imagination; Adam can be found outside in nature with his two children and friends. If you're looking for today's best comedy magician and mentalist then let Adam fill your corporate entertainment needs.

https://www.adamwilber.com https://twitter.com/adamwilber https://www.facebook.com/adamwilbermagic

It wasn’t until I successfully recovered from my own bad credit and mismanaged finances that I realized how much power I truly had…LEVERAGE, CREDIBILITY and BUYING POWER!

I now have access to limitless opportunities, stability, and I am able to build generational wealth. The stress free lifestyle and freedom that came with this gave me a new outlook on life and with that, I made it my mission to share what I learned to help others. That is when Luxurious Credit was born!

The inspiration behind Luxurious Credit is to give people the opportunity to live their dreams!

With the help of Luxurious Credit, people will be able to restore their bad credit and mismanaged finances to become credible again. Through our quality wealth building programs and products, clients will be able to successfully reach their financial goals and sustain buying power.

For over 10 years we have been successful in helping consumers improve their life and accomplish their credit and financial goals. Having Luxurious Credit isn’t just an experience, it is a lifestyle.

We created a positive uplifting environment to keep your motivated and focused on your transition to having Luxurious Credit.

Our Luxurious Credit Success Team are individuals who offer a high end concierge style level of customer service and are always eager to assist you.

We understand that no one’s credit situations or credit goals are the same and therefore the programs we offer are specifically customized to suit your credit and financial needs.

Not only do we help you obtain a Luxurious Credit Lifestyle, we will equip you with the essential tools and resources needed to maintain it. Having Luxurious Credit is not just an experience, it’s a Lifestyle.

https://luxuriouscredit.com http://ambcreditconsultants.com https://twitter.com/LuxuriousCredit

XCINEX is an audience detection per-viewer transaction services and technology provider. With our IP, we have created Venue, a global entertainment platform that bridges the gap between theatrical release and OTT streaming services. The idea behind Venue is to bring the latest theatrical release movies, live concerts, sports, comedy shows, Las Vegas shows, musicals, operas and much more directly to the consumer's home. XCINEX’s proprietary software, audience monitoring sensor and content delivery system is what creates Venue, a streaming experience that ensures that all persons in the viewing area purchase a ticket in order to stream the content.

With Venue, everyone can soon enjoy premium content from the comfort, safety, privacy and convenience of their home. On the flip side, since Venue is a digital exhibitor that replicates the theatrical model in the home, it adds value to content by exponentially increasing its box office numbers. Venue is the future of entertainment and you can support the revolution today by becoming a free member. Visit us on the web and sign up today to take advantage of the early adopter benefits. Don't forget to follow us on social media to stay up to date on our progress as we get closer to launch.

https://www.xcinex.com https://twitter.com/XCINEXtm https://www.instagram.com/xcinex

All CEOs want predictable revenue, passionate teams, & profitable growth. How do we get these? How do we keep these? How do we GROW these?

Sometimes the intangibles behind these goals can be the hardest things to implement, and that’s where I come in. I help leaders navigate change, create profitable company cultures, and empower their teams to become thriving Smart Tribes.

Here’s what one of my C-level clients had to say: “STI has made a huge difference in the growth of our company, the level of leadership across the team, the sense of ownership in all of our employees. In addition they are helping me perform at new levels I had not known were possible…

Our employees are more engaged and taking greater initiative, our emerging leaders are learning how to be more effective and are mentoring their reports to be the same, and our company is reaping the substantial benefits. We are on track to double our 8-digit revenue in the coming year.”

What could be possible for YOU?

Get started with our free gift to you at http://smarttribesinstitute.com/FreeTools

And if you want to know more about me, please follow me here: Web: www.SmartTribesInsitute.com Forbes Blog: http://blogs.forbes.com/christinecomaford/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/@Comaford NY Times bestselling books: SmartTribes: How Teams Become Brilliant Together Rules For Renegades!

For coaching and workshop inquiries, please email Alexis@SmartTribesInstitute.com For keynote, speaking, and podcast inquiries, please email Tami@SmartTribesInstitute.com

"One of 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs in 2017" –Huffington Post

*THE GROWTH ARCHITECT

Beate Chelette is The Growth Architect and a results-oriented businesswoman with an entrepreneurial spirit and a proven track record in growing, building and scaling businesses.

Once $135,000 in debt and a single mother, she successfully sold her business to a global entertainment media company owned by Bill Gates in a multi-million dollar deal.

Through her online courses, one-on-one training programs and live speaking events, she mentors women entrepreneurs with her 5 Star Success Blueprint, developed with the knowledge gleaned from her growing, scaling and selling her own company.

Please join Entrepreneur & Small Business Forum at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3173603

*THE WOMEN'S CODE

Beate has a deep commitment to supporting women. She is the creator of The Women’s Code, her revolutionary system to help women cope, collaborate and lead in their careers.

Her proprietary methods specifically address women’s obstacles and she leads from experience, having survived in business in a highly competitive male-dominated environment.

She is a respected speaker and mentor and is the author of the book Happy Woman Happy World How to Go From Overwhelmed to Awesome, a book that corporate trainer and best-selling author Brian Tracy calls “a handbook for every woman who wants health, success and a fulfilling career.”

Please join The Women's Code at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4662816

https://beatechelette.com https://twitter.com/beatechelette https://www.facebook.com/GrowthArchitecture

PNR is a management consulting firm with a technology and growth focus.

We subscribe to Warren Buffet’s philosophy: “Look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. If you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you.”

We are driven by a passion for exceeding expectations in the pursuit of our goals and dreams. We believe that happiness leads to profits, and not the other way around.

At PNR, we specialize in both strategy as well as execution, guiding our clients throughout the process, ensuring that their priorities and goals are realized.

PNR was created to help companies reshape their DNA and we do so by aligning corporate strategy with their digital strategy. We take advantage of synergies between large corporations and digital SMBs.

We leverage the agility of startups and apply that to the operating model of large organizations.

http://thepnr.com https://twitter.com/pnrconsulting https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-pnr

We talk about the state of the publishing industry and how they have stayed relevant through the digital revolution.

Established in 1994, MODERN LUXURY is the preeminent luxury lifestyle publisher in the United States, with 80+ titles across 24 major markets— reaching more than 5 million affluent readers. MODERN LUXURY engages in both MRI and MMR research which provides partners with invaluable insight into the spending habits of our active consumer base.

MODERN LUXURY is uniquely able to offer advertisers local knowledge and regional character dovetailed with a national reach. We amplify each city and all that it has to offer, giving each magazine the prominence of a national publication within its local market. Our unrivaled local intelligence, interactive digital brand extensions and high-touch events make MODERN LUXURY the most efficient way for brands to reach America’s most affluent metropolitan consumers.

https://www.modernluxury.com https://twitter.com/modern_luxury https://www.instagram.com/modernluxury

We talk about crypto for retirement, rights management, custody/security, why you should invest, other investment strategies & a lot more.

Despite its buzz, there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding crypto and blockchain investing.

Key barriers to entry, particularly for institutional investors, include regulation, compliance and risk.

One company is easing those concerns, taking the best of centralized finance with blockchain technology to become the new digital finance standard for the 21st century.

Arca empowers both institutional and individual investors to securely, compliantly, and transparently build confidence and trust in this new digital currency ecosystem.

Comprised of a world-class team of Wall Street and crypto experts, Arca delivers an array of financial products and services that accelerates the adoption of blockchain investments and payment. The company is a leading authority on crypto, publishing a weekly column and is also gearing up to launch its Arca hybrid token, the first SEC-approved stable token.

Rayne Steinberg is Chief Executive Officer at Arca. In his role, Rayne leads the overall direction of the company and is responsible for securities structuring and risk management. Rayne has a rich history of financial and entrepreneurial success with nearly two decades of experience. Prior to founding Arca, Rayne co-founded asset management company, WisdomTree. There, he was responsible for raising capital, creating intellectual property and building and overseeing the sales team responsible for raising $50 billion in ETF AUM. Rayne holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Business.

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Despite its buzz, there is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding crypto and blockchain investing.

Key barriers to entry, particularly for institutional investors, include regulation, compliance and risk.

One company is easing those concerns, taking the best of centralized finance with blockchain technology to become the new digital finance standard for the 21st century.

Arca empowers both institutional and individual investors to securely, compliantly, and transparently build confidence and trust in this new digital currency ecosystem.

Comprised of a world-class team of Wall Street and crypto experts, Arca delivers an array of financial products and services that accelerates the adoption of blockchain investments and payment. The company is a leading authority on crypto, publishing a weekly column and is also gearing up to launch its Arca hybrid token, the first SEC-approved stable token.

Rayne Steinberg is Chief Executive Officer at Arca. In his role, Rayne leads the overall direction of the company and is responsible for securities structuring and risk management. Rayne has a rich history of financial and entrepreneurial success with nearly two decades of experience. Prior to founding Arca, Rayne co-founded asset management company, WisdomTree. There, he was responsible for raising capital, creating intellectual property and building and overseeing the sales team responsible for raising $50 billion in ETF AUM. Rayne holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the Wharton School of Business.

https://www.arcafunds.com https://medium.com/arca https://arca.vosterra.com/referrals/3A3HFrBZQKU

Georgii operates OUT.LI.ER (USA/AUS) - a talent management and entertainment company, representing talent in music, FTV, innovation and media. Georgii has been hosting OUT.LI.ER TV (OTV); a radio show (in partnership with Dash Talk X / Dash Radio) and content platform. Prior, Georgii was appointed as the Global VP of Marketing + Brand Strategy for blackpills - establishing the marketing team and division from scratch; developing all foundational material for the brand (internally and externally) as it pertained to marketing, communications and PR. Prior, Georgii played an instrumental role in establishing from the ground up, and launching "Vol. 4" for ROC Nation as Director of Strategic Business Development: A new creative + consultancy agency. Georgii worked as the LA Business Director for brand consultancy, the projects*, having helped the business transition from events into global influence marketing with an experiential influencer lens. Formerly, Georgii worked with IZEA (the largest influencer marketing network in the (USA) - home to over 300K + influencers, across all leading social channels, including celebrities, athletes, musicians, reality TV stars, YouTubers, Bloggers, etc) as the Director of Influencer Marketing (Entertainment) - launching their first time west coast entertainment arm. Prior to LA, Georgii accumulated in excess of 8 + years experience across PR, marketing, communications, brand consultancy, business development and social media; with startups, agencies through to Fortune 100 brands.

http://www.georgii-speakman.com https://twitter.com/georgiispeakman https://www.outlierco.co https://www.outliertv.co

History:

In 2002, Jamie Bianchini set out on a tandem bicycle. Little did he know it would result in an inspirational 8 year, 81 country journey around the world.

Dubbed "Peace Pedalers,” Jamie pedaled on the front seat while inviting total strangers to join the journey. These rides spawned new friendships and resulted in the launch of a dozen grassroots projects designed to give back to communities globally. During his travels he saw the dependency on kerosene as a light source and the negative health effects.

Jamie’s adventure also inspired his latest endeavor, LuDela, the world’s smartest candle, which aims to bring better light and better lives around the world. The candle can be ignited with a smart app and produces a real flame, shuts off if tipped over and replaces the recent Led candles that don't look real. Ultimately Jamie will be donating some proceeds back to Africa with sola or lights to replace kerosene at home and at school.

Jamie’s travels are chronicled in his book “A Bicycle Built for Two Billion,” a story about one man’s adventure around the world in search of love, compassion, and adventure.

The Perfect Pillar is the world’s first remote-controlled real-flame scented candlelight fixture. Outfitted with cutting-edge technology, the Perfect Pillar offers a safer, smarter and more convenient scented candlelight experience.

Key features of the LuDela Perfect Pillar include:

Remote Ignite & Extinguish – Instant real flame ambiance with the touch

of a button

Tilt Extinguish™ – Flame self extinguishes when it tilts or falls

Timer Extinguish™ – Increase safety and peace of mind with timed burns

Everbrite Flame™ – Always burns bright like a new pillar candle

Forever-New™ Décor – Always looks like a beautiful new candle

Flex-Décor™ – Change the style or color of your decorative shell

Caring Candle Refills™ – Simple, safer single use refills

Scent-On-Demand™ – Add, change, remove scent on demand

Flex-Fragrance™ – Dial the intensity of your fragrance up or down

Mess & Hassle Free – No more wax mess or wick hassles

LuDela’s Perfect Pillar luxury gift box starter kit is available now for holiday orders and shipping by December 6th for $129 at www.LuDela.com.

Giving Back:

But creating the “Perfect" candle is only part of LuDela’s mission. LuDela is using its smarter, safer candle innovation to enhance global education. For every LuDelacandle product sold, a book will be donated to bring libraries to underserved communities.

To learn more about LuDela’s Better Light, Better Lives movement visit:

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We’re Making Higher Education More Accessible & Affordable For Everyone.

At OnlineDegree.com, anyone can take online courses at their own pace and within the confines of their existing busy schedule...completely, free. After completing courses, students can then receive college credits at participating universities across the country, saving both time and money.

We want to help the millions of people seeking a college education who've been unable to take the first step. University and college education can still be too expensive and unapproachable for the majority of Americans. Normal distractions of work, bills, and home life, often prevent someone from getting started with education or being able to dedicate time and money to a traditional 4-year degree program.

We're going to change that. By removing barriers and focusing on world-class education, we’re enabling everyone to take the first step with full-time education.

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Jeetu is the Chief Product Officer at Box

Box is an enterprise content management platform that solves simple and complex challenges, from sharing and accessing files on mobile devices to sophisticated business processes like data governance and retention.

Since 2005, Box has made it easier for people to securely share ideas, collaborate and get work done faster. Today, more than 41 million users and 85,000 businesses—including 69% of the Fortune 500—trust Box to manage content in the cloud.

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Synapse Florida is a Non Profit Organization purpose built to help Florida's Entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems thrive.

We accomplish this with three valuable offerings: 1. The Synapse Online Platform - To help navigate the innovation and early stage ecosystems. 2. The Synapse Innovation Summit Events - To connect, collaborate and celebrate. 3. The Innovate Series Coffee Table Books - Innovate Tampa Bay is our first.

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GET THE BETA FOR Android and iOS here: https://phosphorus.io/future.html

IoT devices are a threat to the business…and your home.

A lack of security regulations has resulted in glaring vulnerabilities in IoT devices that can be accessed and exploited by cybercriminals to compromise businesses. We’ve seen this most recently with the Torii botnet, the most sophisticated IoT botnet to date, which can infiltrate unlimited devices. The problem has gotten so bad that California recently passed SB327, becoming the first state to regulate the security of Internet of Things devices.

Enter Phosphorus and Chris Rouland.

Phosphorous is the first and only cybersecurity company to provide agent-less patching and configuration management for the IoT. It delivers secure software updates & alerts for all the IoT devices in a home or office, identifying vulnerabilities in a device’s software and patching the software & device to secure it from malicious attacks.

Chris Rouland, Co-Founder & CEO

Chris Rouland is co-founder and chief executive officer of Phosphorus Cybersecurity Inc. A 25-year veteran of the information security industry, Chris is a renowned leader in cybersecurity innovation and disruption. In his career, Chris has founded and led several multi-million dollar companies including Bastille, the first company to enable enterprise security teams to assess and mitigate the risk associated with the growing Internet of Radios, andEndgame, ranked for the last two years as the most valuable venture backed company in Virginia, and new leader in the endpoint security space. Chris is a sought-after speaker with appearances at prestigious global security conferences including RSA, Black Hat, and HITB GSEC, and has been featured as a security expert and contributor for national broadcast and print media outlets including CNN, Forbes, and The Wall Street Journal. He was also named the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Business Person of the Year in 2011 for his innovation and leadership. Chris holds more than a dozen patents and holds a Masters Degree from the Georgia Institute of technology.

https://phosphorus.io https://twitter.com/phosphorusinc https://www.linkedin.com/company/phosphorusinc

We talk about how to work in a workout routine with your busy life, how to eat, meal prep with and without kids, and a lot more!

Lifestyle & Longevity Expert focussing on effective & sustainable "Nutrition, Fitness & Powerful Wellbeing" with specific and measurable results through comprehensive diagnostic Biomarkers testing (e.g. saliva, blood, urine & stool).

A truly innovative approach to systematically achieve Powerful Wellbeing, through the Ma8trix program...

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Forefront Venture Partners (formerly Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners) is one of the largest and most successful AngelList syndicates. Our robust deal flow and negotiating leverage, combined with intense due diligence and selective vetting, provide us with a portfolio of many notable, high-growth start-ups.

Join our syndicate to invest alongside us for as little as $1,000: https://goo.gl/waQUzZ. Or visit our website for more information: http://www.forefrontvp.com.

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As a Senior Entertainment and Media Executive, I am a tenacious business leader who leverages a winning combination of financial and operational expertise, creativity, and curiosity to thrive in disruptive environments and deliver strong contributions to revenue, profitability and global market penetration. I have pioneered innovative media delivery concepts and produced events across cinema, online, social, broadcast and emerging media.

Known as a trusted advisor and relationships builder, I have always been committed to developing and leading world-class teams, mentoring talent, and building cultures of high engagement and collaboration.

Representative accomplishments include:

• Executed worldwide distribution and multi-platform coverage of Michael Jackson Memorial broadcast—the most watched live TV broadcast in history. Directed worldwide distribution and transmission of Live8, delivered Operation MySpace from Kuwait and We Are The World 25 in 3D for Haiti relief as well as global music festivals and top-rated programs for AXS TV.

• Executed multi-platform digital campaigns that led to $2.1B in tour box office revenue as President of AEG Network Live and as CEO of Spring Programming Partners, delivered three of the top five Showtime PPV events.

• Led negotiations for new contracts with the Walt Disney Company, the Metropolitan Opera, Turner Classic Movies, and forged brand partnerships with Ford, Nokia, BestBuy, Conde Nast, Volvo and Apple.

• Produced Beyoncé, Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks, Celine Dion, Katy Perry, and Prince for global cinema plus streaming and other digital platforms.

http://rubeyentertainment.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-rubey-b78b7765

Chatmeter is a local SEO platform that helps enterprise retail brands and agencies managing multiple locations increase their revenue. Since being the first Local Reputation platform in 2009, we now analyze and improve over 1,600,000 storefronts for their reviews, rankings, listings and social media presence.

We help retailers make a distinct impact in their revenue by identifying several areas in their online presence that drives customers to choose their stores over competitors. We take this a step further by offering the only integrated local visibility rank tracker. This makes it easy for you to measure ROI using the most complete local presence management platform in the world.

The benefit for our clients is complete online presence management simplified into a single dashboard. We also power a white-label reputation management dashboard for many agencies across the U.S.

Some clients include Sears, Verizon Wireless, Comcast, Aaron’s, Kohl’s, Bruegger’s Bagels, Texas de Brazil, and Dickey’s BBQ.

https://www.chatmeter.com https://twitter.com/chatmeter https://www.linkedin.com/company/chatmeter/

GlobalWebIndex is a market research company that provides audience profiling data across 44 countries to the world’s largest brands, marketing agencies and media organizations.

We maintain a global panel of more than 22 million connected consumers which we leverage to create 20,000 data points on the behaviors of internet users around the world.

Our clients, including Twitter, Google, WPP, IPG and Omnicom Group can gather in-depth insights into audience behaviors, perceptions and interests through a combination of survey and analytics data using the GlobalWebIndex platform.

Since launching in 2009, we have renewed 98%+ of our client base and doubled our revenues each year. As we continue to innovate and expand, we are always on the look out for the best talent to help us re-engineer data-driven marketing.

https://www.globalwebindex.com https://twitter.com/globalwebindex https://www.facebook.com/GlobalWebIndex

At Vector Networks, our mission is to provide customized IT solutions that empower organizations to simplify their workflows and improve productivity. We strive to collaborate with organizations to create their scalable IT solution while considering their current needs and their long-term objectives.

Our leading brand VIZOR has helped organizations in the Education Sector, Health Industry, Government, Insurance Industry, and Civil Engineering Sector. VIZOR's expansion into various industries is the result of VIZOR's unique features in IT Asset, Software Asset, and ServiceDesk Management.

PC DUO is the second leading brand at Vector Networks. Responsible for enabling PC remote control access, it has improved IT workflows in the Pharmaceutical and Education Sector.

We do business with organizations of all sizes in North America and Europe. We are made up of less than 100 dedicated employees that work hard to bring you your unique IT solution.

IT Vision is a strategic conference focused on adopting emerging technology into business practices. By bringing IT professionals, decision makers, and technology enthusiasts in one location, IT Vision will help foster discussions, collaborations and strategies to help transform your vision of a technology-advanced organization into a reality.

http://www.vector-networks.com http://www.itvision.vector-networks.com https://twitter.com/vectornetworks

Grey Matters International Inc., a global neuroscience based consulting and advisory firm based in Tulsa, OK is happy to announce the company's recent partnership with the Switzerland based bespoke consultancy firm, Owlpha-Omega.

This collaboration between Grey Matters International and Owlpha-Omega is an initiative designed to apply the principles of neuroscience to traditional mental health and learning development practices. Dr. Kevin Fleming says that the remarkable advancements in neuroscience has made it possible to influence and direct one's brain to achieve goals in a targeted and optimized fashion, be it issues around mental health or to improve one's vocational skills.

Owlpha-Omega specializes in creating customized solutions for improving mental performance, enhancing healthcare as well as development programs for corporate culture. With Dr. Fleming's expertise in applying neurotechnology and neuroeconomic thinking, the partnership will foster research-informed practices in their concierge services for their clients.

Dr. Fleming comments that their mission is to trump the traditional methods (such as counseling and therapy) of how one goes about improving behavioral abnormalities by exercising the findings from decisional neuroscience in their programs. Dr. Fleming goes on to say that this has already had a huge positive impact on his current clientele which includes Forbes 50 Executives, their families/spouses, NFL Players and Hall of Fame Rockstars among other highly successful individuals looking to boost their performance.

This partnership between Grey Matters International and Owlpha-Omega is a revolutionary step towards modernizing training and executive coaching with cutting-edge technological advancements in neuroscience. Dr. Fleming's previous works have been published in CNN, New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Forbes, Fortune and other media outlets.

Other projects by Grey Matters International include their bespoke wellness interventions, relationship coaching, and substance abuse treatment along with a collaboration with an individual who has worked with the PR efforts of Oprah and Tony Robbins, amongst others to build retreats modeled on music and neuroscience across the world.

Grey Matters International Inc. are change agents bringing cutting-edge decisional neuroscience to the concierge model of care. Specializing in executive wellness, substance abuse & relationship work for individuals tired of the typical "feel good" coaches, trainers & shrinks.

http://www.greymattersintl.com https://twitter.com/DrKevinFleming https://www.facebook.com/GreyMattersInternational

Bioverge is an investment and engagement platform that aims to connect the world to startup companies transforming healthcare.

We’re living at an exciting time - the convergence of biology and technology is rapidly driving the healthcare industry in exciting new directions – making patient care more effective, accessible, personalized, cheaper, and faster.

If you could gift the world anything, wouldn't the most impactful be the gift of better health? We believe that there is no more direct and measurable way to make an impact on people's lives than to support the future of this rapidly changing industry.

Whether by financial investment or through personal engagement, Bioverge users can directly support the projects that matter most to them… and share in the upside if a company is successful!

Bioverge is empowering the patient in all of us to help shape the future of care for us and our loved ones.

https://www.bioverge.com https://twitter.com/biovergehq https://angel.co/bioverge/syndicate

Allison Dollar is a longtime champion of digital video interactivity. Based in ‘Silicon Beach,’ in her consulting practice she specializes in accelerating early stage digital ventures. These span content, consumer brands, consumer electronics and enterprise technology. In complementary roles, she is CEO and co-founder of the Interactive Television Alliance, a trade association comprised of leading corporations in advanced digital television whose members span advertising, programming, technology and distribution. She chairs the Los Angeles Venture Association’s Digital SIG.

Some projects have included IBM’s eBusiness (partnering American Express, Bell Atlantic, Mail Boxes Etc.), Liberty Media (Ascent), AOL’s Guerilla Games, SimplyTV, WB, Creative Planet (IPO), Stan Lee Media (IPO), MobileCasino, Vi[z]Rt (virtual sets), Envivio (France Telecom spinoff, acquired by Ericsson), Homerun Entertainment (Scripps), LSI Capital, Comcast, Digital Containers (P2P), AT&T spinoff Telcordia, Space Tourism Society Orbit Awards, The Horror Channel, Gamma&Density (acquired Global Cinematography Institute), Mozaik (automated video hotspotting), Trumpit (mobile alerts), SnapCuts (social video messaging), AdMedia, Shodogg (cloud video switcher), parWinr (video gamification), WeVu (crowd sourced venue screenings), Aqueti (macro/micro 360° array video camera), Tapin2(mobile concierge commerce), ExciteM (2nd screen social platform), GN (pet lifestyle brand), Connectivity TV Fan Fest, SAMI Games, SuperCloud live streaming, Celebrities Squared and TMT’s Spot Direct. At Vault Comics she advises on corporate strategy and partnerships. For Webcasts.com she was CSO and a founding board member (IPO as iBEAM Broadcasting), CEO of Celebrities.com, and CSO for WhiteBlox and Gizmo Media Group, creating partnerships with Dick Clark Productions, Westfield Mall and numerous media outlets.

In addition, she co-founded eTV World, Hollyweb Live!, and venture pitch events iNNOVATORS™ and iBreakfast LA. She chaired NAB’s Executive Committee to launch Multimedia World, the NAB’s switch to digital (now the South Hall). She was Executive Director of the Media Excellence Awards at its inception and continues on the board. She produced sessions for Silicon Beach Fest, presents at Founder’s Workshops was on the advisory board of KORUS, the Korea-US Vision Council. She is a pipeline partner and advisor for SPROCKIT and Expert Dojo start-up accelerators, and program producer for NAB’s Destination NXT.

Previously, as Executive Producer for Phillips Business Information, she led business/online content development for 40+ media trade publications, including In Motion, Film & Video, Interactive Video News, Multimedia Week, and Multimedia Wire. Early on, she worked with Oscar-nominated James Agee Film Project, CBS affiliate WBAL, and the Maryland Film Commission. She was a founding board member of Women in Film & Video, Maryland.

A Blue Ribbon Judge for the TV Academy’s Interactive Emmys, Dollar has also been a member of the Interactive Media Peer Group executive committee. She holds a M.A. from the University of Virginia and was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Goucher College in Baltimore. Her book, published for NAB by Focal Press, Interactive Television: Tracking and Preparing for an Emerging Market in 2003, examines the historic reworking of the television business model.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/allisondollar http://itvalliance.org https://www.lava.org http://mediaxawards.com

Randall Crowder is currently Chief Operating Officer for Phunware, a technology company in Austin, TX that provides an enterprise cloud platform on mobile and is responsible for the recent launch of a unique cryptocurrency called PhunCoin. Crowder is also a co-founder and Managing Partner at TEXO Ventures where he focused on tech-enabled health services and he is the sole founder and Managing Partner at Novē Ventures where he focuses on companies leveraging blockchain technology.

Prior to Phunware, Crowder led over 40 angel investments and deployed over $60M across 14 companies as a venture capitalist. Crowder was also instrumental in leading the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) to becoming one of the most active angel networks in the country. He also founded and launched Texas Venture Labs (TVL) at UT in order to give the next generation investors unique experiential learning opportunities outside of the classroom.

Previous to venture capital and entrepreneurship, Crowder was a Captain in the United States Army and is both Airborne and Ranger qualified. He served over six years active duty and deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom where he was awarded two Bronze Stars for his actions during combat operations.

Crowder holds a BS from the United States Military Academy at West Point and an MBA from the McCombs School of Business. He is also a Kauffman Fellow and one of the co-founders of The Crypto Watch, a group dedicated to helping others successfully learn about and invest in cryptocurrencies.

https://www.phunware.com https://www.phuncoin.com https://twitter.com/phunware

Award-Winning and Influential Strategic Public Relations Executive with Extensive Experience in Mobile Entertainment & Technology, Events, Production, Strategic Marketing, Corporate Communications, Event Planning, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances in the world of Music, Sports, Technology, Lifestyle & Luxury Brands, TV, Film and Branded Entertainment

Sarah Miller, CEO of Axis PR & Entertainment, has over 15 years of strategic experience in public relations, Marketing and Event Planning within the Mobile & Digital Entertainment, high-tech and consumer industries.

Her expertise and success in leading Axis PR & Entertainment combined with in-depth media relations, strategic marketing, new business development, public relations and relationship marketing has helped launch numerous start-up companies. As CEO of Axis PR, Miller lead extremely successful nationwide PR & Marketing campaigns for public companies as well as early stage start-ups and have successfully taken many early stage tech companies from launch to M&A stage while under her leadership.

www.axis-entertainment.com twitter.com/GlamourgirlLA

She is also the Founder & Chair of the Media Excellence Awards, one of the most prestigious and influential mobile awards in the mobile entertainment & media industry, now in its 11th year.

The MEAs are looking for the most innovative and compelling companies that are making a difference in how we consume content and interact with our devices across multiple screens. From the best products, apps, entertainment to creative and delivery, the MEAs recognizes and honors Global innovation and leadership that are driving the changes in this new era of mobile technology and entertainment.

For more information on the MEAs, Submissions or Sponsorships go to:

www.mediaxawards.com twitter.com/mediaXawards

Building Maintenance Streamlined by Smart Technology Mero provides powerful analytics designed for property managers, with sensing technology that uses existing equipment. Sensors monitor facility supplies, traffic, and waste, telling you what’s needed where, sooner. With Mero, life for property managers is smooth, and keeping your building clean is easier than ever.

https://mero.co https://twitter.com/merotechnology https://www.linkedin.com/company/merotechnologies

Rubikloud is changing retail with intelligent decision automation using AI.

Based in Toronto, Canada, our cloud-native AI platform and two flagship AI applications (Promotion Manager & Customer LifeCycle Manager) automate and improve mass promotional planning and loyalty driven marketing for large retailers and CPG's. We believe that AI should deliver business operational improvements and an immediate financial impact. Today we have multi-billion-dollar clients with retail brands operating in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Operating with over 100 staff, Rubikloud has offices in Toronto, Texas, London, and Hong Kong. We are brilliant engineers and professionals that have come together to solve problems that are difficult or too challenging for others.

https://rubikloud.com https://twitter.com/rubikloud https://www.linkedin.com/company/rubikloud-technologies/

Pocket Network is decentralized infrastructure for developers to build peer to peer applications. Individuals can run full nodes for any cryptocurrency and get paid in POKT, the native token. Developers can add wallet functionality to their mobile applications with 1 line of code.

https://www.pokt.network https://twitter.com/POKTnetwork https://github.com/pokt-network

FAU Tech Runway® is a South Florida public-private partnership that serves as a hub to accelerate technology development and incubate startup companies. This incubation and acceleration happens in a 28,000-square-foot collaborative working space that provides entrepreneurs with a complete ecosystem to house, educate, mentor and fund their companies from origination through venture funding. Since its inception in 2014, FAU Tech Runway® has launched and served 52 startup companies, which collectively have raised more than $46 million in capital, created nearly 300 jobs and generated more than $23 million in sales revenue.

https://www.fau.edu/research/tech-runway https://twitter.com/fautechrunway https://www.facebook.com/fautechrunway

Plaid is focused on enabling innovation and democratizing financial services through technology. We build beautiful consumer experiences, developer-friendly infrastructure, and intelligence tools that give everyone the ability to create amazing products that solve big problems.

At Plaid, we have diverse backgrounds and skills, but we're all passionate about building a more efficient and inclusive financial infrastructure—together.

Plaid is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

www.plaid.com https://twitter.com/plaid https://www.instagram.com/plaid

John Matheson is the CEO of Commercial Loan Success, a software and education platform designed to help small business owners and property investors make more informed financing decisions. Using the Commercial Loan Success loan analysis soware platform, commercial borrowers and commercial lenders are able to communicate more effectively, and borrowers are able to approach commercial lenders more confidently, already knowing that their transactions are lendable. Through Commercial Loan Success, John hopes to provide the resources and educational materials that small business owners, entrepreneurs, and real estate investors can use to confidently obtain financing and grow their businesses profitably, all without being at the mercy of the predatory lenders.

John is also the managing member of J. Healy Development, LLC. The company specializes in developing new projects into sustainable properties. John has been in the property development business for 26 years, and has been involved in transactions for developing, permitting, and/or financing of completed projects totaling over $50 million. Through J. Healy, John focuses on making multifamily, mixed-use, storage, and other commercial development properties more green and sustainable, lessening a property’s footprint while increasing its value.

https://www.commercialloansuccess.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/commercial-loan-success https://www.facebook.com/commercialloansuccess

Vault publishes original, creator-owned science fiction and fantasy comics. Creating science fiction and fantasy is, essentially, about imagining and experiencing the new, the bizarre, the unimagined. In the realm of science fiction and fantasy, creators can break the established order, dissolve conceptions of social identity, and give voices to the silenced. They can ask hard questions, and if they are brave, venture bold answers. Inside the Vault, it's safe to be different.

Founded in 2016 by Adrian Wassel (CCO & Editor-in-Chief), Damian Wassel (CEO & Publisher), Nathan Gooden (Art Director), and Damian Wassel, Sr. (President), Vault is a private, family-owned company.

Vault actively develops its growing library of original IP across multiple platforms, including film, television, games, digital media, and consumer products. Cultivating a global network of best-in-class partners resulted in Vault's launch garnering much critical acclaim and immediate commercial success.

https://vaultcomics.com https://twitter.com/thevaultcomics https://www.facebook.com/VaultComicsOfficial

Buy/Sell Sizes 12-32 We are the only online site dedicated for plus size women to consign and buy pre-owned current fashion. It's a great time of year to clean out the closet and update! You can request a mail in bag to fill up and send back to us we will handle the postage, payment processing, and posting the items for you. Or, you can increase your sales by posting the item on your own and we will still take care of the postage and payment process. Stay tuned as we add Bridal and Formal Wear to the site!

https://styleforit.com https://www.instagram.com/styleforitinsf https://www.facebook.com/styleforit

Spark Growth specializes in Smart Cities/Innovation District development projects, Thought Leadership/ Experience Design, Economic Development initiatives, and cultivating Entrepreneur Ecosystems. Credentials include certifications in Business Incubation Management through the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) and Agile Strategy development through the Purdue University Agile Strategy Lab.

Spark Growth co-produces Smart Cities Innovation Accelerators with The Innovator’s Forum, an initiative of the Technology and Entrepreneurship Center at Harvard (TECH). These agile strategy workshops empower city decision makers to peer to peer relationships, enable them to make more informed decisions, create project scalability, and improve their ROI. Workshops are supported by expert industry partners, offering a broader perspective of successful strategies, who in turn learn firsthand issues cities face, and how to better serve the needs of their city customers.

www.sparkgrowth.net https://www.facebook.com/SparkGrowth https://twitter.com/Spark_Growth

Her first book: Millennials & Management: The Essential Guide to Making it Work at Work. Her second book: The Boomerang Principle: Inspire Lifetime Loyalty from Your Employees (even after they leave).

Lee McEnany Caraher is the founder and CEO of Double Forte, a successful national public relations, content marketing and social media firm. Double Forte works with beloved consumer, technology, and wine brands. She is a highly sought-after communications expert known for her business acumen and insights (and her big laugh). She splits her time between the company's San Francisco and New York offices.

Lee is also an acclaimed author and recognized expert in creating high performing, positive workplaces. She became an expert in this arena after operating her own company and leading large divisions in other companies. She started Double Forte in 2002 determined to create a culture that fully supports its talent, even when they choose to move on. After failing miserably at retaining Millennials, Double Forte went back to the beginning and created a culture where all generations thrive; as a result, turnover is low, and when employees do leave, overwhelmingly they stay loyal to the firm – sometimes even returning. With her foundational work, Lee shows leaders how to create the best possible workplace culture so their employees will stay longer than they intend, and when they do leave, advocate for the company, defining a new loyalty contract and a new model of business sustainability.

http://leecaraher.com https://double-forte.com https://twitter.com/leecaraher

Alliance Virtual Offices provides premium virtual office and telecommunications solutions for companies all over the world. Alliance combines three central components necessary to service mobile and work-from-home professionals: People, Place and Technology. This unique combination of products and services offers businesses significant flexibility and savings while allowing them to present the image of a prestigious, full-time office. The Alliance mission is to offer the most complete, reliable and feature-rich set of virtual office services to our global market of mobile professionals and work-from-home entrepreneurs.

Our mission is to offer the most complete, reliable and feature-rich set of virtual office services to our global market of mobile professionals and work-from-home entrepreneurs. We know that we do not succeed unless our clients do, so Alliance strives to stay ahead bring our clients the best, new products and services at a great value.

I’m the founder and CEO of the Alliance group of companies, and an experienced speaker, strategist, entrepreneur, advisor, business leader and investor.

Since 1979 I’ve been building flexible workspace companies under the Alliance brand and its predecessor companies, focusing on new ways of working that genuinely meet the needs of today’s entrepreneurs by combining three fundamental components: people, place, and technology.

My primary areas of expertise include integrating flexible workspace models to assist with corporate real estate repositioning, investment banking, finance, workplace technology, and business leadership. I’m a regular on the conference circuit and frequently consult with multinational firms to plan and formulate strategies for the future of work.

I’m always happy and willing to share my expertise and vision for the future of work through speaking engagements, interviews, panel discussions, podcasts, consultancy, and over a coffee. Let’s connect and start a conversation.

https://www.alliancevirtualoffices.com https://www.facebook.com/alliancevirtual https://twitter.com/alliancevirtual

Build stronger connections with your customers.

Convey is a powerful connection platform that replaces business cards and static contacts with live, dynamic connections so you and your team can build stronger, more valuable professional and personal relationships.

Never again worry about running out of business cards, manually entering info, or having out-of-date and inaccurate information. Share cards with ANYONE for FREE! Instantly connect and exchange digital business cards with confidence knowing that your connections’ information will always be safe, secure, and up-to-date.

• Live Connections – Connect with anyone quickly and easily, once connected you always have up-to-date info (any changes are automatically and immediately updated)

• Multiple Cards - Create and share cards for every part of your busy life (business, personal, family, go wild!)

• Send - Send cards to anyone for FREE even if they don’t have Convey, they will get an easy to download file they can add to their contacts

• Instant Share - Share cards in person with other Convey users in an instant (it's magic!)

I am a five-time tech entrepreneur – the founding CEO of Convey™, Veritix®, Be Free® (Nasdaq:BFRE), PCXIS, and PCX Consulting Inc. Veritix is a sports and live-entertainment SaaS platform company processing over $1 billion in commerce transactions annually; Befree is a digital marketing platform company processing over $2 billion in commerce transactions annually; PCXIS®, Inc. produced public utility marketing software; and PCX Consulting, Inc., offered plant and executive information systems for heavy industry. (Veritix was acquired by AEG/AXS, Be Free was acquired by Conversant.) I have raised over $2M in angel capital, $76M in venture capital/private equity, and over $200M in the public markets for those companies. I am a Director Boxcast, and a former Director of ValueClick (NASDAQ:VCLK) and Be Free (NASDAQ:BFRE).

I work to build the growth stage ecosystem in Northeast Ohio through entrepreneurial mentoring programs at Jumpstart, Inc., Flash Starts, and in the Entrepreneurial Studies program at Hawken School; through ad hoc mentoring; and by serving on the board of the Ohio Venture Association.

https://conveyapp.io https://twitter.com/MyConveyApp https://www.facebook.com/MyConveyApp

We talk blockchain, tech, data, finance, crypto, the future of work & a lot more.

A creative communications agency for the blockchain world: If you're creating something amazing and unique which is going to change the world, let us TELL the world for you - via journalism, copywriting content marketing, press releases, and social media - in a style which will engage and excite and drive action, from your potential investors, customers and evangelists. We'll bring your vision to life and develop a strategy to share it effectively, with B2B or B2C audiences. We understand the space and collaborate with our clients as partners, aligned with your success at all times.

https://www.blocksparks.io https://twitter.com/BlockSparks https://www.facebook.com/blocksparks.io

In part 2 we talk about net neutrality, blockchain, & a lot more.

Michael Morton is the Chief Technology Officer of Dell Boomi, where he drives product direction and innovation. He has been leading and producing a wide range of enterprise IT solutions for over 25 years.

Prior to joining Dell Boomi in 2013, Michael had an impressive career with IBM, where he became an IBM Master Inventor and worked directly with a number of Fortune 100 Companies. He was a founding developer and Chief Architect of IBM WebSphere Application Server, providing architecture leadership on the IBM InfoSphere data integration and IBM Tivoli systems management family of products. Michael’s experiences have allowed him to develop a deep understanding of the complexities and challenges that enterprise customers face when modernizing while attempting to remain competitive in their industry.

Michael earned a B.S. in Computer Science degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and an M.S. in Computer Science degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

www.boomi.com www.twitter.com/boomi www.facebook.com/DellBoomi

Michael Morton is the Chief Technology Officer of Dell Boomi, where he drives product direction and innovation. He has been leading and producing a wide range of enterprise IT solutions for over 25 years.

Prior to joining Dell Boomi in 2013, Michael had an impressive career with IBM, where he became an IBM Master Inventor and worked directly with a number of Fortune 100 Companies. He was a founding developer and Chief Architect of IBM WebSphere Application Server, providing architecture leadership on the IBM InfoSphere data integration and IBM Tivoli systems management family of products. Michael’s experiences have allowed him to develop a deep understanding of the complexities and challenges that enterprise customers face when modernizing while attempting to remain competitive in their industry.

Michael earned a B.S. in Computer Science degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and an M.S. in Computer Science degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

https://boomi.com https://twitter.com/boomi https://www.facebook.com/DellBoomi

With 4 successful startups and an MBA to my credit, I know from personal experience what it’s like to lay awake at night, wondering where the next sale is coming from, how to find investors, and what resources to trust or use.

My deep toolkit of hard earned business skills along with an abundance of enthusiasm and energy can help build momentum and maximize success for your startup.

Using my special style of business coaching, I share tips, tools and resources to help you launch, brand and build a profitable and sustainable businesses.... without spending a lot of money or wasting a lot of time.

I help Women and Minority Business Owners identify supplier diversity programs in alignment with their business model.

http://andelyons.com https://twitter.com/AndeLyons https://www.linkedin.com/in/andelyons

Play the Ultimate Team Building Game Download Cards Against Mundanity that I debuted at TEDxWilmington. Increases team performance and innovation in 45 minutes. For example, sales teams are seeing double-digit revenue increases. Companies such as E&Y, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, PRSA, and Oracle, along with 5,000+ people have played it (and it is free). It’s being used in company-wide meetings, executive team off-sites, board meetings, team planning sessions, mergers, sales meetings and more. jasontreu.com/one-hour-session-f…gest-breakthrough/

Social Wealth

1 business bestseller to master your business relationships

50,000+ copies sold, 130+ five star reviews on Amazon, and #1 in four business and self-help categories. Readers have generated more than one billion dollars in wealth and sales from the strategies and tactics in this book. They’ve met influencers like Mark Cuban, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Tim Cook, Chris Anderson (TED founder), and more than 10 Fortune 50 CEOs. Get the book here: amzn.to/2NSkKbf

If you are an executive, business leader or manager, you probably want to improve your leadership development and management effectiveness to build a high performing and innovative team, and increase your KPIs.

Here is the HUGE problem: Only 10% -15% of leaders are self-aware, but 95% think they are. 80% + of managers overestimate their abilities compared to others. It only gets worse the higher up you go. This results in 99% of teams underperforming.

Your self-awareness challenge is a career killer. Everyone eventually hits their ceiling and plateaus. Few people do anything about it.

Have you made significant progress in the past year? If not, you've hit the plateau. Most people stay there for years or decades.

Here's the massive upside. You need a couple small changes to get exponential growth. You'll be operating in your area of enius. The fear, overwhelm and stress will disappear. You'll rocket past everyone to the top.

jasontreu.com twitter.com/jasontreu www.linkedin.com/in/jasontreu

AlphaLab Gear is a hardware and robotic startup accelerator that provides physical product companies with investment, mentorship and connections.

The AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup is a pitch competition for early-stage hardware startups.

The Hardware Cup tours 6 US regions, with events in: Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, and Austin.

Other countries around the globe also participate, including Japan, South Korea, Israel, and others.

https://alphalabgear.org/hardwarecup/ https://www.facebook.com/AlphalabGear/ https://twitter.com/alphalabgear

Somatic Labs We're designing for a future without screens - starting with a platform for haptic communication.

We’ve developed Zorb, a full-stack platform that uses the sense of touch to convey information. We provide more than an ordinary tap or vibration. The Zorb Platform enables the delivery of real-time information (alerts, instructions, directions) through rich vibro-tactile patterns that move across a user’s skin. Our patented technology allows the rapid creation of high resolution tactile patterns consisting of pulses, shapes, directions, and complex illusions of motion.

https://somaticlabs.io https://twitter.com/SomaticLabs https://www.facebook.com/SomaticLabs/

Your Ideas Are Terrible plans and executes corporate hackathons and corporate + startup collaboration programs.

We believe that if you don’t approach every new idea with a high degree of humility – even to the extent of assuming your ideas are terrible – you lack the flexibility required to challenge your beliefs, examine evidence that might prove you wrong, and find the path from creating something mediocre to building something great.

Carie Davis - Built Innovation + Entrepreneurship as a capability at The Coca-Cola Company, training over 1,000 employees - Created EIR programs at Coca-Cola to partner with entrepreneurs for transformational growth opportunities - Managing Director of The Bridge: Atlanta, a startup + corporate commercialization program, accelerating application of startup technologies to enterprise core business challenges - Board Member, Startup Atlanta - Graduate of Flashpoint at Georgia Tech, a “Startup Engineering driven Startup Accelerator” - Graduate of Singularity University’s Executive Program - Studied Industrial Design at Georgia Tech

http://yourideasareterrible.com https://twitter.com/cariedavis2 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL2ckEx4F1744b59IBot7jg

Tari is a new open source, decentralized protocol that reimagines the future of digital assets.

The Tari platform allows anyone to program complex rules for digital assets and trust that they will be enforced. Tari enables the management, use and transfer of nearly any kind of digital asset you can imagine — from tickets to loyalty points to virtual goods and more — and offers unparalleled monetization opportunities for creators.

Dan Teree - Co-Founder Dan is a world-class entrepreneur and ticketing industry veteran. Most recently, Dan was Co-Founder and President of Ticketfly where he oversaw business development, product, engineering, operations and customer success. Dan was instrumental in building Ticketfly into a major player in the North American ticketing industry. Pandora acquired Ticketfly for $450 million in 20151 in what remains the largest exit in the global ticketing industry. Ticketmaster VP for nearly a decade. M.B.A., Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. B.A., Colgate University.

Naveen Jain - Co-Founder Naveen founded Sparkart, his digital agency, when he was 19. He got involved in the entertainment industry by cold calling Linkin Park prior to the release of their best-selling album Hybrid Theory. Naveen and the Sparkart team went on to run all online marketing efforts for Linkin Park from albums Hybrid Theory (2000) through Minutes to Midnight (2007), and then did the same for The Killers, Bon Jovi, Carrie Underwood, Slipknot, Tim McGraw, Lil Wayne, and dozens more. Angel investor with 30+ investments, Y Combinator alumnus (Winter 2014), deep experience in both ticketing (over $50 million tickets sold) and blockchain (early Monero miner).

https://www.tari.com https://twitter.com/tari https://github.com/tari-project

Women on the Rise NY is honored to announce our partnership with HSN American Dreams and Lili Gil Valletta, Award-winning entrepreneur, TV contributor, co-founder and CEO of CIEN+, creator of Dreamers Venture and advocate to minority-owned businesses, to search for passionate Product Makers that are on the Rise with new and unique products.

Women on the Rise NY is honored to announce our partnership with HSN American Dreams to search for passionate Product Makers that have new and unique brands to share with their 90 million households. Star entrepreneur Lili Gil Valletta and Women on the Rise founder Marsha Guerrier are focused on empowering women and minority business owners to achieve their DREAMS with hopes that their products could be offered LIVE on HSN! Entrepreneurs will be pre-selected to pitch LIVE at the 5th Annual Women on the Rise Forum & Expo. All entrepreneurs selected will be entered to win the Women on the Rise Small Business Grant. Prizes TBA.

As part of HSN’s American Dreams initiative – a program designed to cultivate entrepreneurs and introduce innovative new products to the marketplace – HSN is hosting an exclusive search at the 5th Annual Women on the Rise Forum & Expo to find America’s next great product. HSN will bring you the chance to pitch your product to a panel of judges for the opportunity to be featured on HSN and introduce your product to HSN’s 90 million households.

The Women on the Rise Forum & Expo happening October 19-20, 2018, now in its fifth year. This two-day EPIC event for Women Entrepreneurs, Coaches, Authors, Career Professionals & Product Makers will be filled with speakers, presentations, and panels that will provide useful strategies, and actionable steps to help you Rise and take your career or business to the next level. Get ready for two days of education and transformational experience from our luminary speakers and educators!

Here is what we have planned for you… Career and Business Development VIP Rise Lunch with Celebrity Guest (For VIP's Only) Shopping with our Small Business Vendors Women on the Rise Small Business Pitch Contest Opportunity to Network and Connect with liked-minded women in business

Marsha Guerrier is a best selling author, life balance coach, business consultant and the founder and CEO of Women on the Rise NY, Inc. She is also a ‘Mompreneur’ with a full-time career in the financial technology industry spanning over 20 years working for Fortune 500 and startup firms. She currently is working as a Software Test Engineer. Marsha is also the founder the Yva Jourdan Foundation a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families with special needs and has served as the Executive Director for over 8 years. Marsha holds a BS in Business, Management and Economics.

She is a two-time recipient of the State Assembly of New York’s Women of Distinction Award for both her work with the Yva Jourdan Foundation and Women on the Rise NY, Inc. and most recently awarded a Citation from the Nassau County Office of the Comptroller.

http://www.womenontheriseny.com https://twitter.com/wotrny https://www.planprayprosper.com

We talk about how even though AI is still in its infancy, enterprises across different industries are making great strides in adopting the technology to improve external processes from chatbots and virtual assistants to sentiment analysis, natural language processing and facial recognition – AI brings capabilities that can drive a better customer experience. We also cover the shift in the way that companies interact with their clients, the future of AI, and the biggest ways that companies can integrate AI and digital intelligence into their businesses.

Amdocs is a leading software and services provider to communications and media companies of all sizes, accelerating the industry’s dynamic and continuous digital transformation. With a rich set of innovative solutions, long-term business relationships with 350 communications and media providers, and technology and distribution ties to 600 content creators, Amdocs delivers business improvements to drive growth. Amdocs and its 25,000 employees serve customers in over 85 countries. Listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, Amdocs had revenue of $3.9 billion in fiscal 2017.

https://www.amdocs.com https://twitter.com/Amdocs https://www.linkedin.com/company/amdocs

WHAT IS PRIMER We build machines that read and write

Organizations today face a problem. The amount of data we are collecting is growing exponentially. At the same time the number of human analysts who can read it is at best growing linearly. We require new ways to close this intelligence gap and accelerate our understanding of the world.

Primer is a machine intelligence company that uses machine learning and natural language processing to automate the analysis of large datasets. We build systems that read documents, discover insights and automatically generate reports comparable to those of a human analyst.

Our products are built on top of a core set of computational engines. Their architecture is modular by design, allowing for continuous development on our analytic pipeline. These engines allow our customers to process a diverse set of document types across multiple languages. They do the work of extracting information, identifying key insights, performing analysis at scale, and generating output as human-readable text and graphics.

Before Primer, Sean was co-founder & CTO of Quid, an augmented-intelligence company. He holds a PhD in physics from Oxford, where his research as a Rhodes Scholar focused on complex systems and the mathematical patterns underlying modern war. He sits on the Board of Directors at Anadarko (NYSE:APC) and is a TED Fellow.

https://primer.ai https://twitter.com/primer_ai

Mazu is a social media platform with the mission to awaken families with love. By focusing on core values the platform provides a safe, fun environment for children to learn how to navigate the online social media landscape.

Sports teams and brands use Mazu as a secure channel, to connect with fans and their kids, celebrating common interests and sharing content. Professional leagues such as the NHL, NBA, and MLS have joined the movement, leveraging Mazu’s platform as their core engagement strategy for families.

https://mazufamily.com https://twitter.com/mazu_family https://www.facebook.com/MazuFamily/

Samira Salman is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Salman Solutions. Since founding the company in 2008, she developed the firm’s proprietary business-growth methodology and has executed numerous global deals in a variety of asset classes including luxury and consumer goods, consumer tech, sustainable tech, energy, and lifestyle brands. Samira's ability to blend strategic vision with efficient execution positions her as a valued partner for high-growth businesses, family offices, and high net worth individuals. Her specialties include facilitating co-investment, raising capital, structuring organizations and deals, improving operations, identifying underutilized assets, and increasing revenues.

Samira's training as a mergers and acquisitions tax attorney, formerly in-house at Shell Oil Company and Vice-Chair of an ABA committee, provides the structural and technical detail of transactions that dealmakers need in today’s dynamic business climate. Her business acumen combined with superb communication skills enable her to speak publicly on topics such as private equity, direct deals, and capital raising. She is an active leader in the women's leadership development and entrepreneurship ecosystem, serves in a management role as the COO of a single-family office, and is a member of several foundation and community boards. Samira has worked with notable organizations including JP Morgan, Fidelity, Stonehenge Capital, Shell Oil Company, KPMG, Deloitte, The Bush Foundation, The American Bar Association, Institutional Investor, and the United Nations.

Samira received her education in the Middle East, Europe, and the US. She has an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Houston, and a JD and BS in international trade and finance with a minor in economics from Louisiana State University. She is licensed to practice law in Texas, Louisiana, and before the U.S. Tax Court. She spends her time in the New York Metro Area, the Gulf Coast, and Europe.

http://salmansolutions.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/samirasalman https://twitter.com/samira_salman

Virtual Rehab leverages Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain technology for prevention of Substance Use Disorders.

We also provide Correctional Services training and rehabilitation to officers and offenders.

At Virtual Rehab, our innovative and powerful solution is intended to rehabilitate rather than just punish. The scope of our solution includes psychological and correctional rehabilitation. Virtual Rehab’s services extend to hospitals, rehab centers, correctional officers, inmates, along with other verticals.

Some of our successes include:

Described by US Digital Government Head as a “capability that is very very promising for public services”
Only VR/AI company included in the US Department of Justice, Institute of Corrections Environmental Scan report
Chosen to represent Canada as part of the Arab Health 2018 conference in Dubai
Selected as one of Canada’s most promising high-growth life sciences companies in 2018
Featured by Microsoft’s leadership team at the Microsoft Inspire Innovation Session
Nominated by The Wall Street Journal for the WSJ D.LIVE Startup Showcase
Ranked by Spanish media as the first option for training correctional officers and rehabilitation of offenders using virtual reality
Featured by the media across over 28 countries

https://www.virtualrehab.co https://twitter.com/virehab

Marin and Julian, two programmers who started an apparel business with no prior experience. Originally from Bulgaria, they wanted to setup the foundation of their company there, so they could leverage the country's long-standing traditions in textile and clothing manufacturing, at the same time giving back to a place that made them who they are.

They bootstrapped DULO with their own savings in September 2016. After that they spent one year in product development, going over 70+ prototypes, testing with real people all over the world.

The DULO dress shirt, their first flagship product, is a non-iron dress shirt that removes the hassle from looking sharp. Traditional cotton shirts suck. They require a lot of care and waste your time. They are uncomfortable. Using performance fabrics, DULO redefined that traditional centerpiece into an item that stays out of your way when you need that extra bit of a stylish look.

https://weardulo.com https://twitter.com/weardulo https://www.instagram.com/weardulo/

We talk about how to run, take over and keep your restaurant relevant in the changing times and against the big guys.

Mattone Restaurant and Bar, co-owned by Franco and Vito Francese, recently unveiled updates to the menu and completed remodels to the inside that accentuate the signature brick oven. By the end of summer 2018, the restaurant will feature an outdoor patio. Franco recently appeared on WGN’s Midday News’ ‘Lunchbreak’, The Mancow Morning show on 97.9 The Loop and on Big John and Ramblin’ Ray on WLS-890 to talk about the exciting updates to the restaurant. He has also been featured in Pizza Today, Reader’s Digest, Restaurant Insider, and American Express OPEN.

The restaurant’s name is Italian for “brick”, which has become the theme for the new look. While wood-fired ovens are common these days, there is a twist with what Mattone is doing that makes them unique. Mattone offers three new wood-fired sandwiches with a delicious roll that is made from scratch. The oven is located at the front of the restaurant, and patrons can watch their sandwich be made at the time of order. The sandwich is created and fired to perfection, fresh from the oven.

Their signature, wood-fired Italian rolls were discovered by accident when testing out their rustic, brick wood-fired oven. The roll is made from their signature dough, that is made in-house, which is the same dough that they use for their pizza. They also feature a new wood-fired sandwich of the month and recently rolled out their Italian take on the Canadian Poutine – garlic fries smothered in mozzarella cheese and homemade Bolognese sauce. Their menu offers Italian cuisine with a few select American cuisine favorites, including: burgers, sandwiches, and BBQ ribs, a longtime Mattone favorite.

Aside from providing delicious menu options, Mattone contributes to the community by sponsoring La Grange Park Little League, organizing fundraisers for the Nazareth Father’s Club, and donating to St. Joseph’s sports programs, York Hockey Club, Divine Providence Church, and Ogden Avenue School’s pizza day, to name a few. Mattone is also a member of La Grange, La Grange Park, and Westchester’s Chamber of Commerce.

The restaurant has a long family history, as it was originally owned by Franco’s father, Domenico Francese. Franco now uses the knowledge he learned from his father to bring the best cuisine possible to the community.

Mattone is located at 9 E. 31st St, La Grange Park, IL 60526. For more information or to schedule an interview with Franco Francese, please reach out to the press contact above.

www.mattonerestaurant.com www.facebook.com/MattoneRestaurant www.instagram.com/mattonerest

Consulting Success (https://www.consultingsuccess.com) is the most comprehensive learning platform for serious consultants and skilled professionals who want to grow a stable and reliable consulting practice that attracts high-value clients time and time again.

We believe in the transformational power of consulting that creates real results for clients, and enables you as a consultant to do your best work, enjoy more time with your family, and achieve your desired income level and lifestyle.

Founded by Michael Zipursky and Sam Zipursky aka the “Zipursky Cousins” – serial entrepreneurs turned consultants with over 32 years of combined experience – we’ve consulted for and advised businesses throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East in over 30 industries. We’ve been in the trenches hustling to grow our own consulting businesses. We know what it feels like to be the outsider struggling to make things work or find acceptance in the market.

We are dedicated to teaching consultants the strategies and best practices of what actually works in the real world of consulting, regardless of what you specialize in or the types of companies and organizations you consult for.

To us, success is not about numbers or material gains. Instead, it's about being in a place where money isn't a concern anymore. It's the ability to go out to enjoy a meal or a trip with family. It’s having the certainty you need – in an increasingly uncertain world – to take charge of your future. It's the freedom to live life on your own terms.

https://www.consultingsuccess.com https://twitter.com/consultingbuzz https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1839787/profile

Tuthill Corporation, “the company with heart”, is taking a journey outside of manufacturing to discover what it means to truly be alive. In their first documentary series, The Search for Aliveness, Tuthill’s creative team – made up of Chad Gabriel (host and narrator), Erica Magda (director of photography), and Vito Pellicano (director and editor) - will travel the world to interview individuals from different backgrounds, races, cultures, etc. to see if there is commonality in aliveness.

Tuthill will not be making revenue off the of series. The docu-series is for the purpose of bringing Tuthill’s company culture beyond their four walls. The company has launched a worldwide casting call in search of individuals from all walks of life who fit the interviewee descriptions. The filmmakers are seeking volunteers from across the globe, with different cultures, beliefs, classes, lifestyles, and values to find, universally, what people do to feel alive, how one becomes alive, and if there is a “recipe” for aliveness. This groundbreaking documentary series will allow people to share their life story and be part of something that applies to all mankind.

Each selected participant will not only appear in the docu-series, but will also be featured on The Search for Aliveness website and social media. There are currently 15 interview roles available for submission, ranging from descriptions including: “high-profile public figures” to the “outdoor adrenaline junkie”, to “a person whose mission is to save lives”, to “a patriotic career soldier who has seen front line action” to “a person without at least one of their senses”. The full list of descriptions is available at: www.thesearchforaliveness.com/documentary-casting-call

https://www.thesearchforaliveness.com https://www.facebook.com/TheSearchForAliveness https://twitter.com/AlivenessSeries https://www.tuthill.com/

Play the Ultimate Team Building Game Download Cards Against Mundanity that I debuted at TEDxWilmington. Increases team performance and innovation in 45 minutes. For example, sales teams are seeing double-digit revenue increases. Companies such as E&Y, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, PRSA, and Oracle, along with 5,000+ people have played it (and it is free). It’s being used in company-wide meetings, executive team off-sites, board meetings, team planning sessions, mergers, sales meetings and more. https://jasontreu.com/one-hour-session-for-your-biggest-breakthrough/

SOCIAL WEALTH

1 business bestseller to master your business relationships

50,000+ copies sold, 130+ five star reviews on Amazon, and #1 in four business and self-help categories Readers have generated more than one billion dollars in wealth and sales from the strategies and tactics in this book. They’ve met influencers like Mark Cuban, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Tim Cook, Chris Anderson (TED founder), and more than 10 Fortune 50 CEOs. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/2NSkKbf

If you are an executive, business leader or manager, you probably want to improve your leadership development and management effectiveness to build a high performing and innovative team, and increase your KPIs.

Here is the HUGE problem: Only 10% -15% of leaders are self-aware, but 95% think they are. 80% + of managers overestimate their abilities compared to others. It only gets worse the higher up you go. This results in 99% of teams underperforming.

Your self-awareness challenge is a career killer. Everyone eventually hits their ceiling and plateaus. Few people do anything about it.

Have you made significant progress in the past year? If not, you've hit the plateau. Most people stay there for years or decades.

Here's the massive upside. You need a couple small changes to get exponential growth. You'll be operating in your area of genius. The fear, overwhelm and stress will disappear. You'll rocket past everyone to the top.

https://jasontreu.com https://twitter.com/jasontreu https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasontreu

Social Wealth: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships By Transforming the Way We Live, Love, Lead and Network

We help entrepreneurs and professionals write, self-publish and sell a business boosting non-fiction book.

Book Launchers is your personal and professional self-publishing team. We have everyone you need from an Emmy nominated writer to coach you, ghostwriters to type for you, professional editors, book marketing specialists, and more to help your book succeed.

You own your work and keep 100% of the royalties! You ALWAYS have complete creative control of your project. If you want to sell the rights to your book overseas or print 100 copies to give away, you can. It’s all yours.

Your finished book will look just like a book published by a traditional big five publishing company.

Our goal is to help you create a book that achieves your business goals. And, we have an internal mantra of #noboringbooks

https://booklaunchers.com https://www.youtube.com/user/julieabroad https://twitter.com/booklaunchers

An Honorable Community of Military & Veteran-Friendly Businesses.

WE CONNECT PEOPLE WITH COMPANIES THAT HONOR FREEDOM.

By being a GreenZone Hero, your company has a viable opportunity to improve business and share with the Nation how your company demonstrates its support of veterans, active duty military personnel and their families.

GreenZone Hero business members are profiled on a directory platform and receive a MANIFESTO and BEST PRACTICES MANUAL along with relevant real-time CASE STUDIES and OUTREACH TOOLS for attracting more veteran and military customers. Our Association and Ambassador programs help to improve business for our members as well as generating sustainable funding streams for veteran-military-focused non-profit organizations.

The GreenZone Hero businesses have "differentiated" themselves from their competition. These companies understand the high cost of freedom, an American value that far outweighs any amount of money. By publicly recognizing veterans, active duty personnel and their families and being officially-branded "Veteran & Military Friendly", our members will significantly improve their company's position within a very loyal marketplace.

www.GreenZoneHero.com http://www.heroesmediagroup.com/straight-outta-combat-radio/ John@GreenZoneHero.com

Our world is changing faster than ever. To deal with this, companies need a workforce that is fully engaged, high performing and adaptable to change.

But 69% of employees in North America are still not engaged or actively disengaged at work, and actively disengaged employees cost $450 billion to $550 billion per year alone.

So I love helping companies achieve greater levels of performance in a world that is changing faster than ever.

I do that through the delivery of multi-sensory keynote talks, group training and 1-on-1 coaching to develop high performance teams, improving the company culture, innovation, emotional intelligence and adaptability to change.

To demonstrate the power of what I teach, I just returned from delivering the closing talk 'What Future Are We Creating?' at Italy's largest TEDx event.

In the 4 months leading up to the event, I secretly worked with more than 80 strangers from 40 countries across the globe to produce an animated split screen video that played while I performed the song live on stage on a grand piano during my talk.

With every relationship built through digital technology, it showed the power that technology has to magnify our impact and what can be accomplished when working together as a team.

In our fast-paced world, I love helping people achieve their full potential. We each have the opportunity to leave a lasting legacy in this world and I believe in helping good companies do exactly that.

https://thrivingcollective.com https://twitter.com/askcameronbrown https://www.instagram.com/askcameronbrown

Venture for America is a two-year fellowship program for recent college grads who want to work at a startup and create jobs in American cities. Fellows learn important startup skills at our five-week Training Camp, apply for jobs within our vetted company network, and work for two years as full-time, salaried employees in one of 18 cities. When Fellows are ready to start a company—be it two years after college or ten—VFA has the resources (like a crowdfunding competition, accelerator, and seed fund) to help make that dream a reality.

Our mission: Venture for America is creating economic opportunity in American cities by mobilizing the next generation of entrepreneurs and equipping them with the skills and resources they need to create jobs.

https://ventureforamerica.org https://twitter.com/venture4america https://www.facebook.com/VentureForAmerica

IceCream labs enables intelligent merchandising for retailers & brands with it's SaaS AI platform.

The company’s Intelligent Merchandising solution enables eCommerce teams to increase product sales, reduce returns and improve customer satisfaction using Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing.

Product content is critical to eCommerce sales. It directly impacts a consumer's purchase decision and also impacts SEO, Site Search, Marketing, Promotions and Merchandising.

ContentIQ is a SaaS AI solution that automatically analyses and enriches product content all in the cloud with no IT involvement. The ContentIQ AI models automatically categorises products, extracts product attributes, identifies facets and generates engaging consumer oriented product content.

ContentIQ easily works with existing PIMs and MDM systems through it's open APIs. Customers can scale product offerings by 20x in weeks increasing revenue opportunities with limited cost impact.

ContentIQ has managed over 100 million products and 250 million images for leading retailers.

https://icecreamlabs.com https://in.linkedin.com/company/icecream-labs https://twitter.com/icecreamlabs

The Data Incubator is a full-stack data science training and placement company. We deliver the most up-to-date data science curriculum available to students at every point of their data science career. From data science dabblers to PhDs and professionals looking to increase their data science skills, our expert instructors provide hands-on training with the latest data science tools and techniques.

The Data Science Fellowship is an intensive, 8 week, bootcamp-style program that helps top data and science talent leaving academia with advanced degrees transition to roles as professional data scientists. The Fellowship runs quarterly with cohorts in New York City, San Francisco, Washington DC, and Boston. Apply today at http://bit.ly/2ip1yGQ

The Data Incubator's Data Science Fellowship graduates are available for hire. Companies that partner with TDI for their data science hiring needs get access to our top data science talent via our online resume book of graduates, as well as current Fellows participating in the program - http://bit.ly/2yX72PR

We also provide hands-on corporate training programs for organizations looking to develop their teams with the in-demand data science skills that drive business success - http://bit.ly/2JMmvEw

The Data Incubator's Online Courses were developed with the same curriculum used in our Fellowship and corporate training programs, made accessible via part-time courses with live instruction in an interactive learning environment - http://bit.ly/2JGfF35

https://www.thedataincubator.com https://twitter.com/thedatainc https://www.linkedin.com/school/the-data-incubator

risk, create, change is not your typical business book. It is a roadmap for startups and creators to follow that can guide them through their initial challenges as new business owners. This is a must have reference work for anyone serious about building a business from the ground up.

Author, risk, create, change: a survival guide for startups & creators Now available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Gi7Oen

Bryan Tuk is a musician, attorney, teacher and speaker based in Pennsylvania. His law practice focuses on arts & entertainment law, commercial and banking law and nonprofit organizations. He has advised actors, record labels, recording artists, recording studios, songwriters, producers, professional symphonic performers and music industry entrepreneurs. Bryan is a voting member of The Recording Academy, which is internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards. He has lectured on innovation and entrepreneurship at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania and in 2014, Bryan was a TEDx speaker.

You can learn more about Bryan’s Commercial, Arts & Nonprofit Law practice here: http://tuklaw.com

https://www.thehouseoftuk.com https://www.riskcreatechange.com

risk, create, change.: a survival guide for startups & creators

Deep Sentinel is a pioneer in AI-based home protection. The company’s intelligent crime prevention transforms home security from false alarms and ineffective after-the-fact crime alerts to real-time crime prediction and prevention. With Deep Sentinel, Americans can gain a reliable, cost-effective way to protect their homes and stop a burglary, mail theft or driveway break-in before it happens – and feel dramatically safer at home, at work and on vacation.

https://www.deepsentinel.com https://twitter.com/deep_sentinel https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepsentinel/

SOCAP18 will convene over 3,000 impact investors, world-class entrepreneurs, and innovative cross-sector practitioners dedicated to increasing the flow of capital toward social good. Our annual flagship event in San Francisco has become the leading gathering of the social capital markets, with more than 20,000 participants since our founding in 2008.

SOCAP (Social Capital Markets) is in the vanguard of the emerging global impact economy — convening ideas and capital to catalyze world change. We are a network of investors, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders addressing the world’s toughest challenges through market-based solutions. For more than ten years, we have achieved our goals through a series of events, initiatives, and partnerships that leverage the power and effectiveness of collaboration.

Lindsay curates all content for SOCAP, and also oversees production, marketing, and business development. Over the last six years, Lindsay has worked on the SOCAP Conference as Entrepreneur Coordinator (2012), Program Manager for the Oceans track (2013) Senior Content Associate (2014), and Director of Programming (2015) before becoming Producer and Curator in 2016. Lindsay was previously Strategic Initiatives Officer at ImpactAssets where she was focused on building knowledge resources that advance the field of impact investing, such as Issue Briefs and the annual ImpactAssets 50. Lindsay is a graduate of Columbia Business School and Pomona College and lives in San Francisco with her husband and twin daughters.

http://socialcapitalmarkets.net https://twitter.com/SOCAPmarkets https://www.facebook.com/socialcapitalmarkets

Globalist futurist speaker, author, consultant. Challenging the notion of leadership in the future. http://fastfuturepublishing.com

Global futurist public speaker - Have delivered over 30 keynotes, presentations, or workshops in 8 countries. - Speaking topics include: preparing for a very different future, disruptive technologies, an emerging world of disruption and technology, the changing nature of work, collaborative futures.

Futurist author - Book editor / co-editor: The Future of Business, Technology vs Humanity Unleashing Human Potential - The Future of AI in Business - Contributing author: Beyond Genuine Stupidity – Ensuring AI Serves Humanity The Future Reinvented: Reimagining Life, Society, and Business - Forthcoming books: Unleashing Human Potential - The Future of AI in Business 50 - 50 - Scenarios for the next 50 Years - Author /co-author of hundreds of articles published worldwide on the topics of: the future of AI, AI and employment, futurist predictions, future of business, smart cities, robotics, the future of the workforce.

Consulting: - Worked with organisations to achieve their goals through creating real-time strategies, effective collaboration and sustainable change. - Clients included: The American Association for the Advancement of Science, Astra Zeneca, Baxter Healthcare, EU Directorate General for Communications Networks Content and Technology, Harman International Industries, International Legal Technology Association, Leo Pharma, National Health Service (UK), Pfizer, Premier Media Group, Terrapin Global Events, and UK Government Department of Business Innovation & Skills.

Podia is your all-in-one digital storefront. The easiest way to sell online courses, memberships and downloads, no technical skills required.

Spencer Fry is a 34-year-old entrepreneur. A Business Guy turned Programmer. Co-founder & CEO of TypeFrag ('03 - '07), Carbonmade ('07 - '11), Uncover ('12+) and currently Podia ('14+).

https://www.podia.com https://twitter.com/podiadotcom https://twitter.com/spencerfry

Because I have been blessed to have many years of success in entrepreneurship and seed stage investing, I am now trying to pay my success forward by creating a series of blog posts that are designed for young people and their parents and mentors as a roadmap to developing the mindset and skills needed to be a success outside the traditional job market. My dream is to create a toolbox of those skills and mindsets that can make dreams come true.

The Dream Toolbox, a series of short podcasts that are designed to open windows of economic opportunity that most people don’t know even exist and to provide a set of skill based tools that can lead almost anyone from a low-income existence to wealth and financial abundance. But before beginning, I need to ask you a question: Are you content with your life as it is right now?

If you don’t have those things and are not content to stay where you are, then stick with us and I’ll show you how almost anyone can stop living in the bottom of the economic ladder and achieve success.

https://www.dreamtoolbox.com https://twitter.com/dream_toolbox https://www.facebook.com/yourdreamtoolbox/

Skyler Ditchfield is the Co-Founder and CEO of GeoLinks, the No. 1 Fastest Growing Fixed Wireless ISP in the country, and Inc. Magazine’s No. 2 Fastest Growing ISP in America. Nationally recognized for its innovative Internet and Hosted Voice Solutions, and dedication to closing the U.S. Digital Divide, GeoLinks is determined to bring connectivity to every unconnected Anchor Institution in America over the next 7 years.

To accomplish this goal, Skyler is aggressively looking to change the landscape of Internet across America by influencing the reform of broadband funding and spectrum policy on both a state and federal level. Believing that action fuels influence, Skyler lead GeoLinks to successfully connect more schools than any other ISP in both 2016 and 2017, and was an instrumental lobbyist in the passing of AB1665, the Internet For All Act, that brought $330m in new funding to the state of California.

Within his company, Ditchfield is passionate about cultivating the best company culture around—one that combines respect, collaboration and a “best idea wins mantra.”

https://geolinks.com https://twitter.com/SkylerJesseD https://www.facebook.com/geolinksusa

Dr. Pantas Sutardja is founder, president and CEO of Latticework.

A legend in the storage industry, Dr. Sutardja has over 25 years of experience in the storage and semiconductor industry. He began his career at IBM Almaden Research Center where he developed the company’s first CMOS read channel chip. Dr. Sutardja and his brother would eventually team up to create Marvell Technology Group Limited in 1995, turning a startup into a publicly traded global leader in storage with several billion storage chips sold to date.

Now, Dr. Sutardja has turned his storage sights to the hybrid cloud with Latticework leading the development of hybrid cloud-edge solutions to meet consumer demand for more storage and bandwidth related to skyrocketing data and video usage. The company’s first product, Amber, is the first personal storage device that provides consumers with security and privacy not available in public offerings.

In his personal life, Dr. Sutardja is a noted philanthropist, establishing the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology at UC Berkeley, and, with his wife, creating a private foundation with an initial focus on education and medical fields.

Dr. Sutardja holds BS, MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from University of California, Berkeley.

https://www.myamberlife.com https://twitter.com/myamberlife https://www.facebook.com/myamberlife

Property coin gives you an exclusive opportunity to participate in a fully regulated coin that is backed by real estate assets and loans. To our knowledge, there is no way, currently, for investors to invest in an institutionalized, technology driven fix and flip investment strategy at scale in the U.S. or elsewhere. Traditionally, residential fix and flip strategies are only available to “country club” deals made by the ultra wealthy. Property Coin is changing that. We aim to democratize access to our investment strategy by giving investors the opportunity to share in the profits produced by our existing operational and technological platform.

Aperture is a California based real estate technology and investment company focused on the acquisition, rehabilitation and disposition of distressed residential real estate and writing loans to smaller investors with the same strategy.

In their careers, our team is estimated to have been involved in the closing of over $150B of real estate financing transactions, the flipping of over 3,000 properties, the origination of over $10B of mortgage loans and the creation of proprietary technology systems for some of the largest investment banks in the world.

To date, we have produced over 50% unlevered IRR’s on our investments.

https://aperture.re https://propertycoin.re/en https://twitter.com/Property_Coin

Jeffrey Bennett holds a B.A. in Biophysics from the University of California at San Diego and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He specializes in mathematics and science education, writing for and speaking to audiences ranging from elementary school children to college faculty. His extensive teaching experience, which spans all levels from preschool through graduate school, includes having founded and run a private science summer school for elementary and middle school children and teaching more than fifty college classes in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and education. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and writing, including the American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award.

Dr. Bennett is the lead author of best-selling college textbooks in four distinct subject areas: astronomy, mathematics, statistics, and astrobiology (life in the universe); together, these books have sold more than 1.5 million copies. He has written six critically acclaimed books for general public: On the Cosmic Horizon (Addison Wesley, 2001); Beyond UFOs (Princeton University Press, 2008/2011), which was selected by Miami University as their Convocation book for all incoming students to read in 2008/9; Math for Life (Big Kid Science, 2014), which won the Colorado Book Award for general nonfiction; What is Relativity? (Columbia University Press, 2014); On Teaching Science (Big Kid Science, 2014); and A Global Warming Primer (Big Kid Science, 2016).

For children, Dr. Bennett is the creator and author of the award-winning series “Science Adventures with Max the Dog,” which includes Max Goes to the Space Station, Max Goes to the Moon, Max Goes to Mars, and Max Goes to Jupiter; and of the Earth science focused book The Wizard Who Saved the World. These five children’s titles were selected by the Story Time From Space program as the first set of books to be launched to the International Space Station; launched in January 2014, they have been read by astronauts for children around the world. His latest book for children, I, Humanity, was selected for the second Story Time From Space launch, and joined his other books on the International Space Station in December 2015. Because his textbook The Cosmic Perspective was also taken into space (during the 2009 Space Shuttle servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope), Dr. Bennett has now had a total of seven books launched into space.

http://www.jeffreybennett.com http://www.globalwarmingprimer.com http://www.bigkidscience.com

Push Payments is an instant payments processor located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in the immediate transfer of value between a multitude of accounts types.

Push Payments delivers easy-to-implement API solutions that allow their clients facilitate credit push transactions in seconds while providing a suite of features, providing that allow them to be more competitive, experience greater operational efficiency, include additional data all while providing complete Regulatory transparency and Compliance in this heighten era of Risk Management. Their unique, directly integrated, multi-modal payment platform offers maximum flexibility for companies that look to take control of their cash flow while reducing cost.

https://www.pushpayments.com https://twitter.com/PushPayments https://www.linkedin.com/company/push-payments

"Type R makes an impressive step towards reimagining how we live, work and lead, going beyond past thinking to draw on research, and a brave new vision for the future to help guide us to success in our complex world.”- Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation- Climate Justice & former President of Ireland

Forget Type As and Bs. The future lies with Type Rs-- the individuals, leaders, businesses, families and communities that turn challenges into opportunity in times of upheaval, crisis and change. In our new book we explore the process of Transformative Resilience. And, we look at the mindset, skills, and strategies of Type Rs who are finding ways to turn some of the most challenging of circumstances into opportunity — growing from the experience and springing forward rather than merely bouncing back — and ultimately making a larger contribution.

We share inspiring stories of Type Rs thriving during unprecedented world events and increasing global pressures. And we share the individual and collective triumphs of people coping with the stress of daily life and the disruption and challenges that disrupt our lives at some point. Our research spans the person and professional, the local and global, reaching across psychology, neuroscience, business and current affairs.

Type R also teaches leaders, businesses and organisations how to cultivate Type R vision and cultures, which is essential for thriving in disruptive change. Ultimately Type R shows that we can use challenges to innovate, create new strengths and grow. (Public Affairs/ Hachette Book Group, January 9, 2018)

https://type-r-resilience.com/ https://type-r-resilience.com/book https://twitter.com/AmaMarston

Empowering frustrated business leaders to transform their companies to remove the dysfunction and achieve their desired outcomes.

Years of treating the financial & accounting symptoms for companies lead me to realize their was a bigger issue that was the root cause of the financial issues and leaders' frustration with running the company, but the issue was the missing business school subject: business alignment.

His July 2017 release, Transform Your Company, defines the previously unnamed section of business tools that help business leaders get everyone in the company on the same page.

http://alexvorobieff.com Transform Your Company: Escape Frustration, Align Your Business, and Get Your Life Back - https://amzn.to/2LtRWnt https://twitter.com/avorobieff

Transform Your Company: Escape Frustration, Align Your Business, and Get Your Life Back

I'm a "serial entrepreneur" and specialize in strategic vision development and the tactical execution of epic business strategies. That sounds pretty damn egotistical doesn't it?

Well...How about this: I love the startup space and helping other entrepreneurs establish and position their companies for massive growth. I am an active advisor to multiple companies, programs and individuals.

Cool Highlights - $10M in revenue win first year of business with The Beard Club - $500k Crowdfunding campaign with Coolbox - Featured in almost all major business blogs - Took selfie with Taylor Swift - Recognized thought leader in youth employment policy & entrepreneurship - Keynote Speaker on 3 continents (and counting) - Global Startup Youth 2013 Delegate - Awarded full scholarship - globalstartupyouth.org - Global Startup Youth ASEAN (2015) - Mentor - globalstartupyouth.org/asean - Top 1% most viewed profiles on Linkedin

Subscription Hacks is a platform for entrepreneurs building and scaling traditional and subscription e-commerce companies.

We are a collection of renowned entrepreneurs committed to sharing the exact strategies that have made our companies successful. We educate and inspire entrepreneurs to build bigger and better companies with our media & publishing, tactical courses and our membership groups.

We lead by example, wear our failures on our sleeve, and promise to always add as much value as possible and live in service to others.

http://thealexbrown.com https://subscriptionhacks.com/

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?

I'm thinking of selling my business, but I don't know what it's worth, how to sell it or even if I should sell it...

We assist business owners, 2-35+ million in revenue, using a 22 category pre-sale business evaluation & preparation assistance to answer the question above. We also assist serial entrepreneurs who have the experience of selling and buying multiple businesses.

If your business is already optimized and ready to sell then don't call us. We are only interested providing a readiness picture and fixing problems discovered that prevent the business from selling or maximizing sale value.

The side effect of this process is likely to mean that you start to enjoy your business again and have a better work/life balance. Sometimes it means that you will delay the sale of the business because you want to.

We developed this process after hearing from hundreds of business owners who sold and wished they had known what buyers wanted without going through a deal. It's hard to decide to go back and fix your business once you're at the deal table.

For more information, please visit Austecbt.com. Be sure to check out our notices of upcoming workshops as well as stories on our blog.

http://www.austecbt.com https://twitter.com/AustecBT https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhamelii/

Podknife is a curated podcast information and review site designed to be accessible in your browser from any device. We’re working to build the most useful podcast information source available by providing you with as much publicly available information about each podcast in our database as we can find and keeping it as up to date as possible.

https://podknife.com https://twitter.com/podknife https://www.facebook.com/podknife

Rachel Braun Scherl is a proven expert in business-building for female health companies. Through SPARK Solutions for Growth, Rachel has driven innovation and created revenue growth for leading pharma, beauty and consumer health companies, including Allergan, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer, Merck, and Church & Dwight. Her brand experience includes Advil, Aveeno, Botox, Carefree, Centrum, Chapstick, Coppertone, Johnson’s Baby, Listerine, Neutrogena, ob, Splenda, Stayfree, Trojan, Tylenol and Zestra.

As part of "Rachel Talks" keynote speaker series, Rachel has presented to global audiences on Business-Building, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Women in Business. Rachel has spoken at prestigious venues, including Johnson & Johnson, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Pennsylvania Conference for Women, The Fuqua School at Duke University, Barnard College Athena Center for Leadership Studies, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Yale School of Management, Fairleigh Dickinson Silberman College of Business and Montclair State University Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship.

Career Highlights:

Rachel has built a client base including some of the world’s leading organizations as Principal at SPARK; As Co-Founder of Semprae Laboratories, Rachel led the growth of the company leading to its sale to Innovus Pharmaceuticals Inc. *Recipient of Best 50 Women in Business by NJBiz , SmartCEO’s BRAVA Award and JWI’s 10 Women to Watch.

Rachel has been featured for her work in Women’s Health and Leadership on ABC News, CBS, msnbc, AdAge, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lifetime, Oprah Radio, FOX News, WPIX, Inc., & Forbes. She has a regular column at Huffington Post and writes for Inc. Rachel is a Board member of illumai & Advisory Board Member at Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, The Fuqua School of Business.

http://www.sparksolutionsforgrowth.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelbraunscherl/ Her book - Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness - https://amzn.to/2sgfO6J

Orgasmic Leadership: Profiting from the Coming Surge in Women's Sexual Health and Wellness

Fundmetric uses analytics and predictive modelling to help determine the who, what, when, where, why, and how of donors and their relationship to not-for-profits and charities.

Fundraisers often spend 90% of their time on 10% of their donors. In addition to predictive analytics, Fundmetric also helps save charities time by automating and personalizing tasks relating to the remaining 90% and allowing fundraisers to focus on their larger donors at the top of the giving pyramid.

https://www.fundmetric.com https://twitter.com/fundmetric https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundmetric

Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) is in the vanguard of the emerging global impact economy - convening ideas and capital to catalyze world change. We are a network of investors, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders addressing the world’s toughest challenges through market-based solutions. For more than ten years, we have been the leading convener of people, businesses, and non-profits at the intersection of money and meaning. We proudly announce the Good Capital Project (GCP), an integral step in evolving impact investment from an emerging industry into mainstream practice. The Good Capital Project, through a new design thinking process, will convene all constituents to drive greater collaboration and accelerate capital flows into purpose driven investments.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals, ESG Metrics, SRI principles, corporate social responsibility, impact investing and philanthropy have provided principles, driven investment and improved corporate governance and sustainability. While each of these valuable approaches are critical threads, a weaving of these threads is required to strengthen and mainstream the industry. The Good Capital Project leverages expertise from the financial, design, academic, non-profit, governmental and impact communities to contribute best practices from existing initiatives to the design of the new fabric of a purpose driven impact economy.

The Good Capital Project will develop new tools, resources and frameworks to leverage the financial services community as a force for positive impact.

Learning from the successes and failures of local, regional, and global capital deployment, the GCP will create beneficial opportunities for both the financial sector and broader global community The financial markets need to be prepared for the seismic shift in investor demographics that demand greater alignment of their portfolios with their values. The GCP will focus on generating innovative and sustainable solutions to align the capital markets with the human needs of tomorrow. The financial markets must be a catalyst for good in the years ahead.

The Good Capital Project launched this June in New York City, gathering select senior-level attendees to kick-off the industry-wide collaborative effort and form the foundation of the project. The GCP’s initial output will be unveiled in San Francisco at the 10th anniversary of SOCAP’s flagship conference this October, followed by a series of multi-media content to highlight the project’s successes and milestones. This ambition is a shared goal that only collaboration can help realize.

SOCAP18 will be our 11th annual convening at the intersection of money + meaning. Schedule and speaker details will be updated in the months leading up to the event. Explore last year’s speakers and sessions on our SOCAP17 Conference App.

To get the latest SOCAP18 schedule and speaker notifications sign-up for our email newsletter, check the SOCAP blog, or follow Social Capital Markets on Facebook or Twitter.

Can’t wait until October to connect with like-minded changemakers? Attend an upcoming SOCAP 365 event near you.

http://socialcapitalmarkets.net https://www.goodcapitalproject.com http://socialcapitalmarkets.net/socap365/

I want to invite all of you in the Building The Future community to join me at SUP-X: The StartUp Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this July 26th, where I’ll be the emcee. SUP-X is one of the largest and best startup conferences in the U.S. and the official gathering of the Building The Future community this summer. SUP-X has cutting edge content, a cool startup competition and a half-day forum this year called #women4women, the largest gathering in the US in 2018 of angel groups, seed funds and VC funds focused on female founders and female entrepreneurs.

For more information visit www.sup-x.org. I hope to see all my Building The Future friends there!

The critically-acclaimed comedy group, Four Day Weekend, is the longest-running show in the Southwest. On Friday and Saturday nights, the group performs a show, created from audience suggestions and participation, at their 212-seat theater in downtown Fort Worth. Repeatedly voted "Best Comedy" for many years, Four Day Weekend is a Fort Worth institution. They’ve been called “Fort Worth’s Greatest Ambassadors," have been awarded the Key to the City, have performed for two U.S. presidents and delivered a keynote address to the United States Congress. No trip to Fort Worth is complete until you attend this award-winning show!

Check out the show: http://fourdayweekend.com/

Happy Accidents is your personal guide to transforming your life. As we take on task after task, responsibility after responsibility, we lose sight of who we are and why we're doing what we do; we rush through the day completing a to-do list, but we never really seem to accomplish the things that are most important. What goals do you have for your life? What steps have you taken toward them today? Consider this book your guide to getting back on track to your dreams and help inspire those around you. It's not about doing more or doing less, it's about making what you do worthy of the effort. From forging new relationships, stepping out of your comfort zone, and reframing your work—start valuing these as empowering choices you get to make toward a particular goal every day.

Get the book here: https://amzn.to/2HZiEDG

Happy Accidents: The Transformative Power of "Yes, and" at Work and in Life

About Rahul Pangam

Rahul Pangam is co-founder and CEO of Simility. A fraud detection industry veteran, Pangam believes in combining the power of algorithms to recognize similar and dissimilar signals with the ability for humans to create meaning, while giving front-line fraud fighters the tools that empower them to put their domain expertise and knowledge to use without having to write code. Previously, Pangam held executive positions in fraud and risk management at Google and has since teamed up with Simility co-founders to bring his fraud-fighting expertise from Google to the enterprise fraud management and authentication space. Prior to Google, Pangam was an Engineering Lead at GE Energy working on smart grid technology. Pangam holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University.

The problem:

Enterprise fraud is a global epidemic costing companies trillions of dollars annually.

A team of ex-Google fraud fighters has come together to create Simility, a company dedicated to helping companies prevent fraud and abuse in real time with machine learning, big data analytics and data visualization capabilities.

Simility provides an end-to-end fraud prevention platform that has the ability to take virtually unlimited structured data feeds from across the enterprise and use advanced machine learning and data visualization techniques to detect fraud. With Simility, enterprises can better protect their businesses from fraudsters–all without needing to write a line of code.

“Digital disruption in the financial and commerce sectors has resulted in the need for a fraud and risk management solution that goes beyond legacy, static rule-based offerings to offer protection in a digital first, big data analytics-focused environment. Simility is fulfilling that need with an innovative, game-changing, adaptive solution,” said Rahul Pangam, co-founder and CEO, Simility.

The company has seen impressive global adoption among enterprise customers in financial services, retail and payments, and has recently secured $17.5M in its latest funding round.

https://simility.com https://twitter.com/simility https://www.linkedin.com/company/simility

14 years in investigative and tactical policing allowed me to hone deep organizational and leadership skills, and sparked an entrepreneurial fire inside of me. Throughout my policing career I also helped to start businesses.

In 2001 I started KPLJ, and its rapid financial success, coupled with my start in direct selling, led to my exit from law enforcement. KPLJ was later sold in 2005, for 8 figures.

Throughout the past decade I have traveled to 40 countries, speaking about sales and teaching leadership. During this time, I published 3 books that have sold over 300,000 copies (as of Jan 1, 2018)

In 2012, I was he Co-Founder of an international supplement company called Ocean Avenue. A rapid start ($1M in the first month) and explosive 2 years ($34M) led to quick exit.

On Nov 1st, 2013, I founded GoRead.com. My mission to two-fold:

To help every author in the world to make publishing a profitable experience; and To Give Every Child In the World The Gift Of Reading (GoRead Children's Literacy Foundation) GoRead.com is changing the way people write, read and experience books! We bring book-lovers together through a cutting-edge, web-based community that allows them to virtually preserve their personal book collection, which is the legacy of a reader - hence "Reader's Legacy". We also publish the books of thousands of authors through Rebel Press.

https://www.goread.com https://twitter.com/therealgoread https://www.linkedin.com/in/kendunn

At WERKIN, we believe that the best companies are also the most diverse and inclusive ones.

We believe in the power of technology to change who you see and how you work, encouraging an inclusive organization that attracts and retains diverse talent.

Through tech-enabled mentorship, we are building global communities in some of the world’s most influential organizations.

We know that mentoring is at the heart of any fulfilling career, whether you’ve been a mentee, mentor or both. Formal and informal mentors help you learn, stretch and grow.

We are passionate about the power of Diversity & Inclusion to not only strengthen your organization, but also drive innovation and profitability.

Let’s talk about how you can get WERKIN to help your people feel visible and supported in your organization.

https://getwerkin.com https://twitter.com/getwerkin https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayleysudbury/

In order to create additional value for video content, DIFRactive (DIFFER-active) Technology, a B2B SaaS provider, is developing an interactive video plug-in that allows viewers to bookmark products and information they are interested in learning more about. As a result, when viewers are watching a video, they will now be able to shop, see exclusive content, view character/actor information, listen to the soundtracks used, and much more, directly from the platform.

With this software incorporated on a video platform, everyone wins. DIFRactive’s primary clients, content creators, are now able to better market their work to brands for financial support through product placement. Additionally, viewers get a richer, non-intrusive viewing experience, adding much more depth to their video, while brands receive metrics regarding the performance of their products within the video to better understand their return on investment (ROI) and create a new sales channel.

https://www.difractive.com https://twitter.com/DIFRactive https://www.linkedin.com/company/18088379/

Rave is a Canadian company that develops technology to enhance media. The Rave social viewing app enables users on iOS, Android and Virtual Reality (VR) to watch videos from sources such as Netflix, YouTube, Viki, and RaveDJ together in perfect sync while texting and voice chatting. Rave is a combination of the best elements of a messenger with a media player app.

Rave is available for free on Android, iOS and in Virtual Reality in Samsung Galaxy Gear VR and Google DayDream at get.rave.io/download.

Rave is also proud to be introducing RaveDJ, the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) DJ capable of artfully mixing music. Utilizing the latest in machine learning technologies, RaveDJ is capable of autonomously generating 'mashups' of user-selected songs. The next generation of RaveDJ is capable of blending 200+ tracks into 'mixes.' AI is revolutionizing the world, and Rave is proud to be a pioneer in its application to music.

RaveDJ is available for free at www.rave.dj and the Rave app.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GetRave/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getraveapp/

Some Mashups:

Thunder vs. Turn Down for What - https://rave.dj/yPs0EUS1-KIDgA

Mi Gente vs. Trumpets - https://rave.dj/ftxH9GuhCS-jAQ

What Lovers Do vs. FIYAH - https://rave.dj/2LnYT95ejFT8iA

The WGEC Tour focuses on empowering women to pursue and succeed in business and entrepreneurship. During Tour, women are invited from around the world to showcase their innovative, business and entrepreneurial ideas in the areas of technology, innovation, or green and renewable energy (TIGRE). The US regional and international winners will compete in Dubai, UAE in 2019 for the 1 MILLION DOLLAR GRAND PRIZE to launch their business.

With WGEC, everyone wins – not just the contestants. A woman can register to participate as a conference attendee, event sponsor, or choose to sponsor another woman who registers to compete in the competition.

The unique WGEC experience offers women a dynamic platform designed to develop their business plan and gain valuable exposure to advanced global networks during the WGEC Reality TV Series being taped during the conference tour stops.

The WGEC, Conference and World Tour will also provide leadership training, mentoring, consulting and funding for business concepts and ideas through informative, expert online and on-site conference seminars throughout the tour.

Mrs. Metashar Bankhead Dillon is the epitome of brilliant, yet humble. She is a 4th generation entrepreneur, who, since age 18 has had an extraordinary sense of social responsibility. She developed the Women’s Global Entrepreneur Competition (WGEC) and Technology Innovation Green-renewable Energy (TIGRE) over 20 years ago. In 2012 the WGEC Gala was launched in Connecticut for Women all over the World to come together and begin working to further the creation and growth of Women Entrepreneurs through WGEC and TIGRE Tours so future generations of Entrepreneurs can leave lasting legacies. Metashar strives to establish a New Day, New Era of Pioneers, setting a standard for Women, Mothers, Wives, Entrepreneurs, Executives, Mentors, Trailblazers and Champions.

https://wgectour.com/ https://kiedc.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/metashar-dillon-a6b16128/

Already in use in California, Reviver Auto has previously reached U.S. licensing agreements to bring the groundbreaking plates to roughly one-third of the U.S. driving population including California, Arizona, Texas, and Florida. Now the company has announced a new international agreement for a proof of concept program of the Rplate Pro to the Dubai Road and Transit Authority in partnership with local distributor Team Target International.

“The global adoption of the Rplate Pro coincides with our mission to establish a universal connected vehicle innovation platform and this program will prove our ability to be a robust solution and first in this market,” said Neville Boston, CEO, Reviver Auto. “We’re not just reinventing the connected vehicle ecosystem; we’re building safer and more connected communities one license plate at a time and are thrilled to be part of Dubai’s Smart City initiative.”

“Reviver Auto is ushering in a new era of connectivity for transportation,” said Abdullah Yousuf Al Ali, CEO of RTA’s Licensing Agency. “The Rplate Pro will play a critical role in aiding communication between vehicles and transportation-related agencies and programs that aim to ultimately make driving safer and smarter. It is our vision to make Dubai the smartest city in the world and the Rplate Pro will be a key part of our transportation infrastructure.”

https://www.reviverauto.com/ https://twitter.com/reviverauto https://www.linkedin.com/company/reviverauto/

Toyin Umesiri is an entrepreneur and the convener of the Trade with Africa Business Summit 2018 taking place in Bentonville, Arkansas on May 10th and 11th (www.tradewithafricabusinesssummit.com). After over a decade working in corporate America; at Fortune 1 (Walmart) & Fortune 150 (Whirlpool Corporation), she made the big leap to full time entrepreneurship to follow her passion for Africa.

Toyin's experience spans developing technology solutions and global strategy forApparel Merchandising, Manufacturing, Finance and Controlling, Logistics and Supply Chain for leading brands. She also led the team responsible for designing the Global Sourcing and Supplier Management solutions at Walmart.

Following a trip to Africa in 2015 she committed to using her skills and global networks built as leverage in empowering people on the African continent. As CEO of Nazaru (www.nazaru.com), she leads a U.S. based company that drives increased U.S. commercial interest in Africa by not only fostering Business to Business (B2B) dialog that leads to mutually beneficial arrangements but also showcasing Africa's exporters and brands.

In 2016 Toyin was featured as a leading and inspirational woman in technology on the platform LEADING WOMEN (www.leadingwomen.com).

Trade with Africa Business Summit is a production of Nazaru LLC and the event derives it's name from the tag line of Nazaru; trade with africa....

Contact information: Email: toyin@nazaru.com Company website: www.nazaru.com Personal website: www.toyinumesiri.com Event: www.tradewithafricabusinesssummit.com

Ash Kumra is CEO of entrepreneur movement YOUNGRY™, author, radio host and mindfulness coach. Ash has been awarded by Linkedin a top business influencer and White House as an entrepreneur making impact. Ash has spoken to over 10,000 people and featured in Forbes Magazine, Huffington Post and Entrepreneur Magazine. TV credits include presenting for Sony TV”s global show “Meet The Drapers” starring venture capitalist Tim Draper. Ash is passionate about paying it forward and serves on UC Irvine’s Beall Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

http://ashkumra.com https://twitter.com/ashkumra https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashkumra

Hi! I’m Andrew, and I'm originally from Rolling Prairie, Indiana - a farm town of 500 people. I'm actually a CPA but left that behind to start my own business in 2015 as I saw a real need for people to meet and make genuine friends.

I realized that it wasn't just me who didn't care to meet people at the bars, online or in other random places. FORGET using Bumble, Tinder, or Match to make friends! I want to meet people in real life. So I created an exclusive social club called New Town Connections and haven't looked back since. It's been life-changing not only to me but for many of our members. You can't put a price tag on what having a best friend is really worth.

New Town Connections is the place where young professionals can establish long-lasting friendships centered around their common interests. By joining, our members gain insider access to hundreds of unique experiences across the Bay Area and create their own social network in real life.

In addition to running New Town Connections, I just published my first book: "Friend Request Accepted - Connecting in a Disconnected World" to help people build genuine friendships in today's digital society.

My friends call me #teamnosleep but I swear I really like to sleep! Sometimes I backpack around the world by myself, but I’m never really alone. I thrive on being around others and enjoy not spending time at home as I get my energy when I'm with people.

Specialties include: master networking, introducing people, making friends, and running events. I have the energy of 5 people and I enjoy using it every day for the benefit of others.

You can message me at andrew@newtownconnections.com or on my cell at 317-417-2973. I’m proud to be representing my home state and always more than happy to meet new people. If you know anyone who could utilize my company’s services, then send them my way!

https://www.newtownconnections.com/ https://twitter.com/newtownconnect https://www.linkedin.com/company/new-town-connections/ https://www.amazon.com/Friend-Request-Accepted-Connecting-Disconnected/dp/0999248901

Friend Request Accepted: Connecting In A Disconnected World

At TAB, we consider ourselves the gateway between brands and mobile consumers. As a mobile first performance driven agency that understands mobile consumers’ needs and behaviors, TAB supports and enhances mobile media channels for brand communications.

TAB offers: Acquisition, Tracking, Reporting, Optimization, Strategy and Creative. Based on our clients’ needs, TAB’s mobile experts navigate the ecosystem to provide a full 360-degree approach to our clients’ campaigns. With our in-house traffic solutions which includes a private distribution platform, app conversion, attribution tracking and optimization tools, we provide a vast variety of resources for our customers.

www.tab.company https://twitter.com/hq_tab https://www.linkedin.com/company/10388614/

United States Magistrate Judge and Federal Bar Association’s Judicial Ambassador for Civics and former national president. The Honorable Michael J. Newman is a United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Ohio, former national president of the Federal Bar Association and continues his FBA involvement as the Judicial Ambassador for Civics. The FBA has more than 20,000 members and is the pre-eminent bar association for lawyers and judges in the Federal Courts. For 2016-17, the FBA is focusing on Civics and Service to Others. To that end, Judge Newman is leading the FBA’s national initiatives regarding civics education, the SOLACE program, legal assistance to veterans, and access to justice.

Judge Newman has a long history of community activities and giving back to others. In 2010, he was honored to receive the Boots Fisher Public Service Award, given annually to one lawyer in the United States for “exemplary community, public and charitable service.” Such involvement continues; in 2014, Judge Newman was instrumental in creating a lawyer referral program for military personnel at Wright Patterson Air Force Base - to assist them in finding affordable counsel. He now presides over the first Federal Veterans Court in the Southern District of Ohio and is an active participant in Reentry Court and the Restored Citizens Project, two Federal Court efforts in Dayton designed to help formerly incarcerated individuals successfully return to society.

Prior to taking the bench, he was a partner in the Cincinnati office of Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, where he represented both plaintiffs and defendants, and practiced in the areas of labor and employment, business litigation and appellate litigation. He chaired the firm’s Labor & Employment Appellate Practice Group, created and ran the firm’s pro bono appellate program in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, and served on the firm’s Diversity Committee. He was named a “Leading Lawyer,” an “Ohio Super Lawyer” and one of the “Best Lawyers in America in Labor & Employment Law.” After being appointed as a federal judge, Judge Newman chaired the FBA’s national Magistrate Judge Task Force. He was recognized thereafter by the Federal Magistrate Judges Association for “valuable and dedicated service to all Magistrate Judges.” The FBA honored him in 2014 with a President’s Award for his “leadership [and] extraordinary service, commitment and guidance.”

Judge Newman attended the Advanced Mediation Program at Harvard Law School and is frequently called upon to mediate complex federal disputes. He was a mediator and arbitrator while in private practice. Judge Newman graduated with honors from the Washington College of Law at American University, and attended New York University as an undergraduate. He and his wife, Rachel, are the proud parents of triplet daughters now in elementary school.

Main Website: www.fedbar.org Civics Education: www.fedbar.org/Outreach/Civics.aspx www.twitter.com/federalbar www.linkedin.com/company-beta/114338/

A national nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to closing the gender gap in tech by providing educational opportunities for girls in computer science.

We accomplish our mission through hands-on workshops, classes, hackathons, and events that empower women to pursue computer science. Although we are based in NYC, our impact is nationwide as we have programs running across the country. We offer support to young women ranging from elementary school to college students and beyond.

http://girlsmakeapps.org/ https://www.facebook.com/GirlsMakeApps https://twitter.com/girlsmakeapps

Today's talent is looking for more meaning, more flexibility, and more opportunity. I help organizations change how they think about talent strategy, and develop solutions to eliminate out-of-date practices. If you're struggling to attract great people, create an inspiring culture, or develop a strong leadership pipeline, we should talk.

Talent strategy and organizational development consultant with expertise in the development of high performing culture through employee experience and customer focus. Bestselling author and keynote speaker on the evolution of work, and the power of diversity and flexibility as drivers of business results.

About the Book

Julie’s having a very bad day. She’s a new manager, and her top performer has resigned to escape her, and her own manager is looking on with a skeptical eye.

This is the story of her turnaround.

Being a first-time manager is a tough job. If you were Julie, what would you do? Wouldn’t anyone, given the choice of taking on a leadership role (with a raise), or staying put, have done the same? But no one prepared her for developing co-workers, her former peers, while producing as before and leading the team. Now she’s in over her head.

Author Katy Tynan understands. In her new book, How Did I Not See This Coming? A Manager’s Guide to Avoiding Total Disaster, Tynan unlocks the truths about management, showing that first-time managers are basically on a journey without a map. It’s not that employers aren’t investing in their new managers, she says, or that the people in leadership don’t care, but they are no longer close to the raw experience of being a new manager. What’s more, most management books are written by experts who lack the memory of first-time failure.

In How Did Not See This Coming?, Tynan tells the fictional story of Julie, a onetime star producer, to illustrate how a new manager can successfully make the shift from a role without leadership responsibilities to one with them. Along the way, Tynan offers the five basic truths about management—starting with recognizing team values and strengths—truths that can be learned by anyone. You, too, can be the manager everyone’s talking about—in a good way—because you’re the one who figured it out.

Order the book here: https://www.td.org/books/how-did-i-not-see-this-coming

https://katytynan.com https://twitter.com/katytynan https://www.linkedin.com/in/katytynan/

As founder of freelance creative collective Design Mastermind NYC, I manage a variety of brand development projects for coaches, entrepreneurs, established businesses, and new startups all over the world. From Sydney to Dubai to L.A, clients rely on me to establish a consistent brand experience across all facets of their business.

To check out my latest projects and learn more about my website & brand development packages, feel free to check out my official company website: http://designmastermind.nyc

https://www.linkedin.com/in/designmastermind/ https://www.facebook.com/designmastermind/

SKY PALACE MUSIC IS DEDICATED TO PRODUCING THE HIGHEST QUALITY R&B MUSIC FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

Sky Palace gives artist a chance to produce music that is good for the soul and the fans listening to it, Sky Palace partners with its artists to create the greatest rhythm and rhymes of R&B.

Left to its own devices, music continuously changes and evolves to represent new things to new generations. From Inspiring new artists to new R&B listeners, Sky Palace brings new music to the market that moves and effects the soul of R&B.

https://www.skypalacemusic.com https://www.facebook.com/Sky-Palace-Music-277778296064040/

I am the President of HitPoint Studios, a talented team of engineers and artists focused on developing innovative Augmented Reality experiences for consumers and businesses.

I've achieved numerous “firsts” in my 30-year career. Emergency Room, for which I was Executive Producer, was the first medical simulation to target consumers. It and numerous sequel sims sold more than 1 million units at retail. Subsequently, the company I founded, Legacy Games, established the TV drama genre in video games, with four Law & Order adventure games. We followed up this success to create more than 25 licensed games and apps, including ER, Criminal Minds, Murder She Wrote, Ghost Whisperer, Sherlock Holmes, Twilight Zone, Tarzan, Psych, Crayola, among others. More recently, I have focused on opportunities in AR and computer vision, for industry, education, and entertainment.

As President of HitPoint Studios, I direct business development and strategy. I also write about AR/VR issues on my blog, at www.ariellalehrer.com.

http://www.hitpointstudios.com https://twitter.com/hitpointinc https://www.facebook.com/HitPoint-Inc-164171423638449/

Social Services Entrepreneur and Societal Problem-Solver. Army Ranger Veteran with ten years experience leading and training combat soldiers in the US Army, including three years as a personnel and planning officer in the 1st Ranger Battalion. Founded GallantFew, Inc - a nonprofit serving veterans to reduce suicides and increase employment. Guided this 501(c)3 from start up to White House meetings in 12 months. Owner/Principal of Transitur, LLC - helping corporations hire and integrate military veterans into their workforce; and helping small businesses start up and grow (especially veteran-owned).

Post-military, successful management, sales management, and personal sales experience in the construction equipment industry. Identified and implemented jobsite security initiatives which greatly reduced theft loss, and outside the box business opportunities added over 30% to annual revenues. Two years experience running local non-profit Big Brothers mentoring agency.

Local community involvement includes former member board of trustees for Wichita Chamber of Commerce Leadership Wichita program, former chairman of the board of deacons for Eastminster Presbyterian Church. While at Big Brothers conducted largest single event fundraiser in Wichita history, generating $500,000 in pledges at a one hour event. Former board member and finance chair of the Sedgwick County Regional Prevention Center. Currently volunteering with wounded Rangers, also mentor at risk youth.

https://www.runrangerrun.com https://twitter.com/RunRgrRun https://www.facebook.com/runrangerrun

Ryan Stewart is a serial entrepreneur and the inventor of ArtSplash By Mattel. Ryan has overcome many failures in business and inventing. He is best known as the winning inventor on the first season of ABC’s The Toy Box with his invention “ArtSpalsh”.

About InventRight

For the past 15 years, we’ve been helping inventors bring their ideas to market. We love teaching creative people how to profit from their ingenuity through licensing, including how to find companies that will want to license their ideas, how to protect their ownership of said ideas, and how to negotiate the best licensing deals possible. When you become our student, we coach you every step of the way.

We partnered together to create a one-on-one coaching program because we firmly believe that inventors need to be in charge of their own destiny. We’re all about education, because our goal is to empower our students to continue licensing their invention ideas for years to come after they graduate from our coaching program. We are not middlemen, nor an invention submission company. The royalties you earn when you become our student stay 100 percent your own.

The old ‘patent-and-prototype’ method is just that: Old. But even more importantly, it’s simply not effective — and frankly, it never has been. Our strategies are different. We want you to think strategically about intellectual property, not file patents out of fear. We want to prevent you from spending too much of your hard-earned money on a prototype upfront, before you’ve really tested the market. At every turn on your way to score a licensing deal, we show you how to reduce risk.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmarkstewart/ http://www.inventright.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Mattel-Artsplash-Liquid-winning-invention/dp/B07238MRNX http://abc.go.com/shows/the-toy-box

Mattel Artsplash 3D Liquid Art, Toy Box Winning Invention

Simply put, I build ideas that build businesses. A variable Swiss army knife of high impact solutions and resources for internal and external success in the marketplace. 15 years experience leading teams and combining efforts across marketing, media, tech and product development. Guest speaker and curator at numerous conferences and educational institutions. Verticals include CPG, Social Innovation, Entertainment, Fashion, Arts, Electrics, Technology, and multiple hybrids therein. Former stand-up comic with a few jokes still left in the chamber.

Lead operational and creative efforts at one of OMD's three innovation centers across the country. Ignition Factory is designed to create ahead-of-the-curve ideas; combining intelligence and resources in everything from socio-cultural trends to emerging technologies, startup communities, traditional media platforms, live experiences and more to maximize cultural impact and set new industry precedence.

ABOUT OMNICOM Omnicom Media Group is the largest full service media group in the world, with 80 cities in 55 countries, and over 7000 employees worldwide. Omnicom Media Group, is a leader in all regions and maintains more top market positions than any global competitor and is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com). Omnicom is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

http://thecrush.co/innovation-crush-podcasts/ https://twitter.com/densonology https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdenson/

Mission

ReigningIt is building an inclusive, caring community of support for women in STEM. Our story-sharing platform celebrates the hard-fought successes that unrelenting determination brings. Together, we are closing the gender gap in STEM by building a strong, empowered network of mentorship and support system to reign our lives.

Vision

ReigningIt is inspiring the next generation of women to delve into STEM. We are creating an inclusive community and honest dialogue about the many applications of STEM in every area of interest. We are working to close the equity and gender gap and encourage equal access to STEM.

Community

ReigningIt is building a safe, supportive community of support where women feel empowered to connect and open up with one another.

Story-Sharing

ReigningIt is a collective change agent. Our story-sharing platform, advocacy, roundtable discussions, workshops, mentorship networks and more provide an environment of continual personal growth.

Learning

ReigningIt nourishes an environment of continual growth via events, roundtables, workshops, mentorship, and more.

History

Since launching in October 2015, ReigningIt has featured nearly 500 inspiring, diverse women in STEM. Their stories offer a unique opportunity to identify challenges women in STEM still face, celebrate their accomplishments, and to rally together to make the path to STEM more accessible for the next generation of women.

Co-Founders

ReigningIt is co-founded by Angela Cleveland and Saqi Mehta. They have combined their expertise and experience in education and technology, their passion for supporting women, and their drive to increase diversity in the STEM fields.

ReigningIt is ultimately a call to action: What problems do you want to solve? How can we use technology to make our world a better place? How can you have a sustainable, fulfilling career in your area of interest?

www.ReigningIt.com https://twitter.com/reigningit https://www.facebook.com/ReigningIt/

We are changing the way that the world collects business information. We use crowdsourcing to gain access to our client's shoppers who then utilize the latest in smart phone technology to deliver near real time access to business information.

Field Agent provides better coverage in less time and in a more cost effective solution than current providers of research, retail auditing, data collection and mystery shopping services.

Jicco offers instant answers to pressing retail questions. The first platform of its kind, Jicco combines the speed and simplicity of a search engine interface with Field Agent’s mobile crowdsourcing system to generate on-demand photos, information, and shopper feedback from stores across the country.

www.fieldagent.net info.gojicco.com/ twitter.com/fieldagentapp

Viverae is a workplace wellness company based in Dallas, Texas. Rooted in care and focused on reducing health risks, our innovative application empowers employers to create cultures of health and well-being. We bring clarity. We inspire. We support. Learn more: www.viverae.com.

Viverae’s workplace wellness programs are compliant with Affordable Care Act requirements and applicable law, and National Committee for Quality Assurance and national health advocacy group standards.

http://viverae.com/ https://twitter.com/viverae_inc https://www.facebook.com/viverae

My job is to elevate the lives and potential of those whom I am lucky enough to be around. I actively seek out challenges that make me and my company better and which, in some way, make the world a better place to live.

Luckyhammers is an independent game & interactive studio located in Montreal, Canada. Originally named Fidel and founded in 2004, the studio joined the Stolo holding family and re-branded as Luckyhammers Entertainment. Composed of gaming and entertainment industry veterans, our team has collectively delivered or played key roles on some of the most well-known and successful game franchises of all time.

http://luckyhammers.com https://www.facebook.com/LuckyHammers/ https://www.instagram.com/luckyhammers/

Whether you're home or on the go, you can watch EPIX live or on demand. Stream movies instantly with and of our supported devices or on EPIX.com. With the EPIX mobile apps you can even download movies to watch offline or use the EPIX Cast feature to watch on any screen in your home!

https://www.epix.com https://twitter.com/EpixHD

For the last 18 years I've provided strong technical leadership and execution, assembling teams of engineering/business/domain experts in order to deliver products successfully. I've worked with technology start-ups, Wall Street firms and corporate clients - most recently www.epix.com, an MGM company targeting 30+ million homes with their movie distribution service.

In the educational space I teach a post-grad course focused on options trading and large-scale database programming at Columbia University (Experimental Finance, IEOR Dept.). I've held guest lecturer positions at Cornell University and performed research work with Marco Avellaneda at Courant Institute NYU, and Sasha Stoikov (Cornell University, CFEM) focussing on order book simulations. I also hold an ASA certified instructor card to teach sailing, a sport I am extremely passionate about.

In the non-profit/government sector as CIO of Rayogram I developed online campaigns, back office fundraising, billing and data management systems for several non profits including the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The most recent project was a Government 2.0 initiative for the New York State Senate, designing and rolling out a big data voter information database managing almost 20 million residents in all 63 districts - the first successful upgrade since the early ‘80s.

In 2012, I took a one-year sabbatical and sailed double-handed across the North Atlantic on a 30-foot sailboat including Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and the Outer Hebrides. The longest passage was 35 days at sea with a 3 hours on, 3 hours off shift schedule.

http://www.experimental-finance.com http://www.svramshackle.com

Danny is currently Head of Content at NextVR where he leads Content Acquisition and Programming.

NextVR is the world’s best virtual reality platform for delivering live sports and music in VR to fans globally. Launched in 2009, the company has patented technology that delivers an unparalleled VR experience providing fans extraordinary access and profound immersion. NextVR has world-class partnerships with leaders in sports and entertainment including the NBA, FOX Sports, Live Nation, International Champions Cup and more. NextVR was founded by industry leaders with decades of experience in 3D stereoscopic imaging, compression technology and VR broadcasting.

Before this, he was Head of Sports at Twitter and also spent two years as the Director of Media Partnerships for Twitter Australia overseeing TV, Music, Sports, Government and Journalism verticals. During this time he also served as the Chairman of the Global TV team where he executed Twitter's digital strategy with international production houses and broadcasters.

Before Twitter, he was a television Producer for 15 years and managed countless digital projects from initial innovative concept through the development process, commissioning and into final production. He has been fortunate enough to work with the world’s leading broadcasters including as a Producer for leading American cable network ESPN. More recently he traveled the world as a Producer for the internationally renowned public affairs program ‘60 Minutes' based in Australia and relishes any opportunity to make award winning, dynamic, cutting edge content.

https://www.nextvr.com/ https://www.facebook.com/NextVR/ https://twitter.com/NextVR

The Consulate General of Brazil in Los Angeles serves the residents of the American states of Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and the following counties in California: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura. Also the following American islands in the Pacific: Johnston, Midway, Wake, Howland, Jarvis and Baker, Palmira and Kingman.

http://losangeles.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/ https://www.facebook.com/CGLosAngeles https://www.instagram.com/consulatebrla/

Naija, short 4 Nigerian:-) So giving you West African Barbie all day! Vivacious, Silly, Hardworking Model, Actress, Singer, and Dancer...YES, Versatile Package!

https://www.instagram.com/iamtheoa_ https://twitter.com/NaijaBarbieOA https://www.modelmayhem.com/naijanne

Co-founded Loadsmart.com. Working with an awesome team to revolutionize the logistics industry.

Loadsmart is an on-demand truckload platform. We leverage data and technology to allow shippers to book a truck in 5 seconds nationwide.

Practiced Corporate and M&A in Brazil and New York for 8 years. Joined the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington to advise on sovereign guaranteed development projects for Latin American countries. Launched an online contest startup. Co-founded Loadsmart to help build a revolutionary product. Felipe holds Master degrees from the University of Pennsylvania (valedictorian), from Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Spain - full scholarship) and an MBA from Fundacao Getulio Vargas (Brazil). He taught Enterprise Recovery and Restructuring for senior students during 2 years at the Federal University of Santa Catarina at age 25, where he was granted a Professorship Honor from the students. Passed the Brazilian Bar Exam among the top 6% and the New York Bar Exam among the Top 3%.

He won for Loadsmart, together with its Lead Designer, the DOGA award for interaction design in Olso, Norway.

Felipe is an amateur photographer, plays guitar, piano and Brazilian cavaquinho, has been to 44 countries and was granted the Extraordinary Ability in Business visa from the US Immigration Department. He is always ready to discuss and learn from behavioral and evolutionary psychology, economics and development, history and art (but not the modern one).

He is somehow immensely proud that his UPenn colleagues granted him the Funniest Person award, and voted him to a first-place-draw as Best Cook and Most Likely to Appear on the Cover of Times Magazine.

https://loadsmart.com/ https://twitter.com/LoadSmartUS/ https://www.facebook.com/loadsmartUS

BUZZR is a pop culture time capsule – an unending celebration where viewers can play along to some of FremantleMedia North America’s vast portfolio of more than 40,000 iconic game show episodes, which are shown around the clock. Featured titles include Family Feud, where you won’t want to miss the outrageously fun Richard Dawson kissing every female contestant; What’s My Line, featuring cultural icons becoming time-stamped contestants/panelists like a 29-year-old whip-smart Betty White and a young Muhammad Ali; as well as famed titles To Tell the Truth, Match Game, Password, Beat the Clock, Blockbusters and Card Sharks. Visit the website at http://buzzrplay.com.

In the past, Deetjen served as Executive Producer of Entertainment for Amp’d Mobile where he focused on the delivery of mobile entertainment from TV, film, viral video, comedy and animation brands including MTV, ABC, CBS, NBC, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros., Break.com, Comedy Central and Adult Swim. Deetjen was responsible for spearheading the 2005 launch of the Amp’d entertainment deck, the largest in the mobile industry. He continued to forge the company’s leadership in the mobile content space with the first live comedy show broadcast to mobile phones, the first graphic novel ever published on mobile in the United States as well as the launch of the largest Latin deck in the industry, Viva Amp’d.

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As Chief Content Officer of Pure Imagination Studios, John P. Roberts focuses on the development of original TV, Film and Digital projects under the Pure Imagination banner. Additionally, Mr. Roberts is accountable to identify new and relevant brands for Pure Imagination to further develop and monetize. He also oversees business and investment opportunities relevant to Pure Imagination’s entertainment initiatives.

His extensive media industry knowledge stems from his work with numerous companies including Bunim/Murray Productions, Endemol, Discovery Family, Lucasfilm LTD, GSN, Vulcan Programming, Universal Studios and News Corp.

Mr. Roberts is a four-time Emmy Award nominee in interactive television and recipient of the ITV Leadership Award from ITVT. He is also a board member of the Producer’s Guild New Media Council and an active member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

https://www.pistudios.com https://twitter.com/pistudios https://twitter.com/jpr333

I am the Personal Training Manager and a personal trainer at the Equinox Fitness Club in Hollywood.

I lead and coach a staff of 50+ trainers, sharpening each trainer's business skills to acquire new clientele and retain existing clients. When not working directly with staff, I provide individualized training programs to ensure client specific results through a combination of strength training, conditioning, and corrective exercise.

I am certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a personal trainer and strength and conditioning specialist. I received my masters degree in nutrition and exercise from the University of Nebraska

https://www.equinox.com/ https://twitter.com/Equinox https://www.facebook.com/Equinox

Driven and dynamic three-time Emmy® Award-winning digital media and entertainment executive with a proven record of envisioning, developing and launching industry-leading mobile, online, connected TV and gaming console apps, products and services. Strategic and creative thinker experienced with small and agile teams supporting big brands to deliver compelling consumer experiences that drive engagement and revenue.

http://www.fxnetworks.com/ https://www.facebook.com/FX https://twitter.com/FXNetworks

Dollar is a recognized expert in digital media and a longtime champion of interactivity, specializing in accelerating early stage ventures. As CEO of the non-profit ITV Alliance, Allison Dollar has built a community representing leading Fortune 1000 corporations in interactive television, spanning advertising, programming, technology and distribution.

For several digital strategy clients she has taken an interim CSO role, including Webcasts.com (IPO as iBEAM), WhiteBlox and GizmoLive. A sample of others include IBM’s eBusiness (AmEx, Bell Atlantic, Mail Boxes Etc.), Liberty Media (Ascent), SimplyTV, WB, Creative Planet, Stan Lee Media, Vi[z]Rt (virtual sets), @d:tech, Silicon Alley, AOL, Envivio (MPEG-4 France Telecom spinoff), celebrities.com, Telcordia (AT&T spinoff), Digital Containers (p2p) and Homerun Entertainment (Scripps), Mozaik Multimedia (cloud video), Trumpit (mobile alerts), SnapCuts (social video messaging) among others.

Dollar chaired NAB’s Executive Committee to launch Multimedia World, and sat on the TV Academy's interactive media peer group executive committee and was a Blue Ribbon juror for the ITV Emmys. She regularly programs sessions for NATPE, NAB, CES and moderates at many industry events, such as Digital Hollywood. She was also the Executive Director of the Mobile Excellence Awards.

Her book published by NAB’s Focal Press, "Interactive Television: Tracking an Emerging Market," analyzes the historic reworking of the television industry. She co-founded eTV World and Hollyweb conferences, which complemented her role as Executive Producer at PBI where she led online strategy for 40+ PBI media publications, including CableFax, Film&Video, Interactive Video News, and Interactive Daily. Prior, she contributed to the James Agee Film Project, CBS affiliate WBAL and the Maryland Film Commission. Dollar's M.A. is from the University of Virginia.

http://www.itvalliance.org

Public address announcer for the University of Arizona Wildcat Hockey team.

Answer requests from media and public for information about Pinal County government, it's services and programs. Author press releases that highlight services provided to the public and dissemenate information that would be considered time sensitive such as emergency or crisis information. Administrator of the new Channel Pinal PEG Channel currently on the air on Mediacom and Cox cable systems.

Wide Open Opportunity. Pinal County is located in the central Arizona. As of the 2010 census, the population was 375,770, making it the third-most populous county in Arizona. The county was founded in 1875.

Pinal County is included in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area. Suburban growth southward from greater Phoenix has begun to spread into the northern parts of the county; similarly, growth northward from Tucson is spreading into the southern portions of the county.

http://www.pinalcountyaz.gov https://www.youtube.com/user/PinalCountyAzGov?feature=watch

Healthy elixirs for the mind & body, made with 100% organic & wild harvested ingredients, so you can Live Healthy and Play Hard.

Accomplished executive of 20 years, Scott has been at the forefront of digital marketing and entertainment since the late 1990’s. Holmes is an executive member of the Interactive Television Alliance, member of the New Media Peer Group for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and named 2012/13 Mobile Ambassador by the Mobile Excellence Awards Association. Scott is a true visionary with broad and deep experience in technology, entertainment and marketing with Fortune 500 clients and start-ups alike.

Entrepreneur and investor, Scott founded United Future in 2005 and incubated several others over the past 10 years. He has been written up in the WSJ, Wired Magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal and featured on panels, columns and available for special engagements.

Scott serves on the Advisory Board of Vitamin Angels which reaches over 40 million children around the world with lifesaving nutrients.

https://immordl.com https://twitter.com/immordl https://www.facebook.com/pg/immordl http://impactppa.com/

My latest book, "Minds at Work", is now available for on Amazon. Here's a preview:

"Most management practices and principles used today were developed in the 19th century when we managed hands and learned at a very different pace. Digital technology, automation and globalization have forever changed everything. In the 21st century Knowledge Economy we produce knowledge and know-how, and need to manage minds that must continuously learn in dramatically new ways. Yet managers everywhere are still employing management principles and practices as if we were back in the 20th century.

There is a revolution happening around the world changing the way we manage people. "Minds at Work" shows you why that change is happening, and is a blueprint for what you need to do to make it happen in your company."

I've held senior development and leadership positions with leading technology and education companies including IBM, where I co-founded the Institute for Advanced Learning, I am a co-author of Creating a Learning Culture (Cambridge University Press, 2004) and served on the Editorial Review Board for Information Age Publishing,

My company, KnowledgeStar™, is a consulting firm founded in 2006 to provide insight about the intersection of digital technology and education. Our clients include Fortune 500 corporations, start-ups, NGOs and leading analyst firms.

KnowledgeStar™ is also currently launching an app-based Interactive Performance Support System™ to provide operational, compliance and safety information to people working in manufacturing and industrial environments as part of out Internet of Smart Things™ initiative.

A well-known speaker, workshop leader, and consultant, David lives in San Francisco, halfway between the California Academy of Sciences and the American bison paddock. After work, he likes to head to Ocean Beach where, on the rare fogless evening, he watches the sunset, hoping to glimpse the fabled “green flash” once again.

https://www.amazon.com/Minds-Work-Better-Manage-Employees/dp/1562866834/mm20-20/ https://knowledgestar.blog/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgrebow/

Minds at Work: Managing for Success in the Knowledge Economy

David Mikkelson is the founder and CEO of Snopes.com, the oldest and most-respected fact-check site online. Mikkelson founded the site in 1994 as a creative outgrowth of his wide-ranging interests in a variety of subjects, particularly folklore, and his professional expertise in the computer industry. Handling everything from researching and writing articles about urban legends to managing the site’s technical infrastructure, David saw Snopes.com, which antedated the development of automated search engines, quickly become the go-to place for Internet users to query the veracity of anything questionable they encountered online.

https://www.snopes.com https://twitter.com/snopes https://www.facebook.com/snopes

Conscious Company Media shares inspiring, cutting edge stories about business as a force for good, hosts educational events and workshops, and connects talented individuals with purpose-driven work, all with the higher purpose of making the business world more conscious.

Conscious Company Magazine, our flagship product, is the first print and digital publication in the US that focuses solely on sustainable business. Sold nationwide at Whole Foods Market, Barnes and Noble, Kroger, Sprouts, and more, this publication has quickly become the voice of the conscious business movement.

https://consciouscompanymedia.com https://consciouscompanymedia.com/womens-summit/ https://twitter.com/consciouscomag

LifeInABox is the world’s smallest refrigerator, designed for the safe transport of fragile medications such as insulin or growth hormones. There are in France 1,5 million people that are “prisoners” of their medication, because their medication must be maintained at a temperature between 2 and 8°C at all times. To these people, LifeInA gives the freedom to travel anywhere, anytime, with the peace of mind of knowing that their life-saving medication is kept at exactly the right temperature.

Connected to a Smartphone application, available in iOS and Android, LifeInABox is an essential tool for the better management of medication schedules, as well as the management of chronic diseases such as diabetes. The LifeInA app not only follows the temperature of the medications in real time, but also sends to the user reminders for his medication schedule so that he can better manage his condition.

Uwe Diegel (born 1965 in New Zealand), was a concert pianist until the age of 26. Following an accident that partially restricted movement in in right arm, he started a new career in medical diagnostics, quickly developing a particular interest in chronic diseases such as hypertension, asthma and diabetes. His intense scientific curiosity has led him not only to develop new technologies in these fields, but also to interest himself to field of medical manufacturing, industrial design and problems faced by Asian manufacturing concerns.

Uwe lives in Paris, France, where he runs HealthWorks Global, MedActiv International and LifeInA and does fundamental research in medical diagnostics. He is today considered to be a foremost expert in the field of blood pressure management, diabetes, asthma and in the manufacturing of medical diagnostics devices.

In 2009, Uwe got interested in connected health as a means of providing better patient management. He became involved in iHealth, a platform that takes all the signals of the body and translates them into a meaningful format using smartphones and tablets. iHealth is today the world leader in the field of Connected Health. Uwe served as CEO of iHealthLabs Europe until 2016. He left iHealth in 2016 to work on the LifeInA project.

Uwe Diegel has been at the forefront of international changes in healthcare technology for the last 30 years. His drive and passion for innovative technology have driven major changes in perception about healthcare. He has driven the manufacturing of medical devices to new horizons by forcing new practices in manufacturing and innovation. An internationally recognized expert in the management of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, he is continuously looking for better solutions to improve outcomes for patients. He has for the last few years spearheaded the dissemination and acceptance of connected health as a tool for providing better solutions for patients.

https://lifeina.com/ https://twitter.com/lifeina_ https://www.facebook.com/lifeinatimeline/

Born and raised in West Hartford, Connecticut, Marissa's childhood was filled with every outlet imaginable, for her captivating energy, carefree spirit and desire to entertain others. This trend carried over into her adult-life and after graduating from Eckerd College with a degree in International Business, Anthropology and Communications, Marissa found herself right at home and in many people's living rooms, as a guest host on The Home Shopping Network in Tampa, FL. She recently was on Ray Donovan, Fuller House, Funny or Die and Please Tell Me I Am Adopted!

Today Marissa is based in Los Angeles with a resume that boasts numerous TV, film, commercial and theatrical credits, along with years of on-air hosting experience for various networks and events. When Marissa is not on set, hosting on the red carpet or performing stand-up comedy, she loves wine, traveling, and spending her free time with her rescue dog, Ella!

www.imdb.me/marissamorgan https://twitter.com/msmarissamorgan https://www.instagram.com/missmarissamorgan/

Tibbets is based in Los Angeles and oversees day to day operations for the 24-hour English language El Rey Network, launched by Rodriguez in 2013 and home to shows including action-drama “From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,” interview program “El Rey Network Presents: The Director’s Chair,” and freestyle wrestling series “Lucha Underground.” In his new role, Tibbets will spearhead the overall growth of the El Rey brand with a focus on digital expansion, content strategy and development, program planning and scheduling, production, acquisitions, talent relations, ad sales, business affairs and business development.

Career Highlights: • Developed and sold ROME to HBO • 1000+ episodes of TV produced in 2003 and 2004 • Ran the prestigious Foxlab for NewsCorp. • Developed first ever convergence program to air on broadcast TV • Created, developed and sold first ever original series for mobile • Facilitated thousands of program pitches from top Hollywood producers and production companies • Produced thousands of short-form video content for digital distribution • Launched multiple demographically targeted channels for digital distribution across all US carriers and platforms

http://www.elreynetwork.com https://twitter.com/Elreynetwork https://www.facebook.com/ElReyNetwork

Senior Director and Executive Producer at The Recording Academy (GRAMMYs) Promoted from Director, Strategic Alliances. Expand the GRAMMY brand image and audience reach while building partner relationships to drive revenue growth for the Academy and its associated charitable arms: MusiCares and the GRAMMY Museum Foundation. Develop and Executive Produce digital programs and content celebrating all divisions of the organization. Manage two direct reports and pool of independent contractors.

https://www.grammy.com https://twitter.com/RecordingAcad https://www.facebook.com/RecordingAcademy

Strategic and award-winning Content Marketing and Partnerships Leader with a solid record of creating successful branded entertainment initiatives. Spearheaded unique digital media programs and designed corporate sponsorships for global partners such as: Hyundai, McDonalds, Motorola, Coors, Microsoft XBOX, MasterCard, Pepsi, and Westwood One. A visionary with a natural affinity to create customizable programs leveraging technology and trends.

https://twitter.com/Jim_Cannella https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimcannella/

Digital and Social veteran with 15 years of developing multimedia experiences, content, and games online. Combining a love for innovation with savvy for timely planning and enthusiastic leadership.

Lead the charge to bring Lucasfilm into the social and digital world through microtransactions, vanity items, digital game downloads, and more. With Avatar, lead digital across multiple verticals including games, web, social, and more in preparation for the upcoming releases of Avatar 2-5. Now makes worlds to terrify, astonish, and amaze inside of the highest end VR headset in the world.

Lead the creative and user experiences for www.LEGOStarWars.com, the award winning Advergame - that won a Webby for best online game.

Starbreeze Studios Global Director VR, I lead content, partnerships, development, and more for experiences built for the StarVR headset. With partners like IMAX and Acer, Starbreeze is building the worlds first VR location based experience lineup that provides the magical promise of VR without a major sunk cost to the consumer, and with a fidelity no other technology can match.

https://www.starbreeze.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooksb https://twitter.com/StarbreezeAB

Award-Winning and Influential Strategic Public Relations Executive with Extensive Experience in Mobile Entertainment & Technology, Events, Production, Strategic Marketing, Corporate Communications, Event Planning, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances in the world of Music, Sports, Technology, Lifestyle & Luxury Brands, TV, Film and Branded Entertainment

Sarah Miller, CEO of Axis PR & Entertainment, has over 15 years of strategic experience in public relations, Marketing and Event Planning within the Mobile & Digital Entertainment, high-tech and consumer industries.

Her expertise and success in leading Axis PR & Entertainment combined with in-depth media relations, strategic marketing, new business development, public relations and relationship marketing has helped launch numerous start-up companies. As CEO of Axis PR, Miller lead extremely successful nationwide PR & Mktng campaigns for public companies as well as early stage start-ups and have successfully taken many early stage tech companies from launch to M&A stage while under her leadership.

2017 BEST IN PR, BUSINESS HALL OF FAME 2016 BEST IN BUSINESS AWARD 2015 BEST IN BUSINESS AWARD 2014 BEST PR FIRM FOR LOS ANGELES 2014 BEST PR FIRM IN BEVERLY HILLS 2013 BEST PR & MARKETING FIRM

The Media Excellence Awards is one of the most prestigious and influential award organizations that recognizes and honors innovation and leadership in mobile entertainment, media, marketing, and technology. This coveted awards program celebrates the achievements of mobile entertainment from start-ups to applications, to studios. Join industry leaders from all walks of the mobile and entertainment industry, including interactive media, film, television, music, games, agencies, and high-tech for an exclusive VIP event and exciting evening celebrating the industry’s future rising stars and Best of the Best in mobile entertainment.

www.axis-entertainment.com http://mediaxawards.com https://twitter.com/GlamourgirlLA https://twitter.com/mediaXawards

As a Senior Entertainment and Media Executive, I am a tenacious business leader who leverages a winning combination of financial and operational expertise, creativity, and curiosity to thrive in disruptive environments and deliver strong contributions to revenue, profitability and global market penetration. I have pioneered innovative media delivery concepts and produced events across cinema, online, social, broadcast and emerging media.

Known as a trusted advisor and relationships builder, I have always been committed to developing and leading world-class teams, mentoring talent, and building cultures of high engagement and collaboration.

Representative accomplishments include:

• Executed worldwide distribution and multi-platform coverage of Michael Jackson Memorial broadcast—the most watched live TV broadcast in history. Directed worldwide distribution and transmission of Live8, delivered Operation MySpace from Kuwait and We Are The World 25 in 3D for Haiti relief as well as global music festivals and top-rated programs for AXS TV.

• Executed multi-platform digital campaigns that led to $2.1B in tour box office revenue as President of AEG Network Live and as CEO of Spring Programming Partners, delivered three of the top five Showtime PPV events.

• Led negotiations for new contracts with the Walt Disney Company, the Metropolitan Opera, Turner Classic Movies, and forged brand partnerships with Ford, Nokia, BestBuy, Conde Nast, Volvo and Apple.

• Produced Beyoncé, Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks, Celine Dion, Katy Perry, and Prince for global cinema plus streaming and other digital platforms.

http://rubeyentertainment.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rubey https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-rubey-b78b7765/

Our Purpose

Story Shares is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization devoted to inspiring reading practice and improving literacy skills. Our library is full of Relevant Reads—books that are both compelling and approachable for struggling teen and young adult readers.

The Story Shares digital writing tool enables writers, educators, and students to create and publish Relevant Reads. These books cover a range of age, interest, and reading levels, and are also enhanced with features to make reading more accessible and fun.

By leveraging the combined powers of great books and interactive web design, our literacy hub brings together a community to engage and support readers who struggle.

The Problem

The millions of readers who complete elementary school reading below grade level are unable to read about the characters and plots written for their age group. The stories they can read are meant for a less mature audience. At best, they hide this by reading only in private. At worst (and most often) they simply give up reading altogether. Given the daily importance of reading in all aspects of life, lacking this crucial skill negatively impacts everything from academic performance to everyday communication.

As many as 90 million teens and adults in America lack crucial literacy skills1 70% of middle and high school students require some form of reading remediation2 26% of 12th graders graduate reading below the basic level.3 The older they get, the harder it becomes to find content that is both relevant for their age and readable at their level. Thus, readers are not motivated or interested, and they often stop reading altogether. Our Solution

We help generate and then distribute new stories aimed at older students who read below grade level, specifically ensuring that the content is interesting at their age, and readable at their level.

To do so, we are building the Story Shares Hub to bring together authors, readers, and educators. For authors, the Hub provides a digital book builder to guide the creation of just-right content, and access to a large group of potential readers. For readers and educators, the Hub provides a library of newly created just-right content, distributed on a platform with built-in reading assists to make it even more approachable.

https://www.storyshares.org https://www.facebook.com/StoryShareLiteracy/ https://twitter.com/storyshares

Best-selling book author, web publisher, and businesswoman, Susan Miller’s achievements and contributions to the field of astrology have made her an authority in her field. From Wall Street brokers to the models on fashion catwalks of Paris, Milan, and Tokyo; from readers in cafés in New York, Beijing, and Sao Paulo, to those discussing her words in New Delhi and Istanbul, people everywhere turn to Susan to advise, teach, lecture, and lead them toward success in both their personal life and business endeavors.

Susan founded her website, Astrology Zone® (www.astrologyzone.com), in December 1995, which is now celebrating its twentieth anniversary. She tirelessly writes between 30,000 and 48,000 words a month (divided by 12 signs), creating comprehensive and detailed forecasts published free for her readers. Each year it serves 100 million page views to 6 million unique readers.

Susan also has a wildly popular app, “Susan Miller’s AstrologyZone Daily Horoscope,” that appears on the iPhone, Android, Samsung Galaxy, Apple Watch, and a specially designed app for many tablets, including iPad. These apps are free to download. Once inside the app, users have the option of upgrading to her app’s premium edition that has longer daily forecasts plus Susan’s many insightful essays. The cost to upgrade is $4.99 for one month, or users can opt for a yearly subscription for $49.99. Readers who do not have a smart phone can receive the same daily horoscopes for all 12 signs by email by subscribing to www.DailyAstrologyZone.com.

Each month Susan writes for eight top international fashion magazines and is the author of ten books. She also developed My Personal Horoscope where, for $55.00, readers can order a custom horoscope book to explain his or her natal chart. This is made possible by print-on-demand technology. Readers need to know their day, month, year, precise time, and city of birth. Go to www.MyPersonalHoroscope.com for complete information.

https://www.astrologyzone.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/susan-millers-astrology-zone/id527608193?mt=8/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.handson.h2o.az2014&hl=en https://twitter.com/astrologyzone https://www.facebook.com/astrologyzone

Dylan Ruga is a trial lawyer at Stalwart Law Group, where he focuses on intellectual property, professional liability and general commercial litigation. His skills have been recognized by Southern California Super Lawyers, and he was selected by his peers as a vice-chair of the American Bar Association’s Copyright Litigation Committee.

Dylan litigates intellectual property infringement claims in courts around the country for matters involving technology, music, photographs, furniture, and fabric designs. He has represented both intellectual property owners and alleged infringers in all aspects of litigation, from pre-lawsuit strategy development to ultimate resolution of the case.

As part of his practice, Dylan also works to defend attorneys and some of the country’s largest law firms against claims arising from alleged legal malpractice. These cases involve all areas of substantive law, ranging from tax to real estate to civil RICO and trusts/estates.

Dylan also defends clients in all aspects of general commercial litigation, including complex multi-district litigation (MDL) proceedings. Recently, Dylan worked with another Steptoe partner to successfully defend Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior against a claim for malicious prosecution by bringing an anti-SLAPP motion that was granted by the trial court and affirmed in a published decision on appeal. Dylan also defended claims brought by purchasers of a condominium project located outside of the United States in a consolidated proceeding involving hundreds of plaintiffs.

http://stalwartlaw.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylan-ruga-649abb13 https://www.facebook.com/stalwartlawgroup

JDoe is an encrypted and anonymous reporting platform. By linking victims of mutual offenders with lawyers, JDoe encourages the pursuit of legal action to catalyze legal success and prevent future offenses. Available soon on iOS, Android, and web.

Ryan Soscia is the founder and CEO of JDoe. Prior to creating JDoe in 2015, Ryan worked as a researcher at the Neuroscience Information Framework Lab and as Special Projects Manager with the TEAM Group — a venture capital firm whose focus is on startups. Ryan is a Fellow of the Startup Leadership Program and pursued a Bachelor's in Computer Science at University of California, San Diego.

http://jdoe.io https://twitter.com/jdoejustice https://www.facebook.com/jdoejustice

Dynamic and successful entrepreneur Tariku Bogale was the driving force behind Africa Holdings, a company he launched, developed, grew, and sold. Africa Holdings was a multifaceted company comprising the Johannesburg Shopping Centre, Self-Help.co.za, Travel Click, Sikhona Forex, Lions Entertainment, TravelStoreMaker.co.za and VoiceBlast.biz. Tariku Bogale is the founder and CEO of Dual Groups LLC, Dual Films Inc, Dual Publisher LLC and ConnectSocial Inc.

As the founder and CEO of numerous companies, TARIKU BOGALE has done business in such diverse fields as Travel and Tourism, Retail, Real Estate, Finance, Technology, and Media and Commercial Filmmaking. A dynamic and visionary thinker, Tariku is driven by the search for innovative ideas and has established successful businesses in Africa, Europe, and the United States. Tariku has been nominated as an African Pioneer for the Black Business Awards, the 2016 Best Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Strategy Award and the 2017 Top Empowered Business of the Year Award.

A strong believer in the power of education, Tariku funded his own education and furthered his studies in South Africa and Switzerland where he enrolled without a first degree for an MBA and an advanced masters studies in leadership international economic law. He is a serial entrepreneur, author, trusted advisor, film producer, actor, writer and philanthropist.

http://www.tarikubogale.com https://twitter.com/TarikuBogale https://www.facebook.com/tarikubogaleofficial/

I spent 5 years as a Managing Director with Ernst & Young's Venture Capital Group, 5 years at New York based private equity firm Spencer Trask and the last five years at Ryerson University teaching entrepreneurship. In over 15 years of seed investing, including 5 seasons of Dragons' Den, I've seen more than 20,000 pitches and helped fund more than a billion dollars in startups. I have three books on the topic of venture capital, entrepreneurship and pitching ideas.

According to the December issue of Canadian Business magazine,I am one of Canada¹s leading experts on raising Venture Capital and mentoring startups. In 2014, I was named Mentor of the Year by Startup Canada.

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Dr. Sean Wise specializes in helping emerging and high growth potential organizations jump on the trajectory and turn a profit. His intense, entertaining and direct approach has earned him a loyal following of disciples who swear by his lessons and best practices for business success.

With 15 years of seed funding experience, Wise has helped found five business ventures of his own to date, the first at age 16. When seeking the best in business, CBC recruited him as online host and industry advisor for their hit show, Dragons' Den. Dr. Wise held this post for the first five seasons of the show. Wise's third book, HOT OR NOT: how to know if your business idea will fail or fly! was released in 2012 and sold 30,000 copies in the first six months.

A professor of entrepreneurship at the Ted Rogers School of Business at Ryerson, Wise majored in engineering and economics at Carleton University; earned a law degree and MBA from the University of Ottawa and recently completed his PhD in Business from the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Wise http://www.100steps2startup.com https://www.amazon.com/Startup-Opportunities-Know-When-Quit/dp/1119378184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1512663216&sr=8-1&keywords=sean+wise www.nakedentrepreneur.tv http://www.ryersonfutures.ca/

Startup Opportunities: Know When to Quit Your Day Job (Techstars)

myPlanit: your life. searchable. actionable. myPlanit is a patented personal data platform that’s pioneering the next wave of the Internet… truly personalized computing, where your apps and devices know you and can deliver highly personalized, predictive digital experiences based on the context of your life.

The Internet of You Welcome to the age of personal big data. The “Internet of You” will anticipate your needs and deliver digital experiences--services, features, advice, information, recommendations--that are personalized just for you. Imagine Starbucks being able to direct a customer to the Starbucks near their morning meeting at a new client site where their pre-ordered chai latte is waiting for them. The “Internet of You” seeks to make technology more “human” by enabling it to mirror how our brains instinctively contextualize and connect the “who, what, when and where” of our days into an intelligent, centralized network.

myPlanit for Consumers Find what you can’t remember and discover what you need to know. myPlanit is a private, personal app that automatically records the journey of your life and intelligently and seamlessly connects the data and functionality of your disparate apps (contacts, photos, videos, calendar, places and more). myPlanit introduces the world’s first visual search, so you can search your life by place or time — just like your brain works. It creates a unique, dynamic and multi-faceted visual of your life as you live it.

Download for FREE: itunes.apple.com/app/id1067453006

myPlanit for Real Estate myPlanit for Real Estate is an agent’s personal assistant. It’s a super-powered app that automatically and intelligently connects your calendar, contacts, notes, photos, videos, and MLS data in one place to optimize your sales process, minimize your administrative burden and improve your bottom line.

For more information: www.myplanit.com/realestate

Tami Zhu is the general manager of Kika Tech’s U.S. headquarters based in San Jose, CA. A well-regarded media and business executive, Tami has an outstanding global track record across Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Before joining Kika, Tami was the GM of an AI and robotics startup in San Francisco, where under her leadership, the company raised over $150M in VC funding, won multiple CES Innovation Awards for two consecutive years and became recognized as a dominant AI player in China.

Prior to that, Tami was vice president, and one of the few Asian executives at IPG Mediabrands. At IPG Mediabrands she led the innovations of digital media with the focus in social media advertising. She also led repositioning of the company’s digital media business in China, achieving 90 percent year-over-year growth. Prior to Mediabrands, Tami held various executive positions including vice president at IAC/InterActiveCorp and head of AOL Ventures, where she was ranked the top female Asian executive in the company. Before that, she launched Excite@Home’s international joint ventures in the Netherlands, Australia, and Japan.

Tami holds an MBA from MIT Sloan, which eventually propelled her into the entrepreneurial world. Prior to MIT, she was a C++ software engineer on the Borland C++ compiler team upon earning her master’s in computer science from University of California, San Diego. In addition to her advanced degrees, Tamiholds a bachelor of science in information sciences from Beijing University with an emphasis in computational linguistics and Chinese natural language processing.

Tami’s worldly experience has influenced her love of language, especially Japanese and Spanish, while also helping her to deeply appreciate the technical nature of computing languages.

Tami has been profiled in Travel Channel China, TechCrunch and Forbes. Ms. Zhu has also spoken at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s LabTech 2016 Conference, RoboBusiness PitchFire 2016, Stanford University, TiE Conference, 2016, Santa Clara and the SVC Angel Annual Technology Summit 2016, Silicon Valley.

http://www.kikatech.com https://twitter.com/KikaKeyboard https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qisiemoji.inputmethod&referrer=5 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kika-keyboard-emoji-keyboard/id1035199024?mt=8

Opuscope is developing Minsight: an app for creative users to design their own reality. With a headeset-first approach, our vision is to open the door for the proliferation of Virtual, Mixed and Augmented reality creations.

I studied cognitive psychology with two main themes: usability and pedagogy. I early chose the usability part because I have always been curious and enthusiastic about new technologies, so when I learnt that psychology could match with them I knew this job was made for me.

Concretely, I work on interfaces, whatever they are: website, software, video game, robot, VR/MR devices and much more without limit as long as there is an interface. This implies making sure they are easy to use, and fits their objectives and their target users. To do so, I: - evaluate existing interfaces to find ergonomics problems and suggest solutions to resolve them - design new interfaces from scratch to the point they are ready to be developed - make sure recommendations are well implemented by following development

http://minsight.co https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexiabuclet https://twitter.com/getminsight

I never expected to launch a worldwide organization. Never ever thought I'd have to know about braille, or retinas, or genetic mutations. And I had no idea I would be dealt a double dose of darkness....

It was a one-two punch to the gut: both of my boys were diagnosed as blind when they were each 4 months old. I had never even met a blind person, yet I quickly learned how to find the tools blind children need and got them in the hands of my boys, literally. With the right foundation and a multitude of resources, they have become accomplished athletes, high achieving students, talented musicians, and social butterflies. Oh, and international Braille competition finalists too.

In May 2011, I connected with other families living with the same rare disease my boys have, and launched a mission to fund a cure. No advanced degree. Never created a website before. Had no idea about grants, or IRB's... the list goes on.

I learned how to build a team, nearby and remote, of people that know how to do the things I don't. I spend nearly every minute of every day networking with people that can help either medically, financially, or otherwise. No connection is too small, as I have found some of the greatest resources in the oddest places.

In just six years, I've led our Foundation to make progress we thought would take much longer and people are calling on us daily to be a part of a miracle that seemed impossible less than a decade ago. We've raised over one million dollars, made history in the US Congress with the first ever rare eye disease resolution submitted in Braille, and have skyrocketed our little rare disease to the top of mind of many industry leaders - and I am just getting started.

If you can help my mission to give options and resources to CRB1 LCA/RP patients, or if you need a dynamic speaker for your event, email me at curingretinalblindness@gmail.com or smedtalk@gmail.com

http://kristinsmedley.com https://twitter.com/KristinSmedley https://www.facebook.com/thrivingblind/

Laura Ries is a leading marketing strategist, bestselling author and television personality. In 1994, Laura founded Ries & Ries, a consulting firm with her father and partner Al Ries, the legendary Positioning-pioneer. Together they consult with companies around the world on brand strategy. In addition, they have traveled to over 60 countries from Chile to China and India to Indonesia teaching the fundamental principles of marketing. With Al, Laura is the co-author of five books on branding that have been worldwide bestsellers. Her first solo book, Visual Hammer will be released in March 2012. Visit Ries.com for more info.

Laura is a frequent marketing analyst on major news programs from the O’Reilly Factor to Squawk Box. She regularly appears on Fox News, Fox Business, CNBC, CNN, HLN, and is frequently quoted by the Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets. In addition, Laura writes her own popular blog RiesPieces.com.

A graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois Laura earned her degree “with highest distinction” from Northwestern’s School of Speech, finishing in the top 2% of her class.

Along with her father Al Ries, the two have co-authored five books together: The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding (1998), The 11 Immutable Laws of Internet Branding (2000), The Fall of Advertising & the Rise of PR (2002), The Origin of Brands (2004), and War in the Boardroom (2009).

In 2008, the Atlanta Business Chronicle named Laura a top 40 under 40. In 2009, the readers of Advertising Age voted The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding as the third most important marketing book of all time. (The number one book was Positioning written by her father.) In 2002, Business 2.0 magazine named Laura a “management guru” and issued trading cards with her picture and statistics on them.

http://www.ries.com https://twitter.com/lauraries https://www.facebook.com/LauraRiesOfficial

Founded in 2002, Valor Partners is a true search firm - our clients are software and technology companies ranging from the innovative startup to the established market leader -who rely on us to find and attract talent that is hidden; the candidates that are too difficult and time consuming to find or recruit without us. We have over 15 years of dedicated technology search expertise focused on building leadership, sales, and marketing teams for our clients; it's all we do. However, we don't view our service as simply providing candidates to our clients; our true value is in the deep insight we can share: about the candidate, the search strategy, the market, about how we can succeed together.

http://www.valorpartners.com https://twitter.com/ValorPartners https://www.facebook.com/ValorPartners

I've spent the past 15 years starting and building businesses. With Andrew's Roadmaps, I run intensive educational boot camps for startup founders. We've had more than 200 CEOs come through our program in the past 18 months.

*Founder & CEO of sixdegrees: Original social networking site of 3.5 million members. Sold in December 2000.

*Founder & CEO of Joltage, Inc: First company to provide operational support system to wireless networks.

*Founder & CEO of I Stand For, Inc. Full service technology ASP to political campaigns and non-profits. Sold in March 2006.

*Co-Founder & Chairman of Xtify. Location-based services platform that allows any web site to location-enable their service. Acquired by IBM in 2013.

*Founder & Chairman of MeetMoi. The first location-based mobile dating service available across all major carriers in the United States that matches users based on preferences and proximity. Acquired by Match.com in 2014.

*Co-Founder & Chairman of Indicative.

*Founder of Andrew's Roadmaps. A comprehensive crash course for Internet startup founders.

*Advisor to Lenddo

*Advisor to WayBetter

Specialties: Mergers and acquisition; corporate law; investment banking.

Now I'm looking for the next generation of experts and startup thought leaders to interview for my tech/business podcast Predicting Our Future.

http://www.andrewsroadmaps.com https://twitter.com/andrewsroadmaps https://www.facebook.com/andrewsroadmaps

Bank Labs is a combination of seasoned executives with deep expertise in community banking, bank technology and alternative finance techniques. We have been founders/leaders in banks ranging from $200 Million in assets to $1.5 Billion in assets in addition to leading multi-billion-dollar technology companies. Our principals are local business leaders, board members, founders and technology and real estate investors.

We experienced first-hand how traditional community banking has evolved; clients now access accounts, apply for loans and pay bills via the Internet. True mobility tools to make bankers jobs more productive have not kept pace. Bank Labs mission is to change that.

We create cloud-based solutions that target noisy, spreadsheet-based processes. Bank Labs helps community bankers become more efficient so that they can get back to banking, improve productivity, and allow more time to build relationships. This includes providing technology-based marketplaces to help our community bank clients gain access to new markets and defend against internet startups going direct to your clients.

We hope to have the opportunity to visit and share what we are doing for the best community banks in the country.

https://www.banklabs.com https://twitter.com/TheBankLabs https://www.linkedin.com/company/bank-labs

Increasingly, new employees and junior members of any profession are encouraged—sometimes stridently—to “find a mentor!” Four decades of research reveals that the effects of mentorship can be profound and enduring; strong mentoring relationships have the capacity to transform individuals and entire organizations. Organizations that retain and promote top talent—both female and male—are more likely to thrive.

But the mentoring landscape is unequal. Evidence consistently shows that women face more barriers in securing mentorships than men, and when they do find a mentor, they may reap a narrower range of both career and psychological benefits. Athena Rising is a book for men about how to mentor women deliberately and effectively. It is a straightforward, no-nonsense manual for helping men of all institutions, organizations, and businesses to become excellent mentors to women.

Co-authors W. Brad Johnson, PhD, and David Smith, PhD, draw from extensive research and years of experience as experts in mentoring relationships and gender workplace issues. When a man mentors a woman, they explain, the relationship is often complicated by conventional gender roles and at times hostile external perceptions. Traditional notions of mentoring are often modeled on male-to-male relationships—the sort that begin on the golf course, involve a nearly exclusive focus on career achievement, and include more than a few slaps on the back over drinks after work. But women often report a desire for mentoring that integrates career and family aspects of life. Women want a mentor who not only “gets” this, but truly honors it.

Men need to fully appreciate just how crucial their support of promising junior women can be in helping them to persist, promote, and thrive in their vocations and organizations. As women succeed, lean in, and assume leading roles in any organization or work context, that culture will become more egalitarian, effective, and prone to retaining top talent.

http://www.davidgsmithphd.com/thebook https://www.amazon.com/Athena-Rising-Should-Mentor-Women/dp/1629561517

Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women

Frank Connolly is a senior editor at MindEdge Learning, an innovative online education firm based in Waltham, Mass. Before joining MindEdge, Connolly worked as a journalist, covering politics, government, religion, and sports for several alternative media outlets, including Worcester Magazine and the Boston Phoenix. He later spent 25 years as a political consultant and pollster, advising candidates for local, state, and federal office. A graduate of Harvard College, he lives with his wife and two children in Medford, Mass.

http://mindedge.com/ https://twitter.com/mindedgeonline https://www.facebook.com/MindEdgeOnline/

We are changing the way that the world collects business information. We use crowdsourcing to gain access to our client's shoppers who then utilize the latest in smart phone technology to deliver near real time access to business information.

Field Agent provides better coverage in less time and in a more cost effective solution than current providers of research, retail auditing, data collection and mystery shopping services.

Jicco offers instant answers to pressing retail questions. The first platform of its kind, Jicco combines the speed and simplicity of a search engine interface with Field Agent’s mobile crowdsourcing system to generate on-demand photos, information, and shopper feedback from stores across the country.

www.fieldagent.net info.gojicco.com/ twitter.com/fieldagentapp

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PLAYLiveEvents on the Play Entertainment Network, joins the wildly successful PLAYDiscover feature along with our popular PLAYAllAccess service, solidifying the Play Network as the best end-to-end solution for all event goers and organizers.

PLAYLiveEvents is a powerful tool that uses geofencing technology to connect all event attendees as they arrive at an event inviting them to interact with each other, with the event and with the event organizer on a live social platform. Watch for the fourth and most exciting PLAYEN feature coming soon, PLAYSocial.

https://playen.co https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/playen-discover-your-city/id898624004?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.playentertainment.android.Play

I have been challenging the status quo for as long as I can remember. From being labeled a devil’s advocate in high school to a contrarian in college, I refuse to go with the flow or accept things as they are. Delving into and exploring what others take for granted, I thrive when creating innovative, logical, and elegant solutions. I consider myself a visionary. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, it was only a matter of time before I started my own company. As a trained architect with over ten years of experience, I’ve worked internationally on projects in countries including Japan and France, as well as with Hillier, the award-winning firm in Princeton, New Jersey. I have also worked in the health care industry, housing, and urban design. As a teaching assistant at the University of Pennsylvania, I led seminars on planning urban infrastructure systems. While there, I noticed that available methods unnecessarily restricted users’ ability to gain knowledge to make better decisions—too much of the answer is already baked into the question, and there is little room for discovery. I envision a customizable planning solution that’s able to evaluate many infrastructure systems across geographic boundaries. At the same time, it must take spatial relationships into account, ultimately giving users across different disciplines the information and knowledge they need to make better decisions for themselves, their companies, and their clients. That is why I created Spatially, a tech startup that provides location-based services.

As founder and CEO of Spatially, I oversee the company and ensure that it furthers my vision to be the leading geospatial analytics and solutions provider. I develop and implement overall growth strategies for the company, conduct research, and establish client relationships.

https://www.spatially.com https://www.facebook.com/Spatially https://twitter.com/Think_Spatially

Louise, voted “Baltimore’s Best” Mediator by Baltimore Magazine 2002 and named one of “Maryland’s Top 100 Women” for the years 2004, 2007 and 2009 by The Daily Record, founded Baltimore Mediation in 1993, the first transformative mediation firm in Maryland.

The firm offers mediation, facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution training. Louise, nationally known for her elicitive design and conflict resolution and transformation skills training and mediation, is one of the originators of “marital mediation” for couples in conflict wishing to preserve their marriages and for “team mediation” for business executives and managers wishing to maintain productivity while working through difficulties.

An adjunct Law Professor at the University of Maryland (since 1998), she designed and continues to teach what was the first certificated mediation training course offered by a Maryland law school. At Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation, she taught conflict transformation theory, personal reactivity and self-awareness practices.

She was an early elected Associate of the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, is a nationally Certified Transformative Mediator™, has been certified by the Maryland Council on Dispute Resolution, and is the architect for Maryland’s Performance Based Assessment for Transformative Mediators, part of the statewide Maryland Mediator Excellence Program.

Best known nationally for their trainings on conflict transformation and their offerings of certificated training courses in Basic, Advanced, Domestic and Workplace Mediation, the firm's training courses have been the trainings of choice for the Maryland Judiciary and the ABA. Louise tailors these trainings for professionals, families, and court, agency, and non-profit employees.

http://www.baltimoremediation.com https://www.facebook.com/baltimoremediation https://twitter.com/QualityDialogue

Push Payments provides payment processors, banks, and mobile providers the ability to move money in real-time between bank accounts.

The slow, painful and complex process of interfacing with large payment networks is no longer an issue with the intuitive Push Payments platform. We provide our clients with the infrastructure necessary to achieve an unprecedented advantage over competitors.

Simple, secure and smart API interfaces empower banks and their fintech partners to create better user experiences and best in class market solutions via instant money movement.

https://www.pushpayments.com https://twitter.com/pushpayments https://www.facebook.com/PushPayments

Jess Jacobs is an actress, speaker, and advocate known for her work supporting women’s rights globally. She is currently collaborating with Population Services International (PSI) and the Maverick Collective, in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, to develop advocacy tools that will increase access to safe and legal reproductive care for women internationally. Jacobs speaks frequently on how gender equality can solve our greatest social and economic disparities and she contributes to Thrive Global, The Estia Collective, and more.

www.jessjacobs.com https://twitter.com/jessjacobsx https://www.facebook.com/pg/jessjacobsofficial

Robert "Bobby" Klinck is the founder of Klinck LLC, an intellectual property boutique in Washington, D.C. He represents innovators, entrepreneurs, and businesses in intellectual property matters. His practice focuses intellectual property advising, planning, management, monetization, and litigation.

Mr. Klinck has significant experience in intellectual property matters. He has assisted clients in developing strategies to monetize their intellectual property and has litigated contested infringement suits. He has represented clients with intellectual property spanning diverse technologies, including systems for the use in electronic commodity exchanges, online advertising, medical devices, computer chips, wireless data transmission systems, and chemical compounds. He is the author of Klinck LLC’s Startup IP Blog, Klinck LLC’s [Non]Obvious Insights Newsletter, and a book entitled Patent Litigation Primer: A Guide For Inventors And Business Owners.

Free courses and books here: https://www.klinckllc.com/entrepreneurs-intellectual-property-academy/

https://www.klinckllc.com/ https://www.facebook.com/KlinckLLC/ https://twitter.com/KlinckLLC

The Blockchain Competition 2017 is a first-of-its-kind event designed to bring together cutting-edge startups, innovative investors and open-minded industry partners in a synergy of blockchain and insurance technology.

Held in the heart of Switzerland's Crypto Valley (Zug), the Blockchain Competition offers teams and startups a chance to put their blockchain ideas for insurance to the test - with the possibility of winning $100 000 (no-strings attached) plus a range of other benefits including: free office space/coaching/access to C-level contacts.

The Blockchain Competition is initiated by Lakeside Partners & inacta AG.

http://www.blockchaincompetition.ch https://www.facebook.com/blockchaincompetition https://twitter.com/blockchain_comp

Co-founder and Chairman/CEO of K4Connect where we provide a "connected-life" software platform serving older adults and those living with disabilities, making their lives simpler, healthier and happier. Raised over $10M in venture capital including such investors as Intel Capital, Sierra Ventures, Reinsurance Group of America, Lowe's Home Improvement and other value added investors. Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina (the "Triangle").

Previously co-founded and former Chairman/CEO of AuthenTec, a leading provider of fingerprint sensor and security solutions, acquired by Apple in October, 2012 (only public company ever acquired by Apple). The AuthenTec fingerprint sensor is now the foundation of the iPhone's and iPad's Touch ID. Raised over $70 million in venture capital (including such investors as The Carlyle Group, Texas Instruments, Sierra Ventures, Stonehenge Growth Capital and others), led the company’s successful IPO in 2007 (NASDAQ) and recruited an excellent management team. Helped grow company from the two co-founders to over 300 employees with development centers in Melbourne, Fl., Shanghai, China and Vught, The Netherlands.

Prior to founding AuthenTec, was the Vice President of a $200 million division of Harris' Semiconductor Sector (now Intersil) where I started as a new grad engineer in 1980. Led successful turnaround of several diverse operations including the commodity logic business (sold to TI), the acquisition GE Microelectronics and turnaround of the Group's Mil/Aero business.

https://www.k4connect.com https://www.facebook.com/k4connect https://twitter.com/k4connect

Social entrepreneur and passionate advocate.

A champion for accessibility, participation, engagement and inclusion for those with mental health, memory impairment, cognitive challenges, developmental and intellectual needs: all ages. Recreational Respite and its team partners with many organizations globally to maximize program and service development and its delivery, while minimizing the dollars needed to ensure accessibility: http://recrespite.com/outreachprojects/

International keynote speaker, leader, educator and mentor: http://recrespite.com/about-us/our-story/. RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Award (nominee): 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Co-Creator and Founder of Family Caregivers Unite! http://www.voiceamerica.com/Show/1669 https://twitter.com/recrespite https://www.facebook.com/recreationalrespite

SolBid provides turn-key solar power solutions to businesses nationwide through our proprietarily constructed solar design and proposal application. Matched with our unique set of finance solutions and installation partnering model, SolBid is changing the future of commercial solar power acquisition.

http://www.solbid.com https://twitter.com/solbidinc https://www.facebook.com/solbid

Tom Goldenberg is a software engineer, entrepreneur, writer, and speaker interested in developing amazing products for startups and agile companies. He was awarded as a Top Voice in Technology by LinkedIn in 2016, and has appeared on the BBC and numerous podcasts on the subjects of software engineering and entrepreneurship. He is the author of the mobile development tutorial "Build React Native," and is the creator of several iOS and Android apps.

Commandiv is an investment platform that allows you to shape your own automated investment strategy, personalized to you. We offer hedge-fund level investment strategies (downside protection, etc.) so that individual investors can get the same value as larger institutions.

https://www.commandiv.com https://twitter.com/commandiv https://www.facebook.com/commandiv

After founding Sub Pop, signing Nirvana, and putting Seattle on the map while orchestrating the worldwide Grunge phenomenon, Bruce Pavitt took a step back. He "retired" from the music industry to raise a family on Orcas, a remote island in the Northwest corner of Washington State. It’s a small community, so it wasn’t long before he met musician, producer and tech entrepreneur, Adam Farish. The two bonded over a shared love of music, and discussed what the future of the industry would look like. They agreed it would be participatory, interactive, and mobile.

Fast forward 10 years, and iOS technology finally caught up to their shared vision. Soon Adam began to design a new audio format and platform that would allow any listener to remix music on their phone. Adam then showed his prototype to Bruce. Bruce, given his history in promoting regional culture, immediately saw it as a way to revolutionize the music industry. They officially incorporated as 8Stem in 2015, and set out to launch music 2.0.

8Stem is a revolutionary, interactive audio format that allows any listener to remix music like a professional DJ or sound engineer. Paired with the first multi-channel playback and remixing app, 8Stem signals a new era of music that is participatory, immediate and social.

https://8stem.com https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/8stem/id1025280903?ls=1&mt=8 https://twitter.com/8stem

Helped influence the Government to procure national motorways instead of the town by-passes commissioned by the National Roads Authority in 1999.

Helped expedite the M50 Motorway and save €400m. This included its realignment: a) near Sandyford Village – so that the village was not enclosed by motorway type roads; b) away from sensitive areas of Finglas, Ballymun and Santry. This enabled this section to open sooner - it was to open 10 years after the Tallaght to Sandyford section but instead was opened 5 years before it; c) at Redcow to remove the last set of lights during its latest upgrade.

Played a key role in the Government decision for a Dublin Metro - assembled a Japanese consortium and in 2000 presented to the Cabinet Committee for PPPs a proposal. After the meeting the Cabinet pledged to proceed with a metro.

In 2003 presented plans to the Government Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport on how the cost of a metro could be reduced and also instigated the visit of a Spanish delegation to them. The Committee Report noted my 'undoubted knowledge and many skills that are appropriate for the building of a Metro' and that my 'extensive knowledge could be harnessed for the development of the Dublin Metro system'.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cormac-rabbitt-23b61b32/

Brian Smith was born in Australia, where he developed his love of surfing. A chartered accountant, he studied at the UCLA Graduate School of Management, and with $500 of start-up money, he founded UGG Imports to bring sheepskin footwear to America. After seventeen years, as sales reached $15 million, he sold the business to Deckers Outdoor Corporation. The UGG brand has since exceeded $1 billion of international sales times over.

A passionate innovator and entrepreneur, Brian is one of the most sought after business leaders in the country today. As a media guest and inspiring speaker, he is committed to teaching his breakthrough business strategies to entrepreneurs and translating personal vision and spirituality into company culture.

Brian Smith has recently written a book based upon his journey from conceiving the idea, all the way to selling the business as a national brand. The books theme is that you can't give birth to adults. Every business starts with conception, then birth...the long infancy, then toddling, youth and teenage phases. This understanding is powerful, as hundreds of people in his keynote speaking seminars tell that they were about to give up on their dream, but now they identify themselves in one of the early phases. This gripping story of ecstatic highs and crushing lows of UGG, and Brian show how you can dig deep to overcome every obstacle in your path. Called The Birth Of A Brand, the book is available on Amazon, and you can download the first chapter free from his website, www.BRIANSMITHSPEAKER.com.

www.BRIANSMITHSPEAKER.com https://twitter.com/briansmithugg https://www.facebook.com/BrianSmithUGGFounder/

Dr. Eduardo Diaz is a Human Factors Expert Scientist with 21+ years of experience supporting organizational development. As an effective leader and key member of management, he applies peer reviewed human behavior research findings into actionable measures to support team outcomes. He developed the Organizational Team Index (OTI) to support team efficiency, performance and success.

http://www.advancingx.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardodiazphd https://twitter.com/AdvancingX

Shinjini Das, The Go-Getter Girl! ™, is the 25-year old Founder and CEO of The Das Media Group ™, a digital creative agency, Hollywood television personality fluent in Spanish, global millennial influencer, keynote speaker, engineer, and author with a 170K+ social media following and interviews on ABC, FOX, FORBES, NBC, INC, C-Suite Radio, Sirius XM, Business Insider, Marie Claire, and at the United Nations Headquarters. Shinjini is a data-driven insights expert in building television, digital, and social content with meaning to engage her global technology and lifestyle audiences. She shared her strategy to build businesses with empathy as 1 of 100 authors in 'The Better Business Book: Vol 2' published globally in 2017.

http://www.shinjinidas.com https://twitter.com/SpeakerShinjini https://www.facebook.com/speakershinjini https://www.linkedin.com/in/shinjinidas/

Founder of Garnish & Gather, Atlanta's online meal-kit & grocery store. Garnish & Gather is dedicated to supporting the local food system and building community by sourcing delicious and healthy food paired with recipes from Atlanta's best chefs. Cook easy, healthy & delicious dinners any night of the week.

http://garnishandgather.com https://www.facebook.com/GarnishandGather https://twitter.com/garnishgather

Marcia Rick Dawood is a Managing Director in two angel investment groups, BlueTree Allied Angels in Pittsburgh (since January 2012) and Golden Seeds in New York City (since January 2014). For BlueTree, she is also the Chairman of the Education Committee and serves on the deal flow and screening committees as well as actively leads due diligence projects. Marcia has experience evaluating and mentoring startup companies and investment opportunities She supports women led, impact as well as tech/life sciences and overall fun companies and is passionate about education as well as investment. Marcia has taken an active role in serving as the syndication lead between BlueTree and Golden Seeds bringing the two groups together to collaborate and optimize deal flow and due diligence information.

Marcia also serves on the Board of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), an organization that represents over 12,000 accredited investor members, 220 angel groups and accredited platforms that have invested in well over 10,000 entrepreneurial companies.

She graduated from the Global Executive MBA program at UNC’s Kenan Flagler’s School of Business. In addition to the US, the program studies include business learning in the Netherlands, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong and India. During her graduate studies, Marcia was part of the 5 person management committee leading OneHEEL Partners, a compounding equity management firm that focuses on helping businesses grow, either by direct investment or through expert consulting services. In 2014, the group acquired the franchise rights to a new sports team, the DC Brawlers, in a new, co-ed sport, GRID. Marcia served on the Board of Directors and managed financial and legal matters for the organization during the inaugural season. This gave her experience as an entrepreneur from the start through the exit of a business.

In her 16+ year career prior to becoming an active investor she gained experience and success in operations, sales and marketing with Kaplan Higher Education Campuses (KHEC).

http://www.bluetreealliedangels.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/marciadawood

TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) is a $12 billion global technology leader. Our commitment to innovation enables advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. TE’s unmatched breadth of connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest of environments, helps build a safer, greener, smarter and more connected world. With 75,000 people – including more than 7,000 engineers – working alongside customers in nearly 150 countries, we help ensure that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS

www.TE.com www.facebook.com/teconnectivity twitter.com/teconnectivity

We are changing the way that the world collects business information. We use crowdsourcing to gain access to our client's shoppers who then utilize the latest in smart phone technology to deliver near real time access to business information.

Field Agent provides better coverage in less time and in a more cost effective solution than current providers of research, retail auditing, data collection and mystery shopping services.

Jicco offers instant answers to pressing retail questions. The first platform of its kind, Jicco combines the speed and simplicity of a search engine interface with Field Agent’s mobile crowdsourcing system to generate on-demand photos, information, and shopper feedback from stores across the country.

http://www.fieldagent.net http://info.gojicco.com/ https://twitter.com/fieldagentapp

HowDoWe, Inc. is a web-based fundraising platform that allows public education organizations to raise money and awareness to support capital projects for the benefit of society, the environment and individuals alike.

https://www.howdowe.org https://twitter.com/howdoweinc https://www.facebook.com/howdowe

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Utilizing my training as a neuroscientist and clinical psychologist, along with my M.B.A. in Healthcare Administration, I have dedicated my life to advancing the treatment of stress-related disorders. I believe in the brain’s ability to transcend and transform the complex and beautiful relationship between nature and nurture. I serve as a consultant for trauma treatment programs and founded Viva Excellence to provide cutting edge trainings that bring together the newest advancement in trauma treatment for comprehensive results. I was the first Certified Practitioner and am the first Certified Trainer of the Havening Techniques™in Los Angeles, California. I have a private practice in Pasadena, CA where I specialize in the most effective and efficient treatments empowering people to Live Their Excellence. Visit www.DrTruitt.com to learn more.

My clinical practice and scientific studies have led me to specialize in the treatment of PTSD/Complex Trauma, and other stress-related disorders. My research is on brain health during the recovery process, treatment outcomes, and psychophysiology. I know that when we choose to let moments of adversity strengthen us, we are choosing to be our strongest and most empowered selves. In my private practice, I strive to create an empowering environment for my clients, guiding them through their transformational journey as they seek and obtain their fulfilled life. I empower my client's through the incorporation of traditional psychotherapy methods such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness with the newest advances in brain science.

I am a member of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA), American Psychological Association (APA), American Cognitive Training Association (ACTA), San Gabriel Valley Psychological Association (SGVPA), and Sigma Zi (The Scientific Research Society)

http://www.drtruitt.com http://www.vivaexcellence.com https://twitter.com/DrKTruitt https://www.facebook.com/DrKateTruitt

I'm in the early stages of starting a tech company that will offer a mobile platform to veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel to assist them in starting a life outside the military.

I have more than 8 year’s combined experience as an Infantryman in the United States Marine Corps and international security industry. I've been conducting security operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for most of my adult life.

I've held positions as a security manager in Afghanistan managing a guard force of 30-60 local Afghan nationals. Dealing with these local nationals has given me great knowledge on dealing with people in general. Its not easy to communicate complex orders and instructions to security personnel who don't speak your language, but through trial and error, I learned. This skill helps me interact with people that do speak my language so much more and has taught me how to be a better manager and leader.

I've been responsible for various threat assessments throughout my career, from vehicles movements (convoys), personal security details, and physical security (buildings). These skills were learned on the job in high threat environments and it has taught me how to be alert and really think outside the box, because in those dangerous environments anything can happen but with a proper threat assessment you can minimize your risk.

Specialties: proficient with foreign weapons, surveillance, counter surveillance, profiling, tracking in an urban environment, CQB, MOUT, mobile security procedures, Driving in high threat environments, client formations, movement under fire, breaking contact, living in austere environments, first aid, Security management, Intelligence gathering , and risk mitigation, anti-terrorism.

https://victorapp.io https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregoryjumes/

Giovanni Vigna has been researching and developing security technology for more than 20 years, working on malware analysis, web security, vulnerability assessment, and intrusion detection. Giovanni is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California in Santa Barbara and is the director of the Computer Security Group at UCSB. He is the author of more than 200 publications, including peer-reviewed papers in journals, conferences, and workshops, a book on intrusion correlation, and (as an editor) a book on mobile code security. Giovanni has been the Program Chair of the International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID 2003), of the ISOC Symposium on Network and Distributed Systems Security (NDSS 2009), and of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (in 2010 and 2011). He is known for organizing and running an annual inter-university Capture The Flag (iCTF) hacking contest that involves dozens of institutions and hundreds of students around the world. Giavanni also leads the Shellphish Hacking Team, which is the longest-running team playing at DefCon’s CTF.

https://www.lastline.com https://twitter.com/lastlineinc https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/2556084/

Driving Japanese trade and investment activities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, I develop market intelligence for Japanese entrepreneurs and brief senior officials on developments in the Consulate-General's jurisdiction. As the office's contact point for government relations, I liaise with provincial ministries, First Nations communities, and other members of the Calgary Consular Corps.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-pryce-1877ab10/

Tom focuses his practice in probate law and enjoys helping families during their times of need. He has lectured on probate law and estate planning through the National Business Institute.

Tom is a graduate of Yale University and UCLA School of Law. While in law school, he externed for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt of the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Mr. Martin has also been published in national law journals.

Tom is a family man, married with two children. He has been active in the community, including the Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma, the Estate Planning & Trust Council of Long Beach and the advisory board of Miller Children’s Hospital of Long Beach.

LawDroid is an intelligent chatbot that can help you incorporate your business on your smartphone for free, no lawyer required.

https://lawdroid.com/ https://www.foresightlegal.com https://www.meetup.com/legalhackersvan/

Mike Meiners is a creative generalist and founder and CEO of Hackstudio, a place where kids learn to succeed by being who they are. Prior to founding Hackstudio, Mike founded and served as CEO of Cinemetro, Inc., where he wrote, produced and directed the motion picture “The Trouble With Dee Dee.” Since 2001, Mike has operated Meiners Design, where he has designed company identities, earned patents and won a national furniture design competition. He was a co-founder of HouseHaus LLC, an architecture and design firm producing work that has been exhibited at the Chicago Architecture Foundation and featured in Chicago Home and Garden magazine. Mike has been an actor since childhood and continues study and perform.

http://www.hackstudio.com https://www.facebook.com/HackstudioEvanston https://twitter.com/hackstudio

Samantha Stone is a revenue catalyst who helps unleash the possible in organizations that have complex selling processes. She’s a fast-growth, B2B marketing junkie, author, speaker, consultant and persona coach who has also managed to find time to raise four boys with her husband, David. Throughout her career she has launched go-to-market initiatives and led marketing strategies for award-winning, high-growth companies including Netezza, SAP, Ascential Software and Powersoft. In 2012 she founded The Marketing Advisory Network to help savvy business leaders unleash the possible within their enterprises.

In October 2016 her book "Unleash Possible: A Marketing Playbook that Drives Sales" was released to further spark new possibilities for businesses looking to grow faster or more efficiently.

http://www.marketingadvisorynetwork.com https://twitter.com/samanthastone http://unleashpossible.com

Stand out from your competition with 3D visualization. More commerce is done online now than ever before, but product views are static and outdated. By incorporating interactive 3D into your website or mobile app, you'll differentiate yourself in the crowded marketplace.

Customers can build custom products easily with ONU One’s powerful customizer. By using existing product design files and efficiently moving them into the digital space, ONU One saves time and money.

ONU One is compatible with iOS & Android devices and is responsive for the web. It also works with Shopify, Magento and major ecommerce platforms; and moves into the virtual reality space on hardware like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift.

ONU One is the most accurate, most interactive and most cost-effective way to show your physical products digitally in 3D. Our dedicated team members are revolutionizing the online e-commerce experience.

https://onu1.com https://twitter.com/onu_one https://www.facebook.com/onuone

The MELODIC CARING PROJECT (MCP) is a registered 501(c)3 Non-Profit which bridges the gap between music, technology and patients battling serious illness by streaming LIVE personalized concerts to kids and teens in the hospital. MCP embraces the medically proven healing properties of music to alleviate pain, reduce anxiety and aid in the overall wellness and wellbeing of the patient.

Unlike other complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) programs, the MELODIC CARING PROJECT’S model meets a real and pressing need in the market with its new innovative approach offering ease, accessibility and comfort to those suffering from serious illness or injury, especially those quarantined and/or suffering from immunodeficiency.

https://melodiccaring.org https://www.facebook.com/melodiccaringproject https://twitter.com/MelodicCaring

RealWear is building the world’s first REAL hands-free and fully rugged head-mounted tablet solution for connected industrial workers. We’re a seasoned team of executives and human factors experts from the ultra-rugged smart phone, smart glasses micro display and industrial augmented reality spaces.

Andy Lowery is an authority on industrial manufacturing and has pioneered the early use of augmented reality in enterprise settings. He has served at the forefront of engineering and operational management in some of the world’s most demanding industrial, defense and manufacturing environments. Andy’s experience heading the engineering departments of market leading companies shaped his vision to co-found and become CEO of RealWear, Inc.

Andy most recently co-found and served as President of Daqri where he transformed Daqri into a world leading industrial augmented reality hardware and software corporation. Prior to Daqri, Andy held the position of chief engineer for Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare Systems business where, under his leadership, he won the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer competition, a program worth an estimated $8 billion.

Before joining Raytheon, Andy served as general manager at M/A-COM Technology Solutions, overseeing a commercial electronics product line. He has served 23 years in the U.S. Navy, in both active duty and reserve units, and attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Andy graduated with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

https://realwear.com https://www.facebook.com/RealWearInc https://twitter.com/realwearinc https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/12895228/

LiftIgniter uses cutting edge data science to help publishers and retailers optimize their websites and mobile apps in real-time. Machine learning personalization puts the perfect piece of "content" (video, article, item to buy) in front the user at the exact moment when they are most likely to engage or convert - no tags or manual work required.

The machine learns and updates itself so that's it's always perfectly in sync with your users and your "content." We average 80% improvements in CTR, engagement and conversation - with only a few hours of work on your part. Imagine creating a truly dynamic, real-time digital property that enables the perfect experience for that user impression at that moment in time. That is LiftIgniter!

Our team of PhDs has direct experience building state-of-the-art personalization systems at the petabyte scale for some of the largest companies on the planet. Unless you plan on hiring your own team with deep experience (not likely since very few people with that experience exist), you should contact us to talk about how we can supercharge your digital experiences.

https://www.liftigniter.com https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/3771149/?pathWildcard=3771149 https://twitter.com/liftigniter

Co-Founder and Director of Alberta Creativity Network, formerly CreativeAlberta; Director, National Creativity Network; member of Creative Economy Coalition; Director, Alberta Council of Technologies.

Advocate for creativity, innovation, and creative development in education, culture, and economic sectors. Instigating and developing creativity initiatives throughout and between sectors.

https://www.albertacreativity.net https://www.facebook.com/albertacreativity

Headquartered in San Diego, California and with a world-class research and development facility in Salo, Finland, NUVIZ’s international team of specialists in the motorcycle, optics and mobile device industries has taken its passion and knowledge to deliver the company’s flagship product. NUVIZ is the first connected motorcycle HUD that offers a seamless and intuitive experience for riders to navigate, communicate, listen to music, and capture videos or photos. All while keeping their eyes where they belong - on the road ahead.

https://www.ridenuviz.com https://twitter.com/ridenuviz https://www.facebook.com/ridenuviz https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/3293134/

Hatch is a freelance platform that offers nonprofits and cause conscious businesses access to freelancers with skill sets in creative, development, production, and planning. Our vision is to create a world where nonprofits can affordably access the creative they need, and socially responsible freelance is a vibrant and sustainable marketplace. We offer individuals who specialize in any marketing discipline, paid opportunities to contribute to their community locally and globally, so that nonprofits can make a bigger difference.

https://www.starthatching.com https://twitter.com/starthatching https://www.facebook.com/starthatching

Virtual Rehab leverages the advancements in Virtual Reality technology to reduce the number of repeated offenses and re-incarceration rates worldwide.

Every person in life deserves a second chance. Inmates and Substance Abuse Addicts are no exception to this rule. In fact, they are the ones that are in most dire need for help, support, and development to become improved citizens upon their release from prisons and rehab centers. This can only be realized through correctional and rehabilitation programs that will prepare them to lead their future lives in a positive manner in order to avoid the possibility of repeated offenses and substance abuse addiction.

At Virtual Rehab, we are developing a powerful tool (provisionally patented) which would rehabilitate rather than just punish. The scope of this tool includes Formal Education, Vocational Job Training, Psychological Rehabilitation, and Correctional Services Rehabilitation. Virtual Rehab’s services will extend to inmates, correctional officers, rehab centers, children-in-need, along with other verticals in the future.

Virtual Rehab believes that putting a kid in the corner does not teach them how to be a better person but rather teaches them not to get caught. Therefore, we are in it for the social good and to help address the most vulnerable populations out there.

http://www.virtualrehab.co https://twitter.com/ViRehab https://www.facebook.com/ViRehab

Dryrun is the product of co-founder Blaine Bertsch's 15 years of battle in the trenches of small business. Like every small business owner, he needed to find a better way to track his cash flow, get a handle on his sales pipeline and plan for growth. He created Dryrun to offer a simple, fast and flexible tool to help business owners make informed operational decisions, then hired a tight team of professionals to bring it to you.

http://dryrun.com/ https://twitter.com/mydryrun https://www.facebook.com/Mydryrun/

We're a new category of recruiting.

Cold calling, spamming on Linkedin, impersonal mass reach out, treating candidates like a transaction v. a person... These methods no longer work in today's fight to attract the best talent.

We help companies find amazing passive talent + give well connected individuals (influencers) a direct channel to help their network find amazing jobs. We deliver white glove service throughout the entire process.

Referrers get rewarded, candidates get great opportunities and companies land passive talent. Everyone wins.

https://huntclub.co http://www.newcoastventures.com

I am a social entrepreneur, connecting the dots and understanding that the future is what we create. I believe that for the first time in history the young generation, because and with the help of technology can have a real impact on the future. Competition time is over, collaboration is the way we need to go. I want to be a global leader and my slogan is: I will not tell you what I can do, but I will show you what I did! Emotional Intelligence and the power of decision will create the future.

https://www.airschool.tv https://www.facebook.com/AirSchoolTv https://twitter.com/airschooltv

Talk Local is a next generation search engine that connects consumers and service professionals in a way that is convenient and beneficial to both. For the consumer it eliminates the frustration which comes with trying to find a service provider that is a good fit. For the service provider it brings customers at a much higher retention rate than traditional advertising methods.

www.talklocal.com https://twitter.com/talklocal https://www.facebook.com/talklocal

I love challenging what's possible and helping people achieve their highest potential.

In a world where we are more connected than ever before, many are feeling more disconnected... from themselves, each other and the planet.

Actively disengaged employees cost $450 billion to $550 billion in lost productivity per year in the US alone (Gallup, 2013), and depression is now the world's second leading cause of disability (GBD).

So I embarked on a bold new project.

My last project about bullying & suicide included my song Close To The Edge, which has reached more than 1.6m views on YouTube alone and been used in my speaking engagements along with projects across the globe to raise awareness of these challenges.

But I knew there was more to be done.

So I sold or donated 99% of the things I used to own in Australia and embarked on a global quest to empower people to achieve their highest potential and show first hand how in a distracted world, technology (when used purposefully), can actually improve our performance, mental health and depth of connection with each other.

“This guy is a genius and total professional at what he does and the value he can add. He’s my secret weapon.” - David Pow Tabain, World Kettlebell Champion and Founder of The 30 Day Challenge.

I tick things off my own bucket list and speak on stages as I travel the globe, and the latest music I recorded in LA about courage, curiosity, creativity and relationships, are used in my speaking engagements and can be performed live on a grand piano to leave a lasting and memorable impact on the audience.

I believe that business should be done and life should be lived in a way that is not only good for you, but also good for others and the planet too. That’s why whenever I’m hired to speak around the world, part of the proceeds go to providing clean water for those in need.

I love helping good people thrive, because when good people thrive, they do more good, and that’s what can truly change the world.

https://thrivingcollective.com https://www.facebook.com/askcameronbrown https://twitter.com/askcameronbrown

Robert de Neve is currently President & CEO of BriteLab Inc. Formerly known as E Systems, BriteLab is provider of OEM certified, full spectrum product development and advanced manufacturing solutions. Prior to founding E Systems, he founded and managed NextPhase Technology, an intellectual asset development and management firm providing technology and financial solutions to small and medium size businesses looking to productize and monetize intellectual property and unique process methodologies.

He is the chief architect and master instructor of the Business Combat Training & Management System. A unique employee and supplier development program that combines: 1) Martial Arts Philosophy, 2) Silicon Valley Entrepreneurism and 3) Ivy League MBA Skills, into a professional empowerment and business self defense system for managers trying to survive and succeed in an increasingly dangerous business world. This Black Belt Certification program is sanctioned by APICS and available to business entrepreneurs and executives through classes offered by the Silicon Valley Chapter of APICS.

Robert has over 35 years of technical and executive management experience in Silicon Valley specializing in the development, launch and optimization of highly profitable products and businesses. He is a multiple honoree and Top 100 Finalist of INC. Magazine’s 500 Fastest Growing Companies list. This was accomplished over the last 15 years with three different companies, Equipe Technologies, Evolve Manufacturing Technologies, and E Systems Technology. During this period, all 3 companies were also honorees in the Silicon Valley Business Journals Fast 50, finishing # 1, # 2 and # 13 respectively.

He is also founder of the Business Warrior Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to helping disabled veterans of the War on Terror to leverage their natural “warrior spirit” and successfully integrate back into the business world.

http://britelab.com https://twitter.com/britelabinc https://www.facebook.com/britelabinc

Our mission is simple: make work play in spaces across the globe. You have to work. You probably have to work in an office. But you do not have to be bored and uncomfortable.

Focal Upright empowers you to break free from your sedentary lifestyle, embrace your humanity and add a little play into your day, as well. The human body evolved to move throughout the day. The human mind evolved to be creative through play. It is about time your office environment evolved to meet the needs of the modern worker through better design and better tools.

Martin is the founder and head of design. As CEO, he does whatever it takes on a daily basis, but is happiest working on the steady stream of innovative products for the company. Keeping up with his thoughts (and prototypes) is his biggest challenge, regularly leaving a trail of flotsam in his wake.

Martin is perhaps best known as the founder of KEEN Footwear. He enjoyed a long career as a footwear designer before turning to designing furniture. Martin is a graduate of the Industrial Design program at the Ohio State University. He has received numerous awards for his work and is a frequent speaker at design and entrepreneurial events. As often as he can be, Martin’s on a sailboat, bike, or paddle board.

http://www.focaluprightfurniture.com https://www.facebook.com/FocalUprightFurniture https://twitter.com/focalupright

Allan Offenberger is Professor Emeritus of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta. He received his B.A.Sc. and M.A.Sc. degrees (1962, 1963) from the University of British Columbia and Ph.D. degree (1968) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research program for more than 40 years was focused on the development of high power lasers and their application to inertial fusion energy research. He has published extensively and given many invited talks at international conferences, universities, government and industrial laboratories as well as to service and other non-governmental organizations in Asia, Europe and North America.

He is a Past President of the Canadian Association of Physicists and has served on many scientific advisory & research grant committees and boards, as a consultant to university, government & industrial institutions and, as a reviewer for research proposals, publications, university appointments & promotions.

Allan has been a guest professor and consultant at, among others: UK Atomic Energy Agency-Culham Laboratory; University of California-Los Alamos National Laboratory; Oxford University-Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; University of California-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and; Osaka University-Institute of Laser Engineering (major labs for fusion energy R&D). This involvement has led to the Alberta/Canada Fusion Energy initiative – to build a national capability in this important future energy technology based on strong working linkages with international centres.

Appthority is a pioneer in enterprise mobile security and the leader in the Mobile Threat Defense category. The comprehensive Appthority Mobile Threat Protection (MTP) solution helps customers keep their data private and secure from mobile device, app and network threats. More Fortune 1000 companies trust Appthority to secure their enterprises from mobile threats because Appthority delivers best-in-class mobile threat protection and unparalleled enterprise visibility and control of mobile risks. With Appthority, security teams are informed, employees are productive and enterprise data is kept private and secure.

https://www.appthority.com https://twitter.com/Appthority https://www.linkedin.com/company/appthority

Created to transform the perception of minority innovation and increase the number of venture-backed, minority-led firms across the country. Code Fever has an innovative and demonstrated approach to increasing exposure to STEM fields through Career Jams that take students from low opportunity areas into the offices of major Tech Companies, as well as digital literacy and Full-stack development training bootcamps.

Our adult programs offer training, and a minority entrepreneurship pipeline that builds national and regional capacity to attract new capital, increase regional deal flow, and generate additional support for early and late stage entrepreneurs of color. It involves focused investments in the

(1) identification and development of minority entrepreneur talent, (2) attraction and mobilization of instructors of color, mentors and investors, and (3) growth of local and national ecosystems for entrepreneurs of color in regions and cities across the state of Florida, with a specific push to invest and implement programs in communities that have an existing startup ecosystem where marginalized groups are disengaged.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS: Proven experience developing, implementing, and leading Inclusive startup ecosystem strategic planing and programming.

2014 White House Champion of Change for STEM access and Diversity for African American Educational Excellence Launched and spearheaded the minority technology and start up community in South Florida. Started the largest Tech and Startup conference on the east coast for Black Innovators

Publishing the Startup Ecosystem Diversity and Inclusion Report for the State of Florida

Supported by the Knight Foundation, Simpkin Family Foundation, Dover Foundation, Wege Foundation, Broward County Public Library system, Dell, Intel, BET Networks, South Florida Cares Mentoring, Rooted Investments, .Co, Ultimate Software.

http://www.codefevermiami.com http://www.feleciahatcher.com https://www.facebook.com/feleciahatcher https://twitter.com/FeleciaHatcher

Based in Atlanta and NYC, David Nethero is President of Nethero Management Company which is actively involved in high potential new start ups. In addition he serves as Managing Director at Golden Seeds, the largest angel investor network in the US.

David authored Mental Mastery of Chemotherapy (www.yourmentalmastery.com) a book designed to help chemo patients develop and maintain positive mental imagery through the use of meditation.

In 2001 David joined his wife Susan in the management of Intimacy, a retailer specializing in Bra Fitting and during the next decade grew the business to 18 stores nation wide with revenues just shy iof $40M. In 2012 they sold the company and remain on the Intimacy Board as minority share holders and play an active role as advisors and ambassadors for Intimacy.

Guest lecturer at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School.

Prior to Intimacy, David had 25 years business and marketing leadership at Dow Chemical, Union Carbide, Amoco and British Petroleum.

At these fortune 100 companies served in numerous senior executive positions including an M&A assignment while at Amoco focused on high performance specialty materials businesses for the semiconductor market and subsequently served as GM of the acquired company.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnethero/

Susan is An Entrepreneur, Investor, Keynote Speaker and Marketing Strategist, who is passionate about new business development and professional mentorship of entrepreneurs.

Her career is best described in three chapters:

THIRD CHAPTER- Mentor, Business Coach and Angel Investor for Women’s Owned Businesses Susan is managing director for Golden Seeds, angel investment firm, the largest angel firm in the country dedicated to funding women’s owned and managed businesses in the USA.

Susan sits on Advisory Boards with Wise Investment Fund (ACE), Blamtastics, Garnish & Gather, and she advises consumer companies such as Julie Bee’s, Memi, and La Lure.

Additionally, she is active Foundation board member of Committee of 200, the Regional Chair for Southeast, and the Membership Committee.

SECOND CHAPTER- Entrepreneur/ Founder of Intimacy Specialty Stores Susan’s entrepreneurial experience in marketing, strategy and business development with Intimacy spanned a 20 year commitment where she built a specialty lingerie chain of 18 stores in major markets across the USA and grew revenues to 38 million in Sales.

Her expertise in marketing, sales and customer satisfaction for this women’s brand helped Intimacy achieve national acclaim to aid in the national branding of the retail company.

Susan was recognized as an expert in women’s self esteem and bra fitting across the globe, where she appeared as “the Bra Whisperer” on national shows such as OPRAH, DR. OZ, THE TODAY SHOW and many more !

FIRST CHAPTER - Corporate Marketing Executive with World Class Companies Susan also spent 20 years in the corporate world with executive strategic assignments for Marketing Corporation of America, Time life Video, and Xerox Learning Systems, who are all world -class marketers. She enjoyed new business development with a focus on building new brands and product lines through product development and marketing.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/susannethero/

MICHAEL KRYTON is the author of "A Brilliant Idea Every 60 Seconds", (Gildan Media New York available at Amazon.com). As a creative communications producer/writer/director (36 yrs) and ideation expert, he applies his skill set for a broad range of clients ranging from media to corporate, government and retail. He works on camera and is a voice artist (narrations & commercials). He is also the Director of Creativity & Communications on the board of the Alberta Council of Technologies.

He wrote and directed William Shatner's 2011 Canadian Tour, "How Time Flies". He is also well known for the production of video tributes to Tommy Banks, John & Barbara Poole, Stan Milner, Eric Newell, Don Wheaton, Don Stanley and many more, produced for the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce.

He has consulted on creative communications to government, media, associations, organizations, corporations and retailers locally and internationally.

As a creative strategist, he was tapped by the Gremezhians to develop visual creative strategies in the Mall of America litigation. He also assisted inventor Tory Weber to secure Wayne Gretzky’s investment participation in the Thermablade (heated skate blade) project. His production of a video for Alberta Energy about Alberta's oil reserves was seen by Vice President Chaney. He has garnered international recognition from the Hollywood Radio and Television Society and the New York Radio and Television Festival honoring the world’s best broadcast advertisements.

In 2007, his book, "The Father's Guide To Surviving With Kids", was published as part of the Bachelors Guide Book Series, which has sold collectively 300,000 copies. He most recent book is "A Brilliant Idea Every 60 Seconds". He is represented by his agent, Dan Strutzel, Inspire Productions, Chicago.

http://www.michaelkryton.com/ https://www.facebook.com/michael.kryton https://twitter.com/Michaelkryton

The Momentum Programme is a growth platform for later stage startups looking to make the shift from selling into SME’s, to acquiring large enterprise customers. This Medium blog is where we can share news, updates, insight and advice from the Momentum programme team, cohorts and mentors. The Momentum London programme helps startups with commercial pilot opportunities and shortening sales cycles.

https://www.momentumlondon.com https://twitter.com/Momentum_London https://www.linkedin.com/company/momentum-programme

Software-as-a-Service companies have unique revenue and operating characteristics that do not fit traditional banking underwriting criteria. SaaS Capital understands the nuances of the subscription economy, and our unique line of credit structure enables companies to leverage future recurring revenue to access more flexible, cheaper and simply more, capital now to fuel growth.

We lend between $2M and $10M to SaaS companies in the US, Canada and UK who have at least $250k in monthly recurring revenue and growing. Companies do not need to be profitable or VC-backed.

http://www.saas-capital.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/saas-capital https://twitter.com/SaaSCapital

Siliconic Home is developing a voice-activated smart, Internet connected product for children. The engineering design & speech/language teams are experts in their field.

SmartCreature (Smarty) is a hardware device and cloud platform. Our platform utilizes advanced electronics and software in the device and the Cloud that recognize and respond to speech for a fully hands-free experience. The front-end has an invisible UI and enables voice interaction anywhere in a room, including: automatic speech recognition (ASR), voice activation and response, artificial intelligence (including natural language understanding), local networking (e.g. Wi-Fi, BlueTooth) as well as interoperability with selected third party content, products and Internet services.

http://www.siliconichome.com https://twitter.com/siliconichome https://www.facebook.com/SiliconicHome https://www.linkedin.com/company/6390164

Series-A Partners works with and advises overseas family offices and investors on Silicon Valley and US-based technology investments, as well as working closely with their existing investments. Series-A also works closely with early stage technology companies to help assess and facilitate liquidity opportunities (Capital Raises, M&A, Recaps, etc) as well as provide outsourced Corporate Development (Strategic Partnerships, Alliances and Sales) and Corporate Strategy consulting to US-based as well as international firms looking for a Silicon Valley/ US presence. Series-A is focused on value creation through revenue generating strategies, as well as leveraging technology to help expedite growth and increase margins.

http://www.series-a.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/1701019

Citizinvestor is a crowdfunding and civic engagement platform for local government projects. We empower citizens to invest in their community and create real change.

Any government entity or their official partners can post projects to Citizinvestor.com. These are projects that have support from City Hall and citizens, but simply lack the necessary funds to be completed.

Once a project is posted to Citizinvestor.com, citizens can donate tax-deductibly to the projects of their choice. Although citizens are asked to enter their credit card information right away, they will not be charged unless the project reaches 100% of its funding goal before the funding deadline.

Once a project reaches 100% of its funding goal, the project is built! Citizinvestors can continue to monitor the project’s progress as it goes from funding to fruition.

http://www.citizinvestor.com https://twitter.com/citizinvestor https://www.facebook.com/citizinvestor

Las Olas Venture Capital is a new Florida-based early stage fund that invests in startups in a variety of industries. Our mission is to find outstanding entrepreneurs in non-obvious places and maximize their impact by connecting them to networks of capital, talent, and customers in well-established startup ecosystems.

We invest in extraordinary people who are building the future. This means technology that can redefine existing industries and create new ones. We call these people superheroes and transformers. They typically have asymmetrical insight into a particular industry and the superpowers for building products that create ascending user networks, which as a result drive transformational value.

http://www.lasolasvc.com https://twitter.com/lasolasvc https://www.linkedin.com/company/las-olas-venture-capital?trk=top_nav_home

Rachel Braun Scherl is a proven expert in business-building for female health companies. Through SPARK Solutions for Growth, Rachel has driven innovation and created revenue growth for leading pharma, beauty and consumer health companies, including Allergan, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer, Merck, and Church & Dwight. Her brand experience includes Advil, Aveeno, Botox, Carefree, Centrum, Chapstick, Coppertone, Johnson’s Baby, Listerine, Neutrogena, ob, Splenda, Stayfree, Trojan, Tylenol and Zestra.

As part of "Rachel Talks" keynote speaker series, Rachel has presented to global audiences on Business-Building, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Women in Business. Rachel has spoken at prestigious venues, including Johnson & Johnson, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Pennsylvania Conference for Women, The Fuqua School at Duke University, Barnard College Athena Center for Leadership Studies, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Yale School of Management, Fairleigh Dickinson Silberman College of Business and Montclair State University Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship.

Career Highlights:

Rachel has built a client base including some of the world’s leading organizations as Principal at SPARK; As Co-Founder of Semprae Laboratories, Rachel led the growth of the company leading to its sale to Innovus Pharmaceuticals Inc. *Recipient of Best 50 Women in Business by NJBiz , SmartCEO’s BRAVA Award and JWI’s 10 Women to Watch.

Rachel has been featured for her work in Women’s Health and Leadership on ABC News, CBS, msnbc, AdAge, The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lifetime, Oprah Radio, FOX News, WPIX, Inc., & Forbes. She has a regular column at Huffington Post and writes for Inc. Rachel is a Board member of illumai & Advisory Board Member at Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, The Fuqua School of Business.

Rachel is open to LinkedIn requests from Marketing Directors & Meeting Planners of Women in Business & Healthcare Conferences.

http://sparksolutionsforgrowth.com https://www.linkedin.com/company/spark-solutions-for-growth https://www.facebook.com/pages/Spark-Solutions-for-Growth/537880806311488 https://twitter.com/sparkbizgrowth

Brian OliverSmith brings the Voice of Experience, Inspiration, Performance, and Leadership to every project. With more than 30-years developing global companies, high performing teams, and a wealth of international cross-industry relationships, BOS Performance leads you, your team, your company to performing at top levels, consistently, achieving and surpassing your goals.

http://bosperformance.com https://www.facebook.com/BOS-Performance-294747384229668 https://twitter.com/BOS_performance

Golden Seeds is a network of angel investors dedicated to investing in early stage companies founded and/or led by women. Golden Seeds has more than 250 accredited investors, with locations in New York, Boston, Silicon Valley, and Dallas.

Members invest directly or through a managed fund in sectors that include consumer products, technology, software and life sciences. Members also participate in screening and supporting these new businesses with their expertise and experience.

Our culture at Golden Seeds is based on four core values:

• Trust: We operate with transparency and respect confidentiality of information entrusted to us.

• Innovation: We expect innovation and creativity to drive value for the future.

• Collaboration: We enjoy collaboration with our investors, advisors, co-investors, entrepreneurs, clients and strategic partners, as our collective intelligence exceeds and improves on our individual efforts.

• Respect: We admire autonomy and respect individual rights, including the right to find work/life balance on one’s own terms.

http://www.goldenseeds.com https://twitter.com/GoldenSeeds https://www.facebook.com/goldenseeds

I headed up data science monetization at Foursquare and have worked as a data scientist and quant at Andressen Horowitz, Google, and JPMorgan. I founded The Data Incubator, a data science education company based in NYC, DC, and SF with both corporate training as well as recruiting services. For data science corporate training, we offer customized, in-house corporate training solutions in data and analytics. For data science hiring, we run a free 8 week fellowship training PhDs to become data scientists. The fellowship selects 2% of its 2000+ quarterly applicants and is free for fellows. Hiring companies only pay a recruiting fee only if they successfully hire. You can read about us on Harvard Business Review, Tech Crunch, Venture Beat, The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, or The Next Web, or read about our alumni at LinkedIn, Capital One, Palantir, Amazon or the NYTimes.

https://www.thedataincubator.com https://twitter.com/thedatainc https://www.facebook.com/dataincubator

Alphalab Gear is a hardware and robotic startup accelerator that provides physical product companies with investment, mentorship and connections.

http://www.alphalabgear.org

The AlphaLab Gear National Hardware Cup application is open to early-stage startups that create at least one physical product. 6 teams will be selected in each city to give a 4-minute pitch to judging teams made up of local VCs and Hardware CEOs.

http://alphalabgear.org/hardwarecup

Bryan is ZURB’s original mid-westerner, growing up in Minnesota and finally trekking to California when he was accepted into Stanford University. Not only did Bryan make it out of Stanford with a degree in product design, but the university eventually asked him back to teach in the Product Design Department. Besides teaching at Stanford for 10 years, Bryan worked as a toy designer in the early days of his career, designing toys for Skyline Toys, which IDEO eventually bought out.

After leaving the playful world of toy design, Bryan started 3 businesses, including ZURB in 1998. Over the past 13 years, Bryan’s advised more than 250 start-ups on how to build better products quickly and has created over two billion dollars in market capitalization.

When He Isn’t Plotting World Domination Bryan is a bundle of unbridled energy, who can burst into song, dance, or a wild exclamations at any given moment. He is energy incarnate with a passion for his family and photography.

Outside of the office, he’s spending time with his wife and their three kids, all of whom have inherited his insanely high energy level.

http://zurb.com https://twitter.com/ZURB https://www.facebook.com/ZURB https://www.youtube.com/user/zurb http://foundation.zurb.com

Why The Health Not?™ wants affordable and preventative health care for all Americans, and hopefully the world.

Our Health Oriented Pairing Engine (H.O.P.E.) matches individuals with professionals, services, and educational materials in a proprietary, HIPAA-compliant, ecosystem from your smart device.

Specific input from users and providers creates tailored wellness solutions for personal lifestyle management spanning 6 Pillars of Wellness with real-time collaboration and gamification for maximum engagement and positive outcomes.

http://whythehealthnot.com https://twitter.com/whythehealthnot https://www.facebook.com/whythehealthnot4life

We talk about his successes, dive deeper on why he shut down a recent startup & a lot more.

Builds businesses and people. Loves learning.

-- Co-founded and built TAT 2002-2010 -- Acquired by Blackberry and ran M&A EMEA 2010-2012 -- Co-founded Brisk 2012-2016 -- Angel invested in >50 companies.

Email: hampus dot jakobsson at gmail dot com. Just email me and I will respond.

twitter.com/hajak www.hajak.se

Younity lets you access all your content, no matter where it is stored or where you are located. Whether you're at a friend's house, on the road, or enjoying a family vacation, younity is there. younity lets you push your video to any TV with Airplay or ChromeCast, edit photos in your favorite apps, listen to music on any nearby Bluetooth speaker and much more.

https://getyounity.com https://www.facebook.com/getyounity https://twitter.com/getyounity

Use the code: buildingthefuture for a 20% discount on the Premium Lifetime plan until January.

Ammar is the Co-Founder and President at StockJocks, the world's first LIVE fantasy sports platform, where users can pick and drop professional athletes live in-game, in a market where player prices change in real time based on in-game performance.

StockJocks is also the first fantasy sports app to feature multi-sport pools, where users can pick athletes across all major sports, in the same pool! For the first time ever, create your true fantasy team.

StockJocks features a unique user ranking system that categorizes users based on skill level to ensure a level playing field and fair competition for all users, which is another common criticism of the competitors.

StockJocks is changing the way YOU watch sports.

Download StockJocks for free on the App Store or visit our website www.stockjocks.net to download on android!

I'm a strong-willed Designer with a Cognitive Psychology and Computer Science background and an extensive creative, managerial, and operational knowledge.

Through my passion for design and empathy for others, I inspire smart creative professionals to conceive and develop delightful and meaningful experiences.

With 20 years of experience in UX-UI and product design field, in the past 10 years I have been leading and motivating teams, and personally contributing to the creation of integrated multi-device experiences.

I bring skills from cognitive psychology and computer science in conjunction with a passion for UX and Human Centered Design, brand management and marketing sensibility to my teams and my projects.

I am well versed with consumer product strategy, user research, information architecture and interaction design, industrial design and ergonomics, visual and graphic design.

http://www.andreapicchi.it https://twitter.com/andreapicchi

We talk about how to present yourself online, in person & on camera.

At the age of 17 Sandra Dee began a successful career in Television as an actress with major roles on Another World, Sunset Beach, Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, The Bay and guest starred on many prime time shows and films, like CSI Miami, Criminal Minds and Two and a Half Men… among others. As Founder and CEO of Charisma on Camera and author of “IMPACT! Secrets to Powerful Personal Presence” Sandra Dee Robinson is under demand as a coach, consultant and speaker for companies, celebrities and well-established experts to help them get what they desire in life by naturally stepping into their most powerful self.

http://charismaoncamera.com http://charismaoncamera.com/impact-book-product http://sandradeerobinson.com https://www.youtube.com/user/Charismaoncamera

MagicLinks empowers creators with tools for authentic social commerce. MagicLinks makes it really easy to share links to products you love with your fans, and earn income when they shop. More than 200 million products are linkable through MagicLinks at 1,500 leading retailers.

Brian Bio Brian is co-founder and CEO of MagicLinks, which empowers YouTube creators with tools for authentic social commerce. Brian also founded Chippmunk, a coupon search engine, and built the Shopping Division of Internet Brands from 0 to 100 employees and $175M in value in 3 years. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in Engineering and Economics from Dartmouth College, and played third base in the minor leagues for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Marlon Nichols is a co-founder and general partner at Cross Culture Ventures (CCV), an early stage venture capital firm with a focus on cultural investing (global trends and shifts in consumer behavior). Before founding CCV, Marlon was an investment director at Intel Capital where he completed his Kauffman Fellowship. Prior to his time in venture capital, Marlon led successful careers in software and strategy consulting in the technology, private equity, media and entertainment sectors. Some of Marlon’s investments include Afrostream, Gimlet Media, Hingeto, LendStreet, LISNR, Mark One (Vessyl), Mayvenn, Mirantis, MongoDB, mSurvey, Sidestep, Skurt, and Thrive Market.

Marlon earned a Bachelor of Science in MIS from Northeastern University and a MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.

Marlon currently serves on the board of directors for private companies LISNR, Shottracker and Sidestep, and was recently appointed to the board of directors of the Kauffman Fellows Program.

Marlon was named to Silicon Republic's list of 26 venture capital professionals spearheading change in technology investing, was a recipient of Digital Diversity’s Innovation & Inclusion Change Agent award, and was named a member of theRegistry's 40 under 40 Top Diverse Talent. Marlon has been featured in a number of magazines, blogs, and podcasts.

http://crossculturevc.com https://twitter.com/crossculturevc

Co-Founder of Generate Capital; Founder of SunEdison, where he pioneered “no money down solar” and unlocked a multi-billion-dollar solar market, creating the largest solar services company worldwide; Author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy; Energy Gang Podcast.

Executive with broad experience in all aspects of the renewable electricity and climate change solutions. Focused on deployment barriers of well tested solutions in distributed energy, food, water, and transportation. Business model innovation will have an outsized impact on bringing about the next productivity revolution – resource efficiency. Committed to helping entrepreneurs and large companies alike implement resource efficiency solutions using “no money down” project finance models. Interested in helping entrepreneurs with commodity tech get the project finance to increase their sales to the next level.

Specialties: entrepreneurship, financing deployment of clean energy, resource efficiency, clean energy policy, solar industry strategy, effective political communications on these issues globally.

http://generatecapital.com https://www.greentechmedia.com/podcast/the-energy-gang

Cybrid Media connects publications, brands, and the world’s top social influencers. In the last 12 months, Cybrid Media has driven over 300,000,000 visitors to its publishers and distributed over 25,000,000 hours of video through partnerships with over 100 of the biggest social influencers in the world.

We're proud to work with many of the internet's most popular websites, including BleachReport, EliteDaily, VICE, Bustle, Inverse, and dozens more.

http://cybridmedia.com

Johnny, Etc was imagined to not only give its audience (men, age 18-34) the content they want, but also to give them something to think about. With a focus on young male readers, Johnny, Etc looks to not only entertain its readership, but engage it as well through humor, insight, and a clearer message than many other sites we’ve seen.

We speak to (and converse with) our audience through an array of verticals, including news, entertainment, gaming, sports, videos, and viral content. Our readers want and deserve more than content for content’s sake, so we craft posts that are meant to be provoking, thoughtful, and can open a dialog through social media. It’s this aspect that makes Johnny, Etc a destination for a level of discussion, thought, and engagement beyond what we have seen in the landscape of men’s media.

http://www.johnnyetc.com

We talk about his bootcamp, investing in companies, being a mentor & a lot more.

Startup Ignition is a 13-week entrepreneurship startup bootcamp, including actual implementation of learned tools and skills, that prepares entrepreneurs, founders, and teams to properly launch a company and take the right steps towards mitigating risk and increasing success. We enable our students by removing the fluff from a traditional 4-year degree, or other out-dated programs, and delivering an intense and impactful results-driven curriculum.

https://startupignition.com https://www.facebook.com/startupignition https://twitter.com/startupignition

myLAB Box is the first and only nationwide at-home STD testing service in the U.S. We empower users to take control of their health with easy and affordable testing solutions for over 70% of prevalent infection risks. The service is rapidly becoming the new standard for sexual health and has gained popularity among a large and diverse customer base. Fast, convenient and easy to use, the myLAB Box test service is available in all 50 states and produces diagnostic lab-certified results as accurate as testing in a clinic or a doctor's office in just a matter of days.

https://www.mylabbox.com https://twitter.com/mylabbox https://www.facebook.com/myLABbox

BDEX is the first ever Data Exchange Platform (DXP). BDEX is a market-driven exchange platform combining all of the functionality, data and reach of a traditional DMP in a true marketplace environment. The BDEX DXP and DAAS platform enables companies to acquire impartially quality scored 3rd party data to target their audience like never before.

http://www.bigdataexchange.com https://twitter.com/BDEX https://www.facebook.com/BigDataExchange

We talk his Social Entertainment app where advertisers & consumers connect through relevant video advertising, polls, calls to action & rewards for loyalty.

Jinglz is THE destination where you watch short mobile video ads in their entirety & are entered into hourly jackpot style drawings for cash prizes. You WILL win COIN (our version of points) in every hourly drawing but the COIN amount will vary from game to game based on your RANK (position) which is chosen randomly using an automated algorithm selecting 1st place to last place positions.

http://www.jinglz.info https://twitter.com/playjinglz https://www.facebook.com/PlayJinglz/?ref=br_rs

We talk about his electric bike startup.

Propella's mission is to bridge the gap between regular bikes and electric bikes (eBikes). We strive for simplicity, and our minimalist design allows us to achieve our goal by eliminating unnecessary features and focusing on essential elements.

Adding enormous battery capacity and power to an eBike can discourage riders from pedaling, reduce safety, and add excessive weight and cost. The right amount of power, however, can transform a bicycle into a lightweight, safe, and reliable electric vehicle.

http://www.propellabikes.com https://www.facebook.com/propellabikes https://twitter.com/propellabikes

Arlix is a group of teens from all around the world who have come together to build awesome things. Below are some of our projects.

ArlixMeet is a series of conferences which will take place all around the world for teens that are interested in business or technology. Anyone can attend and hear our world class speakers share their stories. We hope to welcome you to one near you soon!

http://arlix.co.uk http://arlixmeet.com

Change Creator™, the premium digital magazine for entrepreneurs who are willing to challenge the status-quo and use business for meaningful change. Young people are changing how they see their careers. Fewer and fewer wish to climb the corporate ladder or take the conventional jobs of those who came before them. More and more want to flex their entrepreneurial muscles, start an enterprise, venture out on their own, and take risks.

A recent study by Bentley University found that today, only 13% of survey respondents said that their career goal involves progressing within a corporation to CEO or president. The same study, by contrast, found that almost two-thirds (67%) of respondents said that their goal involves starting their own business. But most of all, today’s young people want to have an impact on their world.

A 2014 Nielson study found that 67% of respondents prefer to work for socially responsible companies, 55% will pay extra for products and services from companies committed to positive social and environmental impact, and 52% made at least one purchase in the past six months from one or more socially responsible companies. In other words, our youth care about the world around them and want to be able to do something meaningful for their career. This trend is exciting. There’s no doubt about it. But it’s also an opportunity that can be missed if there isn’t a supportive environment that nurtures our youth and allows them to bring their ideas to life. This is why we founded Change Creator.

Social entrepreneurialism draws on traditional business practices and cutting-edge innovation to create solutions to pressing problems affecting society, the environment and economies. As millennials increasingly transcend from school to the workplace, they carry with them a desire to develop wealth, find entrepreneurial ways to solve problems and give back to society.

According to the Telefonica Global Millennial Survey over 68% of the millennial surveyed (globally) believe they have the opportunity to become an entrepreneur, while many believe the most pressing problems are the economy, social inequality, access to education, eliminating poverty, creating sustainable energy and providing affordable housing. Today the social entrepreneur is digitally savvy, has learned to work collaboratively in distributed environments and at ease communicating with others on a global basis. Change Creator addresses the need for social entrepreneurs to learn the skills required to be a successful social entrepreneur.

“Social entrepreneurship will play an instrumental role in making the world a healthier and more equitable place,” says Adam Force, Publisher ,and Editor of Change Creator. “We need more people who have the courage to push boundaries and challenge the status-quo. An enormous number of people are now trying to figure out how to make the world a better place through the way they live their lives and make a living. We are excited to offer them the tools and insights they need to succeed.”

http://changecreatormag.com https://www.facebook.com/changecreator https://twitter.com/Change_Creator

NextPhase Foundation is an organization seeking to leverage responsibility-based partnerships among educational, governmental and industry stakeholders for the benefit of the overall southeastern U.S. regional economy. Our entry point inside this mission is to position NextPhase as a high tech transfer commercialization pipeline between governmental agencies, private citizens, corporations and various sources of funding with interconnected goals toward:

• Stimulating high tech industry growth with an initial focus on the southeast U.S.

• Enriching specialized compulsory education programs through real-life development and application of multidisciplinary skills toward high tech creation and entrepreneurship.

• Facilitating the pipeline between applied and proven skills & knowledge and the global industries which need them.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robin-nextphase https://www.linkedin.com/company/10852460?trk=prof-exp-company-name

We talk about his Free Online Geek Dating app.

Somewhere in Lower Manhattan, a diabolical organization seeks to get geeks dates.

It's top secret codename: Dragonfruit. No, not through mad science, secret weapons or brainwashing devices. Our brilliant billionaire scientist-industrialist founder (Okay, he’s not actually Lex Luthor) had this radical idea that there should be a dating app where geekiness of any forms is awesome.

Dragonfruit will offer you an experience where you can be upfront about your geekdom, instead of ashamed about it. Geeks know that they’re awesome. They make their passions a part of them and their lives, of course. But often, many geeks feel the need to put on a secret identity to impress their matches. We believe you shouldn’t have to disguise yourself as Clark Kent. Be yourself. Be Superman.

We aren’t a team of evil villains trying to brainwash geeks to do our bidding: we’re honestly just geeks hoping to help other geeks. We’re the folks who you lane within Dota 2, talk while in the line to Hall H, attend cosplay meet-ups, and more. We understand geeks well, and most importantly- we know geeks love to be together with geeks.

http://www.dragonfruitapp.com https://twitter.com/projdragonfruit

We talk about his framing startup, how they bring technology to the farming industry & let farmers sell their crops all over the world.

Last year the United Nations reported the current world population of 7.2 billion is projected to increase by 1 billion by 2025 and reach 9.6 billion by 2050. Hunger is already a global crisis, so how will we feed billions more people in the years to come?

The technological advancements in most areas of agriculture over the past decade are astounding with the exception of how farmers market their crops. For many operations the process hasn’t changed in the last 50 years. In order to maximize efficiency when buying and selling grain, we must continue to move forward with technology.

Grainster.com is the first trading platform of it’s kind in the industry. To put it simply, Grainster is an online marketplace to connect buyers and sellers of grain. By allowing buyers and sellers to contract directly they are essentially cutting out the middleman and subsequently providing both parties flexibility and cost savings.

Grain producing countries around the globe will have access to international listings, which equates to lower marketing costs and easy expansion into new markets. This is especially beneficial for developing countries that may lack infrastructure for importing and exporting.

http://grainster.market

We talk what is the Fairshare Model, a performance-based capital structure for companies that seek venture capital via a public offering.

From 1996 to early 2001, I was CEO and co-founder of a company, Fairshare, that was a front-runner for the modern concept of crowdfunding. That experience, together with what I’ve learned as a consultant, provides the foundation for the book I’m working on, The Fairshare Model.

Prior to moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1983, I lived and worked in for established manufacturing companies in St. Louis, Chicago and the Detroit area, where I grew up.

I have a BA degree in Business/Pre-law as well as a MBA degree in finance from Michigan State University. I am also registered as a Certified Public Accountant in Illinois.

http://fairsharemodel.com https://www.inkshares.com/books/the-fairshare-model

We talk sales, the art of teaching instead of selling, & a lot more.

Mike Lingle is an experienced entrepreneur who’s passionate about helping companies grow. He’s also a recent transplant to Miami after 20 years in NYC. He has built companies, raised money, managed software projects, and sold startup technology to customers including HBO, Disney, Western Union, Sony, AT&T, PwC, and Ferrari.

Mike is an optimizer, and spends most of his time helping founders figure out how to make their businesses succeed. Prior to his advisor role, Mike helped launch several companies including SlideRocket, a cloud-based platform for creating and managing presentations that secured $7 million from VCs and was acquired by VMWare in 2011.

http://mikelingle.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelingle

LuDela is the world's first real-flame smart candle company with a mission to deliver better light and better lives to people around the world. With innovative Wi-Fire technology, LuDela offers the convenience and increased safety benefits of LED candles, but with the real flame ambiance and scents of real flame wax candles.

LuDela is using its smarter, safer candle as a vehicle to help those suffering from poor lighting and lack of education in developing countries. For every product sold LuDela will use a portion of the proceeds to send solar lights and books to communities suffering from extreme poverty.

To join LuDela in delivering a brighter global future, visit www.LuDela.com.

https://www.facebook.com/JoinLudela https://twitter.com/JoinLudela

We talk about designing Android, selling a company to Blackberry & what he has learned from recently shutting down his startup.

Builds businesses and people. Loves learning.

-- Co-founded and built TAT 2002-2010 -- Acquired by Blackberry and ran M&A EMEA 2010-2012 -- Co-founded Brisk 2012-2016 -- Angel invested in >50 companies.

Email: hampus dot jakobsson at gmail dot com. Just email me and I will respond.

https://twitter.com/hajak https://hajak.se/

I am a programmer and designer. My work focuses on the ways that designers can benefit from high-performance computing and the development of novel simulation methods and user interfaces.

My previous research focused on optimization problems with an emphasis on genetic algorithms and their application to structural simulation problems.

I have consulted on a number of programming projects ranging from robotic fabrication platforms to mobile applications. I have also taught introductory programming classes for other designers at the University of Michigan.

https://paperspace.com https://twitter.com/HelloPaperspace https://www.facebook.com/HelloPaperspace

20 years experience designing and deploying systems that transform business across Financial Services, Banking and Insurance industries. Able to communicate complex ideas and realize those ideas through a balance of technical, business, and people‐skills.

I am enthusiastic and passionate about creating an environment where IT and Business engage -- harmoniously and synchronously.

https://www.ontrajectory.com https://twitter.com/OnTrajectory

Tom Hunt is the founder of SaaS Marketer and bCast (B2B podcast hosting for high growth businesses). He lives and works in Hackney, London with his delightful partner Rebecca and little dog called Bear.

https://saasmarketer.io/ https://bcast.fm/

Bob Fitts guest hosts the show & interviews me about the launch of Stacks, a fully-hosted web platform designed for libraries.

SUP-X: The StartUp Expo, North America’s premier startup conference, is March 6-7, 2017, in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Affordably priced, SUP-X is a two day international conference featuring workshops, panels, speeches, a $50,000 startup competition and over 100 exhibitors.

www.sup-x.org www.buildingthefutureshow.com/past-shows…global-llc www.buildingthefutureshow.com/past-shows…/bob-fitts

My name is Kevin Horek and I was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I work as a creative director and partner at a ventures firm. I graduated from NAIT's multimedia program, with honors, the University of Alberta Web Builder program, with honors, and spent a summer studying corporate design at UCLA. For over 20 years, I have worked on web apps, mobile apps and I remember the days when you used to use tables for layout. I wrote a book for Packt Publishing on Zurb's responsive framework Foundation 5. I have worked on projects for BMW, Best Buy, Apple, Adobe, Investors Group, Sprint, Eastlink, ATB, TD, Qantas Airlines, Emirates Airlines, Syngenta, CB Richard Ellis, Grubb&Ellis, Cushman & Wakefield, and Colliers International. My work has won site of the day, best site of the year for Colliers International, and has been published in Hit Parader magazine.

https://www.ebsco.com/news-center/press-releases/ebsco-and-stacks-inc.-announce-the-release-of-stacks-a-user-focused-web-pla www.stacksdiscovery.com www.stacksdiscovery.mobi www.hybridventures.io

You can call me a hacker, I don’t mind. It’s right there on my business card: Certified Ethical Hacker. Because that’s what I do. When asked, I’ll (Legally) break into your home desktop, your company’s computer system, or your corporation’s IT system.

Why would you want me to do that?

Well, wouldn't you rather that I do it before the unethical, evil hacker does it first? If the bad guy beats me to it, he’ll turn your life upside down in costly and cruel ways that you can’t even imagine. It happens every minute of every day in today’s digital world. I’ll show you how to combat this potential nightmare and protect your yourself, your family and your business.

For corporations, we start with a current assessment of your threats, vulnerabilities & risks. Then we can establish where you need to be with protection and accountability solutions.

What I do: • Test customer networks for security holes and help plug them • Online and in-person Internet safety lessons to conventions, organizations, businesses, community associations, and ordinary folks everywhere. • Media interviews on national television, radio, in print, and online publications.

Each time I make a presentation, it gives me hope that people are waking up to the reality that the Internet, along with all the wonderful benefits that it brings has danger lurking at your doorstep. So get protected now ...

Please visit: http://www.InternetSafetyUniversity.com to learn how you can protect yourself, your family and your business with this FREE Internet Safety Video Series.

Cybersecurity, ethical hacking, internet self-defense, and education: this is what I do and I can do it for you.

http://terrycutler.com https://www.facebook.com/terrycutler911 https://twitter.com/Terrypcutler

I love great new ideas, and how happy it makes people to hear about and see them in action! I've been inventing for nearly 40 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Amron http://www.firstdownlaser.com https://twitter.com/Iinventedthat

Experience: Beck is a proud Bruin of UCLA, where she nabbed her B.A. in economics in an unprecedented two years. Immediately following her undergraduate degree, Beck obtained her MBA and a marketing specialization at the University of Pittsburgh Katz Business School, a US Today top 50 ranked business school, as the youngest graduate to date. Beck founded BAM Communications, her first company, in 2006 and has since founded two other businesses, Bite San Diego and Pangea Pal. In 2011, she won an Emmy for on camera hosting in a talk show format for her show, Next 500, and has also been a nominee for San Diego Magazine’s Women Who Move the City, the Metropolitan’s “40 under 40,” and the San Diego Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business. She is currently a member of Gen-Next, Entrepreneur’s Organization, and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. She serves as a Big Brother/Big Sister of San Diego and on CONNECT’s Springboard panels.

When Not Dominating The PR And Marketing World: When not traveling to the lands of the likes of Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Estonia as a world traveler, Beck enjoys hosting dinner parties, creating new companies, doing comedy improv, running marathons, and shooting guns.

http://bamcommunications.biz https://twitter.com/BamComm https://www.facebook.com/BAMcommunications

Kevin Hutchinson is founder and CEO of MyTaskit, provider of the easiest to use and most complete task sharing platform on the planet.

Before founding MyTaskit, Kevin helped revolutionize how information is shared within the health care industry. From 2008 to 2011, until the acquisition by Navinet, Kevin served as CEO of Prematics, a leading provider of mobile technology improving care coordination for patients and physicians.

Prior to Prematics, Kevin served as founding president and CEO of Surescripts, a national shared platform enabling healthcare professionals to transact business, share and access clinical information to support patient care and collaboration. Under his leadership, the Surescripts network grew to the largest care coordination network in the country; today more than 900,000 healthcare providers, 95% of the nation’s pharmacies, 270 million patients use Surescripts’ services, processing over 7 billion healthcare transactions, including 1 billion electronic prescriptions, real-time eligibility checks and nationwide access to patient medication history information.

Kevin’s recognized expertise and leadership in shared platforms and information technology led to his 2005 selection to serve at the request of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt as a commissioner and technology industry advisor to the Secretary. In 2009, he was also appointed by President Obama’s national coordinator for health IT, David Blumenthal, to serve on the newly established federal Health Information Technology Standards Committee advising the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) on the development and use of health information interoperability standards.

Kevin has served as an advisor and board member of numerous technology and non-profit companies including Surescripts, Prematics, dbMotion, Patient Ping, Dell Computer (Life Sciences), TransforMed, and the University of Oklahoma.

Kevin is a graduate of the University Of Oklahoma majoring in Business Administration and Management Information Systems.

http://mytaskit.com https://twitter.com/mytaskitapp https://www.facebook.com/mytaskitapp

Kwame Johnson is the Executive Director of PowerMyLearning’s Greater Atlanta Region. Prior to joining PowerMyLearning, Kwame was the Director of Corporate Relations for the national non-profit Communities In Schools. Kwame also served as the Director of Donor Advised Services for the Charities Aid Foundation of America and as the National Director of Programs for the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise.

Kwame was awarded the Social Entrepreneur Program of the Year Award from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research when he was 25 and he received the 40 Under 40 Most Influential People in DC Award Recipient from the Envest Foundation.

Kwame has been an active member of the non-profit sector for many years and currently serves as the Board Chair for Center for Community Alternatives. Kwame holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland.

Kwame cares deeply about helping our youth reach their full potential.

http://powermylearning.org https://www.facebook.com/PowerMyLearning https://twitter.com/PowerMyLearning

He is passionate about entrepreneurship, technology and finance. He aims to bridge urging needs in society with technological solutions that create a lasting impact. His passion behind innovation comes from the idea of changing lives and doing so for the good of society. Longhorn Alumni, Stanford Fellow, programming geek and security enthusiast. Previous experiences include Bank of America, Chamber of Commerce and the Public Sector.

His background comes from working at diverse companies of stature that have given him experience first hand on how to administer, structure and understand processes. He further holds a dual degree in Economics and Government and a certificate in Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, which have given him insights on the different perspectives needed to run a business. What's more he's a Stanford Fellow getting that status on 2015 after going through the program "Scaling Through Excelence". Finally, he is also a back-end programmer specializing in PHP and MySQL languages and frameworks, where he aims to bring innovative solutions to complex problems.

https://justonepay.com https://twitter.com/justonepay https://www.facebook.com/justonepay https://www.linkedin.com/company/onepayapp

Programming and developing for the better part of 20 years, I came to realize that it was time to move onto new pastures. Venturing into the startup world was the first step in making this happen. I'm blessed to have been the CTO and co-founder for KULA Causes, the COO and co-founder of Hoopla.io / Local Ruckus, and now the CEO and co-founder for 1 Minute Candidate.

As part of my community building efforts, I continue to be an active co-leader of the Kansas City Startup Village (KCSV) and executive director for the Kansas City Startup Foundation (KCSF).

One role I plan to continue for the long haul is being a student of life. I’m always ready and willing to learn. There are so many exciting things to discover, I find there are not enough hours in the day. My ultimate goal is to become a startup adviser, entrepreneur mentor, angel investor and professional philanthropist with a mission of helping to make the world a better place before my days are done.

http://kcstartupfoundation.org http://www.kcstartupvillage.org https://twitter.com/KCSV

Blackdove is an Art Gallery for the technology age representing digital motion artists in a subscription and marketplace platform. Customers of Blackdove access artist content through their mobile smartphone and integration to AppleTV, Chromecast, AndroidTV and to our Digital Canvas by Samsung.

The Blackdove Digital Canvas with integrated cloud-based art gallery is a digital art collector's museum-quality display that leverages Samsung's Smart Signage Platform (SSP) technology to provide an unparalleled collecting and viewing experience.

Blackdove offers a growing collection of high-definition digital art in dynamic motion, created by the world’s top digital artists.You choose the art that reflects your lifestyle and aesthetic preferences and simply schedule the Blackdove Digital Canvas to play as long as you want from any Android or iOS device using the Blackdove app.

http://blackdove.com https://www.facebook.com/blackdoveart https://twitter.com/blackdoveart https://www.instagram.com/blackdoveart https://www.linkedin.com/company/4997539

Do you have a dream? No, not the kind you get from eight hours of sleep, a dream dream. The legacy you want to leave in this world, the reason everyone will know your name. The dream to create an epic new video game, or record an amazing music album, or to launch the next social networking revolution that will take the world by storm. That dream.

https://fundthis.com https://twitter.com/fund_this

Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. is a law firm where the attorneys limit their practice to intellectual property litigation and prosecution. The firm provides services regarding every aspect of U.S. and international intellectual property law with particular emphasis on obtaining U.S. and foreign patent and trademark registrations, as well as litigating disputes that involve intellectual property.

http://www.cwiplaw.com

The Superbook is a shell that turns your Android smartphone into a complete laptop. Get the freedom of using just one computer.

You already do a lot on your smartphone: it's convenient, portable, and holds all of your apps, files, and contacts.

In fact, you could accomplish a lot more with it, but are often held back by its small screen size and limited mobile interface.

That's why we created the Superbook - to remove those restrictions and give you the freedom of using just one computer.

www.getsuperbook.com https://www.facebook.com/getsuperbook https://twitter.com/getsuperbook

I help startups with strategy, finance, BD, and venture / exit issues. I’ve been described as “wingman to startup CEOs” and as “Biz Dev / CFO to go.” I like pitching deals, solving problems and getting things done. I'm now productizing this work in a new startup called Foundersuite.

I mainly work with early stage Internet, B2B software, mobile, and consumer product startups, and I have a strong interest in platforms, markets, and networks. I've worked with several cool crowdfunding companies, such as Kickstarter and Appbackr.

Other notable clients include Clicker, Zerply, LaunchRock and Autonet Mobile. I’m currently on the Advisory Boards of five startups, where I help shape strategy and make intros to investors, partners, and acquirers.

Earlier in my career, I started two companies, an early web catalog provider and a clinical trial software company. I also worked in finance and investment banking, and was involved in three technology IPOs and nearly 40 acquisitions.

I put together various startup events; my current projects are FundingV2.com, StartupBD.com and StartupExits.com. I also teach classes at General Assembly on raising capital. Previously, with Pivotal Labs, I produced the ProjectStartup series.

On the content side, I author the blog SeedStageCapital.com and contribute to Founders Space. I have an MBA in Entrepreneurship, a BSC in Finance, and I am a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).   I'm on the Board of Hands On Bay Area, a non-profit.

Aside from startups, my passion is sailing, and I've logged more than 10,000 coastal and offshore nautical miles. My longest sail was a 22-day non-stop Pacific Ocean crossing to French Polynesia. Currently, I race on a Knarr team in the SF Bay.

Other adventures include climbing 19,340-ft. Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa and trekking in Peru, Chile, New Zealand and the Himalayas of Nepal. I’ve also toured the U.S., Vietnam, Cambodia, Mexico, and Nicaragua by motorcycle.

https://www.foundersuite.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanbeckord https://www.facebook.com/FounderSuite/ https://twitter.com/foundersuite

Richard brings over 20 years of technology and SaaS experience in sales training, operations and sales leadership into his role as a Sales Consultant. He has built, led and consulted with a wide range of organizations including start-ups, mid-size companies, and global organizations. Richard is also the current Director of Sales Consulting and Training for SalesHacker and is a regular speaker at the various Sales Hacker events, workshops, and SalesStack conference. Some of the companies that Richard consults for include Mashery (aquired by Intel), Spanning (acquired by EMC), Outbound Engine, TopOpps, Village Voice Media, Riverdeep (acquired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), PC Guardian (acquired by Acco Brands), DotNext Inc., Telecom Inc., and Yozio.

http://theharrisconsultinggroup.com https://twitter.com/rharris415 https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardlharrisjr

Wingpact is a global community of investors and entrepreneurs whose vision is to create a more gender inclusive world. We have come together to encourage other women to identify their passion, determine their purpose and unleash their fullest potential.

To further this vision, Wingpact is working to inspire and mobilize women angel investors and entrepreneurs. We have written the first book for women about angel investing and provide programs to unleash women’s financial power and create community for women investors and entrepreneurs.

http://www.wingpact.com https://www.facebook.com/wingpact https://twitter.com/wingpact

Brandon Naids is CEO and Co-Founder of Talon Simulations, a low cost provider of virtual reality motion simulators. Naids got his start studying mechanical engineering at the University of Central Florida where he obtained industry experience through engineering internships with United Space Alliance, working on the Transition & Retirement program of the remaining space shuttles, and Universal Orlando Resort, acting as project manager on large-scale design changes. Talon grew out of the senior design project Naids collaborated on during his final year in his undergraduate studies where him and his team developed a prototype virtual reality flight simulator. The recognition and support from the university that followed led to the development of Talon Simulations, a company that now specializes in immersive and affordable motion simulators for entertainment and training applications. The company was built through the aid of a National Science Foundation grant and earnings from business competitions and you can now find their simulators in entertainment centers, technical institutes, and military training centers.

http://www.talonsimulations.com https://www.facebook.com/talonsimulations https://twitter.com/talonsim

Successful entrepreneur advising tech startups on fundraising, strategy, sales, and marketing. Mentor at Venture Hive. Co-founder of www.SlideRocket.com, a software-as-a-service enterprise presentation platform that was acquired by VMWare in 2011. More info at www.tonicstudios.com.

I am an experienced technology executive with strategy, sales, fundraising, product management, marketing, and P&L experience. History of success delivering innovation in both software-as-a-service and mobile business models.

mikelingle.com www.linkedin.com/in/mikelingle twitter.com/mike_lingle

Successful entrepreneur advising tech startups on fundraising, strategy, sales, and marketing. Mentor at Venture Hive. Co-founder of www.SlideRocket.com, a software-as-a-service enterprise presentation platform that was acquired by VMWare in 2011. More info at www.tonicstudios.com.

I am an experienced technology executive with strategy, sales, fundraising, product management, marketing, and P&L experience. History of success delivering innovation in both software-as-a-service and mobile business models.

http://mikelingle.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikelingle https://twitter.com/mike_lingle

I am a certified career coach and the owner of LAST BRAND STANDING©, a company dedicated to helping people develop their dream career as an entrepreneur or an “encorepreneur”( people leaving one career and looking to start a new career as a business owner).

My mission is to inspire, encourage and equip individuals to discover and develop their passion and to create a viable career from it.

http://www.kathybrunner.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/findingyourfire https://twitter.com/findingyourfire

Brodi Jackson is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Caerus Ventures. Ms. Jackson has more than 17 years of private equity and alternative asset management experience. She has been an equity and debt investor, managing a $3.5 billion private equity business and originating over $4 billion in loans.

Ms. Jackson is a member of the Caerus deal team. She is responsible for valuations, transaction structuring and portfolio allocations. Ms. Jackson is responsible for general management of Caerus Ventures and is a member of the investment committee. Ms. Jackson built upon her extensive experience in principal investing to develop the capital allocation and investment philosophy of Fund I. Ms. Jackson is a generalist within Caerus Ventures and covers all portfolio companies.

Prior to Caerus Ventures, Ms. Jackson ran an asset management consulting firm focused on improving financial management for private equity managers including Brookfield Asset Management and Soros Private Funds Management. Prior to starting her consulting business, Ms. Jackson had a successful career on Wall Street. In 2006, Ms. Jackson helped start a new business unit within the Merchant Banking division of Goldman Sachs. In just under three years, Ms. Jackson was integral in growing the business to $3.5 billion in assets under management. Ms. Jackson also served in Goldman’s Investment Banking Division. Ms. Jackson served as an Associate Director in UBS Warburg’s Real Estate Private Equity Group. Ms. Jackson started her career as a Senior Analyst at Arthur Andersen

Ms. Jackson received an MBA with honors from The Wharton School and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Lehigh University with a BS in accounting and finance and minor in computer science.

http://www.caerusvc.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caerus-Ventures/121577687935687 https://twitter.com/CaerusVentures https://www.linkedin.com/company/caerus-ventures-llc?trk=nav_account_sub_nav_company_admin

Engy Fouda is a Muslim Egyptian author, freelance engineer and journalist. She is currently a M.A. student for journalism at the Harvard Extension School and the Team Lead for Momken Group (Engineering for the Blind), Egypt Scholars Inc. She published several books including a book that made Amazon best selling charts for the Arabic books.

She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Cairo University, in 2001 and 2006 respectively. In 2002, she joined the American University in Cairo as a teacher assistant in Electrical Engineering Department. Then she worked as a teacher assistant at the German University in Cairo (2003 - 2007), where she founded the GUC Robotics Research Group. She was the Editor in Chief for Mn Europa Elbalad magazine for 3 years. She is a Microsoft Charter member for .Net, and was a Microsoft Certified Trainer and she instructed many classes at different training centers. She is a volunteer at Resala Charity Organization, an Egypt and US-based charity organization. She was the team lead for the Resala software group. Throughout her career, she worked at several companies and did several freelance projects.

She is a wife and a mother. She plays taekwondo, rides horses, and loves nature. She speaks Arabic, English , good German, and very basic French.

Engy Foda received the IEEE RAB Leadership Award for the year 2002 and first place at Nortel Networks for graduation projects in 2001. She is a member in the IEEE, Microsoft Certified Professional Club and Egypt Engineering Syndicate.

http://engyfoda.com http://egyptscholars.org/project/momken

Peter has sold software to oil companies in Siberia and built offshoring in Czech Republic amongst others. After many years in global corporations he studied eMBA, wrote couple of books and now he’s running the coolest startup in the universe.

https://apped.com

Serial entrepreneur, author, and educator.

Founder and Managing Director, Fledge LLC -- http://fledge.co Founder and Partner, Aviary.vc -- http://aviary.vc

Creator of Kick, a global pre-accelerator -- http://kickcubator.co Founder and Director of Realize Impact -- http://realizeimpact.org Entrepreneur in Residence and Instructor at Pinchot University -- http://pinchot.edu

Advisor to 50+ early-stage ventures, with some advice and guidance on entrepreneurship at http://lunarmobiscuit.com

Orly started a brand consulting practice in 2002 to help companies and organizations uncover their unique stories and produce relevant online content and messaging. Prior to starting her practice, Orly was Senior Design Manager for the Vanguard Group where she directed all of the marketing materials for Vanguard’s largest institutional clients and managed an operating budget that included $10 million in printing. From 1986-2000, Orly ran the award-winning Zeewy Design and Marketing Communications and led comprehensive marketing programs for clients such as CIGNA, Kraft General Foods, Prince Manufacturing, Inc., Morris, Nichols, Arsht and Tunnell and Villanova University.

Orly is a former lead speaker for the Smart Talk series at University City Science Center and guest lecturer at Wharton. She has taught at Philadelphia University, The Haub School of Business at St. Joseph’s University, The University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences and at The University of the Arts. She now teaches in The Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship at Drexel University and in the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University.

Orly is a graduate of The University of Cincinnati College of Arts and Sciences, BA, Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and holds a BS in Graphic Design from The University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture and Art, one of the top ten design programs in the country. She holds an MBA in Strategic Design from Philadelphia University, the first program of its kind on the East Coast.

Orly grew up in Lausanne, Switzerland and is bilingual in French and English.

http://zeewy.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/orlyzeewy https://twitter.com/orlyzeewy

Elysian Communications is led by Kristina DiPalo, a skilled leader recognized for her expertise in complex change, communications strategy and leadership coaching. She has first-hand experience in creating innovative, effective programs that guide companies through sweeping change during mergers, restructurings and global initiatives. She has built a career helping leaders positively engage their people during periods of growth as well as realignment. Her work has organically expanded to include supporting leaders improve their performance and solidify their individual brand.

Kristina is also the founder of DailyWorkLife.com, a blog dedicated to the experience of work. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post.

http://elysiancommunications.com http://www.dailyworklife.com https://twitter.com/KristinaDiPalo https://www.facebook.com/DailyWorkLife https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinadipalo

Brian Bailys, founder, is in recovery from substance use disorder. He has been a certified public accountant since 1983. In 1993, Brian formed The Bailys Group, a consulting firm, to provide tax and financial planning services. Brian also has been involved in many aspects of private equity, including investment analysis, due diligence and transaction structure.

http://ourascent.com https://www.facebook.com/OurAscentApp/?ref=hl https://twitter.com/_Ascent_ https://www.linkedin.com/company/our-ascent?trk=biz-companies-cym

How did I become a lecturer in one of the most prestigious medical universities in Japan, when I failed all of my school examinations, and left school at 17 virtually illiterate?

The story of my life reflects much of what is wrong with education today, as it did when I was a child. The answer to the above question is presented in the accompanying five books.

The writing of these books, and the 20 years of research that went behind them, was given impetus when I overheard a teacher remark how stupid the children were in his class. The children, I interrupted him, were not stupid. It was simply that they did not understand what he meant. The teacher responded by telling me there was nothing wrong with the way he taught, and that his students were more or less born the way he marked and so graded them. The problem is that the teacher did not understand what I meant.

It was to explain what intelligence is, how it develops, and why it is not what we think it is that I devoted 20 years in research to produce these now six books.

The danger, and our failing in this, is that we do not realise that the ways we educate children today are based on a modified design that is 100 years out of date.

Very simple, we do not now educate our children for the kind of world they will most likely live and work in.

I now travel as much as I can about the world demonstrating the new system of teaching I have designed, and show the need to change the curriculum.

We need to teach children how to think the moment they enter the school system, so that we can help them leave with higher grades and a greater understanding of their responsibility first to themselves, then their society and then to our planet. For it is these children that will make the decisions that will affect later generations.

For my part, I would briefly explain here that two years after I had left school, as a complete failure, I went back into education, and after three years of study passed all of 14 examinations with an average pass of 96%. Having qualified with distinction as an electronics engineer, and noted as the best student in my first year, I went to sea and so through a host of experiences of people, countries, jobs, and life.

http://andersenroy.com

Born and raised in West Philadelphia and currently residing in Southern California, Nareg’s humble approach and passionate drive are some of the markups within his DNA. An endless student in many aspects of life, Nareg is always striving on “how to make it better” using both conventional and unconventional approaches to problem-solving.

Nareg started his career eight years ago as a hardware and software tech with Apple Computers. After about 3 years with Apple, he left and co-founded Entrance Studios, a video/marketing based startup company. Entrance Studios collaborated with many early stage startup companies in developing different types of online marketing campaigns--this enabled Nareg to collaborate with many teams and learn different types of strategies through more than one perspective.

To date, Nareg has been involved in developing nearly 20 different types of startup companies and non-profit organizations - both in the US and abroad. Within the last few years Nareg has held positions within SaaS-based startup companies serving as CTO, COO, business development, a consultant and providing mentorship.

Armenia is also a significant part of Nareg’s identity. His ancestral homeland became a place where he would spend a few months at a time during his college years volunteering for non-profit organizations. Throughout the years Armenia also would become one of Nareg's most favorite vacation destinations. Naturally he always dreamed Armenia would one day be an extension of his professional career - into years down the road this idea becoming a reality. Since 2012, Nareg has invested much of his time both in and out of Armenia advising and consulting both for-profit and non-profit organizations.

Stay true, never get old, and always be passionate is what Nareg lives by. This reminder has helped achieve many milestones both in his professional and personal life. When Nareg is taking a break from work he's either planning a trip, surfing the web, playing the guitar, barbecuing, or taking photographs. The collection of images seen below are some of Nareg's most recently edited photographs.

http://www.naregso.com/

Michael Williamson is an accomplished technologist and business analyst with more than eighteen years in software development.

In September of 2015, Longleaf Solutions merged with CaseNEX/Datacation supported by an investment from LLR Partners. Prior to Longleaf Solutions, Michael served as President of Horizon Software International. Horizon, initially founded in 1992 by Michael's father, became one of the largest institutionalized food service technology

companies in the world, currently installed in some 18,000 facilities worldwide. Michael served as President until his resignation in 2010 to start Longleaf Solutions.

Michael founded Longleaf Solutions to meet the growing challenges that educators face managing disparate data across many systems.

https://ioeducation.com https://twitter.com/ioeducation https://www.facebook.com/ioeducation https://www.linkedin.com/company/io-education

We're a team of coffee connoisseurs looking to shake things up with the world's first smart coffee mug.

Currently the coffee industry is pretty much ruled by giants. Well, we are far from a giant, but we aim to make a big impact.

The environment is drastically impacted by the 11 Billion, non-recyclable, plastic K-Cups put into the earth each year. We want to provide a recyclable alternative that can help reduce some of our impact on our planet. Secondly, we want to make your experience with coffee as perfect as possible.

Mug Specs: • Height: 9.5" with battery or 6.75" without • Weight: 1.7lbs with battery, 0.75lbs without • Fits in all standard cup holders • 2 temperature settings: 150° F and 160° F • Time to brew: 4-8 minutes • Volume: 10 fluid ounces • Battery: 45 minutes to recharge

http://www.heyjoecoffee.com/ https://twitter.com/heyjoebeans

Steve Greenfield is a graduate of the 2004 EvMBA program and received his undergraduate degree from York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Emory Alumni Board and has actively served on the Goizueta Alumni Board, rolling off as past president in July 2014. Steve recently left his position as vice president of product development for Atlanta-based AutoTrader.com to start his own business, Automotive Ventures. He currently co-leads the Emory Entrepreneur Network with Sarah O’Brien 03B.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevegreenfield416 http://www.automotive.ventures http://www.carlingo.com

Spirit was initially created by our Co-Founder, Connor Ford, when he was a sophomore at Mount Pisgah Christian School in Johns Creek, GA. It evolved through a vision for enhancing communication between faculty and students, and creating the perfect platform to engage them in school life. Today Spirit is increasing participation in extra-curricular activities, bridging the communication gap between school administration and the student body, and giving a huge boost to school spirit and pride.

https://www.spiritapp.co https://www.facebook.com/spiritappllc https://twitter.com/spiritappllc https://www.linkedin.com/company/spirit-app-llc

Growing up heavily involved in athletics I have always wanted to make my impact to that world. I am excited to bring technology and the youth sports world together which really allow me to combine my two passions.

http://www.moxiesports.com https://twitter.com/MoxieSportsInc https://www.facebook.com/moxiesports

Erik Caso is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Entangled Media, a San Diego-based consumer software company and maker of younity, a patented personal media streaming platform that allows consumers to access, stream and share all owned files and media libraries across multiple devices. Erik brings over 15 years of industry leadership, product management expertise, and executive management experience to his role.

Erik oversees company strategy for Entangled Media, driving organization development, marketing strategy and product innovation. He has also led the company through the company’s West Coast expansion and multiple funding rounds.

Prior to founding Entangled Media and launching younity, Erik was founder and principle consultant for Blueprint, where he advised large multinational software companies and emerging startups on go-to-market strategies, business process optimization, risk management and security. Erik’s passion for unique business and security solutions is evident through his work at NT OBJECTives, Inc., acquired by Rapid7, NASDAQ: RPD, where he was co-founder and president, and Foundstone, acquired by McAfee. In these roles, Erik launched industry-leading technology with marquis reference customers including Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Intuit, Oracle, NASDAQ, the US Navy, Goldman Sachs, Fidelity, and dozens of Global 2000 customers.

Erik is a graduate of California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), in San Luis Obispo, where he studied Finance and Economics. When Erik isn’t at work, he enjoys outdoor recreation including surfing and snowboarding.

https://www.getyounity.com https://www.facebook.com/getyounity https://twitter.com/getyounity

As a marketing and communications strategist with over a decade of strategic experience in B2B and B2C markets, Tami joined SalesLoft to scale the marketing team and lead branding, customer marketing, content marketing, and lead generation initiatives across multiple platforms.

Tami delivers branding insights and channels collaborative discussion among internal and external audiences. A champion for guerilla marketing and taking big risks to gain traction in a dynamic market, Tami was named the 2014 B2B Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Marketing Innovator of the Year.

A former NCAA Division 1 collegiate tennis player and All-Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete, Tami believes in the strength of collaboration and exudes passion for her career and teammates. She serves on the executive board for the Kula Project and the Global Conservation Corps, is an advocate for rhino conservation in Southern Africa, and drives the empowerment of women-led, business initiatives through mentorship programs.

Rooted firmly in South African soil, Tami now calls Atlanta home, a city she believes holds exponential potential and a distinct flavor of home.

A philanthropist, humanitarian, traveller, and perpetual optimist - join the conversation online @localATLast

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamimcqueen https://salesloft.com/

Karen is a proud Atlanta native who has the honor of managing our incredible team and beautiful space. Karen is the voice of the Village, developing the culture and resources needed to keep 250+ startups running strong. From spearheading strategic marketing initiatives, organizing member events, and connecting with investors and sponsors, Karen has her finger on the Village pulse. She is passionate about well crafted emails, paying it forward, and relationship building. Karen also loves Vanilla Ice lyrics, great wit, and podcasts.

What I wanted to be when I grew up: a photographer for National Geographic.

Two truths, one lie: I led adventure trips in Australia, have founded a non-profit, and auditioned for American Idol.

http://atlantatechvillage.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenchoughton https://twitter.com/kc_houghton

Nash is CEO & co-founder of Vallie, UK’s first on-demand parking service. Vallie launched in Nov 2015 to widespread acclaim and has gone on to expand its service through all of Central London. Prior to Vallie, Nash was CEO of G&R Technologies Ltd, where he grew the ad network to manage nearly a billion ads per month before it was acquired. Nash has been an active tech investor and startup advisor. He has invested in over 20 startups personally and through the fund he co-founded, Inflection Ventures. Prior to being an entrepreneur, Nash was Head of Mobile Ad Operations for Asia-Pacific at Google and a senior sales manager at Google USA. Nash was also an early team member at AdMob before it was acquired by Google. He started his career within Google’s AdWords sales team in 2007. Nash has a degree from Columbia University and was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He currently resides in London with his wife.

https://www.vallie.co.uk https://twitter.com/valliemycar https://www.facebook.com/Vallie-468452029988177

Bolt Motorbikes Founder, Nathan Jauvtis, has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and has always had a passion for reducing our environmental impact, including founding non-profit A-Day-Without-Driving, a grassroots movement dedicated to educating the world about how we can decrease our carbon footprint. His passion for the environment has been one of the driving forces to create Bolt Motorbikes. As part of the core team at Zero Motorcycles, his contributions led to the production scale of their flagship X-model.

Company background: Getting around a city is a real pain. Whether it’s nasty pollution or congested streets, innovations are coming to change the way people get around their cities. Bolt Motorbikes' first product, the M-1, is a smart, fully-electric motorbike that is fun and easy to ride. It is the highest performance and most motorcycle-like experience of any electric bicycle in production and it has the lowest barrier to entry of any motorcycle (gas or electric). The M-1 combines the fun and thrill of a motorcycle with the approachability of a bicycle.

http://www.boltmotorbikes.com/ https://twitter.com/boltmotorbikes

Roland Ligtenberg, Co-Founder and VP of Growth and Business Development at HouseCall Pro, is passionate about finding scalable growth channels and mobile technology. HouseCall Pro is revolutionizing the home services industry by offering a cutting-edge SaaS platform for home service professionals to streamline business processes. Its sister app, HouseCall, is a mobile marketplace that makes it easy to book, schedule, and pay for home maintenance. Roland and the rest of the founding team behind HouseCall Pro met while founding a context awareness technology SDK, Gimbal, at Qualcomm Labs. After launching HouseCall, the free app for homeowners, the founders realized the need for an advanced, all-in-one mobile software program for field service management, so HouseCall Pro became the main focus. Through Roland's implementation of growth strategies and channel development, HouseCall Pro has grown from a small startup of five people to a company supporting thousands of home service professionals.

http://tryhousecall.com/ https://twitter.com/housecall https://www.facebook.com/HouseCallApp

Robin is tasked with scaling the WaterSmart business and leads the team to improve water-use and operational efficiency for municipal and investor-owned water utilities globally. He has over twenty years of experience in leveraging technology to solve global problems. Prior to WaterSmart, Robin was CEO of Terracotta Inc., a big data software provider. He joined Terracotta from TIBCO Software Inc., a leader in analytics and infrastructure software, during which time he established and grew businesses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. He also served on the boards of Software AG and DataSynapse Inc. Earlier in his career, he was an analyst, consultant and salesperson in capital markets technology. Robin graduated with honors in Economics & Italian Studies from Lancaster University in the UK.

http://www.watersmart.com/ https://twitter.com/GetWaterSmart https://www.linkedin.com/company/852570 https://www.facebook.com/WaterSmartSoftware

Michael McAleenan is a Florida native, born and raised in the small beach town of New Smyrna. He's an avid surfer and he loves being on the water.

Throughout his career he's started a number of businesses, from agricultural maintenance to his newest adventure in technology development Venue VIking!

https://venueviking.com/ http://www.stationhousestpete.com/

Professional highlights

Amp Incorporated (now TE Connectivity) – Managed AMP’s GM accounts in Ohio, Delco Air, Delco Products, Delco Moraine, Inland, Frigidaire, responsibilities included connectors, subsystems, switches, fiber optics and other products for Amp’s largest auto-machine accounts.
Molex – Marketing Manager Data Division – lead the McKinsey restructuring team to restructure Molex from a product focused company into a customer based company, directed the company away from consumer durables to professional electronics (computer, telecom, datacom), created the Data Division, developed the product that remains their #1 seller over 20 years later, grew sales from $90M to over $2B, with the Data Division doing 20%+ net profit, won numerous company awards.
Crane Electronics (now Crane Connectors) – founder, President, developed and sold electronics components and subsystems for the military, telecom, datacom and computers, the company is still profitable over 30+ years later and left to create Compass.
Compass – single-handedly developed the world’s most advanced connector system and sold multi-million dollar licenses to 3M, LG and Litton (acquired by Northrop Grumman).
The Panda Project – founder, CEO, created the world’s best personal computers and servers, was the #1 IPO of 1996, disrupted the market so much that the company ran afoul of Intel and Microsoft, was the victim of a stock manipulation scheme aided by illegal activities of a major bracket firm forcing the sale of the company to a Silicon Valley venture firm in 1999, but saw no positive return on stock due to a series of missteps by the management team installed by the venture capitalists, never equaling the sales achieved by Panda.
Founded NewGuard Entertainment Corp in 2006 to develop content for the changing media landscape. The premier property developed and ready for full launch is World Moto Clash, on track for a $1B+ valuation.
Founded the Silicon Valley Incubator to launch large scale firms in hardware, entertainment content and consumer products.
In 2015, Crane founded the Cyber Security Incubator when he realized unless the industry started doing a better job, none of the internet would matter and much of our military might wouldn’t either.

Achievements

Over 100 patents granted in computer architecture, semiconductor technology, robotics, thermodynamics and interconnect technology.
Won the ID Magazine and International Design Yearbook annual design awards.
Products designed by Crane have been displayed at the San Francisco MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum and the Modern Museum in Bremen, Germany.
Won product and marketing awards at Comdex, CeBIT, PC Expo and the Consumer Electronics show.
Jean Novell picked a Crane computer design as one of the top science/art object in the world.
Crane has been interviewed on NPR, CNBC, NBC and CNN regarding technology and products.
An accomplished Superbike racer and team owner for over 30 years, consistently finishing high up in the national standings.
Formerly High-Performance editor for BMW News.
Currently developing several TV and film properties associated with World Moto Clash.
Crane was an accomplished guitar player and DJ at Washington & Lee University radio while studying electrical engineering and playing varsity athletics at the Virginia Military Institute.
He has also developed a TV series, Vultures in the Valley, which is currently being developed for ITV Global.

www.worldmotoclash.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/stanfordcrane

Professional highlights

Amp Incorporated (now TE Connectivity) – Managed AMP’s GM accounts in Ohio, Delco Air, Delco Products, Delco Moraine, Inland, Frigidaire, responsibilities included connectors, subsystems, switches, fiber optics and other products for Amp’s largest auto-machine accounts.
Molex – Marketing Manager Data Division – lead the McKinsey restructuring team to restructure Molex from a product focused company into a customer based company, directed the company away from consumer durables to professional electronics (computer, telecom, datacom), created the Data Division, developed the product that remains their #1 seller over 20 years later, grew sales from $90M to over $2B, with the Data Division doing 20%+ net profit, won numerous company awards.
Crane Electronics (now Crane Connectors) – founder, President, developed and sold electronics components and subsystems for the military, telecom, datacom and computers, the company is still profitable over 30+ years later and left to create Compass.
Compass – single-handedly developed the world’s most advanced connector system and sold multi-million dollar licenses to 3M, LG and Litton (acquired by Northrop Grumman).
The Panda Project – founder, CEO, created the world’s best personal computers and servers, was the #1 IPO of 1996, disrupted the market so much that the company ran afoul of Intel and Microsoft, was the victim of a stock manipulation scheme aided by illegal activities of a major bracket firm forcing the sale of the company to a Silicon Valley venture firm in 1999, but saw no positive return on stock due to a series of missteps by the management team installed by the venture capitalists, never equaling the sales achieved by Panda.
Founded NewGuard Entertainment Corp in 2006 to develop content for the changing media landscape. The premier property developed and ready for full launch is World Moto Clash, on track for a $1B+ valuation.
Founded the Silicon Valley Incubator to launch large scale firms in hardware, entertainment content and consumer products.
In 2015, Crane founded the Cyber Security Incubator when he realized unless the industry started doing a better job, none of the internet would matter and much of our military might wouldn’t either.

Achievements

Over 100 patents granted in computer architecture, semiconductor technology, robotics, thermodynamics and interconnect technology.
Won the ID Magazine and International Design Yearbook annual design awards.
Products designed by Crane have been displayed at the San Francisco MOMA, the Metropolitan Museum and the Modern Museum in Bremen, Germany.
Won product and marketing awards at Comdex, CeBIT, PC Expo and the Consumer Electronics show.
Jean Novell picked a Crane computer design as one of the top science/art object in the world.
Crane has been interviewed on NPR, CNBC, NBC and CNN regarding technology and products.
An accomplished Superbike racer and team owner for over 30 years, consistently finishing high up in the national standings.
Formerly High-Performance editor for BMW News.
Currently developing several TV and film properties associated with World Moto Clash.
Crane was an accomplished guitar player and DJ at Washington & Lee University radio while studying electrical engineering and playing varsity athletics at the Virginia Military Institute.
He has also developed a TV series, Vultures in the Valley, which is currently being developed for ITV Global.

http://www.worldmotoclash.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanfordcrane

Company Profile We set the seed bed for innovative thinking, providing worldwide incentive challenges open to anyone with the drive to create something unique. From the winning MVP concepts will emerge a company built on the creator’s vision and Fast Track’s execution expertise, capital investment and management services.

Mission Fast Track forges unique MVPs into successful companies. Applying a proven business approach, we empower disruptive ideas with seed investment, execution expertise and market experience.

https://fasttrack.vc/ https://twitter.com/fasttrackvc https://www.facebook.com/FastTrack.vc https://ca.linkedin.com/in/david-little-56757996

As a self-described unconventional CEO and driven entrepreneur, Mike Tatar is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of VyonCloud, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. But don’t call him CEO. Mike much prefers keeping things on a first name basis.

Mike oversees corporate operations to ensure quality service and support for VyonCloud’s small to mid-sized business customers. VyonCloud offers custom cloud solutions and support services including: Application Hosting, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Office 365, Business Class Email and Virtual Private Servers.

Before starting VyonCloud, Mike was co-owner and Sr. System Administrator of Invision Technology Solutions. Mike holds a BS in Information Systems from Western International University and an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Phoenix.

http://vyoncloud.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Vyon-Cloud-1523754441205792/ https://twitter.com/vyoncloud

Shelley is a psychologist, nationally syndicated columnist, TEDx speaker, and mother of three. She is a partner at venture capital firm Lamp Post Group and the JumpFund, an angel fund investing in female-led startups with high growth potential. Shelley writes about her work on purpose, relationships, and leadership in columns for Inc., and The Huffington Post, and her work has also been featured in Time, Yahoo Business, Fast Company, LifeHacker, and Business Insider. She started Torch with a mission to bring balance and safety to the wild world of technology for our children. She loves that her kids are creative masterminds with technology, but she also wants them to read books, make eye contact, and play outside.

Shannon Farley, Director of Marketing and Co-Founder Shannon Farley started her career with a progressive agency in the Bay area, developing creative for clients such as Nike, Toyota, Microsoft, Warner Brothers and MGM. She learned how to build great brands from some of the best in the industry. She then dove head first into a startup, helping nurture the design, marketing and branding of a fledgling company into a 600-person SaaS leader. She’s freelanced, led corporate teams, and rolled up her sleeves when things need to get done.

She realized that to truly impact a business, ideas must generate results that engage consumers and drive sales.

As businesses continue to shift away from traditional marketing, Shannon brings a unique and creative approach to the marketing mix with both sides of the brain. A process that blends insightful research, innovative strategic thinking, and conceptually driven executions.

Full Bio on LinkedIn - https://ca.linkedin.com/in/shannonmfarley

David Farley, CEO and Co-Founder

David Farley previously founded Anatomic Global, formerly Anatomic Concepts, in 1989 as a supplier of foam support devices and mattresses to the medical industry. Re-named in 2007, Anatomic Global is the world’s number one original equipment manufacturer and supplier of memory foam products on the Internet, fulfilling an average of 850,000 orders each year directly with U.S. Consumers. In 2008, the company launched Ecomfort Mattress, an environmentally friendly sleep line, which has fueled record sales growth for the company. In 2009 he was appointed chairman of the “Green Initiative” of the Specialty Sleep Association. The Green Initiative is a process designed to identify, define and standardize how mattress manufacturers and retailers label “green” and natural sleep products. Farley has more than 25 years of experience in the foam industry and holds 27 patents on the anatomic uses of foam. Farley graduated from California State Polytechnic University with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering. He holds a MBA from Pepperdine University.

Full Bio on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-farley-0667035b

https://www.luxisleep.com/ https://www.facebook.com/LuxiSleep https://twitter.com/LuxiSleep

About Marcin Kleczynski, CEO, Malwarebytes Marcin Kleczynski was only 14 years old when he wrote the first version of Malwarebytes after getting his parent’s computer infected with a virus that a popular antivirus solution missed. When starting his search for a fix, Marcin looked to online experts and online boards of volunteers to help him clean his parent’s computer. The volunteers immediately jumped at the chance to help Marcin and their kindness sparked his mission to offer a free anti-malware solution to protect against computer infections, malware and ultimately, cybercriminals. Four years later in 2008, Marcin founded Malwarbytes which has since grown to a team of 250 in 14 countries that now protects more than 50,000 businesses globally. His company’s solutions have been downloaded more than 500 million times and removed more than five billion pieces of suspicious software. Marcin has been named to the 2015 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Rising Stars of Enterprise Technology list, won the 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and was named to the Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 Under 40.

About Malwarebytes In the past year, the company has been recognized as one of the “fastest growing” and “most promising” by organizations such as Inc. and Forbes respectively. Additionally, Malwarebytes was recently named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and the Silicon Valley Business Journal ranked the company 18th on the top 50 fastest growing private companies.

Through acquisition and continued innovation, the initial malware removal tool has been joined in Malwarebytes product offerings by new tools that detect and prevent exploits from infecting computers of consumers and a rapidly growing enterprise client base.

In 2015, the Malwarebytes product line has expanded to include purpose-built business products that now protect more than 50,000 businesses with a renewal rate close to 100 percent and triple digit annual growth in the enterprise sales. Average deal size has also seen a 75 percent increase as businesses continue to turn to Malwarebytes’ innovative approach. Now managing nearly three million active licenses, Malwarebytes has also persistently grown earnings and revenue in the triple digits year-over-year.

https://www.malwarebytes.org/ https://twitter.com/malwarebytes https://www.linkedin.com/company/malwarebytes

Dr. Patti Fletcher is a seasoned business executive, award-winning marketing influencer, board member, angel investor, author, and presenter. She writes for Inc., The Guardian, and has contributed to and been featured in Time Magazine, Al-Jazeera, Forbes, Newsweek, Xconomy, The Muse and many more. Patti advises corporate executives and board members from lean start-ups to Fortune 100s, from small community organizations to large global non-profits. She is a sought-after speaker on the topics of leading large-scale cultural change, transformational leadership, brand building, cultivating high performance teams, women on boards, women in the c-suite, and women in high growth entrepreneurship. Patti’s research findings on the common characteristics and traits among women who hold board of director positions in technology-intensive businesses has been referenced in multiple literature reviews and articles. Connect with Patti and her leadership team at www.drpattifletcher.com, on Facebook and on @pkfletcher.

Peter J. Creedon CFP®, ChFC, CLU is the Founder and CEO of Crystal Brook Advisors (www.crystalbrookadvisors.com), a NY Registered Investment Advisory firm. For over 15 years, Peter has successfully advised, guided and educated young professionals, families, private wealth investor, small businesses and large corporations in comprehensive financial planning and investment management solutions. Peter's counseling assists investors, businesses and corporations through their financial challenges and triumphs of life. For inquiries or questions, contact: peter@crystalbrookadvisors.com.

Ben Engel-Kacen is the founder and CEO of Planet of the Apps. Ben is a machead, tech-savvy individual and a genuine innovation freak. Before starting Planet of the Apps, Ben worked in the Profiscope Group and Powermat . Prior to that, he worked at Moore-Stephanes Israel. In addition, Ben served as the Chairman the Youth-Leaders Council of One-Voice Israel. Ben graduated the IDF’s highly demanding Naval Academy (Hovlim), and served as the operation officer of two Israeli navy submarines. After his service in the Navy, he attended and graduated from the Zell Program in the IDC in 2010.

http://poa-media.com/ https://www.facebook.com/POAgroup/?fref=ts https://twitter.com/Poamediagroup

Michelle Mocalis is the Social Media Marketing Coordinator for Oasis Technology and follows the latest trends within technology and cyber-security. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in both Marketing & International Business. She can be reached at michellem@oasistechnology.com. Oasis Technology can be reached at 805-445-4833.

http://www.oasistechnology.com/ https://twitter.com/oasismsp https://www.facebook.com/oasistechnology

ReigningIt is working to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurial women to delve into technology. By profiling inspirational women in STEM, we offer a unique opportunity to see the many applications of technology in a real world setting. Our goal is to create a dialogue inclusive of every woman’s unique background, life experiences, and beliefs. ReigningIt is ultimately a call to action: What problems do you want to solve? How can we use technology to make our world a better place? How can we build a strong, empowered network of mentorship to reign our lives? Find out more! You can follow ReingingIt on Medium, Twitter (@ReigningIt), Google+, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram (ReigningIt)!aqi.

https://reigningit.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ReigningIt https://twitter.com/reigningit https://medium.com/ReigningIt

Dhruv arrived in Vancouver via the tech capital of India, Bangalore where he did his Bachelor's in Electronics and Communication Engineering with a parallel interest in Computer Science. Dhruv later on went onto graduate from the Master's in Digital Media, a joint program run by UBC, BCIT, SFU & Emily Carr in Vancouver, Canada. Currently Dhruv is performing cutting edge research in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), Internet of Things and Digital Holography at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Additionally, he performs research and implements new ways of interacting with machines that have a humanizing factor. Apart from this, Dhruv has also won several national awards in the field of computing and has showcased his technology at leading research labs such as Indian Space Research Organization and several international conferences.

In his spare, Dhruv loves to volunteer for Yoga, and additionally perform meditation, and play outdoor sports such as table tennis and soccer.

http://hplustech.com/ https://www.facebook.com/hplustech https://www.youtube.com/user/humanizingtechnology

CEO & Co-Founder at Pixel Press

We talk his startup that has creation tools for kids to create, share and play game-based content.

Robin Rath is the CEO and a co-founder of Pixel Press (projectpixelpress.com), a company building the next generation of creation tools for kids to create, share and play game-based content by leveraging the integrated power of toys and video games. Robin grew up playing video games and building websites. Now, as a father of two, he is focused on exploring ways to enable his children to be the next generation of creators by starting that process when they are at their most creative developmental stage, and doing so in a safe and age appropriate way.

Robin was recognized in the 2015 The Business Journals "Upstart 100" list, recognizing top inventors and visionaries driving the new economy.

http://www.bloxelsbuilder.com/ http://www.projectpixelpress.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinrath https://www.facebook.com/robinrath https://twitter.com/PixelPressGame

Alon Melchner founded WakingApp in 2011 and served as its first CEO until 2013. Today, as WakingApp's President and head of strategic vision and technology. Prior to WakingApp he founded and served as CEO of digital media agency Digital Boost. In 1996, Alon founded Oak Interactive, one of the first digital agencies in the world that offered strategic and creative services with its own unique rich media technologies & analytics system. In 1998, Alon invented the first rich media technology that offered a layer of animation over websites as an effective advertising system. He later developed a groundbreaking technology that dramatically increased the effectiveness of banner ads.

http://www.wakingapp.com/ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wakingapp.wakingapp https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/entiti/id834277058?ls=1&mt=8 https://twitter.com/WakingApp

Dynamic novelist Ann Bridges redefines contemporary suspense by blending her unique insider’s knowledge of Silicon Valley within the framework of sexy, fast-paced, international suspense thrillers depicting China’s growing influence on America’s economic powerhouse.

Ms. Bridges is a native of Chicago who fell in love with Silicon Valley while earning her B.S. degree from Stanford University. Settling in San Jose, she embarked on a challenging career spanning operations, finance, and marketing executive positions in the exploding convergence of the technology, communications, and entertainment industries.

Years of intimate business experience earned in the male-dominated world of Silicon Valley form the foundation of Ms. Bridges’ series of addictive, intelligent fiction. She captures real-world elements and balances complex plots with genuine characters and provocative twists in a literary style that appeals to both sexes.

Her debut novel, Private Offerings, was named a 10 Best Business Books in 2015 by Wealth Management Magazine. San Jose Mercury News and Upside journalists, as well as fellow businesspeople, acclaim it for its authenticity and timeliness.

Ms. Bridges is also a featured speaker at leading business conferences and universities, talking about the impact of technology on writers and users worldwide.

https://authorannbridges.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/ABridgesAuthor https://www.facebook.com/authorannbridges https://www.linkedin.com/in/annbridgesauthor

You are never going to find the right answer if you are asking the wrong question. I have spent over 20 years in digital with experiences ranging from programming flight simulators for military aircraft to helping design digital tools and services for patients who just experienced a heart attack. The challenge always begins by understanding the goals of the team and the company and helping them to ask the right questions. Today I work with amazing startup companies defining and refining their product market fit and large corporates looking to innovate internally and avoid getting their business model side swiped (by one of the amazing startups!). My current project is designing new business models for digital advertisers and publishers in the age of disruption from ad blocking and increased consumer privacy rules.

www.metamorphosis-conference.com https://uk.linkedin.com/in/troynorcross https://twitter.com/troy_norcross

Jeff Walker is a digital pioneer in cloud-based digital marketing products. He and his team have created proprietary technology using big data to make sense of online content to spark great business conversations. Previously, Walker was Director of Product Development at internet titan Monster.com with engineering teams on 3 continents. He was VP Creative Director, Leo Burnett, working on Coca-Cola, Disney, Xbox and Harley-Davidson. He is an accomplished screenwriter who consults with LEGO Entertainment and was a staff writer for an Emmy winning TV show. He is currently writing about “Olderpreneurs” and the phenomenal fact that most successful startups were founded by people well into their 40’s and 50’s.

He has founded two companies. @ContentCarnivor and @prprtycarnivors

Content Carnivores provides premium managed services using the Carnivores platform for cutting edge alternative hedge fund managers, hedge fund investment platforms, real estate crowd funding, alternative lending, marijuana investment funds, and online capital marketplaces for direct investing.

Property Carnivores received seed funding from the tech accelerator Elmspring at Chicago’s 1871. It is a mobile version of the Carnivores core tech made simple in a free version for DIY brand building.

An avid skier and a proud father of three, Jeffrey lives in Chicago and enjoys working with his team of developers, content professionals and amazing interns from Chicago's top Universities.

http://contentcarnivores.com/ http://propertycarnivores.com/ https://twitter.com/ContentCarnivor https://twitter.com/prprtycarnivors https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreywwalker

We talk his startups, books, teaching & a lot more.

Marco has been involved in the Internet sector since 1994 as an Entrepreneur, Digital Activist, Academic Lecturer, Digital Designer, Researcher in Digital Communication, Keynote Speaker and Book Writer.

He lives in London and has founded several successful digital companies, both in B2B and B2C areas, like Megashouts.org, Livepetitions.org and Speakage.co.uk

As a book writer he has authored: “Pronto Soccorso Digitale” published by Hoepli; “Il Mondo Digitale” (The Digital World) published by Mondadori; “Escape from Facebook” and “Impresa 4.0”, published by Pearson / Financial Times. He is a contributor to many magazines, radio and television channels with regard to digital culture topics.

At Brunel University London he is Affiliated Practitioner Researcher at the Centre for Culture Media & Regulation (CCMR).  He is Contract Professor in Business Digital Communication at University of Pavia. Judge and Mentor for UK TI (Trade & Investmens – UK Government department) and one of the main promoters of the digital culture in Italy, he promotes and participates actively in a large number of initiatives.

http://camisanicalzolari.com/ https://www.facebook.com/marcocc?fref=ts https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcocamisanicalzolari https://twitter.com/marcocc

We talk his startup, Founders Network, Mentoring & more.

Navid Rastegar has been in the corporate world since the age of 16. He started off his professional career as a 'geeky' web developer at Intel, but found his passion was working with clients and partners. His colleagues, friends, and family, say he always takes the approach of being a student to always try to learn from each experience. He is a natural-born leader and thrives in leading by action & collaboration, which led him to start his first company at age 15. After graduating from Santa Clara University in 2008, Navid took to Silicon Valley hardware and cloud technology leaders Cisco & Salesforce.com.

Gaining valuable experience & connections, Navid started FitBliss, a corporate wellness technology platform for small to medium sized organizations. FitBliss socially connects employees & integrates with fitness wearables (Fitbit, Apple Watch, Google Fit, & more), HR Technologies, & Salesforce.com for sustainable engagement! Currently FitBliss' users have logged over 100M Steps, 200K minutes over 4K logs of exercise in 1 year, improving how they feel everyday!

The vision: Save lives by creating digital health communities.

http://www.fitbliss.com/ https://www.facebook.com/fitblisscom https://twitter.com/fitblisscom https://www.linkedin.com/company/fitbliss https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC0yKUdvtY4m1jlKU-b_2YQ https://www.linkedin.com/in/navidrastegar

He grew up in Clovis, New Mexico, the home of the Fighting Wildcats. He attended Odessa College and Loyola Marymount University, where he was a top ranked debater and national champion extemporaneous speaker. He conducted his graduate work at the University of Arizona. Today he lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Tim Sanders spent most of his career on the cutting edge of innovation and change. He was on the ground floor of the quality movement, the launch of the mobile phone industry and, most notably, the birth of the world wide web. Today, he’s gravitated to disruptive change for over 30 years.

He was an early stage member of Mark Cuban and Todd Wagner’s broadcast.com, which had the largest opening day IPO in history. After Yahoo acquired the company, Tim was tapped to lead their ValueLab, which enabled sales teams to close hundreds of millions of dollars of new business through rapid collaboration.

By 2001, he rose to the position of Chief Solutions Officer and later, the company’s Leadership Coach. In 2005, he founded Deeper Media, which provides consulting and training services for leading companies, trade associations and government agencies.

Tim is the author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller Love Is the Killer App: How To Win Business & Influence Friends. It’s been translated into over a dozen languages and has been featured in Fast Company, USA Today, the New York Times, The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and on CNN. His other books include Today We Are Rich, The Likeability Factor, Saving the World at Work and Dealstorming .

http://timsanders.com/ https://twitter.com/sanderssays https://www.facebook.com/SandersSays/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanderssays http://dealstorming.net/

We talk his book, business advice and a lot more.

I am 71 years old and married.

By the age of 28 I had built a successful construction business. I then decided to leave business and spend time with my family working together in simpler things.

I shortly started an indoor farming business, which became successful. I sold it and replicated it in Florida. I eventually sold that one too, and moved back to NYC.

I later started a daily car rental agency in New York. Drawing upon my business experiences I quickly grew the company from four vehicles to 78. After a successful run of seven years I then sold it.

After a lifetime of showing others how to easily deal with their various financial situations, in both business and personal matters, I wrote the book, “It’s My Money & I Want It! self-published, by “Serving The People Press”. It is now in its 2nd edition and is available as both a paperback and an ‘E’ book on my WEB SITE: www.HarrisHelps.org

http://claimfinancialhealth.com/ https://twitter.com/Harrishelpsorg https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-My-Money-I-Want-It/118193414943552 https://www.linkedin.com/in/harris-helps-a520185b

We talk retail and event in-door navigation.

Maheen Zaidi is a technology leader with 16 years of experience in developing high-tech software products from inception to market commercialization for Fortune 500 companies. In her previous career, Maheen spearheaded flagship product management and marketing with Elixir Technologies for IBM and Xerox. Later she transitioned to manage product development, planning and business development for international markets with Gateway Computers, launching highly differentiated PC technology for Gateway as an ODM. She brought over here combined ammunition in software, hardware and business operations experience to Ingram Micro to take on world largest IT distribution, Ingram Micro and lead Ingram Micro private label business division to develop and deploy e-Commerce strategy for Amazon and placed Ingram Micro as the 4th revenue generating vendor to Walmart.

As chief operating officer of Smart Fission, Maheen is steering corporate development, sales and channel growth strategies and investor relations to deploy Smart Fission proprietary hyper location and indoor navigation platform to commercial success.

http://www.smartfission.com/ https://twitter.com/SmartFission https://www.linkedin.com/company/smart-fission https://www.facebook.com/smartfission https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheen-zaidi-b8231542

We talk how to utilize Snapchat for your business.

Saba Sedighi is the Founder of iStream Social and a Live Video Content Creator. As the Lead Marketing Strategist, she focuses on helping her clients establish, grow and manage their social presence while continuing to stay on the cutting edge of the social media world. While utilizing her deep knowledge of Live Streaming space, she helps brands cut through the noise and bring their content to life.

She practices what she preaches, currently co-hosting three weekly shows on Blab.im that attract over 1200+ live viewers.

Twitter iStreamSocial Tech News : Every Thursday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Social545 - What’s Trending in Social Media : Every Thursday at 5:45 pm pst on Blab.im CreativNation - Connecting the Dots : Every Monday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Email: saba@iStreamsocial.com

Barbara Reppert

When I reflect on my career, accomplishments and life in general, I can honestly say it was the people whose lives I touched and who touched mine that I cherish the most.

There is a quote I often think about: People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel. - Maya Angelou -

Starting what we now call “Project: Shine Inc.” is an absolute dream for me, one I intend to make a strong reality.

I was raised in Edmonton, AB Canada by parents who taught me the power of positive thinking, hard work and that without integrity nothing is worth doing. I was ALWAYS told I could do anything I put my mind to and to ALWAYS treat others with respect and kindness; that something could be learned from everyone.

Following this philosophy, I first excelled at fastball qualifying for three national championships and earning two scholarships paying for my college education. It was the dedication and commitment insisted upon by the coaches that taught me the value of team and appreciating other’s differences. In this type of atmosphere it was also where I learned to capitalize on people’s strengths. Everyone has weaknesses that can be improved upon, but if we allow others to play to their strengths 85% or more of the time, success is sure to follow.

After college I went on to achieve a Certified Management Accounting (CMA) designation and focused hard on my career, which offered a lot of challenge, unique leadership opportunities and provided many lessons on how best to achieve my goals by helping others achieve theirs. Over the past 3 years, I have also had the pleasure of participating in the development of some new leaders as a Moderator for the CMA Strategic Leadership Program.

Monica Lewicki

I’ve carried the title of a manager, however I do not see myself as one. Rather, my dream is to empower and engage others to follow their authentic path. This includes a strategy to enable everyone to think, be inspired, mobilize to take action, and be empowered to transform the world. I believe in inspiring individuals to do the right thing… to be spectacular… to think big… to passionately bust through the status quo… take laser-sharp focus on the impact and value we deliver rather than the volume of busyness…ultimately inspiring an authentic path of engagement and fulfillment.

Monica has enjoyed a very successful career, earning her numerous prestigious awards and promotions along the way. Monica’s career has taken her across Canada in a variety of leadership and mentorship roles.

Beginning with her roots as a cancer researcher she moved into environmental assessment work and conducting laboratory analyses. She then continued through to successful multi-million dollar sales roles, training and coaching roles, marketing roles and corporate operations management; all while providing world leading strategic leadership on large scale projects that encompass all these cross functional roles.

Monica brings a drive and passion for success, which ranks her at the top of a strong network of top tier sales professionals. Nothing less than ‘the best’ for her clients has made (and continues to make) Monica the partner of choice for world leading organizations and individuals.

Monica is an active fundraiser and advocate for cancer awareness and research. She’s run marathons, advocated corporate sponsorships, and regularly donates blood to fundraise and bring awareness to less recognized blood cancers and cancers below the waist.

http://projectshine.ca/ https://twitter.com/projectshineca https://www.linkedin.com/company/project-shine https://www.facebook.com/projectshineca/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJvX4hbEtFqT5sxj8FKkYWw

We talk texting exclusive content, video, audio, conducting contests, selling merchandise, tickets and more.

Born in India, 1977, near where Gandhi was born. Father worked for govt., had a driver, mid to upper class by Indian standards. Both parents intellectual, all offspring did well in school – too easy. At 16, enrolled in tech school concurrently and fell in love with computers – DOS – with Windows 3.1 as OS. Two weeks in to school, hacked into tutor's account and unlocked all the games for the students which made me popular with the students and upset the turors – graduated with highest possible marks, and high school as well. Started teaching at tech school and worked on a project for the Indian government as the tech school was one of the contractors on the project.

Father had opportunity to take position in US, took it for kids. Challenge was no English, no cultural perspective. Made deal with Uncle who worked for Warner Lambert, who helped/hosted, with agreement to repay for support. The Uncle had invested in a Georgia hotel, was going bankrupt, and he was selected to repair it, clean, and save it. Lost contact with parents after arriving at motel – no ability to make long distance calls, and no transportation – in the middle of nowhere. One day escaped in a rusty old car, became homeless, lived in the car until found a broken down bug infested room to live in. worked at McDonalds. Worked odd jobs, saved money, learned English by reading newspapers and highlighting words he did not know. Saved $11K.

Went back to NJ, stayed with Uncle, shared small room with two loud little cousins. With savings, enrolled in computer education and compressed 4 year program to 1 year, with highest honors. Found job at s/w company in pharma, pure bliss. Knew no one, so learned computers. Vacations were spent buying books and studying programming languages to perfection. Switched to pharma industry to be incharge of a global project, used tuition program by employer for advanced degrees while travelling globally. Challenge was that college used outdated s/w compared to employer’s cutting edge s/w tools. Received advice to learn directly from s/w brands rather than institutions so he studied Oracle, etc. Instead of specializing in one area of IT, learned all areas of IT (programming, database administration, systems administration, server administration, networking, information security, datacenter management...etc)

He started experimenting with cellular text and MMS messages. He could see it would become very popular over time. By end of 2006, he had developed the tech to deliver text and MMS to cell phones in 140 countries. Incorporated and started a company that allowed people to upload content and deliver to cell phones around the world. Also developed iMobile Interactive in 2007. Started looking for a CEO to run his business to be able to focus on technology passion. In the pharma company where he worked, the department head was a logical partner – had telco relationships. Gave him 50% of the company – long story short – the partner was an alcoholic, had personal issues, anger and control problems, and embezzled funds from the company. Battle ensued, pushed him out by end of 2013. At this point, the landscape had changed and First to Market advantage had expired. Realized a new brand was required, thus Privi, as a very special offering for public figures. To launch, need investment funding, which was secured late 2014.

http://goprivi.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Privi-Global-Services/619671108108553 https://www.linkedin.com/company/privi-global-services https://twitter.com/priviglobal http://www.imobileinteractive.com/ https://twitter.com/imobileinteract https://www.facebook.com/iMobileInteractive/

We talk his emergency app that allows you to alert 911 and up to five trusted contacts with the push of a button.

Mr. Nelson, a published neuroscientist, conceived the idea for iUDAME after a personal tragedy. His sister suffered a sudden heart attack in the shower when she was just 32 years old. She called her husband, who urged her to call 911. But help didn’t come soon enough, and she passed away.

http://iudame.com/ https://www.facebook.com/iudameapp https://twitter.com/iudameapp https://www.instagram.com/iudameapp/ https://twitter.com/BrooklynMaestro

We talk how to utilize Blab & Periscope for your business.

Saba Sedighi is the Founder of iStream Social and a Live Video Content Creator. As the Lead Marketing Strategist, she focuses on helping her clients establish, grow and manage their social presence while continuing to stay on the cutting edge of the social media world. While utilizing her deep knowledge of Live Streaming space, she helps brands cut through the noise and bring their content to life.

She practices what she preaches, currently co-hosting three weekly shows on Blab.im that attract over 1200+ live viewers.

Twitter iStreamSocial Tech News : Every Thursday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Social545 - What’s Trending in Social Media : Every Thursday at 5:45 pm pst on Blab.im CreativNation - Connecting the Dots : Every Monday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Email: saba@iStreamsocial.com

We talk breaking out of your comfort zone, uncovering your personal presence & her new book.

Sandra Dee Robinson is a well-known daytime actress, Speaker, Author, TV and Radio Host, Product Spokesperson, wildlife advocate, CEO and Founder of Charisma on Camera Media Training Studio and Horsepowered Leadership Training.

Sandra Dee is under great demand as a coach, consultant and speaker for companies, entrepreneurs, authors, celebrities and well-established experts to help them develop their most powerful personal presence and leadership communication skills. She has appeared in major roles on Another World, Sunset Beach, Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, The Bay and guest starred on many prime time shows and films, like CSI Miami, Criminal Minds and Two and a Half Men… among others. She attributes her consistent success in this challenging industry to the lessons she now has honed into effective workshops and seminars;

Ironically, it is not her experience as a successful actress that qualifies her best to build confidence in her clients, but rather her personal journey from extreme shyness to spokesperson. The humiliation she suffered when she was told to "just be yourself" on camera, was so painful that she spent 7 years learning where performance anxiety originates, and how one can change any level of that fear into a level of confidence that creates a sense of "owning your space" when speaking to an audience of thousands, or just one!

Specialties: Charisma on Camera offers intensive performance training for Experts, Executives, Television hosts and entrepreneurs wishing to increase their recognition, credibility and personal success through the use of visual media and public speaking.

Sandra teaches: * Lifelong media skills * On-camera branding * Interview techniques Live stage presentations Confidence training TV Hosting skills Harvesting your unique ability to magnetize any audience to you. *Creating quality video content on any budget

http://www.sandradeerobinson.com http://www.charismaoncamera.com http://www.amazon.com/IMPACT-Secrets-Powerful-Personal-Presence/dp/099652794X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453295688&sr=1-1&keywords=Impact++sandra+dee+robinson https://www.twitter.com/Sandra_Robinson https://www.facebook.com/sandradee.robinson https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandradeerobinson

IMPACT! Secrets to Powerful Personal Presence On Camera and Off

We talk being a CEO, a founder, his companies, public speaking & a lot more.

Christopher is the founader of Pass It Down, a social storytelling platform launching in 2016, that makes it easy to capture and preserve family stories in video, audio, text and photos.

Chris is also Chief Executive Officer of SwiftWing Ventures, a venture capital firm located out of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Prior to joining SwiftWing Ventures, Christopher helped co-found Woople™, a learning management system that has delivered over 20 million minutes of educational content to fortune 500 companies around the world. He is also an attorney who practices federal criminal law on both the trial and appellate levels and is a CJA Panelist for the Federal Public Defender’s office.

Christopher has spent the last 15 years actively involved in competing and teaching public speaking, debate, and appellate advocacy. In law school, he was the top speaker and winner of the Chancellor’s Cup Moot Court competition and the winner of the Robert Lee Tullis Moot Court Competition at the Paul M. Hebert LSU Law Center. During his undergraduate studies, he was a six-time collegiate state champion in public speaking and debate and a national champion speaker. Christopher now helps coach collegiate debate, public speaking and appellate advocacy.

Christopher received his JD from the Paul M. Hebert LSU Law Center and has clerked for numerous judges, including, the honorable Chief Justice Johnson of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He received a double BA in Political Science and International Relations from Louisiana State University.

https://twitter.com/ChrisCummings__ http://www.passitdown.com/ https://twitter.com/Passitdown http://www.woople.com/

We talk how to market yourself or company online.

Authentic Influence is a social media consultancy where we help brands develop their authentic, digital personality online. We run a free the reins approach where, you hand over the social media reins to us and we manage the day to day implementation, content creation, community engagement and analytics, of all your social media channels. We help you take the social media "to do list" off of your desk and let you get back to running your business.

https://about.me/AuthenticInfluence https://twitter.com/NicOutLoud https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrsnicolebray

We talk building startups, meeting founders, coming up with ideas, pivoting and hackathons.

Dave Idell is co-founder & CEO of Croissant, the app that lets people bounce around between different coworking spaces in NYC with one monthly membership. He comes from a background in software and finance. The Croissant team also consists of Nisha Garigarn, an avid design and marketing professional, Zoltan Szalas, who previously dealt in corporate benefits, strategy, and partnerships, and Adam Chew, who lives on the cutting edge of technology and software development. They are all relatively new to entrepreneurship, but that does not stop their drive to learn and to create a successful company.

Dave and the team created Croissant as a solution for people who are struggling to work at home and in coffee shops due to lack of seating, wifi, and a plug. It's the alternative to paying for that $4 pastry when all you really wanted was a place to get work done. In addition to their core skills, the team also acts as community managers within their platform, constantly talking to members in order to suit their needs. They are also looking towards a future in which this community of freelancers, entrepreneurs, and anyone else who just likes to switch up their workspace, can easily interact offline with the help of Croissant. They're only in NYC for now, but coming soon to a city near you!

https://www.getcroissant.com https://www.twitter.com/GetCroissant https://www.facebook.com/GetCroissant

We talk being in the air force, being a journalist, tech, customer support, and being a podcaster.

Jason Viglione is a seasoned tech professional. He's been in the space since the mid-1990s and has worked everywhere from retail PC sales/repair to enterprise corporate IT to the United States Air Force. He had a brief departure from pure technology when he owned JayVig Media, LLC, a social and digital marketing agency. He currently runs all worldwide customer support, training and documentation for Olapic, a visual marketing engine SaaS company in NYC.

Over the years, he's dabbled in Tech Journalism when he wrote the national technology column for Examiner.com and currently co-hosts a podcast called Spotlight: Social Marketing Gone Bad where he blatantly calls out marketers for missteps in an effort to right the ship that is the social marketing space. No matter what, he never stops creating content and connecting to people using technology. Find him and say hello!

http://www.twitter.com/jayvig https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/spotlight-social-marketing/id1047011691?mt=2 http://www.olapic.com/

We talk building a product in the renewable energy space.

Arterran takes the most common substance on the planet, cellulose, in the form of manure, municipal solid waste, wood waste, agricultural waste or any other suitable source of cellulose, and our proprietary technology, to create a truly renewable solid biofuel that is a direct replacement for thermal coal.

With an energy density far superior wood pellets, and rivaling the highest grades of coal, Arterran's carbon neutral solid biofuel has all of the beneficial characteristics of coal without the pollution or CO2 emissions of coal to be utilized in existing coal fired infrastructure without any additional capex.

Whereas before an expensive, $650,000 per MW, retro fit was required to convert coal fired facilities to biomass, and $1,200,000 per MW for natural gas, today as a result of Arterran's innovation coal fired facilities can now simply switch to utilizing Arterran's renewable solid biofuel without any costly modifications presenting quite possibly the most viable, expedient means to reduce CO2 emissions and tackle climate change whilst still supplying the same on demand, baseload energy the world has come to depend upon from coal.

Arterran's disruptive innovation not only presents the world with another vital tool to combat climate change, as a solution to the conundrum of coal's cheap, reliable, on demand base load energy but at a terrible cost to health and planet, but helps address the intermittency of solar of wind energy as the final needed and complimentary renewable energy solution required to create a sustainable tomorrow.

GENERcoin is an innovative, green energy, asset backed Smart Contract in development backed by Arterran's sustainable solid biofuel and offered at discount to the underlying biofuels independently market determined spot price incentivizing the purchaser for it's intrinsic, tangible, and altruistic values: http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/42962261

http://www.arterranrenewables.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ArterranRenewables/ https://twitter.com/arterranrenew https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtiessen

We talk about the 5-mistakes start-ups make with their digital strategy.

We wanted to work with tech start-ups and help all these new gadgets and tools expand globally. That is why we started Nuuk Digital, to help these awesome products and brands grow their sales and product awareness online. We have so far worked with start-ups from US, Europe, South America and Asia and we hope to help even more start-ups in the future with our data-driven approach.

http://nuuk-digital.com/ https://www.facebook.com/nuukdigital https://twitter.com/nuukdigital

We talk what is and how to live stream video. We also talk about how to stand out in social media and about her 3 shows on Blab.im.

Saba Sedighi is the Founder of iStream Social and a Live Video Content Creator. As the Lead Marketing Strategist, she focuses on helping her clients establish, grow and manage their social presence while continuing to stay on the cutting edge of the social media world. While utilizing her deep knowledge of Live Streaming space, she helps brands cut through the noise and bring their content to life.

She practices what she preaches, currently co-hosting three weekly shows on Blab.im that attract over 1200+ live viewers.

Twitter iStreamSocial Tech News : Every Thursday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Social545 - What’s Trending in Social Media : Every Thursday at 5:45 pm pst on Blab.im CreativNation - Connecting the Dots : Every Monday at 4:00 pm pst on Blab.im Email: saba@iStreamsocial.com

We talk Business Rocks, creating a startup, and being a recruiter.

Jonathon is the Founder and Managing Director of Business Rocks UK Ltd #BR2016 Manchester’s Annual TECH, MUSIC & INVESTMENT SUMMIT

HEADLINE SPEAKER - Steve Wozniak, Apple, Co-Founder.

BR2016 is the central stage for connecting global techclusters in the UK.

Ask me and I will connect you to the right people - If I can't, I know someone who can....

Event Info:

80 World-class International Speakers 5,000 International Tech Founders, Investors & Journalists. 3 Stages - Developer, Headline & Investor. 300 Exhibitors Global Innov8 Start-up Pitch Competition - Big cash prize announced soon! If you are interested in speaking, exhibiting, attending or sponsoring please check the website www.business-rocks.com or email jonny@business-rocks.com

We are seeking exhibitors across // START-UP // DIGITAL // GAMING // ECOMMERCE // VIDEO // MOBILE // ADVERTISING // AGENCY //

Seeking Sponsors for the demo areas in 2016

Seeking main stage sponsor, developer stage / demo area sponsor, networking bar sponsor, welcome / DJ booth sponsor + lots lots more jonny@business-rocks.com

info@business-rocks.com @businessrocksuk www.business-rocks.com www.fluidrecruitment.co.uk www.techcluster.co

Bob is back, and we talk when to raise money, how to raise money, pitch decks and a lot more.

Bob Fitts is the Founder + Producer of SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo, the premier annual conference that brings together startup and early-stage entrepreneurs, angel and VC investors and related service providers from throughout North America. SUP-X™2016 will be held 2/16-2/17/2016 at the Broward Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (http://www.sup-x.org/). Mr. Fitts is also the President of the Gold Coast Venture Capital Association, a 31-year old, Boca Raton based organization dedicated to growing and enriching the South Florida entrepreneurial ecosystem.

A resident of Coral Gables, Mr. Fitts is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and he received his MBA from The George Washington University.

SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo on Twitter SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo on Facebook SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo on LinkedIn Bob Fitts on LinkedIn Trident Global

We talk learning to become a web developer and building and launching your own projects on the web.

Alex Coleman has been building and launching applications on the web for the past 10 years and teaching other people how to do the same the past 4 years. He runs a successful web development consulting practice and has helped over 25 businesses launch websites and web applications over the years.

As a self-taught programmer himself, he has a passion for helping others learn to code. To that end, he runs SelfTaughtCoders.com, which contains online educational resources for aspiring web developers. And he also runs an online course, From Idea To Launch, where he teaches people how to successfully build and launch their very own web applications. Alex currently calls sunny Phoenix, Arizona home.

https://selftaughtcoders.com/ https://selftaughtcoders.com/from-idea-to-launch/ https://twitter.com/alexpcoleman https://www.facebook.com/selftaughtcoders https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexpcoleman

Online privacy, security, why it is important for you personally, professionally and how to control what you share online.

Christian Hessler is an agile tech leader, entrepreneur and engineer who designs, develops, protects and evangelizes disruptive innovations for web, cloud, mobile and wearables. His R&D interests include security, digital media, payments, gamification and mixed reality. He is the founder of several successful startups, working in the US, Europe, Middle East and Asia with companies such as Microsoft, IBM, HP, Sony, Intel and the Federal Government.

Christian also led agile engineering organizations at Sun Microsystems, Computer Associates, Citysearch and First American National Bank and developed technologies such as IDInsure®, GAIMPlay™, FlikCart™ and CuriousID™. His latest venture is @liveensure, a Palo Alto startup revolutionizing interactive user authentication on smart devices. He holds a BS from Vanderbilt University and an MS from Regis University with graduate studies in security and multimedia at Stanford and UCLA.

http://www.liveensure.com http://www.foursure.com https://twitter.com/liveensure https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/liveensure/id464321571?mt=8 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/foursure/id1039856994?mt=8 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liveensure.android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.foursure&hl=en

A trained, professional musician, Marcel found his calling in Entertainment and Architectural lighting in his mid 20’s while working for a re-seller of Martin Professional, a company based in Denmark. He helped to grow that company until it’s IPO in 1996 then moved on to executive positions with other Entertainment lighting businesses including High End Systems and a minority ownership role in Coemar from Italy. In 2001, Marcel stretched out to pursue his own Entrepreneurial interests while founding the leader in online entertainment production gear brokers, GearSource.com. Marcel started another company in 2002 in the LED space, and eventually merged that company into LED Source in 2005. Since that time, Marcel has been the strong visionary and leader behind the rapid growth and industry disrupting business that LED Source has become. Marcel is also credited with the decision to pursue Franchising as a growth model and also, in bringing in Arrow Electronics, a strategic partner who remains a partner in the company.

http://www.ledsource.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ledsource https://www.linkedin.com/company/led-source https://www.youtube.com/user/ledsource http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/250727 https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelfairbairn https://twitter.com/marcelfairbairn

We talk about building a hardware startup and how to get manufacturing.

Lucas is the CEO of HWTrek, the largest global platform for hardware innovators and industry. HWTrek provides online planning and team collaboration tools, supply chain management services, and channels for global market expansion. Before HWTrek, Lucas founded TMI (Taiwan Mobile Innovation), which makes early stage investments and incubates promising entrepreneurs. More than 16 startups have been incubated through the support of TMI, ITRI, and WI Harper. Previously a partner in WI Harper, Lucas led the TMT team in Beijing and Taiwan, and co-invested in Kai-Fu Lee's new venture, Innovation Works. In addition, Lucas directed the project and market development of RFID products at MTI Technology, a well-recognized wireless communications manufacturer.

https://www.hwtrek.com/ https://twitter.com/HWTrek https://www.facebook.com/HWTrek https://tw.linkedin.com/in/lucas-wang-66b2263 Agne is a digital marketing ninja with experience in different types of online marketing - social media, blogging, social selling, and growth hacking. She has worked on a wide range of products and services including hospitality, language learning and internet of things hardware.

Her work passion lies in technology and the future potential of the amazing things being created. She is currently the marketing director at HWTrek and is executing the company's global outreach campaigns. Her non-work passion is Asian Cinema and she has created a website dedicated to increasing knowledge and understanding of Asian films.

Catch her on social media:

https://tw.linkedin.com/in/agneserpytyte https://twitter.com/darameja

Beau talks becoming a podcaster, finding your podcasting niche, how this niche went global & a lot more!

Beau York has seven years of experience in retail, marketing, and product development within the telecommunications industry. In 2013 he founded Podastery Studios, which offers marketing, consulting, and new media production services. Through Podastery, he currently produces seven weekly shows, two of which have been featured by iTunes. His shows “Country Squire Radio” and “Flash TV Talk” boast top reviewed podcasts in their subject matter. His services offer an innovative and cost-effective means for increasing traffic and brand advocacy.

In 2015, Beau took the experience he gained from Podastery and created “Satchel”, an ad free mobile podcast player that removes barriers between content creators and content consumers. The Satchel application is currently in an open beta available on the Google Play store, and will soon be available for iOS.

https://twitter.com/therealbeauyork https://twitter.com/SatchelPlayer http://www.satchelplayer.com/ http://www.podasterystudios.com/ https://twitter.com/Podastery

Gregg Oldring is web entrepreneur. His first of three startups launched in 1995 and he has been working on web ever since.

Today he works on Inkdit, a startup for managing and signing contracts electronically and Mailout Interactive (a.k.a. Industry Mailout and Advisor Mailout) which he founded for managing email newsletters.

If you talk about business with Gregg, you will be sure to hear him say that a good business will, "earn profit by creating value" ...a position he has firmly held since the dot-com bubble.

https://mailout.com/ https://twitter.com/mailouthq https://www.linkedin.com/company/industry-mailout https://inkdit.com/ https://twitter.com/inkdit https://www.linkedin.com/company/inkdit https://twitter.com/greggoldring https://ca.linkedin.com/in/greggoldring

Blaine is the Founder of Dryrun.com, a cloud-based finance tool that helps small business owners manage their cash flow, forecast their finances and compare scenarios.

With over 15 years as an entrepreneur and a decade as an agency owner in the creative industry, Blaine's spent nearly all of his professional life on the front lines of small business. He's earned both Bachelor of Design and Master of Design degrees from the University of Alberta where he taught design as a sessional instructor for six years.

http://dryrun.com/ https://twitter.com/mydryrun https://ca.linkedin.com/in/blainebertsch https://twitter.com/blainebertsch

Rick West is the CEO and Co-Founder of Field Agent and is a self-proclaimed mobile technology evangelist. He is currently a member of the Mobile Marketing Research Association (MMRA) Board of Directors.

Prior to starting Field Agent, Rick worked 16 years with Procter & Gamble in various assignments in the United States, Hong Kong and Bangkok Thailand. Since leaving P&G, he has been a start-up Entrepreneur for over 13 years.

Rick has co-founded multiple start-ups, including the Northstar Partnering Group, CORE4 Research, JOYN and most recently Field Agent.

Rick has a BBA in Personnel and Industrial Relations with a minor in Economics from the University of Kentucky.

http://fieldagent.net/ https://www.facebook.com/fieldagentapp https://twitter.com/FieldAgentInc https://www.linkedin.com/company/field-agent https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickwest01/en https://twitter.com/RickWest01 Show promotion: email rick.west@fieldagent.net and mention Building The Future and get a $250 credit for Field Agent.

Dr. Abdalla Kablan is an entrepreneur and academic specialising in machine intelligence, big data analytics and computational Finance.

He is the founder of Scheduit – a business oriented social network that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to match relevant business professionals with each other. He is also the co-founder and CTO of Hippo Data, a newly developed big data predictions engine which utilises proprietary pattern recognition and machine intelligence tools to analyse social, economic and financial events using social media and market data.

Abdalla is also a lecturer and researcher of Computational Finance at the University of Malta. He obtained his PhD degree in Computational Finance from University of Essex, UK where he was a candidate at the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents (CCFEA). His PhD thesis title was (The Use of Fuzzy Logic Applications for High frequency Trading).

He is well versed in the applications of computational intelligence and machine learning in algorithmic trading systems, auctioning systems and decision making / support systems. He has an extensive academic research publications track record in the areas of algorithmic trading, computational intelligence, Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Finance, with renowned academic journals, many of which won research awards.

Dr. Kablan also has an MSc in Financial Engineering and Knowledge Management from University of Bradford, UK and a BSc IT degree in Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Malta.

He has presented and chaired in various international conferences and published various blind reviewed papers, some of which won research awards. He has appeared as a speaker on various national and international media outlets such as CNBC and BBC one show.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/drabdallakablan https://twitter.com/DrKablan http://beta.scheduit.com/ https://twitter.com/scheduit

As an influential and energetic community specialist known for inspiring successful national and international relationships, Lisa builds upon over a decade of cross-sector experience to help organizations grow and succeed across global markets. In her current role as Director of Network Operations with the Canadian Digital Media Network, Lisa and her team are dedicated to establishing Canada as a world leader in digital media (ICT + mobile) by creating and enabling connections and collaboration between entrepreneurs, companies, research institutions, government and intermediary organizations. CDMN helps bring more digital media solutions to market to create more companies, jobs and wealth in Canada. On a personal note, Lisa is married with three children ages eight, six and four. When she is not working or spending time with her family Lisa enjoys running and spending time in the gym.

http://www.cdmn.ca/ http://www.cdmn.ca/soft-landing-program/how-to-apply/ http://ss.treasurechestmarketplace.com/ https://changur.com/ https://molescope.com/ https://figure1.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/canadian-digital-media-network https://twitter.com/cdmn https://www.facebook.com/CanadianDigitalMediaNetwork Email Lisa: lisa.cashmore@cdmn.ca

Dr. Lior Tamir is an Israeli- American with a penchant for entrepreneurship, his professional focuses have been in disrupting the telemedicine & media industries. Today, Lior serves as CEO of Accomplice, a software company building marketing solutions used by companies such as IMG, Viacom, and Indiegogo. In addition Lior sits on the board of and advises several businesses and startups on innovation, growth and strategy. Lior started his career off as a jazz musician and became a cosmetic and reconstructive dentist, before shifting his focus to technology.

Vitaly M. Golomb a Silicon Valley-based entrepreneur, investor, and author. He has spent his career in the printing industry, marketing services, technology startups, and international venture capital. He is the Founding Partner of CCC Startups, Executive Producer of the Startup AddVenture conference series, and Author of Accelerated Startup – The New Business School. He was previously the CEO of Keen Systems (Acquired by Aleyant) a venture capital-backed SaaS ecommerce platform for the printing industry and the CEO of Sputnik Integrated, an international, award-winning design and marketing firm.

Vitaly grew up in Cupertino and has been involved with startups since his teenage years. He has founded multiple companies and VC-backed startups. He holds a degree in Computer and Video Imaging and has guest lectured at Stanford, UC Berkeley, St.Mary’s and other universities around the world on entrepreneurship, innovation, and design.

Vitaly is passionate about improving society by nurturing entrepreneurship around the world. He is contributing writer for TechCrunch and other publications and has been a consistently top-ranked mentor at a number of startup accelerator programs in US and Europe. He travels to over 20 countries every year as a keynote speaker. He consults and teaches workshops to the next generation of entrepreneurs, as well as enterprises and governments fostering innovation.

His new book, Accelerated Startup – The New Business School, is the Pocket MBA for the 21st century. Traditional business schools are not prepared to provide the evolving skills and mentorship required to build tomorrow’s billion dollar companies. Many are choosing to apply to accelerators instead of MBAs and learn by doing at a rapid pace. The book provides all of the latest tools and techniques used by the world’s top accelerator programs to manufacture successful startups.

Vitaly is the Director and Executive Producer of Startup Spring – How Middle East Tech Entrepreneurs are Rewriting Their Future, a feature length documentary coming in 2016.

Startup AddVenture Since 2013, Vitaly has served as the executive producer of the Startup AddVenture conference and tour that brings some of the world’s top startup experts to tomorrow’s high-potential startup hubs. A cultural exchange bringing knowledge and inspiration from the industry’s best and showcasing local startup stars of tomorrow. The first event attracted over 1,700 attendees and 45 international speakers to Kyiv, Ukraine during the first weeks of the Maidan Revolution. It was called “one of the top startup events in Europe” by TechCrunch. In 2015 Startup AddVenture has already toured Central Europe and Middle East where it has earned the nickname of “TED for Startups” for its highly-concentrated educational format.

CCC Startups Building on the success of Startup AddVenture, Vitaly co-founded CCC Startups, a global network supporting exceptional entrepreneurs in Europe, Middle East, and beyond. CCC is focused on high quality events and investments that help up-and-coming startup ecosystems grow by connecting local talent with global markets.

Luke Havard is a trusted advisor to SME’s, specialising in finding, facilitating and executing high-level joint venture partnerships. He is the managing partner at Disentis Global Partners and founder of Vision Inspired People. His experience includes advising local and central British government, C-level leaders at fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies and founders of high growth SMEs.

In 2010 Luke started his own online business going from unknown to reaching 700,000 users per month in less than 18 months without any paid advertising. He has been featured in CEO.com, BBC h&w, Premier radio, success radio and Entrepreneur On Fire to name but a few. In 2014 Luke had the honour and privilege of speaking at Google Campus London.

When Luke isn’t facilitating exciting deals, he also advises a number of high growth tech startups and sits on the board of Harvard Illuminas and supports the human rights charity Safe From Slavery.

Prior to starting Propel(x), Swati worked in management consulting and investing. Most recently, Swati worked at Exigen Capital on IT, Telecom, Travel, and BPO deals. Before this, she sourced and evaluated deals in the Industrial Automation sector with Siemens Venture Capital. Swati is also the co-founder and coordinator of the MIT Alumni Angel Investors group.

Swati has an MBA from the Sloan School of Management, an M.S. from MIT (Technology and Policy Program) and an M.S. from UC Berkeley (Civil Engineering). She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Charly Emery is a luxury goods entrepreneur, intuitive confidant and TV personality whose hip, savvy and entertaining style has attracted guest appearances on FOX LA, FOX News Boston, NBC affiliates, countless radio shows, and "Opening Act,” (Nigel Lythgoe/E!), where she brought her life changing intuitive skills to television.

Sought out by a clientele who extend from the west coast of California to the UK and Australia, it was after using her own instincts to transform her life following trauma that Charly became the result-focused resource for others that she couldn’t find. She’s an engaging author who expresses her love for glamour and business sense by outfitting her continuously growing circle of international retail clients with fantastic finds as a purveyor of choice luxury investment pieces that include rare collectible handbags, gemstones and more. Charly is a natural on camera whose passion for living a lifestyle you love from the inside out, is rapidly making her star rise in the realms of self-help and entertainment.

George Borovec is a serial entrepreneur, startup founder, advisor, mentor, and startup specialist. He's well known in the startup eco-system as a networking guru and passionate connector. Currently, George is sharing his time and focus with technology based startups with a strong potential for global growth and scalability. His current interests include working with savvy entrepreneurs in the technology startup space and in particular with those on the B2C side by leveraging his years of experience and drive to help them achieve long term success on the road to an exit or IPO. George is a lover of all things tech and enjoys connecting with those who look to help grow, and make the worlds startup eco-system one.

Bob Fitts is the Founder + Producer of SUP-X™: The StartUp Expo, the premier annual conference that brings together startup and early-stage entrepreneurs, angel and VC investors and related service providers from throughout North America. SUP-X™2016 will be held 2/16-2/17/2016 at the Broward Convention Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (http://www.sup-x.org/). Mr. Fitts is also the President of the Gold Coast Venture Capital Association, a 31-year old, Boca Raton based organization dedicated to growing and enriching the South Florida entrepreneurial ecosystem.

A resident of Coral Gables, Mr. Fitts is a graduate of Washington and Lee University and he received his MBA from The George Washington University.

Making waves in a profession needing them. He founded and manage a high-tech focused law firm, He also is a high-tech entrepreneur/adviser and engaged in the hospitality industry.

He founded Kohler Law Group over 15 years ago and his firm has represented 1000’s of venture-backed and publicly traded technology companies worldwide. In addition to being involved in the legal field he has had real-world business experience as a successful entrepreneur and has founded and sold several technology companies.

He has been involved in a number of companies: notably in 2005, he co-founded Castfire - a video publishing platform for clients such as Google/Next New Networks, CBS Interactive, ESPN/Disney, Comcast, CNET, PBS and NPR stations, and hundreds more - that was acquired by Alphabird a few years back in '12.

Ryan Scott is an entrepreneur and technologist with a passion for leveraging capitalism to create positive social change. Ryan founded community impact firm Causecast to bring sophisticated technology to corporate volunteer and giving programs.

The Causecast Community Impact Platform is a modern employee engagement solution that helps companies of all sizes create measurable social impact by empowering their most powerful brand ambassadors, their people, to lead and give back to their communities. This SaaS (Software as a Service) platform offers volunteering, donation matching, crowdfunding, disaster response, and custom campaigns which all leverage social media, story capture and automation.

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Veteran journalist and celebrity interviewer Glenn Plaskin is the bestselling author of Horowitz: The Biography of Vladimir Horowitz and Turning Point: Pivotal Moments in the Lives of America’s Celebrities. His profiles and columns have appeared in the New York Times, the Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Family Circle, US Weekly, Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, W, and Playboy.

His interview subjects have included such figures as Katharine Hepburn, Nancy Reagan, Calvin Klein, Senator Edward Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Leona Helmsley, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Donald Trump, Al Pacino, and Meryl Streep. His TV appearances include The Today Show, Oprah, and Larry King Live. He lives in New York City. Visit the author’s website and read the full story at www.glennplaskin.com.

A native of Buffalo, N.Y. Plaskin was first trained as a classical pianist, studying under the renowned Kennedy Center honoree Leon Fleisher. With a dramatic change of career in his mid-20’s, he began writing culture profiles for the New York Times, securing his first book contract at age 26.

He was encouraged in his writing by then-Doubleday editor Jacqueline Onassis, who would later write: “I’ve known Glenn for some years and am his great admirer. He’s witty, articulate, and has this uncanny ability to draw people out and gain their confidence.”

His literary debut was a cause célèbre—the first-ever biography of the legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz—published in the U.S., Canada, England, France, Germany, Japan, and Finland.

Plaskin’s Horowitz book was hailed by the New York Times as “a well-researched biography that will throw much light on Horowitz the man and the artist.” The Los Angeles Times opined: “It is done well, even masterfully.” The Chicago Tribune: “An absorbing well-written and well-balanced portrait…as delicious as a good detective thriller.”

Thereafter, the author established himself as one of the nation’s leading celebrity interviewers. As the Celebrity Service International wrote: “When it comes to the brutally competitive world of celebrity journalism, no one is more successful at nailing down the big names than entertainment reporter Glenn Plaskin.”

Among Plaskin’s interviews with film stars, politicians, TV personalities, and media figures are classic profiles of Harrison Ford, Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro, Mary Tyler Moore, Peter Jennings, Danielle Steel, Paul Newman, Carol Burnett, Leona Helmsley, Christopher Reeve, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Bill Gates, Colin Powell, Bill Cosby, Mike Wallace, among hundreds of others.

In recent years, Plaskin has gone beyond celebrity interviewing to writing articles and books focused on service, self-help, and inspiration. He has worked with many of the leading figures in this genre. Read the Celebrity Testimonials

“Glenn,” writes Susan Ungaro, the magazine’s former editor-in-chief, “is a master at celebrity interviews and service journalism—with a true gift for creating a compelling story that grips the reader from beginning to end.”

Plaskin, a resident of Battery Park City, is surrounded by more than 500 dogs in Lower Manhattan neighborhood, a waterside community that inspired this book and the remarkable events in it.

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Espree Devora is known as “the Girl who Gets it Done”. She is Comms VP and Podcast host at WeAreLATech, a virtual tourist office for LA Startups, in addition to being a contributing journalist for TechZulu. The podcast was #2 across all of iTunes New & Noteworthy and is currently featured on Apple's 'Inspiring Women's Voices'. On her blog SaveBusinessTime.com, she curates and reviews the best business software for startups to be more productive. She has provided seminars in entrepreneurship and technology to many corporations and universities including CBS, Disney and USC Executive MBA. Connect with Espree on Twitter @espreedevora or LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/espree.

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