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Justin Breen, Founder of BrEpic and BrEpic Network Justin Breen is the founder and ceo of BrEpic and BrEpic Network. The purpose of his life is to be a connecting superhero for every visionary, abundance, investment mindset entrepreneur and share their stories with the world. https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinbreen1 https://www.brepicllc.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Mele, Managing Partner, Software Pricing Partners Chris is the Managing Partner at Software Pricing Partners, focusing on helping software companies develop better pricing strategies. Chris and his team help B2B software companies develop innovative pricing strategies that delight customers while minimizing risk at every stage of the pricing process. This singular focus has inspired the most advanced monetization methodology in the B2B software industry and delivers top-line growth, better profitability, and higher valuations. Since 1982, they have helped create pricing strategies for companies like IBM, Dell, Cisco, HP, McAfee, and Microsoft. https://softwarepricing.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-pricing-partners/ https://twitter.com/softwarepricing/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophermele/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Shriner-Cahn, Community Builder, Podcaster, Consultant After 28 years as a highly skilled employee, David was told that his job was over. In spite of the immediate trauma and fear, he knew that as his next step, he’d rather work for himself and have more control over his destiny. That was in 2006. Today, David is a thriving community builder, podcaster and speaker. He helps high-achieving professionals, with a late-career job loss, build their consulting business, so they can do what they love and get paid what they’re worth. https://SmashingThePlateau.com https://linkedin.com/in/davidshrinercahn https://facebook.com/davidshrinercahn https://twitter.com/smashingplateau https://smashingtheplateau.com/community Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jed Olson, Co-Founder, High Ticket Labs Jed Olson is the Co-Founder of High Ticket Labs inc. In just a few short years after leaving a career in charity work, Jed has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and service-based businesses generate over 50 million dollars in sales from new revenue streams capitalizing on their success & expertise. Jed believes that service-based business owners can and need to scale in a way that doesn’t require them to trade more time for money. An avid Traveler, he’s had hippos dictate his curfew, knows the right way to cook a scorpion and discovered 3, somewhat legally questionable ways to see the pyramids . Instagram & Tik Tok: @jedolson LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jedolson/ Website: www.highticketlabs.com/sus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon Fluharty, Founder of Be Focused. Live Great. Brandon is a former VP and top seller at LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN), the top Artificial Intelligence company on the planet, as selected by Fast Company in 2022. In his role as Vice President of Strategic Account Solutions, Brandon closed over $50M in SaaS sales with Fortune 100 companies like Delta, Chipotle, and UnitedHealthcare. In 2019, he entered the coveted 7 figure annual earners club for the first time. These results came about, not so much by focusing on specific sales techniques and tactics, but more through designing and developing a unique way to operate consistently at an elite level. Today, Brandon shares this knowledge to help elite sales professionals learn from his successes and failures. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonfluharty https://twitter.com/brandonfluharty https://www.instagram.com/brandonfluharty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Nutter, Best Selling Author, Management Consultant Greg Nutter is a management consultant who helps business owners and senior sales executives solve revenue growth problems through direct, indirect, or multi-channel sales models. He is also the author of the Amazon Best-Selling Book, “P3 Selling: The Essentials of B2B Sales Success”. With over thirty-five years of experience, Greg has worked with a wide range of companies to develop strategies, programs, processes, and tools to grow revenues, enter new markets, increase sales consistency, and develop skilled sales, channel, and management personnel. In addition to his work with start-up and small-to-midsized companies, Greg has had the unique opportunity to contribute to the success of many global Fortune 500 organizations in the manufacturing, distribution, services, and technology industries. He has also had the opportunity to coach and train over 1,000 sales professionals and offered his expertise on a wide range of sales, sales management, and channel management topics through hundreds of executive briefings, interactive workshops, and keynote presentations throughout North America, South America, Asia Pacific, and Europe. www.P3Selling.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-nutter/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/p3selling/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Abramowitz, Family man with a business and Co-Founder at Better Than Rich Mike Abramowitz has 20 years of experience in direct sales, during which he has trained over 5,000 representatives and generated $19 million in product sales. He is the author of nine self-help books and the founder of a charity that has provided over 100,000 meals to the homeless. Mike has successfully grown his multiple businesses and nonprofit organization to operate independently of him, achieving the "Time Rich" lifestyle. As a father and husband, Mike equips business owners with a team of AI-powered virtual assistants to liberate them from time-consuming tasks, allowing them to focus on high-value activities that matter most. Additionally, Mike hosts "The Better Than Rich Show" podcast and leads the community Automate, Delegate, Systemize. LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carlos Valdes-Dapena, Managing Principal, Corporate Collaboration Resources, LLC Carlos is a keynote speaker, author, and organization development professional with over 30 years of experience supporting global corporations, including Mars, Inc., and IBM. He has written two books on teamwork: "Lessons from Mars: How One Global Company Cracked the Code on High Performance Collaboration and Teamwork" and “Virtual Teams: Holding the Center When You Can’t Meet Face-to-Face.” Both books are based on original research Carlos conducted during his 18 years as an internal consultant at Mars, where he worked with iconic brands such as M&M's, Snickers, and Wrigley’s gum. Carlos has presented and offered workshops at numerous conferences including the Midwest Technology Leaders Conference, the North American Organization Development Network, The Conference Board and the Organization Design Forum. He is also a guest lecturer at American University and George Mason University. In addition to his speaking and writing, Carlos is the Managing Principal of Corporate Collaboration Resources, LLC, an organization and group effectiveness consulting firm specializing in creating and sustaining cultures of collaboration. His clients have included Maersk, J&J, Mars, Inc., and The World Cocoa Foundation. carlos@corporatecollaboration.com} https://www.carlosvdapena.com/ https://twitter.com/CarlosVDapena Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan McLaren, Co-Founder STRATA Originals Alan McLaren is a personal branding and digital marketing expert with over 30 years of experience. As the Co-Founder of STRATA Originals, he collaborates with CEOs and executive leaders to strategically build their personal brands. Alan's passion for personal branding originated from his extensive background in public relations and marketing, where he recognized the critical role personal branding plays in the success of CEOs. He focuses his expertise on helping them define their brand identity, articulate their unique value proposition, and develop strategic plans to enhance their professional reputation. Alan has worked with CEOs from various industries, including coaching, legal, healthcare, technology, and entertainment. His personalized approach involves understanding each CEO's unique needs, challenges, and goals, and designing customized plans to achieve their objectives. Authenticity, consistency, and relevance are central to his methodology, ensuring CEOs communicate their values and vision consistently while adapting to the ever-changing business landscape. In addition to his role at STRATA Originals, Alan owns a creative marketing agency, co-founded SaluberMD, a virtual healthcare organization, and is an active YPO member. He is dedicated to helping CEOs achieve their full potential and make a positive impact on their organizations and communities. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanmclaren/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/strataoriginals/?viewAsMember=true https://strataoriginals.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TE_O8oMu6BOPI1Vihxjnw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Day, Founder and Managing Partner, enStrategy David is a Senior Executive with over 20 years of experience in the sales and delivery of Business Strategy and Information Technology programs in a wide variety of industries including Energy, Life Sciences, and Consumer Goods. His strong entrepreneurial, leadership, and program delivery skills lend to an exceptional ability to build, motivate, and lead top-performing teams to surpass expected outcomes. He has managed dozens of global projects across North America, Europe, and Asia. David’s areas of expertise include Expert Networks, Revenue and Profit Growth, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Supply Chain Management. Throughout his career, he has worked with numerous Fortune 500 companies; most recently, he devotes his efforts to delivering time-tested services to small and medium-sized businesses with the same strategy needs. David earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana State University in 1989. https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidwiltonday/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff Pedowitz, President & CEO of The Pedowitz Group Jeff Pedowitz is a recognized leader in the marketing and revenue operations space, serving as the President and CEO of The Pedowitz Group. With over 30 years of experience, Jeff has been at the forefront of helping organizations drive revenue growth and operational excellence through innovative strategies and transformative leadership. Under Jeff’s guidance, The Pedowitz Group has become a global authority in Revenue Marketing, partnering with hundreds of B2B organizations to optimize their marketing efforts, enhance customer engagement, and accelerate business outcomes. Jeff’s insights into the intersection of marketing technology, AI, and customer experience have positioned him as a sought-after speaker, consultant, and thought leader. Jeff’s approach is deeply rooted in practical execution, blending strategic vision with hands-on expertise. His work has not only reshaped how companies view marketing’s role in the revenue generation process but has also empowered marketing leaders to drive measurable impact and long-term value. In addition to his role at The Pedowitz Group, Jeff is a prolific writer and contributor to industry publications, and his thought leadership continues to shape the future of marketing. When he’s not driving change in the industry, Jeff enjoys spending time with his family and exploring new opportunities to innovate in the ever-evolving world of marketing. www.linkedin.com/in/jeffpedowitz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Walford-Grant, Founder, Director of MDWG Consulting Ltd Michael Walford-Grant is a professional B2B salesperson, running his own sales consultancy practice, built on the foundations of a thirty-year track record in technology sales into the financial banking sector. Prior to setting up his business, MDWG Consulting Ltd, in 2020, he worked for both large and small software and services companies. During the latter part of this career, he specialised in "First Man In" roles for foreign based companies, wishing to enter the UK market. It is this specialisation that forms the foundation of his business. He works with small, niche and early-stage companies, that want to "improve their sales effectiveness", and more effectively scale their business, by implementing "sales best practices". These consulting engagements in turn led to him securing a publishing deal in 2023, for his book "Sales Unplugged: The Invaluable "Go To Guide" For Busy B2B Salespeople. A book of best practices distilled into an easy-to-use guide, the book is a mix of traditional and new scientific-based tips and techniques, supplemented with personal anecdotes and stories, drawn from his vast experience working "in the frontline". Whilst the book is primarily targeted towards specialist salespeople, it is also proving popular with business/owners. Prior to this, in the 1980s he had two specialist crossword books published, one entitled Rock and Pop Crosswords, and the follow-up entitled Telly Teasers Crossword Puzzles. Michael lives in London, England, with his wife Annie. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-walford-grant-15a8933/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ethan Bull, Co-founder, ProAssisting Ethan Bull is a co-founder of ProAssisting, a next-generation remote, fractional executive assistance firm for business owners and C-suite executives. With a background in hospitality and an expert in the EA space, Ethan has held a variety of senior positions, including Director of Administrative Services and senior EA to the president and CEO at Rochester Regional Health. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanbull/ https://www.proassisting.com/ https://www.facebook.com/proassisting/ https://twitter.com/proassisting https://www.linkedin.com/company/proassisting/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gregg Lederman, Author, Speaker, Executive Coach Gregg Lederman is a professional speaker, executive coach, and New York Times best-selling author. Over the past 20 years, Gregg has worked with tens of thousands of business leaders and managers to implement performance-driven leadership, employee engagement, and customer experience solutions. He is the author of three award-winning books. His latest book, CRAVE: You Can Enhance Employee Motivation in 10 Minutes by Friday™ has been credited by many executives as “life changing” for those who want to become better leaders. https://www.gregglederman.com/ https://www.gregglederman.com/lederman-on-leadership/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deirdre Breakenridge, Author, PR & Marketing Strategist, CEO, Pure Performance Communications Deirdre K. Breakenridge is CEO at Pure Performance Communications. She’s a career-long storyteller and media expert, strategizing with brands and professionals to ignite engagement, lead pressing conversations and grow influence in the market. Deirdre has worked with senior leaders and organizations, including the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, JVC, Kraft, Nasdaq, NBA Events & Attractions and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). Deirdre is the author of seven business books sharing stories and advice to navigate changing consumer behavior and an evolving media landscape. Her most recent book, Answers for Ethical Marketers, will be released by Routledge in April 2021. Her book, Answers for Modern Communicators, was recognized among the Top 100 Storytelling Books of all-time by Book Authority in 2020. For 15 years, Deirdre has taught PR and social media courses, online and in the classroom for NYU, UMASS, Rutgers, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. She took her passion for teaching to LinkedIn Learning, and as one of their instructors, she has developed eight video courses on PR and marketing. Deirdre has been blogging at PR Strategies for over 10 years and she’s also the host of the podcast, Women Worldwide, which is nearing two million downloads. Website: https://www.deirdrebreakenridge.com/​​​​ FEEL Academy: https://www.deirdrebreakenridge.com/d...​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DeirdreBreak​​​​... Twitter: https://twitter.com/dbreakenridge​​​​ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deirdrebr...​ Email: deirdre@pureperformancecomm.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hilary Corna, Author, Speaker, Founder, Female Thought Leader Accelerator Hilary Corna believes there is an evolution occurring in the business. It's not just about the technology, tactics, integrations, and how much money leaders pump into their companies -- it's about love, care and human connection. Her work draws from topics including Kaizen, Operations, Customer Experience (CX), Employee Experience (EX), Culture, and Innovation. Her clients have included State Farm Insurance, Toyota, General Motors, Coca Cola, and the United Nations Foundation to name a few. Hilary’s been featured in the New York Times, Fortune, ForbesWoman, The Wall Street Journal, NBC, and dozens of other publications. https://hilarycorna.com/ https://www.instagram.com/hilarycorna/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicole Demeo, Founder, Outfront Solutions Founder of Outfront Solutions, Nicole DeMeo is an accomplished marketing executive, business launch, growth and turnaround expert. A Silicon Valley veteran, she works closely with executive teams to develop strategies and guide companies through multiple phases of their lifecycles. Her participation in over 50 company launches - including four of her own – has created significantly increased valuations, acquisitions and IPOs. Nicole has served as brand ambassador and marketing strategist for industry leaders such as Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Carly Fiorina and created brand positioning, messaging, and go-to-market strategies for Fortune 500 companies including Apple, HP and Accenture. She has formed and marketed funds and incubators including Andra Capital, How Women Invest and Earlybird Venture Capital. Nicole bridges Silicon Valley to the world bringing fast-growth companies like Trendyol.com EyeEm, Peak Games, NDS Cognitive Labs and Making Sense to market globally. Fueled by her desires to give back, she has worked with some of the largest non-profits, foundations, community organizations and venture funds of our time including: How Women Invest, The September 11th Fund, American Red Cross, UPWARD, How Women Lead, an Advisor to many others. In addition to building businesses, funds, communities and personal brands, Nicole’s passion is also in wine as owner of Media Luna Vineyards in Argentina. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoledemeo/ https://twitter.com/OutfrontNow @techiecat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ken Jacobs, Principal, Jacobs Consulting & Executive Coaching Ken Jacobs is the principal of Jacobs Consulting & Executive Coaching, which helps empower public relations and communications agency owners, CEOs, and senior leaders achieve and surpass their organizational, career, and personal goals by becoming more inspiring, inspired, and effective leaders. It does so via leadership coaching. His company also helps PR, integrated communications, marketing and advertising agencies grow business, manage for profitability, improve client service, and enhance team performance, communications and leadership skills. It does so via training and consulting. Prior to launching his companies, Jacobs spent 25 years in management and leadership positions with a number of PR agencies, including Ogilvy & Mather PR, Maloney & Fox (a division of WE), Lippe Taylor, and Marina Maher Communications (MMC), where he founded the agency’s training program, “MMC Masters,” which was cited for excellence by The Holmes Report. While at each firm Jacobs served on the agency senior leadership group, responsible for such critical areas as client service, professional development, business development, and agency marketing. Jacobs shares his insights via “Taking the Lead,” the quarterly leadership column in PRSA’s Strategies & Tactics and the similarly named video podcast on his website, where he discusses leadership with some of the industry’s most respected leaders: https://www.jacobscomm.com/taking-the-lead/ Jacobs also writes about leadership for Ragan’s PR Daily and the O’Dwyer’s PR Newsletter. He presents regularly on leadership, new business, and client service at PRSA Counselors Academy Spring Conference and various PRSA chapters, and has presented on leadership for agency and corporate senior leaders at the Florida PR Association (FPRA), The Public Relations Global Network (PRGN), Taan Worldwide (the global network of independent communications agencies), and IABC NJ and Philadelphia Jacobs sits on the board of PRSA Tri-State District and served on the board of PRSA NJ from 2013 to 2022, where he led the Senior Professionals Group. Previously, he served on the board of the International Coach Federation (ICF) of New Jersey. Jacobs, who launched his training, consulting, and coaching business in 2007, holds Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentials from the International Coach Federation (ICF), and is accredited as a Certified Professional Coach, Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner and a COR.E Leadership Dynamics Specialist by the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC). https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobsconsultingcoaching/ https://www.facebook.com/JacobsConsultingAndExecutiveCoaching https://twitter.com/kensviews?lang=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yaro Starak, Co-Founder, InboxDone Yaro began his entrepreneurial career at 18 years old, starting a website about a trading card game. A few years later he launched an online essay editing business, then began blogging and podcasting about entrepreneurship in 2005. From day one, Yaro focused on freedom as his main business objective, but it became clear that the biggest reason he didn't have the kind of freedom he wanted was because of email. Email customer support, email sales followup and dealing with all the day-to-day messages that come in from newsletters, software and app notifications consumed up to five hours of his day, every day -- and it never stopped! The more success Yaro had with his business, the more emails showed up. Because of the volume of email coming in, he couldn't provide the level of customer and sales support that he knew he should. Everything changed when Yaro hired his first email assistant, who completely took over his business inbox, unlocking the kind of freedom he always wanted. Yaro has been spreading the word about InboxDone since the company's inception in 2017, checking his email just once per month. He continues to write, podcast and travel the world, knowing that his email is safely in the hands of his talented team. https://inboxdone.com/ https://inboxdone.com/application-call/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Libby Rothschild, Founder of Dietitian Boss Libby Rothschild shows coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs how to attract clients online without ads or a website. As a former clinical dietitian, Libby transformed from making 55k a year in a windowless clinical office to building a million-dollar company. Within her first 3 years of business Libby grew a 7 figure company without using paid ads or SEO. Libby's first company shows dietitians how to create a 6 and 7 figure virtual private practice using her trademarked method. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIXPySZ-j09S9NZwE17d-iQ https://www.dietitianboss.com/podcast/ https://www.instagram.com/dietitianboss/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/libbyrothschild/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kirk aims to turn New Yorkers into hikers--one office worker at a time. Hailing from a small Missouri town, Kirk moved to New York City pursuing big dreams and even bigger ideas. Kirk blends passion with excellence to ensure Discover Outdoors is second to none. His worldwide adventures have informed many of his plans for unforgettable, inspiring trips. Under his leadership, Discover Outdoors offers the ability for urbanites to take part in exploration and adventure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Gerber is CEO of The Community Company, an organization that builds and manages community-driven programs for media companies and global brands. He is the founder of YEC, an invitation-only organization comprised of the world’s most successful young entrepreneurs, and Forbes Councils, a collective of invitation-only organizations for elite executives. He is also sought-after speaker, the co-author of Superconnector and the author of Never Get a “Real” Job. Scott has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Bloomberg, Fortune, TIME, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Reuters, Mashable, BBC, NPR, Forbes, The Daily Beast, CBS News, US News & World Report, Fox News, Inc. and Entrepreneur, and has been honored by NASDAQ and the White House. Follow him on Twitter at @scottgerber. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John is THE Authority on how to provide a world-class customer experience. An international consultant and best selling author of two books he works with companies like The Ritz-Carlton, Lexus, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Nestle, Marriott Hotel, PwC, Cheesecake Factory, Progressive Insurance, Harley Davidson, State Farm, Chick-fil-A and many more. John isn’t just talking about it, he lives it, as a very successful entrepreneur of two businesses; John Robert’s Spa, a chain of upscale Cleveland locations, repeatedly named one of the top 20 salons in America and The Di-Julius Group, a consulting firm focused on changing the world by creating a customer service revolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Warrillow is an entrepreneur and author with over 20 years of research experience into the small and medium business (SMB) market. He founded The Value Builder System™ to level the playing field for business owners as they approach their exit. Over 35,000 business owners have taken the Value Builder Questionnaire, and with the support of Certified Value Builders™, such as brokers, M&A professionals, and coaches, they’re using the statistically-proven methodology to improve company value by up to 71%. John’s best-selling book, Built to Sell: Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You, was recognized by both Fortune and Inc. Magazine as one of the best business books of 2011. In 2015, John wrote another best-selling book called, The Automatic Customer: Creating A Subscription Business In Any Industry. John is also the host of Built to Sell Radio, ranked by Forbes Magazine as one of the world’s 10 best podcasts for business owners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neal Conlon is an entrepreneur with a focus on growth hacking, leveraging data, and purposely inspiring others to not let the obstacles in a rapidly changing world of tech limit their opportunities. Neal has experienced a unique journey and this has created a unique and valuable perspective on tech, personal growth, and how to hack growing your business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Weiss' main business is running a Manhattan-based law firm that fights 1,000s of traffic tickets per year throughout New York State. Six years ago, he started making his first film and it was released last year. It's called "Man In Red Bandana" and is about the inspirational and courageous story of 9/11 hero Welles Remy Crowther. Matthew is working on completing his second film called Vault, a feature about the 1975 Bonded Vault heist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elaine Pofeldt is an independent journalist who specializes in small business, entrepreneurship and careers. She is the author of The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, a look at how entrepreneurs are hitting seven-figure revenue in businesses where they are the only employees (Random House, Jan. 2, 2018). Her work has appeared in FORTUNE, Money, CNBC, Inc., Forbes, Crain’s New York Business and many other business publications and she is a contributor to the Economist Intelligence Unit. She is also a ghostwriter. As a senior editor at FORTUNE Small Business, where she worked for eight years, Elaine was twice nominated for the National Magazine Award for her features and ran the magazine’s annual business plan completion. Elaine graduated from Yale University with a BA in English. She lives in in New Jersey with her husband and their four children and in her free time enjoys taekwondo, yoga and running. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Schneyer is CEO and Co-Founder of Outlaw, a contract platform that helps people close deals faster using plain English. He’s a builder of products and teams, having started three successful companies over the last decade. He believes that ideas are cheap and execution is everything. He loves coffee, video games, and Brooklyn. Outlaw is a modern contract management platform that reinvents the end-to-end contract process: from legal authoring to document generation to negotiation to signing. The platform includes a plain English overview on every contract, which enables both sides to fully understand the terms of the contract they are signing, without needing to pore through endless legalese. This creates a fluid contract experience for both sides and ultimately helps people close deals faster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dano has spent over 9 years working as a business trainer and on demand consultant for business owners and CEO’s. He started eCenter Management in 2013 and quickly built a team of talented sales and business professionals that take on function rather than serve as advice givers for companies in the B2B community. Weekly he approves all strategic action plans for client sales teams, and is the spokesperson for the firm. Dano's style is highly engaging and he is well known for his practice of Scientific Selling, training with gamification, and being a rare “keynote trainer” focused on helping teams and audience practice and acquire skills, rather than talking about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Schultz is president of RAIN Group, Director of the RAIN Group Center for Sales Research, best-selling author of Insight Selling and Rainmaking Conversations, and he’s been named a Top Sales Thought Leader globally by Top Sales Awards.  Mike and the team at RAIN Group have worked with organizations such as Toyota, Bright Horizons, BNY Mellon, BDO, Hitachi, Lee Hecht Harrison, Lowe’s, Agilysys, and hundreds of others to unleash sales performance.  Business Week, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and hundreds of others have featured Mike's original articles, research, and white papers, and frequently quote him as one of world's leading sales experts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeff is a PGA Golf Professional and Co-Founder of Golf Pro Delivered, an event company that brings portable golf simulators and PGA Pros to special events. Jeff has helped thousands of people learn golf, and he's passionate about showing people that golf can enrich your life and even help grow your business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake is the CEO and Founder of Skaled, a consultancy focused on helping global 2000 companies and start-ups grow by optimizing their sales process, people, and technology with customized, repeatable and sustainable strategies. Prior to Skaled, Jake headed Sales & Customer Success for Chartbeat. Within the first nine months of his tenure, he grew annual bookings by more than 300 percent year-over-year and nearly doubled monthly recurring revenue. Before that, Jake was the VP of Sales at Glassdoor, where he expanded the department from one to 40 employees and grew employer-direct revenue from $0 to nearly $1 million in monthly recurring revenue. Since launching Skaled in 2013, Jake has been a sought-after industry thought leader, quoted by Forbes, Inc., and Huffington Post. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Luoma is the founder and CEO of Cadsourcing, a computer drafting company working architects, and engineers throughout the US and Canada. Bryan was born and raised in Northern MN and received his BS in Civil Engineering from Rutgers University. After working as a professional engineer in central NJ and Philadelphia, Bryan finally scratched his entrepreneurial itch and started Cadsourcing in 2011. The idea was born after seeing Facebook posts of a gas station by one of his cousins who is also an engineer in the Philippines and being interested in the quality of the engineering. Bryan has successfully merged a growing global business with social awareness that now employs more that 60 people in the US and the Philippines and is having a positive impact on the communities they work in through various Cadgiving efforts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Jackson is the founder at For the Win, where he helps series A and B startups adapt their onboarding to support new hires at scale. Ben is the former Director of Mobile at VICE Media, worked on the New York Times' mobile team, and has written for The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and Fast Company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mr. Lieberman is an experienced founder/entrepreneur, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer available to provide strategic and financial consulting services as a trusted advisor to the Founder/CEO or Board of Directors. Since 2013, Mr. Lieberman has acted as a consultant and advisor to a variety of companies across a myriad of industries: technology, fashion, business services (consulting), and more. Mr. Lieberman is the Founder of “The CEO’s Right Hand”, a New York-based consulting services firm that provides the full breadth of strategic, financial and operational advice to founders, CEO’s or Executive Teams. Building upon the experience of its founder as an entrepreneur and operator, The CEO’s Right Hand enables the founder/CEO to focus on the core strengths of the company. From strategic planning to budget/forecasting, Board-level presentations to development of key performance indicators, compensation planning to margin analysis, the company provides an end-to-end solution for supporting ongoing or one-time (project) needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kelly Campbell is an Agency Growth Consultant based in New York. A former digital agency owner for 15 years, she helps creative and tech agencies transform—by focusing on the 4 P's: people, positioning, pipeline and profitability. As a self-described "side hustle", Kelly is also an IA/SEO consultant to Facebook and NASA. She writes for Website Magazine, speaks at digital marketing and agency growth conferences across the U.S., and has been featured in The New York Times, Woman Entrepreneur and Forbes. She is the host of THRIVE: Your Agency Resource, a bi-weekly video podcast sponsored by Workamajig that helps agency owners navigate growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Hickey is the Founder & CEO of Star Mountain Capital, a specialized investment firm bringing large market capabilities and resources to established small and medium-sized private businesses. Star Mountain’s distinctive investment platform provides superior information, relationships and resources to the lower middle-market through three complementary verticals: (i) Direct Investments in Businesses, (ii) Strategic Primary Fund Investments (including to SBIC funds), and (iii) Secondary Fund Investments. Star Mountain provides its portfolio companies (generally cash flow positive businesses with $10 million to $150 million of annual revenues) with strategic capital, human resources and relationships to grow and achieve their business objectives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wendy Lieber is the entrepreneurial cofounder of ContentBacon, an inbound marketing resource that builds brands people know, like, trust, and buy from. Wendy has a passion for helping customers figure out and communicate their “why” so that it resonates with target audiences. She frequently speaks in entrepreneurial communities about the power of storytelling and how to use it to grow your business. Prior to Bacon, she served as Athena Marketing’s president for fourteen years, helping clients use marketing strategies to enhance the value of their business. Wendy is a member of Entrepreneur’s Organization and a Board of Trustee for Women in Distress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Janet Falk is a Communications professional with more than 25 years’ experience in-house, as a consultant and at public relations agencies. She manages pro-active media outreach and has secured placement of executives and events in local, national and international print and broadcast media. For example, articles in three hotel industry publications generated more than 800 phone calls from hotel industry CFOs inquiring about a client’s services, a far more impactful and economical approach than buying a list of hotel executives for cold-calling. Attorneys, accountants, business executives, consultants and nonprofit leaders rely on her insight, strategy and analysis. Janet is a versatile writer who can prepare newsletters, speeches, presentations and website copy, as well as marketing literature. She has a broad network of contacts among graphic designers, web developers, photographers and printers to meet related client needs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan McMunn is the Founder and CEO of BRIC Language Learning , an interactive online language learning program that reduces the time it takes to learn Mandarin by 50%. Ryan began his career at Tricam Industries as President of China Operations, where he was instrumental in growing it into one of the largest manufacturers of ladders in the U.S. Ryan currently remains as the CEO of Tricam and is involved in expanding the company into new international markets. An advocate for bridging the cultural divide between China and the U.S., Ryan travels the world speaking to young business graduates preparing to enter today’s workforce. In 2012, he established the Ryan McMunn International Business Scholarship to give undergraduates an opportunity to learn about diverse cultures and business practices. Ryan has provided commentary to Fox Business, CCTV-America and Entrepreneur as well as spoken at numerous conferences in Europe and across the U.S. on global entrepreneurship and international business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Apfelbaum is the CEO of Ajax Union, a B2B digital marketing agency based in Brooklyn, NY. Joe is a business strategist, marketing expert and certified Google trainer. Joe is the Author of his new book High Energy Secrets, How he lost 95 pounds and has more energy than ever. When he is not Mojovating entrepreneurs at events and on social media he chills in Brooklyn with his Wife and 5 kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arthur comes from 3 proud generations of Barbers. He has been in the barber industry majority of his working career. It is a passion and an art that only the finest of haircutters can attest to. Hes been a barber for some of the greatest shops in the Tri-State area with thousands of extremely happy clients and amazing style cuts seen in the Manhattan area. He takes great pride and passion on his craft. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born and raised in The Bronx, New York - (where all great things start) Larry survived the mean streets and catapulted forward after attending the top High School in the world, Bronx High School of Science. After earning a Music Degree at NYU, Larry started his career on Wall Street which eventually led to him joining Pseudo, one of the first Internet Dot Coms and a pioneer in Internet Video. After two high flying venture funded dot com rocket ship rides - Larry founded Sinu one of the first IT Managed Service Providers focusing on Non-Profits and Small Businesses. He is also obsessed with garages and the German cars that often live in them, much to the entertainment and sometimes nuisance of his wife and two kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Zipursky is the CEO of Consulting Success and Coach to Elite Consultants. He has advised organizations like Financial Times, Dow Jones, RBC, Omron, Sumitomo and helped Panasonic launch new products into global markets, but more importantly, he’s helped over 300 consultants from around the world in over 50 industries add six and seven figures to their annual revenues and over 33,000 consultants read his weekly consulting newsletter. Michael is also the author of the Amazon Best Seller "The Elite Consulting Mind". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Ades is the President and Founder of Frame of Mind Coaching™ and JournalEngine™ Software. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mother of five, Kim is recognized as one of North America's foremost experts on performance through thought mastery. Using her unique philosophy and quirky coaching style, Kim helps her clients shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results and personal transformation. She is also a featured speaker for many entrepreneur and executive level organizations. Kim designed the Frame of Mind Coaching™ program to provide her clients with a powerful infrastructure where they could develop the skill of deliberate thought. She understands that the single greatest difference between those people who are stratospherically successful and everyone else is their thinking. She knows that we all have the propensity to shift our thinking and achieve success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam is the CEO and Founder of the Bartlett System, a Brooklyn-based consultancy focused on helping chief executives transform their organization with key performance indicators. Adam helps leaders find the right KPIs to align, focus and lead their teams. In 2005, Adam founded Brainbox Consulting, a Seattle-based business intelligence firm. For over a decade Brainbox created data warehouse, big data, reporting and advanced analytics solutions serving education, manufacturing, health care, and technology. Adam sold Brainbox in 2016. Prior to 25 years in technology, Adam was a film actor. If you knew him now, you wouldn’t recognize him, but you can find him online high-fiving Michael Jackson in the BAD video. He’s climbed a mountain with a sherpa, walked a 1000 miles and bowled a perfect game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paulie Rojas has an extensive background in public speaking, performing, and coaching. She has studied with renowned voice and speech coach, Andrew Wade, from the Royal Shakespeare Company, has appeared in Network Television, and received numerous accolades for her starring roles in award winning films. Beside working with a vast array of CEO's and high level executives in the US and abroad, Paulie's list of companies include multi-million dollar businesses that range from advertising and digital marketing to law firms, tech, and more. Paulie works extensively with Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), the only global network exclusively for entrepreneurs, in both the Manhattan and Brooklyn chapters. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where she was awarded the top graduating Senior and has an advanced degree in Theatre Performance from the Tom Todoroff Conservatory. Paulie is a classical enthusiast, and lover of travel, adventure, dogs, languages, and a good Russian novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stuart is a 3rd generation retailer, Founder and CEO at RaterBee. After graduating with a degree in architecture from the Harvard Grad School of Design, Stuart took his design skills back to the retail industry to design and implement the systems that would let retailers scale and stay competitive. Stuart has worked on technology projects with a broad spectrum of retailers – from Walmart to Armani – on many of the applications that let retailers efficiently operate at the “speed of retail.” Stuart’s current startup, RaterBee, helps brick & mortar retailers make shopping more Engaging, Productive & Rewarding. They collect real time Customer Feedback to hold store staff accountable for pleasing customers. Its like putting UBER driver ratings into stores to improve service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While working for SAP, a multi-billion dollar software company, nearly 20 years ago, Dave Will was advised to "walk faster and smile less, because perception is reality". Dave took this feedback to heart and started a business based on the antithesis of this advice. 14 years later, Dave successfully sold his company, Peach, a Learning Management System. Since then, Dave and his partner, Cameron Aubuchon, built a Feedback Automation Platform called PropFuel which is taking the old concept of a survey and turning it into a sophisticated customer and employee engagement platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dale Moss, retired NFL athlete turned Personal Growth Strategist, uses his personal experience with athletic organizational culture and high-pressured positions, along with his education and work experience in Personal Branding, to offer listeners stories and strategies for optimizing mind and body. Ava Diamond earned her Masters in Clinical Social Work at Columbia University 27 years ago. She has applied her entrepreneurial mindset and experience as a pro level fitness competitor to the development of her clinical practice niche. Ava offers her own program of Mental Fitness & Nutritional Psychology Coaching to reduce stress, improve mental and emotional functioning, enhance motivation, and increase energy all using mindset exercises and nutritional supplementation. Her work has been utilized by Navy Seals, Pro Athletes, Physicians, Lawyers, and Wealth Managers to balance brain chemistry for optimal performance. She is known as "The Stress Manager". Together, the provide the "Purpose, Passion, and Power Platform" for corporations to thrive under duress, reduce or re mediate BURNOUT, and build resilience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Caryn is the Chief Door Opener® at Kopp Consulting whose Door Opener® Service has helped thousands of business leaders and sales people secure initial meetings with high level decision makers in almost every major company including P&G, GE, Merck, Verizon, Kraft, Target, CBS, and the list goes on. A best-selling author, nationally recognized speaker, and an expert in Business Development, Caryn can be seen in Inc., Forbes and Newsweek. She has spoken at leadership programs and is a faculty member of Verne Harnish’s Gazelles Growth Institute. Caryn is the author of The Path to The Cash!® and Biz Dev Done Right which pinpoints the blind spots in the sales process and gives critical strategies for getting Business Development right. Kopp Consulting has been recognized for two consecutive years on the Inc. 5000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eddie Reynolds is the Founder and CEO of Union Square Consulting. He has advised over 300 organizations, from venture-backed technology companies to established investment banks, private equity, and commercial real estate firms on ways to scale sales and marketing and leverage cutting-edge technology to make each of their team members more efficient and effective. He also works with senior executives at these firms to improve their visibility into the business, with real-time analytics, so they can make better strategic decisions and respond faster to changes in their market as well as changes in their operational effectiveness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt Criticos is co-founder of Worldwide101, a premium subscription staffing company. Worldwide101 provides demanding founders and executives with the ridiculously talented remote staff they need to grow their business, on a simple monthly subscription, without needing to employ them directly. Matt leaps out of bed in the morning partly because his two Rhodesian Ridgebacks want to go walking in the forest close to their home, but equally because he’s fired up about the benefits of remote work for businesses and for employees. “When you’re an entrepreneur or leader trying to grow your company, being able to keep things moving, get things done, and stay agile is like being able to breathe, it’s crucial. Getting experienced, Fortune 500-trained staff on a fractional basis makes that possible. It fires me up to help businesses get access to the people they need to succeed beyond their expectations, while also helping our team achieve success with companies they are passionate about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Crabtree is a speaker, author, entrepreneur and financial expert. Crabtree has used his entrepreneurial skills to develop Crabtree, Rowe & Berger, PC, a CPA firm focused solely on the needs of entrepreneurs, helping them build the economic engine of their businesses. Working with entrepreneurs all over the country in a broad range of industries, Crabtree has simplified financial reporting and empowered all entrepreneurs to take ownership of their finances. He has pioneered a revolutionary metric for driving business profitability: measuring labor efficiency and developing simple benchmarks for company, team and individual performance. In 2011, Crabtree published his first book “Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits,” in which he shares his core principles of how to turn your business into a wealth building engine. He is currently working on his second book, “Simple Numbers 2.0.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Jarvis is a writer and designer who’s had his own company of one for the last two decades. He’s worked with professional athletes like Steve Nash and Shaquille O’Neal, corporate giants like Microsoft and Mercedes-Benz, and entrepreneurs with online empires like Danielle LaPorte and Marie Forleo. Currently he teaches popular online courses, hosts several podcasts and develops small but mighty software solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew is a founder of StartupSoft, where they lower the risk of startup failure by leveraging software to directly address top reasons why startups go under. Andrew also runs a podcast called Startup Exits, where they get insights from founders that started, ran and sold a tech company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corey Kupfer is an expert strategist, dealmaker and business consultant with more than 30 years of professional negotiating experience as a successful entrepreneur, and attorney. The founder and president of Authentic Enterprises, LLC and the Authentic Business Academy, Corey is dedicated to inspiring authenticity in business through speaking, training and consulting on topics such as authentic negotiating, authentic deal-making, building authentic business relationships, and authentic conversations about difference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For over 25 years, Andy has worked CEOs, owners and corporate leaders throughout the US, helping them achieve great sales performance, while accelerating their sales process. During his career, he thoroughly researched virtually all of the popular sales processes. All have their strengths, and their shortcomings. From years of testing and evaluation, he developed the Urgency Based Selling® system, a unique approach founded on philosophies which drive and accelerate human behavior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Consultant, speaker and best-selling author David A. Fields helps build consulting practices that are lucrative and lifestyle-friendly. He has guided consultancies ranging from one-person startups to the consulting divisions of some of the world’s largest companies. David still advises corporate clients too as the leader of his firm, Ascendant Consulting. His latest book, The Irresistible Consultant’s Guide to Winning Clients, is Amazon’s highest-rated book on the business of consulting released in the past 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scaling Up Services is a podcast devoted to helping founders, partners, CEOs, key executives, and managers of service-based businesses scale their companies faster and with less drama. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.scalingupservices.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mel Lim is a global technology storyteller and strategy consultant. Her success record for growing and scaling companies has positioned her as one of the most sought-after consultants in the tech and software startup scene. Mel is currently the President of Maspira Groupe, a startup consultancy focusing on product development and growth strategies. She serves on multiple advisory boards, and lectures worldwide on crafting innovative experiences through mindfulness. Mel recently completed a book entitled Turtle Design in a Rabbit Age. Published by CRC Press, her book offers a platform to help people achieve equanimity and find meaning in their work and lives through mindfulness, and companies to craft value by reframing their approach to impact creation and experience design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John DeMato is a branded, lifestyle portrait photographer and content creation expert who collaborates with speakers, authors, and coaches, and entrepreneurs to help them share magical ideas by producing magazine-quality images that present them powerfully and purposefully to their audiences. More than just a photographer, John sets his clients up for success beyond the portrait session by coaching them on how to best leverage their image content for their websites, social channels, blogs, publications and advertisements in addition to coaching them on how to create endless amounts of social posts and blog articles that creates connection and rapport with their audiences. A former television producer, John has over 18 years of production experience, and has been featured as a portrait photographer expert on several NBC Universal daytime talk and reality shows. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Eiss is a results guru who helps others get work done well. She’s an entrepreneur and expert in agile workforce trends or what’s known as the ‘Gig Economy.’ She is passionate about empowering the purpose of service businesses. A serial business leader, Elizabeth is an accomplished, innovative executive who has successfully led multi-billion dollar organizations as well as start-up ventures in technology, alternative investments, and staffing. Elizabeth has a record of progressive accomplishments in the C-suite, operations, business expansion, turn-arounds, M&A, and leveraging technology to build business value. She has had a particular focus on knowledge work and how technology can make experts readily available when their expertise is needed. A technology pacesetter, Elizabeth is the founder and CEO of ResultsResourcing®, an online freelance talent concierge platform and service. ResultsResourcing® helps organizations scale by leveraging virtual freelance professionals found, vetted and hand-curated using proprietary technology Elizabeth designed and co-developed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ramon has started four companies and sold one. He's written three books, one is a best seller and he's in the process of publishing his fourth book, Celebrity CEO. Ramon travels around the USA and the world speaking to business owners to help them start and grow their businesses. While Ramon's favorite meal is brunt pancakes, bacon and eggs he'll also wolf down a bowl of cereal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Voss is CEO of the Black Swan Group and author of the national best-seller "Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It," which was named one of the seven best books on negotiation. A 24-year veteran of the FBI, Chris retired as the lead international kidnapping negotiator. Drawing on his experience in high-stakes negotiations, his company specializes in solving business communication problems using hostage negotiation solutions. Their negotiation methodology focuseson discovering the “Black Swans,” small pieces of information that have a huge effect on an outcome. Chris and his team have helped companies secure and close better deals, save money, and solve internal communication problems.Chris has been featured in TIME, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Inc., Fast Company, Fortune, The Washington Post, SUCCESS Magazine, Squawk Box, CNN, ABC News and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel is the co-founder and CEO of Gazelles Growth Institute, the leading online executive education company for C level executives at fast growing firms. He also co-founded Inflection (Gazelles Mexico) a management coaching company that helps business executives and entrepreneurs grow their companies faster and with less “drama”. He is an international speaker and has shared stage with thought leaders like Peter Diamandis, Guy Kawasaki and Jack Canfield, just to name a few. Daniel is the blogger of Capitalemprendedor.com. He is a graduate of EO’s premiere CEO program, the “Birthing of Giants”, and its continuation, “Gathering of The Titans”. He holds a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering from ITESM (Monterrey Tech) and an MBA (cum laude) from Babson College at Wellesley, MA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scaling Up Services is a podcast devoted to helping founders, partners, CEOs, key executives, and managers of service-based businesses scale their companies faster and with less drama. Have each episode delivered to your inbox by subscribing here: http://www.scalingupservices.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business and credit expert Gerri Detweiler is education director for Nav, which provides business owners with simple tools to build strong business credit and match them to financing. She’s been interviewed in more than 3500 news stories and answered over 10,000 credit questions online. Her articles have been widely syndicated, and she is the author or coauthor of five books, including Finance Your Own Business: Get on the Financing Fast Track. She has hosted her own radio show and testified before Congress on consumer credit legislation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather Willems is the Co-Author of Draw Your Big Idea and visual strategist. She has made it her life work to help others gain Clarity Through Creativity. As an artist, graphic facilitator, and mentor, she helps top executives operate more efficiently using visuals as a tool for unlocking solutions to their toughest challenges. Building on her experience as co-founder of ImageThink, she visualizes the biggest ideas of some of the world’s most influential companies by creating long-lasting records of ideas in an engaging, memorable way. After 15 years of facilitating breakthroughs with clients, she helps organizations work more purposefully by activating their vision, mission, and values. She visualizes big ideas for world's most influential thought leaders and companies including Disney, AOL, FedEx, Google, Lego, and NASA. Her work has been featured on TED, The Today Show, MSNBC, Inc., Forbes, Mashable and the Wall Street Journal. Whether she’s leading workshops or speaking about the power of visual storytelling in both her personal life and in organizations, she has a passion for making connections. She’s spoken at New York Times Small Business Summit, Conference for Women, Columbia University, SXSW, Comic-con, PTTOW! and more. Heather lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Chiang is the CEO of DWDG Consulting and the Director of Customer Success at Yup Technologies, where she was the architect behind the customer success team. She is a leader who is passionate about helping companies - particularly startups - unlock the true potential of customer success through analytics, empowerment, and a truly customer-centric mindset. Throughout her career, she's connected with other customer success leaders and have collated her learnings and insights into The Startup's Guide to Customer Success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karin Bellantoni is a Growth Strategist and Executive Coach. She works with business leaders by liberating them from personal and professional fears, advancing their strengths rapidly. The result is what Karin calls “The 180”- a personal and professional turnaround. Karin is a catalyst for change and an experienced entrepreneur whose first company became a multi-million dollar business in less than 2 years. Karin combines her high growth business expertise with a tough love approach to develop a strong foundation for a company's infrastructure. Her clients often refer to her as a “game-changer” and call on her to optimize operations, sales, and egos during times of explosive growth and uncertainty. In New York City Karin hosts The Intuition Salon @The Assemblage an event created for millennial business leaders to discuss and develop personal leadership skills. She is an Advisor to SheWorx a global collective of female entrepreneurs and a mentor to many millennial women in leadership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Bowser is a proven leader with experience. Experience that makes a difference! Motivational Business Speaker Mark Bowser is a corporate training expert in the areas of Leadership, Customer Service, Sales, and Personal Development. Some of the world’s top organizations lean on Mark to take them to the next level of excellence. He can do the same for you! Mark is the President/CEO of Empowering Enterprises, Inc., which is a corporate training and development company helping businesses, organizations, and individuals reach peak performance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taylor Trusty has founded three companies: HobbyEdge Sports, StarkNine, and Blackstone Media -- a digital marketing agency that helps brands like Toyota Forklifts, Sonoma-Cutrer, and Mercer tell their stories and get more business through the web. In 2018 he sold Blackstone to Boston-based ADK Group. He has spoken to over one hundred groups on entrepreneurship, digital marketing, usability, and company culture, including the American Advertising Federation, Entrepreneurs' Organization, Vistage, Kentucky Press Association, The Combine, D2 Cincinnati, Code PaLOUsa, and more. Taylor is a consultant, podcast-enthusiast, board member of Entrepreneurs' Organization NYC, and a regular at Comedy Cellar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Walker is a consultant, author, and advisor to CEOs and senior leaders. She helps her clients grow their companies with successful outcomes that include IPOs, acquisitions, market share increases, and significant leadership development. Her clients include Inc. 500 start-ups and Fortune 500 firms. Her work helps senior leaders create internal strategies that support their organizations’ external growth; and she is the author of the recently published book, No Dumbing Down - A No-nonsense Guide for CEOs on Organization Growth. Prior to launching her consultancy, Karen was employee #104 at Compaq Computer - then the fastest growing company in American and fastest to $1billion in revenue. In her 14 years as VP/Operating Services, she helped spur the creation of more than $15 billion in value. She resides in Jupiter, Florida, although she can most often be found aloft in seat 2C. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ron Carucci is co-founder and managing partner at Navalent, working with CEOs and executives pursuing transformational change for their organizations, leaders, and industries. He has a thirty year track record helping some of the world’s most influential executives tackle challenges of strategy, organization and leadership. From start-ups to Fortune 10’s, turn-arounds to new markets and strategies, overhauling leadership and culture to re-designing for growth, he has worked in more than 25 countries on 4 continents. In addition to being a regular contributor to HBR and Forbes, and has been featured in Fortune, CEO Magazine, BusinessInsider, MSNBC, Inc, Business Week, Smart Business, and thought leaders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Wakeman is “The Revenue Architect” and an internationally recognized expert in the areas of branding, strategy, and marketing. Dave has been called “the best partnership strategist I’ve ever worked with” by American Express and is called “The King of Tickets” for his leadership in moving the ticketing industry to the Internet, opening up new streams of revenue and experiences for brand partners, and challenging status quo business models that leave almost 50% of tickets unsold each year. Dave’s regularly appears on TV, radio, print, and digitally sharing his ideas with a global audience. He is a regular contributor to SEAT, Business 2 Community, and “The Voices of Project Management.” He has spoken to audiences on every continent except Antartica and his work has been translated into 5 languages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As an author, Jeff has written three books, including Getting Service Right, Customer Service Tip of the Week, and the bestselling The Service Culture Handbook. He also writes the popular Inside Customer Service blog, which Feedspot has named one of the Top 50 Customer Service Blogs on the Planet. As a trainer, more than 140,000 people on six continents have taken Jeff’s training videos on LinkedIn Learning and Lynda.com. He was one of the first people to receive the Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) credential from the Association for Talent Development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gene Gendel is an Organizational Design Consultant, Agile/Lean Coach and Trainer. Almost 15 of his 20+ years of his professional experience – Gene had spent working with companies of various sizes and lines of business, trying to help them improve internal dynamics, organizational structure and efficiency. Gene engages at all organizational levels: senior- and mid-level management, teams and individuals. In his work, Gene uses various methods, tools and techniques to strengthen learning by others and to ensure that others gain autonomy after Gene “coaches himself out of the job”. Gene is a proud member of the small community (less than 100 people worldwide) of Scrum Alliance Certified Enterprise Coaches (CEC). Today, he is the only CEC who resides in NY State. Gene is also one of the co-creators of Team Level Coaching Certifications (CTC) program for Scrum Alliance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karen Winfield has created a corporate training company to partner with on a global scale. PD Training (pdtrainingglobal.com) has delivered business skills training in more than 13 countries, 394 cities and over 100,000 people. The core business skills she focuses on is Leadership and Communication and has built in psychometric profiling to start the training off with self awareness so growth can happen. With a focus on People Development Karen and Co-founder of PD Training (Paul Findlay) created the OrgDevInstitute (www.orgdevinstitute.co) a body with a HR focus of creating a world with happier, more productive people. The institute provides ongoing industry research and development and supports the REACH Ecosystem (reachquotient.com) globally – a subscription based model with access to a world class set of psychometric tools and resources. Karen is always looking at ways to best partner with global clients and how their people can be the best they can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mitchell Levy, is The AHA Guy at AHAthat (https://AHAthat.com) who empowers experts, thought leaders, and businesses to share their genius. His superpower is extracting the genius from your head in a two-hour interview so that his team can ghostwrite your book and make you an Amazon bestselling author in four months or less.He is an accomplished Entrepreneur who has created twenty businesses in Silicon Valley including four publishing companies that have published over 800 books. Mitchell is a TEDx speaker and international bestselling author of over sixty business books. He's provided strategic consulting to over one hundred companies, has advised over five hundred CEOs on critical business issues, and has been chairman of the board of a NASDAQ-listed company. In addition to these accomplishments, he’s been happily married for twenty-nine years and regularly spends four weeks annually in a European country with his family and friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phyllis Weiss Haserot (Haz-er-o), is the foremost workplace multi-generational expert speaking with a cross-generational voice. A “uniter,” she brings the power of cross-generational conversation and collaboration to solve the urgent problems and nuances of attracting and retaining clients and employees of different generations, effective multigenerational teams, knowledge transfer and succession planning. Her newest book on generational challenges is “You Can’t Google it! The Compelling Case for Cross-Generational Conversation at Work.” President of Practice Development Counsel, a business development and organizational effectiveness consultancy, Phyllis is a speaker and blogger on intergenerational relations issues for Forbes.com, Next Avenue, Legal Executive Institute, IRIS.xyz, LinkedIn Pulse and others. Dubbed the “cross-generational voice,” Phyllis works with organization leadership and multi-generational teams focused on both external and internal stakeholder relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flewber is a combination of Marc's passion for aviation and two decades of experience founding and leading a business. As the leader of his telecom company Transbeam, Marc spent countless hours shuffling through airport security for quick flights to meetings in nearby cities, only to go through the gamut once again on a same-day return trip. The experience led him to create an alternative. Flewber circumvents the inconvenience of airport travel by offering passengers an affordable door-to-door air taxi service. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica is the founder and equal co-owner of Interview Connections. She has scaled the business quickly to high multiple six figures, with nearly no direct marketing or ads, and will break through the 7-figure mark in 2018. Jessica and her in house team of Booking Agents are the podcast powerhouses behind many of the record breaking book launches you’ve seen today, with clients such as JJ Virgin, Perry Marshall, other authors you may know, and numerous PR agencies who hire them for their podcasting savvy and booking skills. Jessica started podcasting in 2014 with the launch of Rock the Podcast and also co-hosts The Podcast Producers and Womensplaining. She is the acclaimed author of Interview Connections: How to #RockThePodcast From Both Sides of the Mic! and has been a featured speaker at Podcast Movement, Podfest Multimedia Expo, and Dream Business Academy. She is married and is the mom of two kids, Nathan and Lucy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Shawn Dill is a 1995 graduate of Logan College of Chiropractic. For eight years Dr. Dill practiced in the country of Costa Rica, where along with establishing what many consider to be the largest upper cervical practice in the world, he also authored the law that regulates the practice of chiropractic in the country. Dr. Lacey Book graduated Cum Laude from Life Chiropractic College West.During her internship at the Institute for Advanced Care in Chiropractic, she received additional advanced, post-doctorate training through the “That Something” Coaching Program making her a part of a select group of chiropractors providing Knee Chest Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic Care. She has also completed The Art of the Specific to further her expertise in the technique. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A former Disney Institute speaker, regional trainer for the Hertz Corporation, and vice president with Philip Crosby Associates (TQM), Teri Yanovitch has combined her expertise and background to develop a proven process for creating and sustaining a culture of world-class service. As a customer service expert, Teri works with companies who want to build loyal relationships with their customers and employees. Her passion is to help organizations create and manage outstanding customer experiences to build a strong brand and sustain a culture of service excellence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A former Disney Institute speaker, regional trainer for the Hertz Corporation, and vice president with Philip Crosby Associates (TQM), Teri Yanovitch has combined her expertise and background to develop a proven process for creating and sustaining a culture of world-class service. As a customer service expert, Teri works with companies who want to build loyal relationships with their customers and employees. Her passion is to help organizations create and manage outstanding customer experiences to build a strong brand and sustain a culture of service excellence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Russell is an accomplished Senior Executive and Thought Leader with more than 45 years of success across the professional training & development, IT, events, food manufacturing, stock brokerage, and channel distribution industries. Leveraging extensive experience in training and coaching new leaders, he is a valuable advisor for an organization seeking to develop and sustain a thriving company culture. His broad areas of expertise include recruitment, business development, people management, communications, growth, and partnerships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Czirjak is a Co-Founder and Partner at C2R Ventures, a New York City based a Talent Advisory Collective dedicated to disrupting the FinTech, Blockchain, Financial and Management Consulting recruitment space. He has a 20+year track record as a full-desk recruiter, delivering top computer scientists to the world’s elite firms who are using mathematics and technology as their driving force and competitive advantage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Safwan is the Founder and CEO of PayActiv, a Silicon Valley company that offers employer-sponsored financial wellness to employees. PayActiv is the pioneer of timely Earned Wage Access (EWA), which provides workers on-demand access to earned but not yet paid wages. In 2018, PayActiv increased the purchasing power of workers by an astounding $120M through its EWA function. Businesses that partner with PayActiv see significant cost reductions through increased retention by an average 30%. A win-win for employers and workers, PayActiv delivers timely EWA to Walmart, the world’s largest private sector employer, and hundreds of other businesses that employ lower-income, hourly workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stacey Hanke is author of the book; Influence Redefined…Be the Leader You Were Meant to Be, Monday to Monday®. She is also co-author of the book; Yes You Can! Everything You Need From A To Z To Influence Others To Take Action. Stacey is founder of Stacey Hanke Inc. She has trained and presented to thousands to rid business leaders of bad body language habits and to choose words wisely in the financial industry to the healthcare industry to government and everyone in between. She has been the Emcee for Tedx. She has inspired thousands as a featured guest on media outlets including; The New York Times, Forbes, Success, Entrepreneur, Thrive, SmartMoney magazine, The Economist and Business Week. She is a Certified Speaking Professional—a valuable accreditation earned by less than 10% of speakers worldwide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tedd Drattell is Founder and CEO of The A Team. Tedd’s take-charge attitude combined with his extensive background in operations and finance, both in the private and public sectors, helps ensure that The A Team provides the best talent and business recommendations to effectively and successfully meet each client’s needs. Prior to founding The A Team, Tedd worked as a CPA with a Big 4 accounting firm, and as a CFO at privately held corporations in the apparel, manufacturing, wholesaling, and importing industries. He received his degree in Accounting, with honors, from The University of Maryland. Tedd’s boundless energy is not confined to his work. He also enjoys exercising daily, whether it be running, lifting, or spinning. Travel is another passion that Tedd and his wife share. Actively involved in the business and local communities, Tedd is a founder of N3 and the Long Island Professional Alliance. He serves on the Board of the Entrepreneurs Organization of New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Home-based in Manhattan, Helpert shares --in person and virtually--her 20+ years having developed a powerful modality of voice-work called Therapeutic Vocal Performance Technique. She supports all voices, from High Functioning Executives, TED speakers, Eurovision Winners, to those in critical condition or moving through grief, supporting clients' most empowered, clear expressivity and creative lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susan Drumm is a CEO Advisor and Leadership Coach with over 20 years of experience leading teams and senior executives to achieve their potential. Her consulting firm, Meritage Leadership, focuses on leader and team effectiveness by helping leaders develop the capacity and mindsets to lead in today’s disruptive environment — while inspiring their teams to do the same. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Angela Yeh is the founder of Yeh IDeology, a talent strategy firm specializing in executive recruitment and career coaching the design and innovation industry. Through her Thrive By Design executive coaching program for creative high potentialities, she’s come to understand why most professionals fail to pivot. In the program she shows professionals, what’s holding them back, how to identify where they can thrive best to reach success immediately. She unlocks your highest potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse B. Good is the CEO of Aprendey, the People Skills Academy for Business Performance. With decades of hands-on expertise in customer relationship management, he blends his personal experience with behavioral science, social psychology, and generational studies. His customer-centric solutions help organizations build more relationships with more customers who are more loyal, that are spending more money more often, leading to more personal recommendations and more profit. He is the author of thebook, Happy to Help: Lessons Learned Serving One Million Customers and has appeared in various trade publications and industry podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marcey wears many shoes (like hats, but more active): an accomplished corporate ladder-climber, business owner, kombucha brewer, and hoop dancer. She’s the founder of Marcey Rader Coaching and the Work Well. Play More! Institute; where entrepreneurs, business leaders, and their entire teams sail to seek out new life… and peak productivity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roger Nierenberg, orchestral conductor, leadership consultant, and founder of The Music Paradigm.  The Music Paradigm is an engaging and unforgettable learning experience for any type of organization. The organization's people – who are participants, not just audience members – are seated within a live professional orchestra where they can observe highly trained musicians as they perform. The participants’ attention is drawn to fascinating and unexpected organizational dynamics within the orchestra. People soon realize, however, that The Music Paradigm is much more than a riveting demonstration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cultural Anthropologist. Brand Marketer. Disruptor. Susan got her start as an AIDS educator in the brothels of Thailand, helping turn prostitutes into entrepreneurs. Today, she's the founder of Emerging Media, a branding, PR and marketing agency dedicated to helping tech founders reach their finish lines. Her award-winning strategies have gotten 10 companies acquired, and she is now hell bent on sharing them with the world. Susan speaks to startups, innovators, and top executives from 60+ countries at GE, PWC, Deutsche Bank, Capital One and at global conferences, consulates and trade organizations about strategic storytelling, mastering the message and the media for maximum impact. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast episode is in memory of Bradley Callow, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Founder of Rich LegacyCultural Bradley Callow was an an American international speaker, Conscious Entrepreneur, and a self-described "catalyst for transportation." He was the founder of The Moderation Institute and Rich Legacy, two organizations dedicated to furthering the potential of individuals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cameron Herold is a top business consultant, best-selling author, and speaker. Named by Forbes Magazine as “the CEO Whisperer”, Cameron has touched thousands of businesses directly and indirectly through his work. By age 35, he had built two $100 million companies, and by 42, he had grown 1-800-GOT-JUNK? from $2 million, to $106 million in revenue in just six years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices