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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.

http://www.glennplaskin.com/

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http://www.ghostwriteyourbook.com/

http://www.ghostwriteyourbook.com/blog/2013/the-king-of-coaching-tony-robbins-uncensored/

https://twitter.com/glennplaskin

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.

http://espreedevora.com/

https://twitter.com/EspreeDevora

http://wearelatech.com/

http://womenintechpodcast.com/

http://savebusinesstime.com/

http://justinjackson.ca/

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

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