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Jessica is a registered dietitian and passionate-wellness-encourager who believes in a forever approach to living well. She is the founder and CEO of Nourished by Nutrition, her nutrition coaching business and wellness website. She helps others uncover there forever wellness by sharing her knowledge of whole food, plant-centric, flexible lifestyle and helping guide them on valuing the journey of their life.

Website: www.nourishedbynutrition.com

Instagram: nourishedbynutrition

Episode Link: https://iamceo.co/2019/01/07/iam147-holistic-dietitian-nutritionist-and-founder-passionate-about-encouraging-wellness-through-knowledge/

Jill Salzman is currently growing her third entrepreneurial venture, The Founding Moms, where she helps mom entrepreneurs around the world build better businesses. She’s the author of The Best Business Book In The World, newly released, she's a co-host of Inc. Magazine’s top-rated entertaining business podcast, Breaking Down Your Business, she gave her own TED talk on 11/11/11, and Forbes’ named The Founding Moms one of the Top 10 Websites For Entrepreneurs. She’s shared the speaker stage with Richard Branson, Sheryl Sandberg, Daymond John, Marilu Henner, and in her spare time, Jill enjoys kloofing, baking, and erasing her daughters’ crayon artwork from the kitchen walls.

Website: foundingmoms.com/books

Instagram: foundingmom

Episode Link: https://iamceo.co/2019/01/03/iam143-founder-and-author-empowering-moms-to-build-better-businesses-through-natural-and-fun-ways/

Joe Natoli has had many titles throughout his career: actor, game designer, educator, full-stack developer and entrepreneur. His passion for delighting people through technology led him to found LOOFT, the world’s first world’s first cooling and heating comfort service company while working at a venture builder in Leipzig, Germany. Joe brings knowledge of international startups, Silicon Valley and more, having worked with billionaire investor Tim Draper, Draper University, teaching entrepreneurship around the world from Africa to Asia. Afterwards, Joe settled in Europe to put his knowledge to work by forming ventures in the underserved market of Eastern Germany. Joe could be considered the ultimate startup guy, having built, founded or failed over a dozen startup businesses.

Website: www.joinlooft.com

Alice Maples is the CEO and Founder of Recess Everyday. The mission is to make the world happier, healthier, and more connected. Recess Everyday does this through B2B programs, courses, workshops, and more!

Website: recesseveryday.org

Instagram: recesseverydayorg

Kashonna Marrow is an engaging speaker, an inspiring coach, a motivational author, and an insightful corporate trainer. Kashonna is the President & CEO of Simply Kashonna, a business built to promote BOLD, FEARLESS and COURAGEOUS living. She goes beyond surface issues to address the challenges that inhibit personal, professional and spiritual growth, leading her clients to embrace their evolution.

Kashonna has activated the purpose and call of many, helping them to discover, define and develop their authentic self. Both, in the corporate arena and in the non-profit world, strategic growth and development of people have always been the focal point of her service.

Website: simplykashonna.com , leadersmoveforward.com

Facebook: Simply Kashonna

Instagram: simplykashonna

LinkedIn: Kashonna Marrow

Born in New York, Louise Vongerichten Ulukaya would spend her childhood days growing up in both New York and the south of France where she studied and practiced ballet. In 2005, Louise went to Washington DC to study finance at American University. Upon completing her degree, she returned to France to pursue her MBA at ESSEC Business School in Paris. After living in Dubai and Hong Kong, Louise returned to New York City. Since her return, New York has been graced with two of her restaurants under the Chefs Club name. In 2016 Louise decided to establish the Food Dreams Foundation with her family and to pursue her philanthropic endeavor by helping students access education and jobs within the culinary industry. Since then, more than 60 students from every part of the world have been participating in the program.

After the birth of her first son in 2019, Louise decided to create a children's clothing brand that cares for the environment, respects the people making it, and looks and feels good while being accessible for all. She set out to design clothes that would care for the planet and for the environment while also not compromising on the comfort, look, and feel of the clothes. After 2 years of research to perfect the best technologies and blends of materials to make earth-friendly clothes for kids, Mon Coeur was born.

CEO Story: "I decided to start the journey by really aligning all those values altogether. And it took really, About three years of R and D of trial, putting all the inspiration together of really finding my voice in regards to the closing brand and how I would tell also the story not only on the design but also on the branding on the website, on all the different assets of the brand and retell the story through the color palette, the logo, all of that fun stuff. And so about a year and a half ago, I launched Moncoeur both on direct-to-consumer as well as wholesale. And it's been really a beautiful journey. A year and a half later, we are in about 60 stores worldwide."

Business Service:  "We wanted to develop really a brand that was accessible to really a large community of moms and dads out there and not only in the US, but also in the international market. And the way I developed it on the business level was really to make it as accessible as possible in regard to price point."

Secret Sauce: "We are the only.100% truly sustainable kids' brand out there. Every piece of clothing, every piece of the clothes that we're making is made 100% from upcycle and recycle material. So our blends are made of dead stock cotton. So it's pre-consumer cotton that normally goes to landfill. That's there's so much waste in the fashion industry."

CEO Hack: "It's hard for me to understand what I could do better. What, the team could do better. So I implemented that and everybody's doing it. Even just little walks in the city where, I take one on one. my director of operation, my manager of design. And we just take walks and we go grab a coffee."

CEO Nugget: "Being stubborn with your idea is very important, I think. Because you get a lot of, opinions and I did myself also in both my businesses, whether it was when I had restaurants or even when I started Moncure people, challenge your ideas to doubt your ideas. And it's good also because it makes you rethink it. It makes you even more eager to do it."

CEO Defined: "The CEO is really the definition of leadership. Absolutely. I think it's it's really regrouping everybody together. And working towards that goal. And for us, Moncler is making the best closing option for kids and it's reminding people of why we do that and how we can do it better."

Website: Louise Ulukaya

Instagram: shopmoncoeur

Rhian is the President and CEO of Sharp Medical Recruiting and HR Consulting. She started her company 3 years ago as a response to the ever-increasing demand for qualified direct and indirect care staff in all area of healthcare. Rhian has been in Human Resources for over 20 years and hold both an MBA and a Masters Certificate in Human Resources Management. She is the author of the new book Maximum Employee Engagement (How Healthcare Companies Keep Their Best People). Rhian is originally from the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a mother to 2 amazing kids and is an avid runner, swimmer and figure competitor.

Website: www.sharpmedicalrecruiting.com

LinkedIn: rhian-sharp-mba-mhr 

Amazon: Maximum-Employee-Engagement-Healthcare-Companies

Episode Link: https://iamceo.co/2019/01/02/iam142-author-and-human-resource-ceo-helps-healthcare-companies-fill-hard-to-fill-positions/

My mission is to connect, train, and evolve, with humans around the world by bringing humanity back to social media. After all, that’s all any of this is actually about — genuine human connection. To remind you that this life is yours, we’re all a little messed up and that’s okay, because you aren’t alone. Together we can truly make life happen for you.

Website: humanbuilder.com

Episode Link: https://iamceo.co/2019/01/01/iam141-coach-and-human-builder-on-a-mission-to-bring-genuine-human-connections-on-social-media/

Freda is an ICF-certified life coach and owner and CEO of YBeU Life Coaching for Women. Freda started YBeU as her labor of love after retiring last year from her dream job as a senior counterterrorism executive at CIA where she coached teams of women in high stakes jobs to trust their gut, take smart chances and be the best version of themselves. She loves continuing to help women in all stages of life to ignite their passion, live their purpose and make a difference. She is based in Virginia but works with clients across the country in virtual coaching sessions. You can also find her coaching tips and tricks on Instagram, Facebook and Linked In as well as on AskHer.com where she is an expert answering any and all life coaching questions.

Website: www.ybeulifecoaching.com

Instagram: ybeulifecoaching.ig

Facebook: ybeulifecoaching

Linkedin: freda-scheuer-ybeu-life-coaching-for-women

askher.com

Linchpin Sales Interactive was started by Brandon Cockrell after 12 years of sales and marketing success within large corporations such as Wells Fargo and the PGA TOUR. Over the years, and after meeting with thousands of business owners and executives, Brandon noticed a common problem among all businesses. They had issues getting more quality customers in their doors on a consistent and predictable basis. It was then that he decided to do something about it. And, he didn’t want to just stop there. He wanted to make sure that everything Linchpin did for its customers was with a purpose, was fully transparent, and could provide a proven ROI.

Website: linchpinsales.com

Instagram: linchpinsales