Elevate Your Brand

Kristopher DeSoto is the founder of Hiatus Tequila and lives by the mantra Carpe Diem. Between his passion in experiencing life beyond his borders and a career in helicopter sales and marketing, he was fortunate to travel the world, visiting more than 50 countries and even scaling Mount Kilimanjaro.

Raised in Texas, he was introduced to tequila early on and, since then, has traveled throughout Mexico and spent over 7 years living there. In that time, he noticed that tequilas south of the border were often different from those found on U.S. shelves, the flavors and aromas more robust and expressive. 

He decided that such a tequila—true tequila—should be available in the U.S. His vision for a traditional, honest tequila crafted from the finest ingredients was nearly four years in the making.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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Jill Koziol is the co-founder and CEO of Motherly a wellbeing brand empowering mothers thrive. She is also the co-author of "The Motherly Guide to Becoming Mama: Redefining the Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum Journey" and "This Is Motherhood: A Motherly Collection of Reflections and Practices". Jill is passionate about serving and empowering women and mothers because when mamas are successful, everyone wins. She is an advocate for families, female founders, and how to thrive with multiple sclerosis. Jill lives in Park City, Utah with her husband and two daughters.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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Lisa Choi Owens is the Chief Revenue Officer and a Director of TED. TED is a non-profit committed to engaging with the world’s most inspired thinkers to share ideas worth spreading.  Lisa is responsible for assuring that TED continues to grow its reach and impact as a global media platform through strategic partnerships with mission-aligned organizations around the world. Her mandate is to collaborate with companies to discover and curate the best ideas to share both within their organization’s own ecosystem and with the TED community at large. She also serves as a Director on the executive committee at TED.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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Jonathan Eppers is the CEO & Founder of VYBES, a functional wellness brand crafting beverages made with cannabinoids & adaptogens that improve well-being. VYBES has helped pioneer an emerging category of functional wellness beverages specifically addressing mental health using plant-derived ingredients. Prior to VYBES, Jonathan was the CEO & Founder of RadPad, an end-to-end rental marketplace that made finding a place, signing a lease and paying rent much easier.

Jonathan made the switch from tech to CPG after he began using CBD to manage his own anxiety. It has become his mission in life is to bring naturalized forms of therapy using clinically proven plant-derivates to improve daily the health & wellness of people.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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Marie-Anne is a 32 year old from Paris, mom of a 2-yo little girl. She has a background in marketing and media, and joined Perifit in 2020 to help the company grow and make the product available to as many women as possible worldwide. At Perifit, Marie-Anne leads marketing, communication and distribution. Perifit is a connected solution for autonomous pelvic floor rehabilitation. It combines biofeedback from a connected probe and an app inclusive of 9 games to help women understand their training (the quality of their contraction and relaxation) and motivate them in training regularly. Perifit helps with solving stress incontinence and mixed incontinence, sexual discomfort, and helps accelerate postpartum recovery, with a recommended ten minutes of training per day, three days per week. Most women see an improvement of their symptoms in less than two weeks. USE CODE "ELEVATE15" FOR 15% OFF YOUR ORDER

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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Diagnosed with breast cancer at 27, Dana Donofree founded AnaOno out of her own necessity and desire for pretty, sexy, beautiful lingerie. After a mastectomy with reconstruction bras no longer fit her surgically altered body, and Dana was certain there must be more than just sports bras and camisoles. With a degree in fashion design from Savannah College of Art and Design, and a quite successful fashion industry career, she took her 10+ years’ experience and put it toward designing, launching and growing AnaOno.

Dana is very active in the breast cancer community and is involved with several non-profits, including Living Beyond Breast Cancer board and she is a Metavivor advocate. Her story has been featured on USA Today, The Today Show, HuffPost, New York Times, INStyle, and many others.

However, she is most proud of being able to make a difference in the lives of women worldwide and is honored to continue to spread her mission of beauty, confidence and empowerment.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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Maxeme (Max) Tuchman is the CEO and Co-Founder of Caribu, an interactive video-calling platform that helps kids have virtual playdates with family and friends when they can’t be physically together. Caribu is one of Apple's 15 "Best Apps of 2020", one of TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions, made Fast Company’s list of World Changing Ideas, was named one of the ‘Top Ten EdTech Companies to Watch’ in Forbes, and became one of the most innovative startups in the world by winning the 1776 Global Challenge Cup. Max has been the winner or finalist in 30+ pitch competitions, is the 59th Latina in the US to raise over $1M in venture funding and the first Latinx founder, male or female, to raise $1M in Equity Crowdfunding, and was named one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 100 Female Founders. 

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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As Vice President of B2B Marketing at Verizon Media, Jen Whelan loves telling tech stories without the geek-speak. Jen joined Verizon Media in 2020 and brings 23+ years of marketing experience to her role, having led successful growth initiatives in advertising technology at Criteo and Innovid and across global innovation brands such as Qualcomm, Microsoft and Intel. In addition to B2B marketing, Jen has driven key B2C strategic initiatives and integrated marketing campaigns for Office 365, Windows Phone and T-Mobile flagship devices.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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Jasmine Kees is the Strategic Director at Reuters Events. From the tech start-up scene to globally recognised brands, Jasmine brings together those influencing the direction of marketing, customer engagement and CX. In her role as Strategic Director at Reuters Events, Jasmine leads all marketing content and events, including the Marketing Interactive Week (June 8-11) and Strategic Marketing 2021 (Oct 12-13). She also hosts the #REWIM webcast, providing the women in marketing community with insights and inspiration from the world’s most influential marketing leaders.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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Alex Sourry is the co-founder of Cleanli, an all natural cleansing brand. When the pandemic hit in early spring of 2020, Alex and his two friends seized an opportunity to create their own product that filled a unique need in the industry. Cleanli is not your average hand sanitizer. Designed to moisturize and cleanse with natural ingredients, this premium product offers a more luxe solution to other harsh alcohol-based sanitizers on the market.

Laurel Mintz, founder and CEO of award-winning marketing agency Elevate My Brand, explores some of the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large. Each week, the Elevate Your Brand podcast features an entrepreneurial special guest to discuss the past, present and future of their brand.

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