Fascinating Entrepreneurs

Edgar Blazona is a modernist American furniture designer and founder of wildly popular DTC sofa brand BenchMade Modern. A high school dropout, turned graffiti artist, turned serial entrepreneur, Edgar got his start in the furniture industry because of need: he was young and broke, and his first apartment didn’t have any furniture. Thus, he taught himself how to build some.

Along with starting several (!) of his own companies, including Modular Dwellings – a prefab backyard shelter company, Edgar also sharpened his skills in the corporate world at Pottery Barn and Restoration Hardware. As he saw customers accustomed to waiting three months (and more!) for sofas and sectionals that realistically take only a few weeks to make, he realized there must be a better way and founded BenchMade Modern in 2015 to disrupt this norm.

BenchMade Modern offers sofas and sectionals in 5” increments and custom configurations, depths, fabrics and more. Custom furniture arrives at your doorstep within weeks, not months.

Where to find Edgar Blazona

Website: benchmademodern.com

• Facebook: BenchMade Modern
• LinkedIn: Edgar Blazona

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Owner of content + digital marketing agency, Grit Studio, Erin has an 15+ years of experience in content marketing on both the agency and brand sides of the table. She specializes in content creation and strategy for consumer and retail brands in both the beauty and wellness spaces. Brands she’s worked with include Bluemercury, Sassoon, Walt Disney Studios, ABC Family, Lifetime, Marlo Thomas + many others. Erin lives in the Washington, D.C. area and she’s a mom to 2 babies and 2 doggos. Yoga keeps her sane, coffee keeps her going.

Where to find Erin Fabio

Website: gritstudio.com

• Instagram: @erinfabio
• LinkedIn: Erin Kirkpatrick Fabio

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Lara Schmoisman is a Digital weaver and powerhouse marketing and branding strategist. A Forbes NEXT1000 Honoree and LA Times Inspirational Women Nominee by helping transform brands to become profitable, innovative, and sustainable.

Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Lara Schmoisman is the founder & CEO of The Darl a full-service marketing and advertising agency based in LA. Lara is a unique combination of Jewish and Latina, outspoken by nature, tenacious, armed with grit and a sexy accent.

With more than 20 years of experience working across radio, television, film, distribution, and content marketing, Lara has utilized her knowledge and industry experience by creating signature online courses, spearheading marketing campaigns, and serving up a digital cup of coffee with her podcast, Coffee N5. Additionally, Lara is an International Speaker and a former lecturer at California Polytechnic State University, with her signature course, “Digital Marketing for the Fashion Industry”. 

She currently lives in sunny Los Angeles, California, with her husband, two sons, and her dog, Latte.

Where to find Lara Schmoisman

Website: thedarl.com

• Instagram: laraschmoisman
• Facebook: Lara Schmoisman
• LinkedIn: Lara Schmoisman

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Mike Agugliaro is a sought - after author, speaker, and coach with more than 3 decades of experience in helping people shift their mindset and transform their identities to achieve greater success. He started his career as a young, struggling electrician but figured out the keys to success and built an 8 figure business that he sold in 2017. He went on to build an 8 figure coaching business that he sold in 2020 at the height of the pandemic. Today, Mike leads the FuDog Group team as they help business owners around the world elevate all areas of personal life.

Mike believes that if you want to 10X anything in life, you have to 20X yourself.

Mike has published more than 18 books, he frequently speaks on stage in front of thousands of people, and he holds a Black Belt in multiple martial arts.

Where to find Mike Agugliaro

Website: www.fudoggroup.com

• Instagram: personalmindsetmastery
• Facebook: Mike Agugliaro
• LinkedIn: Mike Agugliaro
• Youtube: FuDog Group

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Patrick Bryant is serial entrepreneur, professional speaker, and co-founder and CEO of Charleston-based software product agency CODE/+/TRUST. After co-founding his first company Go To Team, the largest staff video crew provider in the U.S., and taking it to 20 offices around the US 25 years ago, his bio is then a steady stream of starting new businesses in media, rolling papers, and software. 

As a serial entrepreneur, he continues to start and invest in new startups including, Teamphoria (human resource engagement software), Event.Gives (fundraising event software), Crew Mama (crew production directory software) & Shine Rolling Papers. All told, Patrick has successfully launched 6 (& counting) multi-million dollar companies.

Bryant feels strongly about making the world a better place through the impact of entrepreneurship. He serves as the co-Director of Startup Grind DC, is a Trustee of Trident Tech, works on the SC Department of Workforce & Employment Workforce Review Committee, founded and currently chairs the Harbor Entrepreneur Center, and was previously Chairman of Palmetto Goodwill as well as the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. He’s also recognized as a Liberty Fellow by Wofford College and the Aspen Institute, as a Riley Fellow by Furman University, and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Bryant is also an Entrepreneur Organization Certified Speaker.

The keys to his entrepreneurial success are now the founding principles taught to start-up founders in the Harbor Accelerator, a 14-week program offered to 16 companies a year in Charleston, SC. Each company selected receives free space, mentorship, access to investors, and free services like marketing, legal, and accounting.

The same principles used at the Harbor Accelerator are now also the primary focus of his professional speaking engagements. Concentrated on innovation, scalability, and execution, Patrick has created a 3-part framework that entrepreneurs at fast growing companies can use to craft products and services that are made for growth. In addition, through the study of hundreds of business models, Bryant created the Business Growth Score, which is designed to analyze the perfect business idea.

Patrick currently splits his time between homes in Isle of Palms, SC and Washington, DC. When he’s not leading his business or mentoring other entrepreneurs to success, Bryant enjoys traveling, flying his drone, and spending time with his sons Pate and Jack.

To learn more, visit codeandtrust.com/patrick

Where to find Patrick Bryant

Website: codeandtrust.com

• Instagram: @bpatrickbryant
• Twitter: @bpatrickbryant
• Facebook: Patrick Bryant
• LinkedIn: Patrick Bryant
• Youtube: Patrick Bryant Content

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Ethan King is an American entrepreneur with businesses in apparel, fitness, e-commerce, and real estate. He is a dynamic speaker who shares his journey from starving artist to CEO of multiple 7-figure brands. Ethan's work has appeared on Oprah, and he has been featured on the cover of Best Self magazine. He specializes in coaching high performance professionals around the world to live a life by design.

Ethan is author of the #1 International Bestselling book–Wealth Beyond Money: Unlocking The 6 Dimensions of Success for Richness in Every Area of Your Life–and he is passionate about YOU truly having it all.

Where to find Ethan King

• Instagram: ethanking.co
• Twitter: @ethankingdotcom
• Facebook: Ethan King
• LinkedIn: Ethan King
• Youtube: Ethan King
• Tiktok: Ethan King

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Dan Abbate is an entrepreneur, thought leader, and investor with a career-long focus in business process optimization and automation using advanced technology, organizational development, and continuous improvement. Dan has a heavy transaction background including startup financing, mergers and acquisitions, and turnarounds. 

In the late '90s, while he was still in college, Dan started an internet company which serviced and eventually sold to Wall Street-funded .coms. Between the years of 2003 and 2013, he started/developed or acquired/improved and sold eight companies serving various markets and industries with a total market value of over $100,000,000 and were funded using private and public capital markets. He has experience in both B2B and B2C companies and enjoys advising and leading high-level operational initiatives, including infrastructure design, process re/engineering, and reorganization to deliver extraordinary results in growth, revenue, operational performance, and profitability. From 2013 onward Dan has focused on growing his personal knowledge base to scale his unique value-driving skills and experience as a silent and lead investor and advisor to a number of technology (including blockchain and cybersecurity) and mainstreet companies. This dedication and focus has placed Dan in a unique leadership position in the cross-section of technology, finance, and business.

Dan holds a Masters degree in Finance from Harvard University, a Bachelors degree from DePaul University in Philosophy and Business, has studied Operations and Financial performance at The Wharton School and Math and Physics at the University of New Mexico, presented his prophetic talk “How Not To Be Replaced By A Robot” at TedXBoca, and his book "Automation Manifesto" was published and is available via Amazon and other retail book outlets.

Where to find Dan Abbate

Learn How To Make Million Dollar Deals: A Masterclass By Dan Abbate

• Book: Automation Manifesto
• Instagram: thebigda
• Twitter: @thebig_da
• LinkedIn: Dan Abbate
• Youtube: thebigda

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As Founder and CEO of Alexander Daas, Alex Feldman drives the vision and growth of the brand, including its design and distribution, retail presence and ecommerce business. Feldman grew up in the business of opticianry, with his parents owning a small optical shop in San Francisco, California. 

In 2006 Feldman bought out his parent’s small business and began growing the company. After over a decade of working on the sales floor and styling thousands of politicians, athletes, celebrities, locals and more, Feldman found a gap in high-end eyewear and launched his eyewear brand Alexander Daas. The collection focused on styles to fit narrow/petite faces––giving adults freedom from buying children’s frames––a huge unmet need in independent luxury eyewear. Since then, he has grown retail operations with storefronts in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego, and recently online at AlexanderDaas.com.

Feldman continues to build on his vision of opening luxury shops in quaint neighborhoods that feature skilled eyewear stylists, representing a true intersection of the medical and fashion industries.

Feldman graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology. When he’s not designing and developing new eyewear styles or connecting with the luxury eyewear community, you can find him spending time with his wife and three boys (their so called in-house “basketball team”), watching Rocky and traveling.

Where to find Alex Feldman

Website: alexanderdaas.com

• Instagram: @alexanderdaas
• Twitter: @alexanderdaas
• LinkedIn: Alex Feldman
• Facebook: @alexanderdaas

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Russell Lundstrom is an born and bred entrepreneur. Having started multiple 7-figure businesses, and helping hundreds of other businesses repeat that success, he is now on a mission to simplify the world of marketing.

Passionate that entrepreneurs are the mind, heart, and engine of the world, he is driven to improve the world through better business.

After 35+ years on the front lines of marketing, Russell created the step-by-step marketing framework called the Marketing Plan Formula. This simple 5 step process reveals the most profitable marketing strategies through reverse engineering the unique keys to success already contained within your business.

Russell is now on a mission to teach this process to every entrepreneur on the planet.

Where to find Russel Lundstorm

Website: marketingplanformula.com

• Facebook: Marketing Plan Formula
• Youtube: Marketing Plan Formula
• LinkedIn: Russell Lundstrom

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The CEO and founder of Inspired Living, Keri Murphy is committed to empowering people all over the world to “Dream it. Live it. BE it!” This international speaker, media expert and business mentor honed her expertise in the entrepreneurial field for over 20 years and on-camera for over 3 decades. Her company specializes in teaching entrepreneurs how to clarify their message, authentically show up on-camera and leverage video in order to build an influential brand.

A veteran of television with appearances on MTV, E!, FOX and NBC (to name a few), Keri brings her hard-worn entrepreneurial knowledge and on- camera expertise to her clients through public speaking, mentoring and her Inspired Living TV web series, helping entrepreneurs stay inspired and educated on what it takes to build a 7- figure brand.

She was chosen to be a mentor for the prestigious Branson Centre of Entrepreneurs and was a member of Ali Brown’s Premier Group. Murphy, along with her incredible team of expert coaches, has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs from around the world share their message and increase their income and positive impact on the planet.

The company’s signature “IT Factor” training is the most sought out on-camera training for entrepreneurs in the US and has been featured on CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, and many more.

Keri is a warm, honest, funny and captivating teacher who can spot and cultivate the “IT Factor” in her clients and students—and help them shine on-stage, on-camera, and in their lives and businesses. 

Where to find Keri Murphy

Website: inspiredliving.tv

• Instagram: @keri.murphy
• Twitter: @kerimurphy
• LinkedIn: Keri Murphy
• Facebook: Keri Murphy
• Youtube: Keri Murphy

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