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Welcoming Michael Gorton, the CEO of RECURO Health, at the 2021 Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series, on the topic:Disruption in HealthcareAbout Michael Gorton:A quintessential entrepreneur, mentor, and company builder, Michael leads the Recuro Health team which includes several leaders from Teladoc, where he served as the founding CEO and pioneered an industry-changing health care model that created a new efficiency paradigm in healthcare by delivering physicians to patients nationwide in under 12 minutes for $35.Gorton ran Teladoc as CEO and Chairman for the first seven years of operations. Under his term, the company grew from a concept to one of the most recognized innovations in healthcare, with nearly two million patient members nationwide. Under the Teladoc model, physicians made more and patients paid less. Teladoc was studied and advocated by most of the major healthcare think tanks and was recently named one of the most innovative companies in healthcare. Teladoc recently entered the NYSE and now has a market cap of over $30B.Michael’s decades of experience as a strategic visionary, impacting the telecommunications, music and healthcare industries include a leadership role as a founder of Principal Solar where he applied his business expertise, scientific education and training to the renewable energy sector -- a strong voice and proponent of solar power.He has served as a partner of the Texas Acceleration Group (TAG), an entity formed to assist startup companies and participated as a founder of Palo Duro Records. He is also credited as a founder of Internet Global, a company that delivered the first DSL network and one of the first VOIP networks. Prior to this, he worked as a project engineer at Dallas Power & Light dealing with power plants, distribution, transformer management and integration of renewable energy into the grid.Michael earned a B.S. in engineering from Texas Tech, an M.S. in Physics from the University of Texas at Dallas and a Juris Doctorate from Texas A&M.About RECURO Health:Recuro Health is an integrated digital health solution that evolves healthcare from a reactive, disease-focused model to a personalized, proactive system. Recuro’s virtual health platform consists of a curated suite of digital solutions—from primary care and behavioral health to at-home testing and genetic screening. Fully customizable, these solutions can be tailored to meet the needs of any population, allowing patients to engage with physicians, receive more personalized care, and monitor their own health, no matter their location or circumstance. With streamlined information exchange between primary care and behavioral health teams as well as testing and screening tools, Recuro’s virtual health platform enables the delivery of coordinated, holistic care that ultimately results in better outcomes at a lower cost.Recuro healthcare solutions occur at the intersection of quality, access and affordability, delivering appropriate care at the right time and place. We empower earlier and more efficient interventions, supplement in-person care, and provide a true mosaic of each member’s health and the efficacy of past interventions.By evaluating outcomes and compliance together,

Welcoming Miku Jha, Founder & CEO of AgShift, at the 2021 Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series on the topic: Powering the Transformation of Food Through AIMiku Jha is the founder and CEO of AgShift. She grew up planting mango trees on a 4th generation family farm – in a Smallholder farming community – in Northern India. Miku is a passionate entrepreneur and product executive with a proven track record. She has led multiple startups from founding stage to successful acquisitions & mergers with companies such as IBM and Xyratex. As a product executive she has launched large scale enterprise products in mobile and internet of things for companies such as VMware and IBM.Miku helped build and scale multiple storage, mobile software startups into well-known global companies. She was instrumental in growing the storage business as a Founding engineer at Ariodata, which was acquired by Xyratex Inc. She helped grow and scale mobile business and product at Worklight, which was acquired by IBM. She has lead several mobile and IoT initiatives at IBM – under Mobile First portfolio. She was responsible for successful execution of Mobile virtualization initiative at VMware under the office of the CTO. At AgShift, Miku manages a nimble team of data scientists, researchers and technologists driven by a single passion – to digitize food supply chain with cutting edge innovations in deep learning and data science – which results in better transparency, better food quality and reduced food wastage.Miku serves on the advisory board of BetterMDM, PlainMark and MergeLane. Miku has a MBA from Cornell University and a BS (Hons.) in Computer Science from University of Mumbai. With AgShift, she is inspired to apply technology to solve real challenges in Agriculture, globally. She is also passionate about women in technology. She has lead multiple corporate initiatives to help young women entrepreneurs succeed. She continues to be a mentor to many young women entrepreneurs in technology – inspiring and guiding them to success!AgShift is an AI based food technology start-up working on designing world's most advanced autonomous food inspection system. AgShift's software blends patented Deep Learning models with Computer vision to make food inspections autonomous, consistent and standardized at scale. AgShift is empowering the world's largest food organizations to reduce global food loss and waste. AgShift, Inc. is based out of Silicon Valley, California. The management and advisory team comprises of entrepreneurs, technologists and thought leaders with decades of experience in agriculture and technology industry. Till this day, AgShift has raised $5 million in seed round from investors like Exfinity Venture Partners and CerraCap Ventures.Visit AgShift: https://www.agshift.com/ (https://www.agshift.com/)To learn more about Leading Entrepreneurs of the World and to stay updated on upcoming insightful presentations and events visit our site:https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/ (https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/)Follow 1BusinessWorld:Website: https://1businessworld.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1businessworld

Welcoming Deborah Heiser, founder & CEO of The Mentor Project, at the Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series on the topic: Lateral Mentoring: How Small Effo...

Welcoming Rebecca Ahmed, Corporate Managing Director of Savills, at the Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series on the topic: An HR perspective on the future of workplace as it relates to COVID-19, CRE and D&IRebecca Ahmed is an upcoming TEDx speaker, certified Energy Leadership Coach with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and published writer. She has taken her expertise and launched her own business, Laugh Thru Life, where she brings energy and joy to the workplace and is a recognized expert in talent acquisition, culture, and diversity and inclusion. During her 10+ years as a leader in Human Resources (HR) in Hospitality, she is most notably recognized for partnering with C-Suite Executives through a 2.8B M&A, overseeing Talent Acquisition, HR Operations and Technology for up to 16,000+ team members. Rebecca joined Savills in 2019 as their Corporate Managing Director to help organizations leverage their commercial real estate to attract top talent. Rebecca has a bachelor’s in public relations with a double minor in communication design and business from the University of Southern California, and a master’s in hotel administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.About SavillsFounded in the UK in 1855, Savills is one of the world's leading real estate service providers. At Savills, we help organizations find the solutions that ensure employee success. Sharply skilled and fiercely dedicated, our integrated teams of consultants and brokers are experts in better real estate. With services in tenant representation, capital markets, project management, workforce/incentives and workplace strategy/occupant experience, we’ve boosted the potential of workplaces around the corner, and around the world, for 160 years and counting.Visit Savills: https://www.savills.us/ (https://www.savills.us/)To learn more about Leading Entrepreneurs of the World and to stay updated on upcoming insightful presentations and events visit our site:https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/ (https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/)Follow 1BusinessWorld:Website: https://1businessworld.com/​LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1businessworld/​Twitter: https://twitter.com/1businessworld​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1businessworld​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onebusinessworld

Welcoming David Dorfman, CEO of Sesh, at the Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series on the topic: Empathy in AIDavid is a recognized business leader with over 18 years of international business and development experience across disciplines. He has served as a strategic advisor to many startup founders and teams and has helped raise $60M+ in funding for early stage ventures, technology transfer and licensing, laboratory research, capital investment, scholarship, and research programs.At Sesh, David and his team build technologies that aid communication and increase performance using neuroscience and lifelong learning practices. As a groundbreaking product solution of Sesh, Empath is an AI that analyzes emotions in video using machine learning, situational and desired outcome context, psychographics, and facial and viscera motor expressions to predict outcomes and deliver personalized neuroscience-based training.Visit Sesh: https://www.gosesh.com/ (https://www.gosesh.com/)Learn more about Empath: https://www.lets.getempath.com/ (https://www.lets.getempath.com/)To learn more about Leading Entrepreneurs of the World and to stay updated on upcoming insightful presentations and events visit our site:https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/ (https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/)Follow 1BusinessWorld:Website: https://1businessworld.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1businessworldTwitter: https://twitter.com/1businessworldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/1businessworldInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onebusinessworld/

Welcoming Beri Meric, Founder & CEO of the IVY, at the Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series on the topic: Unlocking Potential: How to Supercharge Your Life, Team & ImpactJoin us for a hyper-dynamic session with IVY CEO Beri Meric to learn how you can better unlock your potential to supercharge your life, team, and impact! Beri is the Founder and CEO of IVY, a global community uniting the leading minds of our time to accelerate human unity and progress. In order to advance IVY’s mission, Beri has led hundreds of conversations with world-renowned CEOs, award-winning scientists, leading policy-makers, Olympic Medalists, Academy Award winners, and legendary thinkers from a wide variety of disciplines.Beri’s guests have included Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, Academy Award-Winning actor Matthew McConaughey, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, leading philosopher Martha Nussbaum, NBA legend Magic Johnson, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, former UN Ambassador Samantha Power, FUBU founder Daymond John, Why Nations Fail author Daron Acemoglu, and Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler amongst many others.In addition to leading IVY, Beri is the Chairman of Young Presidents’ Organization Metro New York, and a Forum Leader at the Real Leaders Impact Collaborative. Beri received his MBA from Harvard Business School, and BA in Economics and International Relations from Brown University. He lives in NYC, and grew up in Istanbul, Glasgow, Providence, London and Boston. Beri also loves skiing and rugby, and has a soft-spot for French Bulldogs.Unlock Your Potential. Supercharge Your Life & Career with the Leading Minds of Our Time to Elevate Your Leadership, Performance & WellnessVisit IVY: https://www.ivy.com/ (https://www.ivy.com/)To learn more about Leading Entrepreneurs of the World and to stay updated on upcoming insightful presentations and events visit our site:https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/ (https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/)Follow 1BusinessWorld:Website: https://1businessworld.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1businessworldTwitter: https://twitter.com/1businessworldFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/1businessworldInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/onebusinessworld/

Welcoming serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author Frankie Russo of Russo Capital, at the Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series on the topic: Breaking WHY: Hacking & ReBuilding Strategic Emotion for SuccessSince 2005, Frankie has built the Russo Capital portfolio of companies that span multiple industries including technology, advertising, marketing, music, agriculture, publishing, and finance. These companies have offices in the US and India and serve 121 markets.Russo and his team have lead two companies to become some of America’s fastest growing, privately owned companies six years in a row Potenza Inc and 360ia. In 2017, Potenza became one of the top 50 companies in Southwest Louisiana. Russo was also named as ABIZ Entrepreneur of the Year and recognized as one of the "Top 20 Under 40" honorees in Louisiana."The Art of WHY", Russo’s first book, which was published in 2016, landed on Amazon’s Best Seller list in the self-help category. Russo currently conducts book tours and talkshows around the country to help his audience master their own purpose. All proceeds from the sales of "The Art of WHY" go to support micro-finance around the world with KIVA being a strategic partner in that area.Visit Russo Capital: https://russocap.com/ (https://russocap.com/)To learn more about Leading Entrepreneurs of the World and to stay updated on upcoming insightful presentations and events visit our site:https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld/ (https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld/)Follow 1BusinessWorld:Website: https://1businessworld.com/​LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1businessworldTwitter: https://twitter.com/1businessworld​Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1businessworld​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onebusinessworld1BusinessWorld might earn a commission from qualifying purchases of products promoted through this post.

Welcoming Keith Leimbach, a serial entrepreneur and investor and the founder of DINCPIE, at the 2021 Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series on the topic:Diversified Income: A Path to Living a Meaningful Life About DINCPIE:Successful Entrepreneur Reveals How Much You Can Make Owning Laundromats and Car Washes – Plus, Get Valuable Insights on Franchises Too!Are you curious about these classic American businesses and why so many people have built them?Some do it to avoid going broke during retirement and some are simply building diversified income streams to last for decades.Get the Info You Need to Create Your Own Diversified Income StreamsThis Is For Everyone Who Wants To Create Additional Income Streams And Knows It’s Best To Learn From Someone Who Has Already Done It!Visit DINCPIE: https://dincpie.com (https://dincpie.com)About Leading Entrepreneurs of the World:Leading Entrepreneurs of the World is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurial platforms and events in the world and features entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders presenting on cutting-edge topics and the latest industry developments. To learn more about Leading Entrepreneurs of the World and to stay updated on upcoming insightful presentations and events visit our site:https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/ (https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/)Follow 1BusinessWorld:Website: https://1businessworld.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1businessworld/Twitter: https://twitter.com/1businessworld/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1businessworld/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onebusinessworld/

Welcoming Bertrand Petyt, the founder & managing partner of Vitruvius Partners Group, at the 2021 Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series, on the topic:Is Business Performance Compatible with Social Progress?About Bertrand Petyt:Bertrand is an enabler of excellence, helping organisations to achieve their goals by rejuvenating management and operational processes. His methodology includes deep-dive business and operational analysis focusing on growth results and personnel retention. Bertrand is a strategic thinker and incisive communicator and Bertrand holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Long Island University, New York. He is the Managing Partner at Vitruvius Partners Group, the Chief Executive Officer of Ausonia Cruise Holdings and an Adjunct-Professor of Management at the International University of Monaco.About Vitruvius Partners Group:Vitruvius Partners Group is a leading advisory firm providing human resources and hotel operations services to corporations in the cruise & hotel industries. We love what we do and it shows. With many years of experience in the tourism sector, we have built an international network of exceptional industry specialists to contribute to Vitruvius Partners Group’s vision to design a better future for our clients.Every customer is unique, that is why we do not offer off-the-shelf solutions. Whether the moment calls for a small strategy shift or a comprehensive effort, we will sit down with you, listen to your needs and requests, and prepare a unique and customized plan.Visit Vitruvius Partners Group: https://vitruviuspartnersgroup.com (https://vitruviuspartnersgroup.com)About Leading Entrepreneurs of the World:Leading Entrepreneurs of the World is one of the most comprehensive entrepreneurial platforms and events in the world and features entrepreneurs, founders and business leaders presenting on cutting-edge topics and the latest industry developments. To learn more about Leading Entrepreneurs of the World and to stay updated on upcoming insightful presentations and events visit our site:https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/ (https://leadingentrepreneursoftheworld.com/)Follow 1BusinessWorld:Website: https://1businessworld.com/ (https://1businessworld.com/)LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1businessworld/Twitter: https://twitter.com/1businessworld/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1businessworld/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onebusinessworld/

Welcoming Steven Hoffman, chairman and CEO of Founders Space, at the 2021 Leading Entrepreneurs of the World Series, on the topic:Surviving a StartupSteve Hoffman, or Captain Hoff as he’s called in Silicon Valley, is the Captain & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators. He’s also a venture investor, serial entrepreneur, and author of several award-winning books. These include “Make Elephants Fly” (published by Hachette) and “Surviving a Startup” (published by HarperCollins).Hoffman was founder and Chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, served on the Board of Governors of the New Media Council, and was a founding member of the Academy of Television’s Interactive Media Group.While in Hollywood, Hoffman worked as a TV development executive at Fries Entertainment, known for producing over a hundred TV shows, acquired by MGM. He went on to pioneer interactive television with his venture-funded startup Spiderdance, which produced interactive TV shows with NBC, MTV, Turner, Warner Brothers, History Channel, Game Show Network, and others.In Silicon Valley, Hoffman founded two more venture-backed startups, in the areas of games and entertainment, and worked as Mobile Studio Head for Infospace, with such hit mobile games as Tetris, Wheel of Fortune, Tomb Raider, Thief, Hitman, Skee-Ball, and X-Files.Hoffman went on to launch Founders Space, with the mission to educate and accelerate entrepreneurs. Founders Space has become one of the top startup accelerators in the world. Hoffman has trained hundreds of startup founders and corporate executives in the art of innovation and provided consulting to many of the world’s largest corporations, including Qualcomm, Huawei, Bosch, Intel, Disney, Warner Brothers, NBC, Gulf Oil, Siemens, and Viacom.Hoffman earned a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of California and a master’s degree in film and television from the University of Southern California. He currently resides in San Francisco but spends most of his time in the air, visiting startups, investors, and innovators all over the world.About Surviving a StartupSurviving a Startup gives entrepreneurs everything they need to knowto overcome seemingly impossible odds and navigate their way to success.The fact is that over 90 percent of all new startups fail. The path to success is filled with pitfalls, wrong turns, and obstacles. Decisions along the way can make or bankrupt a small company. Every entrepreneur must face this harsh reality and learn to master it if they hope to survive and wind up on top.Captain Hoff takes you through the nuts and bolts and sweat and tears of running a real business. It’s about dealing with dysfunctional teams, hitting dead ends, messing up half the time, losing money and self-confidence, and then moving forward. It’s about what it’s actually like to run a startup.It’s also about the process and planning. Hoffman shows you exactly what he learned running his own startups and coaching others. He has mentored hundreds of founders, collaborated with some of the most brilliant minds in the world,