Lavinia always aspired to make the gym compete with a club and realized a change in the industry needed to happen. Fortunately, she had relatives with complementary skill sets, so worked hard to build the first version of this new fun gym experience! Lavinia's spirit was the basis for Equinox and her mission is the essence of what the gyms have become. Presently, Lavinia is building a new movement focusing on bringing joy to women over 45 by crafting a community that is focused around curated fun fitness in person! She shares how Equinox was created, what it took to begin, how they scaled, why Movejoy is needed, and what she aspires to accomplish with it! Hope you enjoy!

Matt Higgins is a living embodiment of the American Dream, he aspired to make a better life for himself so did college for 7 years while working for 5 bucks an hour hoping to achieve a higher paying job. He became Press Secretary to the Mayor of New York, youngest at the time, and lead operations for the September 11th memorial in New York later on. As he had a relationship with Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins, Matt realized there was a great opportunity to back entrepreneurs via its platform so ultimately created RSE! His grit, determination, and willingness to take risks has shaped the world we live in today by being the only partner in Gary Vee's Vayner Media, believing brands would need to adapt to the social landscape, helping Resy become the go to restaurant reservation service, and more through a Burn the Boats mentality! Hope you enjoy!

Aaron is quite the forward thinking entrepreneur, having co-founded Redbeacon, which was acquired by The Home Depot, ultimately helping him become CTO, and scale it to a billion dollar business! Aaron is now pioneering a new way for companies to convert leads when they aren't able to be responsive like usual via AI receptionist software he has built! Smith.ai has already helped convert for many businesses providing them new customers, they may not have been able to get before. He was on the founding team of Google Video, building the backbone for video as we know it on the internet and helped usher in YouTube monetization. Aaron shares how AI and humans can benefit each other and why Smith.ai is pioneering the next form of excellent customer service! Hope you enjoy!

Karin is one of the most creative people in the world of business as she helped ideate and brand an entirely new Amazon product, the Kindle. She shares how this opportunity came about, the meaning behind the name, what Jeff Bezos thought, and more! Her talents extend far and wide to even film, as she helped create the strategic positioning for the Steven Spielberg, Lincoln movie! Karin's work has lead to increased visibility for products like the Kindle and TiVo, and also enabled them to be more easily defined for consumers. Karin shares how her passion for creative branding came about, what really goes into crafting the ideal name, why brand identity matters, how to position your vision for mass appeal, and more. Hope you enjoy!

David has achieved the feat of creating 5 different airlines, including JetBlue, as he realized the need for TVs to be standard and seats improved for a better mass market customer experience! This creation increased the standards for passengers throughout the industry and has benefited millions. His creation of Azul has revolutionized transport to and from Brazil, which has likely had the most economic impact of any company in recent history on the country! David has now launched Breeze Airways, an outside the box approach on making nonstop travel more affordable and less time consuming by focusing on local airports more. David shares how his ADHD has helped him succeed, why he wanted to create JetBlue, how Azul came to life, and what he aspires to achieve with Breeze Airways! Hope you enjoy!

Akash Co-Founded Genies with the goal of enabling a new form of communication and expression, in ways that weren't possible physically! At a point, the team was him and a couple friends at a WeWork and it happened to be that Offset reached out asking for one of their high fidelity avatars, which when posted gained substantial traction! Genies has set the industry standard for high fidelity avatars, which resulted in Bob Iger joining their board as was aligned with the vision. Akash shares what they are building to enable Genies to be the go to platform for avatar creation and integrations and how he thinks your avatar will be the base of a mixed reality experience! Hope you enjoy!

Zeev helped create the most accessible way to make professional pixel edits, which through a unique marketing strategy, resulted in Lightricks having 2 top 10 paid apps in the US early on. They embraced Apple's App Store subscriptions in the beginning, greatly amplifying the business' revenue, and have created the go to mobile video editing app creators love, Videoleap. As Lightricks has been leading the high quality photo and video tool democratization for the masses, Zeev now sees a new opportunity to design technology from the ground up using AI to help ideate and world build for the next applications! Zeev shares how Lightricks started, why Facetune came to be, what it took to gain initial users, and the potential AI has for creatives! Hope you enjoy!

Todd Krinsky has one of the greatest leadership stories having spent over 30 years at Reebok starting in the mail room while working another job at Foot Locker, to being influential in signing innovative industry game changers like Allen Iverson, and currently leading the company after its recent acquisition by Authentic Brands Group as President and CEO! Todd had the foresight to revive the classics business and help to make models like the Club C, be a must have in your closet. He shares how being in various roles at the company ranging from marketing to design best prepared him to lead and what we can expect from the brand in 2024 and 2025! Todd additionally provides insights into the power of networking and how his determination opened up doors. Hope you enjoy!

After receiving multiple Grammy Awards and having the instinct to further John Legend's career, Devo decided to test out a new type of music video, interactive, by using annotations. It was more well received than the original, leading to further plays, so he knew he was on to something! He founded Adventr, a platform to create interactive custom videos, a step towards a thesis for streaming content to be powered by AI to understand what you like better! Adventr is a standout company in the space, won multiple awards, and is enabling brands to create their own interactive stories on the unique platform. Hope you enjoy!

Malcolm is a Founder of Ethika, the culturally defining underwear brand that rose to prominence by prioritizing what you wear under with style and self expression as much as hats and other clothing. This disrupted the industry as underwear was previously an afterthought item! Malcolm is back at it launching a new brand, Mendid, which has a strong focus on the power of achieving your dream through confidence in what you wear! Malcolm's talent in the space has lead to some of the innovations we have today, redefined the category, and with Mendid, his aspiration is to lead a meaningful approach, which he shares here. Hope you enjoy!