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GUEST: Amer Zahr 

About Amer Zahr:  

Amer Zahr is an Arab-American comedian, speaker, writer, academic, and adjunct professor at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. He draws on his experiences growing up as a child of Palestinian refugees, performing and lecturing on topics like politics, society, growing up Arab, Islam, and more.

In 2016 and 2020, Amer served as a surrogate for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Here’s Amer introducing Bernie at a rally in March 2020.

In February 2016, Amer headlined a packed house at New York City’s world-famous Carnegie Hall, alongside Palestinian-American comedians Said Durrah, Mona Aburmishan, and Mike Easmeil

In June 2015, Amer headlined at the world-famous John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC.  He produced this show as well, making it the first time that an all-Palestinian cast took the stage at the internationally-renowned venue.

He has produced and headlined in 3 of his own comedy tours, “1001 Laughs Comedy Tour,” “We’re Not White!” and “In 1948.”

He founded and produced the first-ever “1001 Laughs Ramallah Comedy Festival,” a production in Palestine that featured 10 comedians and 7 shows in August 2015.  The festival entertained over 2,000 locals and was funded by the US Consulate General in Jerusalem, a branch of the United States Department of State.  Amer, as the producer of the festival, received great acclaim and much media attention from the following outlets:

CNN | CNN Arabic | BBC Arabic | Haaretz | Al-Hurra | Palestine Today | Wattan TV | MAAN Network | 972 Mag | Palestine News Network | Sky News

He is also the producer of the annual “1001 Laughs Dearborn Comedy Festival” in Dearborn, Michigan at the Arab American National Museum.

Amer recently completed production on his first documentary film, “We’re Not White,” a comedic and informative approach to the Arab-American struggle to get a box on the United States Census Form.

He is also the author of the well-read blog “The Civil Arab,” as well as his first book, “Being Palestinian Makes Me Smile,” a collection of his writings relating to being Palestinian. 

Amer holds an MA in Middle Eastern and North Africa Studies and a JD (law degree), both from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He writes and speaks widely on political and social affairs, and has appeared on radio and television, including ABC’s “Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.” Some of his writings have been featured in major publications, including Time magazine, and Al-Jazeera.

Amer has performed throughout North America, Canada, Europe, & the Arab world, including shows in:

America: New York City, Washington, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Boston, Raleigh, Cleveland, San Diego, Pittsburgh

Colleges: Portland State University, University of Colorado, University of Michigan, Carnegie Mellon University, Wooster College, University of Connecticut, Loyola University – Chicago, Stanford University, University of North Carolina, San Diego St University, Michigan State University

Internationally: Jerusalem, Amman, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Haifa, Nazareth, Tel Aviv, Muscat (Oman), Kuwait City, Cairo, Beirut, Dubai, London, Toronto

GUEST: Mehak Vohra  

A little about Mehak Vohra & her company:  She's from Morgantown, WV She's the youngest person to ever run for mayor in SF's history She has 30k+ followers on TikTok. She's now the CEO and founder of SkillBank. SkillBank is a marketing school that's completely free upfront. They help people land their dream marketing job in 15 weeks.  SkillBank recently closed $1.3M in seed funding.   

Investors include: Jason Calacanis, Soma Capital, Hustle Fund, TikTok influencers/Sway LA members (Josh Richards and Griffin Johnson), ApartmentList CEO.  

Mehak started her career as a Computer Science student at Purdue University. In 2016, after her sophomore year, she dropped out of college at 19 years old and moved to SF. Her goal was to build the most scalable marketing agency in world. 

She ran Jamocha Media for 4 years. In her peak she was generating 1-2M views per month on LinkedIn for herself and her clients.  In 2019, Mehak decided to pass Jamocha on and started SkillBank. A marketing bootcamp that's completely free upfront. If someone is motivated to land a job in marketing, SkillBank is there to help.  

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😎Jeff Sekinger owns a financial consulting business called 0percent.com that helps individuals and entrepreneurs leverage credit to create income and build long term wealth. His goal is to help his clients save, make and multiply their money . He's been investing since he was just 16 years old he went to school and after graduating he got a job in Private Wealth Management  , but soon realized that the corporate 9 - 5 was not for him instead, he decided to start his personal brand and business while working his banking job Also the co-founder of Orcacapital a crypto hedge fund company his social media Jeff Sekinger

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😎  Chris Fahmy is an Online Entrepreneur, Actor, Story Teller, and TikTok Influencer currently verified at 2.2MIL followers! The rise of his account and growth is phenomenal, and unbelievable to himself as well. He believes in CONSISTENCY being KEY, and continues to work his way up to provide content every single day while being himself... “ˢᵒ ᵏᵉᵉᵖ ᵘᵖ”  

Fahmy attended McMaster University for Civil Engineering and Management, Engineering, Commerce during 2008-2013. He completed a unique 5 year program, consisting of the full Engineering course load with the core requirements for a Commerce degree, and also graduated with Summa Cum Laude. He is the owner of Moname Products Inc. which is an online marketing company working in both the physical product space and the affiliate marketing space. He currently resides in Toronto, Canada, and hopes to move to LA in the next year or two!   

He is coming out with merch soon, so stay on the lookout. He will continue to stay consistent, and up the monetization. He always has a target, and his goals are what he can do everyday to get there. "Build something around what you want to do. How you want to be. It is an amazing time to be alive. There is infinite amounts of opportunity out there. Making money is not like it used to be." Find your passion, and go out there & kill it while being you!

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😎 Jose Zuniga is a 25 year old born & raised entrepreneur and one of the two Latino brothers who have a huge influence on the menswear industry. It all started back in 2012... & today it has grown to millions of followers and multiple networks where they reach men all over the world.  

Being low class, and a 17 year old, that is where it all began. At 18 years old, maxing out credit cards. At 19 years old, he started to learn the whole sales process. That year, he started with a 40k subscribers channel, and ended with 120k subscribers, and racked in about $320k of total revenue. Then, at 20 years old, he reached 6 figures. He was a machine that went through trial & error, grew, expanded monetized, and found his niche.   

Both Jose and his brother Juan are a gentlemans lifestyle brand, reaching thousands of millions of men and women through their social media and website. They cover topics including Mens Style, Mens Grooming, Gear & Tech, and Mens Lifestyle and Living!  Both Jose and Juan are a husband, and father as well & continue to strive every day to be a huge influence on Mens Fashion!

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😎 Daniel Cady is the lead creative services for the CPG startup, PeaTos —  driving all consumer and B2B-focused execution and successfully establishing this young snack brand in a crowded category. PeaTos are bold tasting crunchy snacks that taste like your favorite “junk-food” snacks, but made from peas! The launch of the healthy snack brand successfully transitioned from $0 to $3M in retail sales within 9 months of launch. He is an accomplished entrepreneurial marketer, hands-on creative, and multidisciplinary content producer whose success continues to strive.   

His expertise ranges from Marketing & Brand Strategy, Creative Leadership, and Design & Storytelling. Previously, as a creative leader within Etihad Airways, he transformed all global customer touchpoints into a distinct, best-in-class guest experience. He built a full service in-house visual communications team within partner airline, Alitalia. He facilitated the standardizing and revitalizing of marketing & comms and branding & design practices across its newly-acquired portfolio of other flagship airlines. Also, at toy giant, Mattel, he helped reimagine the digital vision for HotWheels.com — catapulting the site to #2 on the Web for kids.

He is a force for transformation, and passionate about bringing big ideas and dynamic marketing programs to life — generating brand affinity, paving the way for new opportunities while pushing the initiatives of consumer-first organizations forward.  

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😎 Mikey Taylor is the current President & Managing Principal of Commune Capital, a private equity real estate investment firm. He was born and raised in Southern California, and now resides in Thousand Oaks, CA, with his wife Jen and their three young children.   

He first found success with nearly two decades of professional skateboarding. He then held lucrative sponsorship contracts with DC Shoe Co., GoPro Cameras and Alien Workshop. He has had over 100 signature skateboard decks, 7 pro model shoes, and was one of the most recognizable pro skateboarders on the planet. He then co-found and launched the Saint Archer Brewing Company in San Diego, CA. The beer company, its first of its kind business model, led to quick success and a multi-million dollar purchase by MillerCoors Company in 2015. Since then, Mr. Taylor has been busy co-founding Sovrn Skateboards, Avni Intelligence (an entrepreneur education platform and podcast), and most importantly Commune Capital.  

With only a high school education, he has more than a lifetime of real world experience, and is committed to assisting the next generation to define the new American dream!

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😎Vinay Panday is the Director of Marketing at Alliance Environmental Group, LLC located in Azusa, CA. The B2B Business has 14 branches in which 12 ranges across Northern/ Southern CA and one in both Las Vegas, NV & Phoenix, AZ. It has been around for over 25 years and has successfully completed hundreds of thousands of jobs. With all of this, in 2012, another company called Airteck Indoor Air Solutions was acquired. With over 16 years of education, experience, and expertise, his businesses continue to grow immensely.

He attended the University of KwaZulu- Natal and graduated in 2006 in B.Com. Marketing and Management. Being both a marketing expert and brand strategist, he won various awards and achievements, which include taking a consumer luxury brand to the Emmy Awards, increasing ROI for various brands, and being asked to be part of the "Dream Team" for the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup. He was also asked to join the board of Gauteng Tourism by the Department of Economic Development, won the TGI "Ask Africa Orange Index" Brand Award, South African Council of Shopping Centre, and International Council of Shopping Centers Industry Marketing and PR awards. Finally, becoming a recipient of National Business Awards and International Property Media Awards. With all of this, Panday expands by reaching his short/ long term goals, and by letting his employees understand that he values them, while also investing in them, all revolving around a system.

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😎Ali Mirza is a Digital Marketing Consultant and Educator to 100k students. He graduated from the University of Missouri- Kansas City in 2003 and received his BSEE in Electrical Engineering. He later expanded his education and graduated from the University of Dallas in 2012 where he then received his MBA in Marketing. 

He is the founder of #iSocialYou which is a data driven social media agency based in Dallas, TX. He helps brands & SMBs with two important aspects of Digital Marketing:

1 - Creating an engaging social presence.

2 - Generating leads, sales & revenue.

He has worked with several mega brands like Chevy, AA, Lexmark, GE, Lennox, many SMBs and startups & is also a startup marketing advisor.

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