Mike Kaeding [0:00]

His parents had a family business. However, just a few years after joining the business, his dad unexpectedly passed away. Suddenly, he had what felt like the weight of the world on his shoulders. He had to lead the business with no preconceived notion of "the way things are done" in the industry. He was struggling to the point where the city briefly shut them down, shattering his world. But he just naively started to solve problems, and that was the magic.

Shannon Walker [35:30]

She founded Northwest Battle Buddies in 2012 after experiencing firsthand the healing and hope which can come from the partnership between a combat veteran with PTSD and a trained service dog. Herself the daughter of a Korean war veteran, Shannon’s goal is battling PTSD, to provide a life-saving gift and say thank you for her freedom.

Ari Wallach

He developed his provocative ideas (the Longpath perspective) as a result of his unique upbringing. He originally hails from Guadalajara, his father was a Holocaust survivor & a member of the underground; his mother, a respected SF artist, studied under Buckminster Fuller. Propelled by these twin influences--large-scale tragedy and the desire to design a better future--Ari hungered to confront the big issues from all angles at an early age.

David Weaver

He has a diverse and comprehensive entrepreneurial background to draw on as a FranChoice consultant. He says one of his most valuable career stops spanned over six years and included analyzing and underwriting franchise systems across the country in order to establish the “right fit” between the franchisor, franchisee, and finance company.

Cory Hymel

Founded in 2013 with the vision of democratizing access to great software development, Gigster has helped hundreds of businesses deliver innovative software solutions to their customers. In 2021, Gigster was acquired by Ionic Partners & the new investment has enabled Gigster to build off of its position as a trusted application development partner for enterprise businesses & accelerate into being the leading service integrator for blockchain and Web3

Glen Gardone

Red Chocolate is the world's premier no sugar added chocolate with fewer calories and reduced fat, “but you’d never know it”. His 15 years at RED Chocolate have resulted in 10 global patents, transforming how American consumers indulge in their sweets. He helped build RED Chocolate to the top-selling chocolate on HSN, building a profitable market share in the U.S.

Donald Thompson

He is CEO of The Diversity Movement, a results-oriented, data-driven strategic firm offering clients a productized DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) journey built on digital learning tools and content, conversational AI, and analytics. In addition, Donald serves on the boards for Walk West, Vidant Medical Center, Raleigh Chamber, TowneBank Raleigh, and several other organizations in the fields of technology, marketing, sports and entertainment.

Abbas Haider

Abbas' company, Aspetto, was founded in 2008 and focuses on producing protective service equipment offerings such as cybersecurity/IT services, logistics, ballistics equipment, and other items produced to help the government and private companies achieve their multifaceted defense-related goals. His work has been featured via a wide array of media platforms, including Forbes, Esquire, Newsweek, CNBC, and other prominent media channels.

Harry Glorikian

He is a global business expert, healthcare entrepreneur, podcaster, & author. He currently serves as a General Partner at Scientia Ventures, a VC firm focused on investing in early to mid-stage technology companies that target computational biology & chemistry, the digitization of medicine, and digital therapies, as well as traditional drug development companies at the cutting edge of the life sciences.

Jonathan Schultz

Since its founding in 2004, Onyx has become one of the most diversified & active real estate investment, management, development, & property service organizations in the New York metro market. Jon leads investor capital-raising initiatives for the Onyx Phalanx Funds, & strategic planning, real estate technology development, & overall investment strategy for Onyx

David Livermore

He is a social scientist & thought leader devoted to the topics of cultural intelligence & global leadership. He’s a founder of the Cultural Intelligence Center in East Lansing, Michigan, & a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He spent twenty years in leadership positions with a variety of nonprofit organizations around the world and taught in numerous universities & is a frequent speaker and adviser to leaders in Fortune 500s companies, nonprofits, and governments and has worked in more than one hundred countries.

Alex Quilici

He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of YouMail. He holds several patents for his work in Internet-enabled voice services (he’s co-inventor on 4 patents). Alex has turned YouMail into the leader in the fight against annoying and illegal robocalls, with 11,000,000 users blocking robocalls with YouMail and 150,000 businesses of all sizes trusting YouMail.

Elan Lee

He is the Co-Creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens, the hit tabletop game company. In this role, he oversees the operations of the company, and the development of new games and other corporate initiatives. His pioneering work in entertainment has spanned everything from multiple startups raising millions of dollars to creating the Alternate Reality Game (ARG) genre

Tyler Williams

He is the Director of Brand Experience at Zappos.com. Prior to Zappos, Tyler was a professional musician who toured the country. During a break from his touring career he discovered Zappos which focused heavily on company values and culture. He fell in love with Zappos and applied and was accepted (even though had no corporate working experience).

Carol Kauffman

She is on the faculty at Harvard where she is the Founder of the Institute of Coaching. As a very active practicing coach, her mission is to help leaders raise the bar on themselves, their teams and organizations to maintain peak performance and optimal life satisfaction. She has over 40,000 hours of client contact. Her work focuses primarily on CEO’s and their teams.

Michael Barlow [0:00]

Michael is the co-founder and CEO of Fernish, a premium furniture and decor rental service on a mission to make it effortless to create your home. It lets clients choose from a curated selection of furniture essentials, knick-knacks, and things that just make you feel good. Clients can pay monthly and decide later what they want to keep, return, or swap out. Michael completed five moves within eight years, which is why he ultimately co-founded Fernish

Mauro Guillen [15:40]

He’s one of the most original thinkers at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, where he’s Professor of Management & Vice Dean for the MBA for Executives Program. An expert on global market trends, he’s a sought-after speaker & consultant. He combines his training as a sociologist at Yale & as a business economist in his native country Spain to methodically identify & quantify the most promising opportunities at the intersection of demographic, economic, and technological developments.

John Sapiente [29:20]

Their goal when starting this brand was to create a group of brands and products that people could use that allowed them to stand up and say; this is what they stand for while helping raise money and awareness for the Folds of Honor Foundation. The Volition America brand isn’t political. It’s a brand that they hope will unite people to choose America by empowering them with the power of Volition. John often tells people you can be very far left and love your country and you can be very far right and love your country. They use a quote at Volition: “we aren’t red, and we aren’t blue…. We are RED WHITE AND BLUE”

Aakash Shah [0:00]

He’s a founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Wyndly. He’s helped found & grow a number of startups, helping to navigate two of them through successful acquisitions. In 2020, Aakash joined forces with his cousin, Dr. Manan Shah, to help turn Manan’s in-person practice into a 5-star online telehealth experience, using his business expertise to build Wyndly & expand convenient access to allergy immunotherapy.

Reynald Vito Grattagliano [21:00]

He’s the founder of Arkay Beverages. After seeing his son come home drunk one night, Reynald spent the next three years researching the concoction, and spent five million dollars to make it happen. After discovering the molecule that carries the alcohol profile without the actual spirit, his team of scientists in a Swiss lab created an entirely new molecule, a break-through by which Arkay Beverages were born, with zero percent alcohol. Though Reynald does not have a background in beverage development, he is a perfumer and a chemist who plays with flavors, scents and aromas and sold the fragrance ANAIS ANAIS and SCARLETT to LOREAL, combining winning ingredients.

Clea Conner [32:45]

They’re building on 15+ years of Intelligence Squared U.S. programming & audience polling data which proves that debate done right opens & changes minds. Open to Debate releases episodes across platforms: national public radio, podcasts, video broadcasts, & live events. Topics include: culture, economics, law, education, politics, science, religion, sports, tech, health, & more. Upcoming programs: Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?, Does America Need A Third Party?, Is Modi’s India Heading in the Right Direction?, Should Artists Be Allowed to Borrow from Cultures Besides Their Own?, & Is Donald Trump Guilty in the January 6th Case

Precious Williams

She is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion who has also successfully appeared on ABC's “Shark Tank," CNN, Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Black Enterprise Magazine. She has even slayed 2 TEDx Talks! Precious, through her pitching skills and talents, has also watched her clients win millions of dollars in pitch competition money, secure lucrative speaking and corporate training contracts, and launch their next beautiful NOW!

David Locke

He brings nearly two decades of Operations and Management experience with a focus on producing large-scale, international competitions and events that drive technological breakthroughs and positive social impact. Over the course of his ten plus years at XPRIZE, David has orchestrated an eclectic slate of competitions with topics ranging from robotics (ANA Avatar XPRIZE) and Moon exploration (Google Lunar XPRIZE) to oil spill recovery (Oil Cleanup XPRIZE), water (Water Abundance XPRIZE) and safety (Women's Safety XPRIZE) among several others.

Leila Hormozi

Leila and her husband Alex Hormozi have done over 130M+ in direct sales and now have divested their interest in those companies to focus full time on their investment company, Acquisition.com which currently exceeds 200M/year in revenue across the companies. Leila is known for her expertise in scaling companies through creating rock solid culture, talent acquisition & customer success.

Dr. Cindy McGovern

Known as the “First Lady of Sales” Dr. Cindy has worked with major organizations for the last 14 years to not only help them grow, but also turn their human capital into confident sales people at every level of their company. Using tools from her Doctorate in Organizational Communication and years of consulting, Dr. Cindy developed sales cultures across various industries to change human behavior at a fundamental level.

Andrea Marcellus

She is the Founder and CEO of AND/life, a life-maximization brand with a mission to help busy people prioritize their physical and mental wellbeing with minimal effort and sacrifice. Offering uniquely engaging solutions to both individual consumers and large-scale organizations, AND/life is scaling Andrea’s personalized, proven wellness methods via its proven Shape Up: Body & Mind program, live and online events, the AND/life total fitness lifestyle app, and Connect “workday wellbeing” video library.

William Kilmer

He has been founder & CEO of several cybersecurity & data analytics companies, formed a wireless operator in the UK, & has served on the board of over twenty-five technology companies & other organizations. He was twice the CEO of companies on the INC 500/5000 list. He was previously the managing director of Intel Capital, a corporate venture capital fund where he managed the worldwide cybersecurity investment strategy

Ed Beltran

Fierce is a professional training company that provides leadership training and development programs. At Fierce Inc., Beltran has taken the reins as CEO to lead the company in becoming one of the most innovative firms in the communication and leadership training space. Rolling out 3D training, metaverse initiatives, and multiple apps designed to take the company with its 20-year foundation built from the iconic book, Fierce Conversations

Piers Ridyard

He’s the CEO of Radix, the only decentralized network where developers will be able to build quickly without the constant threat of exploits and hacks, “where every improvement will get rewarded, and where scale will never be a bottleneck”.

Rob Lee Andrews

They provide job readiness instruction, life skills training, professional clothing, connections to businesses, support services while clients are at work, and huge doses of encouragement from their caring staff. There’ve been over 31K job seekers served through their programs, 100% grad rate for career prep classes, over 14K provided w/ professional clothing

Adam Lippin

HearMe aims to combat loneliness by fostering genuine human connection and increasing access to social support for everyone & is committed to using the evidence-backed power of peer support to provide a safe space for people to share what’s on their minds anytime, anywhere. He’s suffered from mental health issues himself, being a recovering alcoholic and part of the LGBTQ community. He’s the representation and embodiment of why he created HearMe.

Noah St. John

He’s a peak performance executive coach & international keynote speaker who’s famous for helping people & companies take out their head trash & make more money while fulfilling their mission. Since 1997, his coaching clients have added more than $2.7 BILLION dollars in sales using his methods. He’s a #1 bestselling author of 15 books published in 18 languages, & the only author in history to have works published by HarperCollins, Hay House, Simon & Schuster, Mindvalley, Nightingale-Conant, & Chicken Soup for the Soul publisher