Onward Nation

Ty Crandall is an internationally known speaker, author, and business credit expert. With over 17 years of financial experience, Ty is recognized as an authority in business credit building and is the author of two books on credit named Perfect Credit and Business Credit Decoded and has been featured by Entrepreneur, Inc, and Forbes. Ty currently serves as the CEO at Credit where he has helped create and grow one of the biggest and most credible business coaching operations in the United States.

• How a business, even a start-up, can obtain real, usable credit that that is linked to an EIN, not a social security number
• Important steps to establish business credit tied to an EIN
• The problems with using consumer credit to fund your business
• How a business owner can go about finding business accounts
• The key to filling out an application so that it's filed under your business
• Determining your baseline so that you know where to build from
• Why you shouldn't get discouraged if you get disapproved at one store
• Why big companies borrow money even if they're sitting on billions
• Why there is no reason at all to put your family's finances in harm's way when it comes to running your business

• Website: creditsuite.com/ein

Jason Treu is an executive coach who works with senior leaders to help fully develop their leadership potential and increase their performance. He does this through deep self-inquiry, practical skill development, and shared experiences. Jason also has "in the trenches experience" helping build a billion dollar company and working with many Fortune 100 companies. He's worked alongside well-known CEOs such as Steve Jobs, Mark Hurd, Mark Cuban, and many others. Through his coaching and influential network, his clients have met industry titans such as Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Peter Diamandis, Chris Anderson, high profile VCs, and investment bankers. He's also helped his clients create more than $1 billion dollars in wealth over the past three years and secure seats on influential boards such as TED and xPrize.

• Why it's vital to seek out coaches & mentors in the areas that you need help with
• Why it's harder than ever before to break through
• Creating an abundance mindset vs. a scarcity mindset
• How everyone at some point plateaus and gets stuck & strategies to get to the next level
• How being smart & performing is no longer what you need to be successful in an organization
• Why you need to be able to influence people throughout every step of your life
• The importance of getting out there and taking the next step, even if you don't want to do it
• Why you need to master communication & social skill sets in order to thrive today
• The power of getting to know more about people and their interests outside of work
• Focusing on understanding the pillars of mastery

• Website: www.jasontreu.com
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jasontreu
• YouTube: youtube.com/user/jasontreucoaching
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/BeExtraordinaryNow

Tom Mulliez is a father, husband, entrepreneur, and the visionary behind iTREKKERS. Tom founded the company in 2014 after realizing that bringing together vetted professional captains and guides on one platform would help guarantee that everyone had a better experience in the outdoors. His mission is threefold: to get people to experience the outdoors through iTREKKERS; to help people get outdoors, period, by providing useful tips and referrals; and to educate people about the outdoors and ways to be mindful. For Tom, the only passion greater than a love of the outdoors is his love of family. Tom and his wife often spend time outdoors camping, at the beach, or on their boat with their three young children.

• How being outdoors can create transformational experiences
• The "weekly take" and how it helps Tom to focus and prepare
• Asking the question "Is this the most impactful thing I can be doing right now?" & how it can contribute to your success
• Picking partners who have the backgrounds in the fields that you need to lead you to success
• Surrounding yourself with people who complement you & will help you along the way
• Why business owners today need to master motivation
• Knowing when to let someone else make a decision
• A lesson Tom learned about the benefits of talking to other people about your business
• Empowering your people through the 'scrum' process

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: itrekkers.com
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/iTrekkersLLC
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tommulliez
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/itrekkers

Richard Chapo is an Internet lawyer by day — and — avid traveler whenever he has time. Based in San Diego, Richard has been practicing law for nearly 25 years. He advises online businesses small and large on how best to comply with Internet laws while minimizing the chance of being dragged into litigation. He has represented companies in multi-million dollar insurance disputes, and in 1999, he took a sabbatical to teach at the Chita [cheetah ] State Technical University in Chita, Russia. Richard eventually returned to California and opened his current practice.

• Why the worldwide internet might become a little less worldwide
• Focus and organization: two of the most critical skills business owners need to master
• Being responsible to your core business and have a core profit
• The importance of developing your own products and building your business around them
• Why the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DCMA] was created (and how it works)
• Building your social media community on the foundation of your own content – not someone else's
• Being proactive around problems and issues that come up in your business
• The value of providing exceptional customer service
• Using the five-year rule to deal with doubt and fear

• Website: www.socalinternetlawyer.com
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/richardachapo

Matt Inglot is the creator FreelanceTransformation.com where he helps freelance designers, developers, and marketers to win clients and build a dream lifestyle through freelancing. Matt's expertise comes from running a web agency for 11 years which he transformed from a traditional bricks and mortar office and 80 hour work week to significantly less work and far greater profitability. From that experience Matt has realized that most freelancers and consultants make life far more difficult for themselves than it needs to be.

• What inspired Matt to help other people become better freelancers, consultants & agency owners
• How the biggest gains come from figuring out where to focus your efforts
• The importance of getting the fundamentals of your business right before attempting to scale it
• Why flexibility is king with any business
• How a lot of business owners don't understand deep down why their business exists
• How you create a successful product
• The importance of knowing why your customers are buying from you & who they are
• The benefits of thinking about your customer's problems
• The difference between really understanding what your clients are struggling with vs. what you think they're struggling with
• Taking the time to think through the skills that you have to offer

• Website: freelancetransformation.com/onward
• Website: www.tiltedpixel.com
• Twitter: @mattinglot

Patty Alper is author of "Teach to Work: How a Mentor, a Mentee, and a Project Can Close the Skills Gap in America." Patty's 35-year career as an entrepreneur and business executive, coupled with two decades of hands-on experience working with youth, helps her understand the growing skills gap from both perspectives: the employers who seek to build a pipeline and hire better prepared youth for 21st century jobs, and the youth who are often ill equipped or ill trained to enter the new workforce. Patty bridges the business and academic sectors uniquely with a proven mentorship formula, told through best practices, case studies, and heartwarming true tales of youth.

• Where the skills gap exists and why it's problematic
• How youth are not being prepared well enough to enter the 21st century job market
• What employers and corporations want educators to teach
• How Patty defines mentorship
• How the world is heading towards more service employment
• Why you shouldn't be scared of mentorship but rather face it with a place of gratitude
• Why autonomy and having the ability to be creative matters
• Why Patty loves having and teaching the ability to plan
• How you can get more out of mentoring than you could possibly imagine

• Website: teachtowork.com

Adam Anderson is a long-time small business owner who also happens to be one of the leading authorities on small business cyber security. He is a serial entrepreneur, author, founder, and chairman of Palmetto Security Group, an IBM Premier Cyber Security Business Partner. With 20 years in Cyber Security, Adam understands both sides of the Cyber Security equation in a way most experts don't. Adam is also the co-author of the book, "Small Business Cyber Security: Your Customers Can Trust You…Right?" and he is on a mission to help fellow business owners find the answer to the question, "Should I even care about cyber security?"

• Eye-opening stats on cyber crime with small business owners
• How social engineering works
• Strategies that business owners can use to protect themselves against cyber crime
• Five key points to follow to build a cyber fortress
• The importance of moving as much as you can to the cloud
• Why resilience is a critical skill to master
• Why getting coaching is the best thing that Adam has ever done
• Taking care of your hierarchy of needs so you can effectively help other people
• The importance of getting really good at understanding how your business works
• Why the only person who matters is your customer

• Website: adamanderson.info/onwardnation
• Twitter: @AdamAndersonCEO
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/adam-anderson-28a97811

After 10-years of running the company he founded -- and having worked with dozens of early-stage founders and CEOs -- Bruce Eckfeldt developed 52 habits that help entrepreneurs be better managers -- because most entrepreneurs struggle to be good managers. And now Bruce shares a habit a week with his ever growing community -- which are easy to use tips on how to apply them to your day-to-day work and grow your business faster and easier.

• Creating a defensible calendar to help you accomplish your 'big rocks'
• Forming a habit of assuming positive intent
• Using relationship power over role power
• An important decision-making process that Bruce learned in the early stages of his business
• Making the transition of being focused on the client to being focused on the culture when you are in a founder role
• Why entrepreneurs are typically bad managers
• Developing a way of thinking that focuses on 'we' not 'I' when it comes to the work
• The value of implementing a 90-day planning cycle
• How a talent review, clear priorities, and a culture of accountability can ensure success

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: www.eckfeldt.com/onwardnation

Andrew Sherman is a Partner and Chair of the Washington, D.C. corporate department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. His practice is focused on issues affecting business growth for companies at all stages, including licensing and leveraging intellectual property, intellectual asset management and harvesting, and international transactional and franchising matters. He has served as an advisor to dozens of Fortune 500 companies and hundreds of emerging growth companies. He also counsels on issues such as franchising, licensing, joint ventures, strategic alliances, capital formation, distribution channels, technology development, and mergers and acquisitions. Andrew has written nearly 30 books, published many articles, and is a frequent keynote speaker. He has appeared on CNN, NPR, CBS News Radio, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, U.S. News & World Report, and other media.

• Andrew's testimony in front of Congress and why it was a dream for him
• The importance of giving thought to your legacy and mortality
• Returning to the core and asking yourself why you started your business in the first place
• The dangers of not having a succession plan
• What Andrew uses to help him get focused and be prepared each day
• How your habits evolve as your life goals, perspective and wisdom evolves
• Why you need to show genuine empathy and appreciation towards others
• Andrew's new book "The Crisis of Disengagement" and some staggering stats that show we're in a true crisis
• Why you need to take an engagement audit of your workforce and what it involves
• The impact of robotics and how our whole world and workplace is about to change because of it
• The 'E.N.C.' syndrome and why it is affecting so many leaders

• Website: seyfarth.com
• Author page: Amazon
• Book: "The Crisis of Disengagement Book"

Steve Olsher is known as the world's foremost reinvention expert. Famous for helping individuals and corporations become exceptionally clear on their WHAT – that is, the ONE thing they were created to do – his practical, no-holds-barred approach to life and business propels his clients towards achieving massive profitability while also cultivating a life of purpose, conviction, and contribution. Steve is the Chairman & Founder of Liquor.com, a New York Times bestselling author of "What Is Your WHAT? Discover The ONE Amazing Thing You Were Born To Do", host of the #1 rated radio show / podcast Reinvention Radio, international keynote speaker, and has appeared on CNN, The Huffington Post, and countless other media outlets.

• Steve's background & an upcoming event that has him excited
• How Steve's book "What is Your WHAT" can help you discover your natural gifts
• Accomplishing the most important thing on your daily to-do list that moves you closer to accomplishing your big picture goal
• Why a lot of entrepreneurs fall short in accomplishing their goals
• How perseverance can contribute to your success
• Looking at failure as success with an unintended ending
• An invaluable lesson where Steve learned to seek multiple opinions before making a decision
• Keeping an eye on the big picture to help keep things in perspective
• Taking personal responsibility for everything that happens in your life
• Focusing on something that is both meaningful & balanced with the opportunity to be financially fulfilled
• Taking the time to recognize that you are the solution to someone else's problem

• Website: steveolsher.com
• Free Book: "What is YOUR What? Discover The ONE Amazing Thing You Were Born To Do"
• Podcast: Reinvention Radio
• Event: New Media Summit