Fran Biderman-Gross is the CEO and Founder of Advantages, an award-winning New York-based end-to-end communications agency. She is also the co-author of the book, How to Lead a Values-Based Professional Services Firm: 3 Keys to Unlock Purpose and Profit, which she wrote with Don Scales.

Fran works with senior executives to help them clearly see the results of purpose-driven marketing and leadership. She leads her clients on an invaluable journey of brand discovery that reveals their personal and organizational’s 3 keys: Purpose, Values, and Story. She empowers leaders and organizations to infuse meaning into everything they do so that their visions become realized.

Jason Swenk is the host of the Smart Agency Masterclass Podcast where he interviews successful digital agency owners on how they started and grew their agencies. He started his career right after college and worked for Arthur Anderson as a Web Developer before launching his own digital marketing agency.

Apart from being a podcast host, he is also a creator, a speaker, and he is an agency advisor who is passionate about helping agency owners find the freedom to scale their agency so they can do what they love.

Scott Anderson is the CEO and founder of Double Dare Executive Coaching, a business growth consulting firm. He specializes in helping entrepreneurs to live fully in their unique talent, passion, and purpose. He is a serial entrepreneur who has owned and ran 9 businesses over the last 30 years which includes a number of closely-held family businesses and the launching of for-profit and not-for-profit companies.

In addition to being a certified executive coach, Scott is also a licensed therapist with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counseling.

Garnet Heraman is an investor and influencer with over 25 years of experience at the intersection of different brands, innovation, and technology. He started his career in 1987 working on Wall Street and he has been through different ups and downs over the years. He is a frequent speaker at innovation events around the world and his work has been featured in Time Magazine, BuzzFeed, Forbes, Bloomberg, HuffPost, Thrillist, WSJ, Institutional Investor, Inc., Entrepreneur, GMA, Travel+ Leisure + O, and the Oprah Magazine.

Garnet is a Managing Partner at FUEL OZ.Capital, an opportunity zone fund focused on inclusive development. He is also Chairman of PodCo Media Networks, a business podcast publisher.

Adam Witty is the Founder and CEO of Advantage|ForbesBooks. He has built the company into one of the largest business book publishers in America, serving over 1,500 members in all 50 US states and publishing in 67 other countries. The company was listed on the Inc. 5000 List of America’s most rapidly growing private companies.

In addition, Adam Witty is a sought after speaker, teacher, and consultant on marketing and business growth techniques. He has shared the stage with many luminaries like Steve Forbes, Gene Simmons of KISS, Peter Guber, and Bobby Bowden. He has been featured in many different media publications and he also owns Magnetic Marketing, formerly known as GKIC, a marketing company that was founded by the legendary marketer, Dan Kennedy. Adam holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Clemson University.

Chris Townsend MacDonald is an environmental scientist and a recovering environmental lawyer. He went from working at the US EPA to becoming a successful entrepreneur founding several successful startups including the IndieFeed Music Podcast Network for independent music which had over 170 million listens, HugeFan, and Libsyn’s Enterprise podcast division where he got to work with companies such as National Geographic, NPR, Fidelity, Pearson, the Joe Rogan Show.

Chris is currently developing a computer vision enhanced soil microbe identification platform that involves making soil smarter, making it draw carbon out of the air and into the ground which will have a huge impact on global warming. He has joint degrees in Law and Environmental Policy from Vermont law school.

J. Skyler Fernandes is the Co-founder and General Partner at VU Venture Partners, a firm known as the most scalable venture capital fund in the world who’s focused on a wide variety of different fields. He is ranked as a Powerlist 100 venture capitalist.

Skyler is also the Co-founder and CEO of Venture University, the world’s leading investor accelerator for venture capital, private equity, and angel investing.