The Unicorn Perspective

"Doctor" Daigle is an Investor & Advisor, specializing in scale your profits quickly, make the growth easy, and keep you sane in the process.

Chris has been in direct response digital marketing for the past 20 years, and is the go-to advisor for the highest achievers in multiple industries

Dave is a world-class entrepreneur and businessman, operating multiple thriving companies.  Dave strives to have a life filled with success, harmony and happiness and spends a great deal of time coaching other inspired entrepreneurs to accomplish the same. 

Howard M. Shore, founder and CEO of Activate Group Inc., is a bestselling author and serial entrepreneur specializing in liberating C-Suite teams from the barriers holding them back personally and professionally. After owning and selling several of his own companies, working with numerous top Fortune 500 companies, and training with performance-enhancing organizations like Scaling Up and Gazelles, Howard has become a sought-after business mentor, executive coach, and keynote speaker. His clients work in family-owned, multi-national, public, and private companies ranging from $1 million to over $1 billion in annual revenue. His expert keynote speeches cover employee empowerment, cash flow enhancement, human capital management, entrepreneurial freedom, and business growth. With a 30-year track record of success, he guarantees any organization that his methods and systems can help them become more profitable, stable, and scalable. Check out Howard's recent book here!

Jordan Menard is the CEO of Media Buyer Mastery, and has gained a reputation as an authority on marketing info-products online, bypassing the need for shipping and fulfillment. 

CHICAGO, BORN AND RAISED
Aalap Shah is a Chicago-born entrepreneur, public speaker, philanthropist, and the founder of 1o8, a fresh digital marketing start-up focused on deepening brand awareness and increasing sales for amazon + e-commerce  companies nationwide. Aalap and his team at 1o8 have worked with companies like Gildan, Sweet Leaf Tea, Vetnique Labs, OHi Superfood Bars and Tio Gazpacho—just to name a few.

Aalap happily shares his personal entrepreneurial story and his passion for crafting digital strategy, creating content, navigating the ever-evolving digital marketplace, and captaining the entrepreneurs’ life at events far and wide. As a registered CPA and the child of Indian immigrant-entrepreneurs, business is a key part of Aalap’s DNA and integral to his own personal American Dream. Aalap started his first business, a toy store, at the age of 23. Maneuvering the marketplace while building his business’ brand awareness sparked a love of marketing and promotion. Aalap worked in digital marketing for years thereafter, and is now the strategic brain behind 1o8, an amazon and ecomm focused growth agency in Chicago.

He has served as a keynote speaker, workshop moderator, and panelist at engagements with the National Business Education Association, Clickz, Social Media Week, Media Post, and Bloggers Week Summit and for companies such as Sears, Northwestern University, and DePaul University.

RECOGNIZED AS A CRAIN’S CHICAGO EMERGING YOUNG PHILANTHROPIST
As a husband and father of three, Aalap is committed to supporting and improving K-12 education and developing his community through philanthropy. He’s served as an E-Council member for the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), a board member for both the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy and Good City, and a volunteer for Teach for America. In 2013, Aalap was recognized as a Crain’s Chicago’s Emerging Young Philanthropist and NFTE’s National Volunteer of the Year. Most recently, Aalap won the Carson Scholars Fund’s Trailblazer Award.

Tom Shipley is a serial entrepreneur who has sold over $1B though omni-channel marketing.  

Launching with virtually no capital, Tom launched and grew Atlantic Coast Brands (ACB) into one of the largest direct to consumer brand, multi-brand companies in America. 

10 years ago, Tom identified a new market opportunity and created Keranique, the first clinically proven hair regrowth system for women using data and an approach that he calls “Gutuition”. Today, Keranique dominates the market and is the #1 hair regrowth brand for women in America sold through DRTV, Online Channels, Amazon, HSN, salons and retailers such as Ulta, CVS and Riteaid.  The growthing success of Keranique is based on a  “Digital First Strategy”. 

Tom’s background includes serving in one of the Israel Defense Force’s elite special forces unit, corporate consulting, T.Shipley Catalog ($10M) and Hydroxatone Skincare ($500M).  

In addition to being the CEO of Atlantic Coast Brands, Tom is currently investing in E-Commerce businesses and digital agencies.  

Eric is the CEO and Founder of ShineOn.com.

About ShineOn:
The ShineOn Platform specializes in personalized gifts with the highest profits. ShineOn is the world leader in P.O.D. (print on demand) jewelry and also prototypes, manufactures and ships from its own factory in New Jersey USA. ShineOn is a 50 person company that employs over 30 hard-working mothers. ShineOn products can be sold through the ShineOn.com platform (with Payoneer as payouts partner) or via its Shopify App which can be downloaded on ShineOn.com.

About Eric:
-Currently runs a top 50 Shopify store in the world.
-Eric has been part of e-commerce companies that have raised $27Million USD in venture capital
-Eric was a finalist for Shopify’s Build-A-Business competition in 2015.
-When he’s not working, Eric loves to travel the world, hike, write For his website at www.EricToz.com, and make tea 

Nate Lind, business broker at Website Closers, is a master of data analytics and selling eight-figure companies. He has launched 23 supplement brands grossing over a million dollars each since 2011, nine of which sold over $10m worldwide. One of those brands was the largest beard grooming brand in the world - Beard Czar with over $35m in sales. Nate is a data junkie, and invented a reporting platform that analyzed the profit of subscription customers, which he sold to a large CRM in 2016.

Vinnie Fisher is a CEO and has more than 20 years of experience. Vinnie studied at the Canisius College with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Government and at the University of Toledo College of Law for Juris Doctorate, Law. He is an Attorney and specializes in entrepreneurship, social media marketing, online advertising, affiliate marketing, digital marketing, business strategy, team development, leadership, finance, business development, email marketing, google analytics, wordpress, customer focused service and tax planning.

Vinnie Fisher is a businessman, entrepreneur, author, husband, and father. He has been married for over 20 years to his wife Debbi, and together they have four children: Sophia, Vinny, Jacob, and Elizabeth. A lawyer by trade, Vinnie practiced tax and business law for 10 years before leaving the field in 2007 to pursue entrepreneurship full-time. After a few successful businesses in the digital space, he discovered a much-needed service for business owners. In 2014, he opened Fully Accountable, an outsourced accounting and finance firm for small and medium sized eCommerce and digitally based businesses with a mission to provide eCommerce and digital business owners with better data, so they are able to make better decisions. 

Jeremy Blossom is the Co-Founder and CEO of Strikepoint Media, a leading direct response advertising agency specializing in driving sales and a revenue for businesses with aggressive growth initiatives. Strikepoint is quickly becoming a rising star in the ad industry and building a reputation of delivering highly effective marketing strategies and executing highly profitable sales campaigns. Jeremy's primary role involves working directly with clients to develop customer acquisition marketing funnels and advanced marketing campaigns designed to drive massive sales. From strategy and creative to the build-out and implementation, Jeremy ensures each client is delivered real measure results that grow their businesses.

Prior to co-founding Strikepoint, Jeremy spent nearly 10 years in the trading and investing industry which included him having roles such as; marketing director of a commodities trading firm, principal of a hedge fund specializing in derivatives, and owning his own boutique investment advisory firm that specialized in tactical asset management. His experience in managing high-network portfolios and marketing to affluent investors has helped shape Strikepoint’s approach to acquiring customers in quantifiable and measurable way.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Jeremy made is his way to California after starring in three reality tv shows on MTV, including Road Rules South Pacific 2003, the Inferno (2004), the Gauntlet II (2005). Currently, he resides in Orange County, CA and enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids.