Bulletproof Business

Dan Young is a creator, investor, mentor, and entrepreneur. Dan’s passion is to share his experiences on maximizing financial, physical and psychological well-being. Ultimately spreading peace, happiness, and joy throughout the universe.

Born in 1971 and raised in Southern California, Young is a first-generation American. His parents emigrated from China to the United States in the late 1930s to escape repression. At age six, Young began attending a computer school, learning video game development.

His first entrepreneurial efforts selling T-shirts in Venice Beach proved fun and lucrative. Dan’s then opened a shop at a swap meet selling cutlery in his Samurai costume.

After moving to Utah, the big box electronics retailer he was working for went bankrupt. Young contacted all the customers that had bought computers from him offering to honor their warranties at no charge. This is how PC Laptops began. The first year he lost over $20,000, honoring these warranties but the following year Young’s loyal customers rewarded him with over a $1,000,000 in business. Today his online, retail, cloud, manufacturing and real estate projects generate hundreds of millions in revenue and employ hundreds of US-based employees.

Young has founded numerous explosive growth tech companies such as PC Laptops and Xidax.com. Young has driven PC Laptops founded in 1992 and many of his companies to multiple listings among the INC 500 fastest growing companies in America and numerous awards such as Utah Best of State, 40 under 40, Microsoft Gold Partner and Intel Platinum Technology Partner. When he’s not visiting one of his stores and making friends with customers or inventing insane new things, Young is now just as likely to be in action mentoring aspiring entrepreneurs face to face and online at https://instagram.com/dansmillionairecode or developing massive real estate projects.

Charlie Yielding is serving as Chief Executive Officer in the G Squared Wireless is an active company headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. G Squared Wireless is a mobility center that provides services in the areas of mobile procurement, help desk support, mobile device management, and administration and device logistics. Charlie’s engaged in a number of ways, including at the Nashville Technology Council via the Education Committee, as an ELITE Mentor, and Go Tech Speaker & Coach.

A frequent speaker and panelist at industry events, Chris Murdock is the Co-Founder and Chief Sourcing Officer at IQTalent Partners (a division of Caldwell Partners). Chris has over 20 years of executive recruiting experience and leads research and sourcing for the firm while also developing client relationships. Prior to Founding IQTalent Partners, Chris was a Sourcer with Yahoo!'s internal Executive Recruiting team in the corporate offices in Sunnyvale, California. Previous to Yahoo!, Chris was an Associate in the Menlo Park, California office of with Heidrick & Struggles, where he recruited for software, hardware, professional services, and semiconductor clients. Before Heidrick & Struggles, Chris worked in the Retail Practice of TMP Worldwide in Atlanta, Georgia.

Alex Valley's current company is Unity Wellness that is worth over a million dollars at the moment and is already available in more than a thousand stores. Unity Wellness’s main product is its health beverage, made from four nutrients (Hemp Complex, Ashwagandha, Ginkgo Biloba, Rhodiola Rosea) and has five different flavors in its range. They also launched two flavors of protein bars. Alex started his entrepreneurial journey with the car dealership and later on started Fiber Optics Communication before he got into the beverages business. Alex believes that “to be an entrepreneur you just have to dive in and you learn along the way,” and “you have to have a passion for the product”. To achieve something bigger, Alex decided to move out of North Dakota. To earn some extra cash, Alex found work as a model. In 2019, Alex and his partner did a test run for Unity products, which was a success. In March 2020, Unity Wellness was relaunched with a better formula, branding, and portfolio. Alex believes that due to the pandemic, people are more drawn to healthy diets, which has positively impacted Unity’s business. Focused marketing strategies are one of the key fundamentals that Unity follows. Alex ensures that their marketing strategies are up to date. Unlike other brands Unity offers specially formulated CBD beverages, which is why they are considered premium products. Alex says that social media is thriving, but there is a need for something that’s is more business-focused, something better than Instagram and Facebook. Unity’s goals for 2021 are to keep growing, hiring the right people and finding the right distributor. However, three years from now, Unity plans to partner with or merge with some big brands. Alex plans to expand Unity in New York and hit areas like Minneapolis and Raleigh to grow Unity Wellness further.

Terry Thayer has had an entrepreneurial spirit since he was a pre-teen, selling anything he could. In 1997, he opened his first business as a contractor. In 2002, he became a real estate investor and has been in love with the industry ever since. Up until 2021, Terry always did things "the hard way"; that's when he discovered the power of mentorship and financial education. Terry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on coaches who taught him the importance of delegation and systems. To this day, he continues to invest sizable amounts of his own money on personal development. Of the many businesses he owns producing millions of dollars annually, he works less than 5 hours a week in total. Not because he's "lazy", but because he is so efficient that any more time spent in the office would be wasteful. Most of his time is spent coaching his team to be better and coaching other entrepreneurs how to avoid the mistakes he's made over the years. His newest focus is building and scaling he E-commerce Automation company. Terry specializes in earning more money in less time, and he's ready to share his secrets with the world.

Bulletproof Business is a podcast interviewing some of the top business leaders in their respective fields about the best strategies for exponential growth, achieving success, and dealing with failure.

Hosted by the founders of VASA, John Trusty and Brady Morgan, they seek to bring fresh and eye-opening conversations with successful business leaders to the surface. Welcome to the show!

Emily Bruce is the CEO and Founder of Determinism, LLC, the developer of the platform PeerKnect. She is a Board Certified and licensed Behavior Analyst (BCBA, LBA) in the State of Tennessee with an M.S., in Psychology. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and two children and was educated at both David Lipscomb and Tennessee State Universities. She is currently in the final dissertation year as a doctoral student in the field of behavior analysis at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Prior to committing to PeerKnect as the CEO full time, she owned and operated a small Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) practice in Nashville where she applied her therapeutic skills and scientific knowledge of behavior to work with children and families of children with special needs. As a BCBA, she worked in schools, clinical settings, the community, and homes of individuals on the Autism spectrum and individuals with special needs.

Sarah Beth Perry is the Founder and CEO of With the Band, a premiere fan engagement company. Perry has grown With the Band from an idea in her dorm room to captivating packed out arenas with her creative and collaborative fan projects. Some of her most notable experiences include her fan engagement activations at the Jonas Brothers’ highly-anticipated HAPPINESS BEGINS TOUR and Kacey Musgraves’ OH WHAT A WORLD TOUR s old-out concert in Nashville, Tennessee. Upon seeing her concept come to fruition, Perry was encouraged to continue exploring other fan engagement avenues. Being a music fan herself, she realized there was a big opportunity to create better relationships between an artist and their fans.

Taylor Duncan was born and raised in Chicago. He went to University of Wisconsin to play Football and Track & Field. Transferred to University of IL and graduated with a degree in Finance. He had a taste of entrepreneurship in college in a house painting leadership program. Ended up buying the IL division when he graduated and eventually ran the national company with ~1000 sales people annually. Sold his shares in 2020 and moved to Nashville to enjoy an open state with his amazing wife and 5 kids. And in 2021 joined forces with his former mentee in the Tech recruiting space and are growing Nxt Level in Nashville. They have hired a dozen people in Nash in the last 6 months and plan on doubling that in the next year. During that they have launched Founders Live in Nashville as an event based entrepreneurial pitch competition, but really it is just a big party with founders pitching their respective start ups in mid-TN. In his free time he is active at church, try to work out and volunteer in the local youth sports programs.

Chad Frey is a newcomer to Nashville, originally from the middle of nowhere (Nebraska), and having traveled to over 30 countries, he recently relocated from Washington, DC, and he's here to spread some education, information, and cannabis culture throughout the Southeast. Chad has held a multitude of roles throughout the hemp/cannabis industry and one that he is focusing his energy and passion behind is as the Founder of flowerz. - a hemp-derived CBD company that offers products that you can feel.

Prior to the cannabis industry, Chad worked as a business consultant for seven years successfully launching two beta platforms for lucrative fortune 500 companies throughout 11 major markets in the United States. He has extensive knowledge of business development, sales/marketing, startups, food & beverage, agriculture, supply chain, and construction management.

Chuck Moyer has more than 45 years of transportation experience and has served as a member of the CLDA Board of Directors since 2006. Chuck came to the customized logistics industry with nine years of regional trucking and airfreight experience. His 37 years’ experience in the same day sector ranges from operating as an independent contractor to all positions up to CEO for Express Courier International, Inc. (Nashville, Tennessee).

Chuck started his career in the courier industry with Priority Dispatch (Cincinnati) in 1983 and joined Express Courier (Nashville) in 1993. He has served as President for Pace USA, the CLDA and currently has joined ROVA, a platform same day delivery company based in Boston, MA. Chuck resides in Franklin, TN and advises some of the industry’s top shippers, carriers and vendors alike.

Brandon Cobb is a local RE investor based out of Nashville, TN and his company The HouseBuyinGuys does about 40+ transactions a year, mostly New construction and rehab while their other company HBG Capital focuses on large multifamily acquisition. Prior to getting into real estate, Brandon sold medical devices. After losing his job in medical device sales, he transitioned over to the real estate. Brandon found his unique sales skills sharpened by the world of medical device sales gave him a unique edge in the real estate industry. Brandon built his company based around that sales approach, something the real estate industry lagged.

The House Buyin Guys LLC is a reputable house buying company in Nashville. Since the beginning, the focus has been on helping people by providing a fast sale of a home. This opens up a lot of options for people that have felt stuck and unsure of what to do or who to turn to.

Janet Ivey, Creator and CEO of the award-winning children's series Janet’s Planet is committed to enriching the lives of children via education and live performances, TV, and online programming. With over 29 years in the children’s entertainment/education and space science outreach sector, Janet has captivated Nashville and beyond with her work. She has received 12 Regional Emmys and five Gracie Awards, for her children’s series Janet’s Planet that airs on 140+ public television stations nationwide. Her first TEDx Talk was in 2014 entitled, AWE,(Art, Wonder, and Experiential) Inspired Science, her second TEDx Talk entitled, “How To Inhabit Your Very Own Planet, #PlanetYou” was recorded in April 2019.

In 2020, Janet was named a second-round citizen astronaut candidate for Space For Humanity and is awaiting news if she will progress in the process and get a chance to go to space. Janet is currently the president of Explore Mars, an advocacy group for the human exploration of Mars, is a NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador, is on the Board of Governors for the National Space Society, is the Educational Co-Director of the Midsouth Chapter of NATAS, (National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences), the recipient of the New World’s Institute’s inaugural Permission to Dream Award in 2016 and has won a STEM-FLORIDA Award for “Exploring Microgravity,” an educational video about gravity and microgravity that Janet wrote and produced for Space Florida. In 2020/2021 Janet's Planet did outreach under a NASA NextGEN STEM grant and shared NASA curriculum with students all over the world Janet’s Planet travels at the speed of thought focuses on science, space, history, and the future of human space exploration. Janet's Planet can be seen on streaming sites, e360TV, YouTube, BatteryPop, Minnow, and HighBrow in the UK. Janet is a guardian and shepherdess of the next generation of space explorers and encourages students worldwide to stand in their inherent magnificence.

Brian Heinrichs is proud to say he carved out a career that keeps him focused on what is most important in life. He believes that it is possible to have a successful career while treating people with respect, not profiting off the backs of others and still maintaining healthy relationships at home. At Fourth Capital, he enjoys planning and working with his clients and co-workers to develop solutions with long-term benefits for all stakeholders. Outside of work, you’ll find Brian seeing Broadway shows with his family or attending a Pearl Jam concert (he’s seen them almost 60 times in 8 different countries!).

Fourth Capital is based in Rolling Mill Hill’s Peabody Plaza building and also runs offices in Green Hills and Cool Springs. The bank was founded as a division of Lawrence’s Farmers Bank & Trust and has been steadily building out its team since becoming a standalone institution. Fourth Capital finished the third quarter of 2020 with $339 million in assets — up 27 percent from the mark of a year earlier — and a year-to-date net loss of nearly $2.6 million, due mainly to much higher salary and benefit costs.

Vinny is the CEO if Creative Innovations, LLC, the owner of The Spark. He is the founder of Indie Connect and Indie Connect TV.  He is an artist manager and consultant, as well as a strategic planner, grant and business plan writer, author and more. Some of his projects include:

School Tour – 16 artists will be performing and speaking on social acceptance at schools across the IS, Canada, the UK and Brazil!

Top 4M Entertainment  and Pinstripe Entertainment (CEO) – TV/film production; owner of 3 TV channels.

Indie Connect (CEO and Founder) – Artist management, consulting and training. We help musicians how to turn their talents into a stable career.

Co-author of the #1 best seller, ‘LEVERAGE: Achieve a Lot with the Little You’ve Got’  and ‘CEO Secrets‘, plus hundreds of published business and music industry articles, books and eBooks.

LeaderBridge – Consulting and training for small business owners and leaders.

Jerry Rollins began his professional career began as a Major League hockey “enforcer”—a team’s tough guy. After leading 5 successful companies as CEO, partner or owner leading to several successful exits, he now coaches hundreds of entrepreneurs and CEOs—with revenues ranging from $1 million to $3 billion—on how to improve their businesses. He believes in two life-altering things: 1.) Studying extraordinary people to learn how they became the best in their fields and 2.) Writing down all their invaluable advice and insight throughout my own journey to the top.

He is currently the CEO of Sage Executive Group, a peer advisory group which mentors business executives, guiding them to become the best in their fields. Jerry is passionate about leadership and sharing his knowledge with up-and-coming companies. It’s the wisdom he acquired not in a graduate school business class, but in the day-to-day challenges of drawing the best from available talent, whether from the sales force of a company striving to meet profit goals, or a professional hockey team hustling to score victories.

Tricia Benitez has gone from homeless to being the CEO of Sweet Tea Blankets. As a young child, she survived an inner-city orphanage in New Orleans where despicable things happened. She learned her skill there, and it is now her life‘s mission that no child should ever be cold again. Sweet Tea Blankets was launched during the pandemic, and she is a firm believer that some of the most amazing things are created in the most unlikely times.

Stephen is the Founder of Pathway Search, a Nashville-based search firm focusing on permanent placement and consulting-based hiring needs in the areas of Accounting and Finance. He started Pathway Search in 2020 after 8 years of working for 2 large recruiting agencies, with the goal of being a more agile company able to adapt more quickly to the changing economic and employment markets.

Blake Hogan served as an Officer in the Marine Corps from 2008-2012. Following the Marines, he helped develop markets for Sage Glass, a green tech construction product that was acquired by Saint Gobain.

Blake is passionate about the military-connected community and is a serial entrepreneur. His first company, a video interviewing company connecting employers to veterans, led him to co-found Bunker Labs Austin and Nashville after experiencing the challenges of growing a professional network after transitioning . Bunker Labs, now a national not-for-profit, helps the military-connected community launch and grow businesses across the country. After serving Bunker Labs from its earliest days and at all levels of the organization, he has taken over as Chief Executive Officer. As CEO, Blake’s goal is to ensure that the American dream can be a reality for the military-connected community and, in doing so, we build a truly inclusive economy.

He is also the co-founder of a safety product company, BreakAway Safety Solutions, which provides emergency exits for outdoor events making it easy to get fans out of fenced in events. BreakAway was developed after the mass shooting in Las Vegas and has now protected more than two million fans at events like the Country Music Association Festival, the Chicago Marathon, and more. Finally, he is a cofounder of a last mile logistics and mergers and acquisition company, Steel Lion Logistics Solutions.

John Dunavan builds learning communities. His combination of educational psychology, cognitive science, multimedia production and technology-based delivery experience have helped global audiences achieve personal and professional success. John’s career spans state and federal government posts involved in the design, development, implementation and assessment of services for at-risk populations including children, families and senior citizens. In an effort to expand promising practices to national and global audiences, John became a pioneer in the technology-enabled learning industry. In his role as VP and Executive Producer at Little Planet Learning, a spin-off of the Learning Sciences Institute at Vanderbilt University, John was responsible for bringing learning science research into practice for organizations around the world. John has been privileged to collaborate on solutions for a range of government organizations, including the U.S. departments of Agriculture, Defense (Army Intelligence), Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, and NASA. John’s industry sector experience includes advertising, aerospace, automotive, communications, defense, entertainment, film, finance, food service, grocery, health & safety, healthcare, higher education, hospitality, insurance, intelligence, justice, K-12 education, legal, medical education, pharmaceutical, professional services, real estate, retail, senior care, technology, and television production.

Rachel Sanders, MBA started her career in investment banking focused on the healthcare sector prior to getting her MBA from Harvard Business School. Through both her personal and professional experiences, she recognized the importance of nutrition in improving and maintaining health. A mentor introduced her to Dr. Daniel Wallerstorfer, PhD, who is a biotechnologist and has spent the last decade building innovation solutions at the intersection of technology, nutrition, and genetics. He shares a similar belief that nutrition really has the power to help people long-term. They joined together to launch Rootine, with the mission of solving nutrition for every individual.

Marshall Crawford is an experienced nonprofit executive and shares THF’s commitment to help individuals and communities create and maintain affordable and healthy places to live and work. As the President and CEO, his responsibilities include organization leadership and management, strategic planning, resource development, management of loan portfolio and lending operations and community external relations.

In 2017, Marshall joined The Housing Fund, a CDFI private nonprofit revolving loan fund located in Nashville, TN. As President & CEO, he carries the full range of responsibilities typically associated with such a position. Reporting to the board of directors, his responsibilities are grouped in five major areas: organization leadership and management, strategic planning, resource development, management of loan portfolio and lending operations and community external relations. Marshall’s leadership also ensures support for community building and housing development to residents to ensure the revitalization of communities.

Quincy McKnight founded Covenant Pay Partners in 2019, a healthcare driven payment platform that pushes a "All-In-One" platform for their new healthcare providing partners. Prior to this venture, McKnight founded QPay Inc, global payment gateway that assists healthcare organizations, parking facilities, online retailers, restaurants, travel agencies and other chains to process payments more efficiently. The QPay portfolio was sold in 2019 and recently became one of the first online, non-bank processors to transact payments in Africa and China.

In May of 2021, McKnight announced his bid for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District citing his core issues as education, caring for veterans and rebuilding a strong economy.. If elected, McKnight would be the first Black man to represent Tennessee’s 5th District in Congress.

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Forbes Riley is a master at unlocking what's keep you STUCK in your life and one of the most powerful Motivational Speakers of our time. She has twice been named ERA’s Best Female Presenter of the Year & recognized as best Live On-Air Home Shopping Guest. She is recognized worldwide for promoting several of the most successful infomercials of all time including the Jack Lalanne Juicer and Living Well with Montel Williams HealthMaster, grossing sales in excess of $2 billion dollars. Forbes is a regular presence on televisions worldwide as a product spokesperson and television host–appearing on such networks as ESPN, TLC, Fit-TV, Animal Planet, ABC Family, Home Shopping Network, QVC, The Shopping Channel (Canada), QVC London and has been profiled by Forbes Magazine in the E! Network special “Outrageous Fortunes“. Appearing in feature films, TV and Broadway; she is most proud of the docudrama about raw food called “Super Charge Me!”. Forbes is on a continuing mission to promote health, vitality and fitness as a lifestyle, not a fad. She divides her time between Los Angeles and Tampa Bay.

Chris started his career in Brandon, Manitoba Canada as a mortgage agent, then eventually became a franchisee running 3 locations across Manitoba funding nearly 100 Million in annual mortgage volume. The call came one day that made him the youngest President of a national financial organization in Canadian history. As president of Centum Financial Group and Real Property Management his brands are on pace to finance nearly 10 Billion in annual mortgage volume and they just recently completed an acquisition of another brand expanding the CENTUM network even further across Canada.

Mitch Anthony is a serial entrepreneur who’s been an illustrator, designer, web developer, design director, and creative director. He's worked with massive clients from reality TV to Ultra Music Festival to the Super Bowl!

Joey Carson is a 25-year veteran of the television industry and considered a pioneer in reality programming and an innovator in digital entertainment. He currently guides the powerhouse digital marketing agency Elevator Studio known for its ground-breaking influencer marketing initiatives and brand campaigns for multi-national brands.

Carson was CEO of Bunim/Murray Productions, known for its hit shows “The Real World,” ”The Simple Life, “and “The Bad Girls Club,” where he grew the company into an industry leader. His television credits include a variety of nonfiction programming for MTV, HBO, A&E, FOX, ABC, NBC, Oxygen and the multi Emmy Award-winning documentary “Autism: The Musical.”

An early innovator in mobile programming, in 2006he was chosen by the Producers’ Guild of America and The Hollywood Reporter as one of the “Digital 50,” new media producers and innovators shaping the future of digital storytelling via broadcast, games, interactive television and mobile content. This experience led him to launch Hollywood Interactive Group, Inc., an independent developer of innovative entertainment-themed games and social experiences and was backed by Silicon Valley VC firm Blue Run Ventures.

Previously, Carson oversaw Fox’s 20th Television syndicated production division where he was responsible for a production slate that included hit shows such as “Divorce Court,” “Cops” and “America’s Most Wanted.” He also served as a board member and Executive Producer of the ground-breaking company and show “The World Poker Tour.” Carson also held a variety of financial positions with Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Carson was graduated from Texas A&M University. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and The Hollywood Radio & Television Society.

Drew Sterrett is the CEO and Founder of LEX the first commercial real estate securities marketplace available to all investors. Allowing non-accredited, retail, and institutional investors, to buy and sell shares of individual commercial properties, and providing investors the flexibility to create customized income-producing real estate portfolios while allowing property owners to unlock equity while retaining operational control of their properties. LEX is democratizing the commercial real estate asset class and redefining real estate investing. Before starting LEX, Drew had an exit of a retail clothing company and previously worked in private equity, primarily focusing on real estate and technology transactions internationally. Drew graduated from Harvard University with a concentration in Economics.

KC Chohan, Founder of Together CFO: Optimized Tax Structures, Eliminate Capital Gains, Efficient Wealth Transfer & Outsourced CFOs. KC is an entrepreneur from England. He moved out to Los Angeles in 2012 where he was working for a large S&P500 company. He then took the big step away from corporate America and started his own digital marketing company, where he has gone from strength to strength and is delivering amazing results for his growing portfolio of clients which range from plastic surgeons, accountants and lawyers to name a few.

Nick Oliveri is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Impact Snacks. Nick ensures that the company has the necessary operational controls to effectively grow and maintain financial stability, while remaining efficient. Oliveri is a Kairos Fellow, has developed and published five mobile games across IOS and Google Play app stores, and co-owns Yeezy Marketplace alongside Nobile.

Ann Sieg is the Author of some of the most widely read books in the world on how to get new customers and prospects to come to you, Ann is considered one of the pioneers of attraction marketing. Since then, she has been able to impact the lives of 10’s of thousands of people, from CEOs to beginning entepreneurs, through her groundbreaking coaching and training programs. Her reports have been read by over 400,000 people worldwide and she has helped many people achieve 6,7 and even 8 figure incomes - many of them though her free training alone.

Ann’s vision is to help 1000 people generate $10,000 a month in revenue. This is now entirely doable due to the rapidly growing e-commerce space combined with a powerful training system and community. Members who never made a dime online now routinely hit the 100K mark in e-commerce sales.

Eric Malzone’s professional experience stems from a decade in the corporate sector. Starting from the bottom to eventually leading nationwide sales teams. Being an entrepreneur at heart, Eric pulled the corporate ejector seat and opened his first business in 2009, Gravitas Fitness. After 9+ years of owning successful multiple brick and mortar businesses and a deep analysis of his own “ideal day,” Eric decided to sell his businesses with the purpose of creating a bigger impact in the fitness & health industry while living the lifestyle that him and his wife have always dreamed of. Since that point, he is now the host of two top rated podcasts – The Future of Fitness and Fitness Blitz Radio – Eric has interviewed 500+ professionals in the areas of fitness, health, and wellness. He is the co-founder of Certified Course Creation and the Fitness Accelerator networking community. Eric lives a nomadic lifestyle balanced with hard driving business development and new adventures in nature, culture, and travel. His vast network and business experience has led him to co-found Level 5 Mentors – a business and life coaching program unlike any other. Eric is now completely committed to helping entrepreneurs think bigger and pursue their unique version of their own ideal day. 

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Scott Aaron, is a serial entrepreneur who got his start at 18 years old owning multiple health clubs. After discovering the power of social media, more specifically LinkedIn, Scott has mastered the site and has become the go-to specialist on the platform.

He is using his expertise and experience to help entrepreneurs fully conceptualize LinkedIn to build their businesses. Some of his greatest accomplishments in the entrepreneur world are becoming a 2x best selling author, international keynote speaker and a top podcaster.

In 2020, Scott plans to release a 4th book which he hopes to be his 3rd bestseller, and to reach various industries through his speaking to teach others how to harness, leverage and monetize the platform of LinkedIn using his methods.

Moe Abbas is the CEO of Acadium, where he and his team are building a free education system accessible to anyone. Acadium is a platform where businesses help train students for the job market through free courses, work experience, and certifications. The training is remote and allows students to get a free and fast way to launch their career.

At nineteen years old, Moe founded his first two companies. Since then, he has founded or co-founded over a dozen startups which, over the last 10 years, have employed thousands in industries ranging from real estate, construction, web development, marketing, and mobile applications.

At 26 years old, Moe won the NKBA 30-under-30 award and was the youngest recipient ever of the OBJ 40-under-40 Award. He has also won the Immigrant Entrepreneur Award from the City of Ottawa.

On top of Acadium, Moe is the Co-Founder of the Canadian General Contractors Group of companies. In 5 years, he led the group from a basement office to be Canada’s leading residential design-build company with 20 million in sales and design centers across the country.

Since earning his J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, Jeff has proven himself as an entrepreneurial innovator. As a serial entrepreneur, Jeff's been recognized nationally for his business creations ranging from a quick-serve restaurant chain, payroll & HR company, digital marketing agency, and construction company, among others.

In addition, Jeff is a Forbes Professor at their school of Business and Technology, was named a top 100 Entrepreneur in America under the age of 35 in 2013 by Empact, named a Top 40 Executive under 40 by the Business Journal in 2019, and was recently a finalist for CEO of the year (2019).

Combining his two biggest passions—entrepreneurship and healthy living— Jeff created the foundation everbowl has been built on, and his personal philosophy of making friends and having fun has translated into a fun, vibrant culture at everbowl. Jeff loves inspiring others to be their best self and his relentless pursuit of helping others has allowed him to truly connect with audiences on stages and screens

Mark Forster is a merchant processing expert and high risk payment consultant. Having helped tons of businesses scale cash flow and sustain their merchant accounts, Mark has proved he is the go-to guy for all thing merchant processing. Today we talk about why companies like PayPal don't care about the little guys, the difference between low and high risk payments, and so much more.

Brad Lea is a leading authority on web-based training. Experienced and proven in sales and marketing, he is a seasoned professional with a strong base of sales management coming from 25 years in the Automotive Industry. Brad’s thought leadership has been instrumental in helping guide some of today’s most effective and productive sales professionals worldwide. Brad is also the author of the Real Deal Lease Presentation. Engaging, authentic and dynamic, Brad is passionate about helping companies discover and develop additional recurring revenue models and improving existing systems and processes. As the Founder and CEO of LightSpeed VT, Brad has revolutionized the online training world. He has set the gold standard for how training is delivered, tracked and reported on ensuring maximum performance, accountability, retention and results.

Brendan Kane is an out of the box thinker for Fortune 500 corporations, brands, and celebrities. He thrives on helping individuals and companies systematically find and engage new audiences who reward relevant content, products, and services with their attention and spend. He started his career at Lakeshore Entertainment where he oversaw all aspects of Lakeshore’s interactive media strategy. While there, he worked on 16 films that generated a worldwide gross of $685 million dollars and pioneered the first ever influencer campaign to effectively promote Lakeshore's movies. Brendan went on to build applications and platforms for celebrity clients Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Michael Strahan, supermodel Adrianna Lima, and pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler. The applications and platforms Brendan created for his celebrity clients have been accessed by over 50 million people worldwide.

Caleb Boxx is a founder of YouTube Automation a business model that allows people to automate their YouTube channels creating passive income without ever having to show their face or making videos. In his time Caleb has worked with some of the biggest YouTube stars like Preston with over 13 million subscribers.

John Vuong is a seasoned sales professional and Internet marketer with an exceptional track record helping companies grow their clientele and profits. Through 15 years of experience working with CEOs, business owners, and marketing leaders at some of Canada’s most successful corporations, John developed a deep understanding of local marketing dynamics and consumer behavior. John’s entrepreneurial spirit and experience working with more than 5,000 local business owners inspired him to start his own company, Local SEO Search, in 2013.

Chris Bello is a local real estate agent and investor. He got his foot in the door of real estate by starting off on the investment side, where he sourced off-market properties for investors looking to flip or purchase rental properties. Whether you are looking to buy or sell a home, rent at an apartment that fits your needs, or grow your real estate portfolio, Chris would love to help. Local to Houston, he attended high school at Strake Jesuit College Prep and went on to graduate from Texas A&M University with a Business Administration degree. Chris has a top 100 business podcast, the Entrepreneur Motivation Podcast, where his tagline is "Less dreaming, more doing."

Craig Ballantyne is the premiere coach for high-performing entrepreneurs and executives looking triple their productivity, increase their impact, achieve work life balance, and live their Perfect Life. After building multiple 7-figure businesses himself, Craig has gone on to help hundreds of clients grow multi-million dollar businesses and sell over $500,000,000 worth of products and services. He’s also helped transform their health, save dying marriages, and revolutionize their lives from the inside out. 

Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. He also served on the Netflix board of directors until retiring from the company in 2003.

Sam Bakhtiar is a doctor, CEO, author, world-class bodybuilder, and multi-millionaire entrepreneur. He runs a fitness franchising business, The Camp Transformation Center, with 110 locations and two different supplement and nutrition companies. With a Bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University in sports science and life science and a doctorate from Los Angeles College of Chiropractic, Dr. Bakhtiar has helped over one hundred thousand people transform physically and mentally. He specializes in helping people get to the top 1% in any and every aspect of their life. Dr Bakhtiar applies his business acumen and coaching to The 1% Club, helping others to become a 1%er by rising above. He is also the author of the popular books The Total Body Transformation Secrets and Becoming a One Percenter.

Simon Severino is the CEO of Strategy Sprints, Europe’s leading remote Growth Advisory. The 34 Certified Strategy Sprint coaches do only one thing: Double the revenue of service-based businesses in 90 days. Simon also teaches Growth Strategy in select business schools and hosts the Strategy Show podcast. 

Tim Fitzpatrick is an entrepreneur/business owner with expertise in marketing and business growth. He has 20+ years of entrepreneurial experience with a passion for developing and growing businesses. That passion served him well in operating and managing a wholesale distribution company he co-owned for nine years. The company grew an average of 60% a year before being acquired in 2005. Since then, he’s had failures and successes that have been valuable learning experiences. He started Rialto Marketing in 2013 and has been helping small business owners and entrepreneurs eliminate the confusion of marketing using an amazingly simple plan so they can grow. Most people over complicate marketing. It doesn't have to be that way.

Kilian Markert is a Consistent Performance Mentor, helping busy, ambitious business owners keep their energy, health, and productivity high while facing the challenges that come with growing a business. He helps them achieve true consistency with the habits and actions they know they should be doing consistently, but are having a hard time sticking with. So they can grow their business without neglecting themselves & others, their health, or burn out.