Advance Your Art: From Artist to Creative Entrepreneur

MEET JARROD HANING: Jarrod is an award-winning speaker, has been featured on ABC Nightline, spoken on stages all across the country has clients all across the world, delivered 4 TEDx talks related to Mindset Performance, and been chosen by TED global as the featured speaker of the week. He specializes in a Nobel Nominated process that teaches you how to think at a higher level...

MEET MARIA BRITO: Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, her first monograph “Out There” published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2013, was the recipient of the Best Book Awards in both the Art and Design Categories. In 2015 Brito was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Ar...

MEET SARA LONG: Sara Long teaches United States history at multiple universities. She graduated with her MA in history from CSUF, in 2017, and her BA in history and minor in anthropology in 2015. From 2013 to 2015, she helped with collections management and conservation projects at Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens. In addition to teaching, Long remains active in the public history se...

MEET AMANI ROBERTS: In the basement of an old bank in Washington DC, a college kid watched Biz Markie spin and his life changed forever. Now Amani Roberts (DJ AmRo) is a successful DJ, music producer, podcaster, educator, and business professional. With Bachelors of Business Administration from Howard University, Amani initially focused on developing his business skills in hotel sales management....

MEET ETHAN LOU: Ethan Lou is the author of "Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Turmoil in the Cryptocurrency Wild West," and writes a column in the Financial Post. His earlier book, "Field Notes from a Pandemic," has received national accolades. Lou is a former Reuters reporter and has served as a visiting journalist at the University of British Columbia. Book: Once a Bitcoin Miner: Scandal and Tur...

MEET RICHARD SCHNITZEL: Richard owns and operates a done-for-you automation company helping 6 figure entrepreneurs build the automation they need to scale their business to 7 figures and beyond. He teaches entrepreneurs how to level up their business through the power of technology using “Authencious” Automation, a framework for capitalizing on all the benefits of automation without the negative....

MEET TRACEY BISSETT Tracey is an accomplished professional with 20 years of experience in the financial services industry working directly or indirectly with personal, commercial and corporate clients to help them achieve their financial goals. A demonstrated passion for increasing financial fitness coupled with lending and risk management experience led to the establishment of Bissett Financial F...

MEET DAVID WEISER: David Weiser has worked as a keyboard programmer on numerous Broadway, West End, touring, and televised musicals, including NBC's 2018 Jesus Christ Superstar, Phantom of the Opera, Cats, and Les Misérables. His credits also include work with artists like David Bowie, The Who, and Brian Wilson. David lives in Boston with his wife and son. The Boy Who Wanted to Rock takes readers...

MEET NATSUNE OKI Natsune is the host of LifeUpEducationTV, the author of the book called “The Game Of Self Domination,” and the managing director of virtual B2B global recruiting & international project management service called ForeignConnect. After graduating from high school, Natsune went to the U.S. and studied business & economics. She’s also worked in and with multiple...

MEET ANDREA FREEMAN Andrea believes that transforming your life is the access to transforming your business. As a mindful business coach and peak performance planner, she works with creative entrepreneurs to support them in their evolution. She operates from the critical truth personal evolution can fuel business revolution. Meaning the higher the consciousness the greater the impact. It’s her per...

MEET HALEY HOOVER: Haley Hoover is a Success Coach + Intuitive Artist who helps female entrepreneurs elevate their business with fun, fulfillment, and flow. An Amazon #1 New Release author, her expertise is in Intuition, Success Mindset, and Visionary Thinking in Business. She has been featured in PositivelyPositive, Thrive Global, Thought Catalogue, and Hypnozine among others. When she’s not sitt...

MEET DR FABIANA CLAURE: Dr. Fabiana Claure helps musicians create new income opportunities and expand their impact, so that they can live a financially empowered, artistically fulfilled, and family-centered life. As a multifaceted concert pianist, educator, entrepreneur, and business strategist for musicians, she has a diverse musical career and successful business experience. Her international ba...

MEET DOUG PATTON Doug Patton is an esteemed industrial designer who was an inventor featured on Simon Cowell’s  American Inventor . He has created over 300 products in 20 international market categories and has received over 150 patents and international design awards. Doug frequently works with companies like Apple, Microsoft, Disney, IBM, and Mercedes-Benz. It is his mission to inspire othe...

Meet Julie Willis Julie Willis currently resides in Austin, TX. She has a BS in Social Sciences from Washington State University and earned her Executive Master of Professional Studies in Global Strategic Communication from Georgetown University. She has previously worked as a Strategic Communications Consultant for Army Futures Command, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of D...

MEET JODI JILL: Puzzle Creator and puzzle enthusiast, Jodi Jill created Puzzles to Play. The syndicated puzzle columnist has been making puzzles weekly for over two decades. Her dedication to word search puzzles, in particular, offers thousands of games printed in publications. She also is the founder of National Puzzle Day. This yearly event, held on January 29, brings together puzzle lovers...

MEET DANE REIS: Dane is the creator & host of the podcast, “You Booked It” the #1 resource where you learn HOW to create a successful entertainment career. Guests share their journeys through the industry where we discover the fundamentals and niche golden nuggets that actually create a successful career in our industry, and fill the gap between training and the real world. Dane has been a pro...

MEET SAHAR FREEMANTLE Sahar Freemantle is an award-winning milliner based in London. The purpose of her brand Sahar Millinery is to spread beauty and inspire creativity.  Sahar and her team are inspired by the empowerment that a good hat can bring about in the wearer – the right hat can make us stand tall, glow with confidence and give off the vibe ‘Yes, I know I look good.’ ‘Our hats are sed...

MEET DAVID EMMONS: David Emmons has been an artist for decades, selling his copper and stained glass hanging water gardens at the most prestigious Art Festivals in the country. He spent over 30 years of his life setting up and tearing down more shows than he can count. He spent countless days sitting in the rain. He’s felt the disappointment of merely breaking even after a grueling week on the roa...

MEET JYOTSNA RAMACHANDRAN Jyotsna is a bestselling author, book publisher, TEDx speaker, and is an international Author Success Coach who helps coaches, trainers, speakers, and experts to build a super-profitable author funnel with the help of their book. She founded Author Success Academy to help aspiring authors finally finish their book, get it professionally published, market it into a bestsel...

MEET AMIRA ALVAREZ: Amira Alvarez is the founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman, a global coaching company helping entrepreneurs, empire builders, athletes, creatives, and rising stars in all fields achieve their dreams and goals in record time.  As someone who has made a quantum leap (going from barely making 6-figures to making $700k in one year, then onto 7-figures) and has lived to tell...

MEET ADAM VON GOOTKIN: A l ifelong entrepreneur, Adam von Gootkin’s pedigree in the spirits industry dates back to his family’s distillery in the 1800s, while his lineage as a risk-taker can be traced directly to his great grandfather’s Prohibition-era speakeasy on the Connecticut River. An entrepreneur is, by definition, a risk-taker. Over a century later, Adam has more than a decade in the spiri...

MEET KIT MARTIN: While I never graduated high school, I am an artist, coder, and doctoral candidate who has worked with underserved communities for the past 20 years. I grew up in Sudan, Kenya, and the United States. Such disparate perspectives brought into focus gross racial, socio-geographic, and gender disparities. Through a Watson Fellowship and while obtaining an M.A. in international develop...

MEET MICHAEL ARDELEAN: Michael Ardelean has always worked at the intersection of art and money. Having grown up bored and broke in suburban Detroit, Michael knew how to get a lot out of a little—streamlining processes and shaking off the baggage of life is his guiding philosophy. His first career, as a pro BMX biker, inspired him to share this outlook and his strategies with others struggling to d...

MEET MELANIE WELLER: Melanie Weller is the world’s leading expert in opening the door to health, performance, and innovation through the vagus nerve, the bridge between our narratives and our physical experience. A storyteller for the human body, Melanie has an extensive background in stress management, chronic conditions, and people who haven’t yet found success. She now focuses on strengthening...

MEET BILLIE SHEPARD: Billie delivers a coaching experience that transforms how an actor acts and business people communicate. Clients have said, “It seems she has a mysterious or supernatural power that influences the creativity, confidence, and best abilities of a speaker or performer.  What Billie does is magical.” Billie has been a professional actor for over forty years, appearing in...