Elevate Your Brand

Amy Shack Egan, known as "The Anti-Wedding Wedding Planner" since her recognition by The Cut in 2022, is the creative mind behind Modern Rebel, an unconventional wedding planning company she established in 2015. Through the renowned "love parties," Amy and her team have led more than 500 couples nationwide to challenge traditional wedding norms, fostering a renewed focus on rel...

Co-founder Dan Grossman of LOO (Wipes) speaks on the plant-based bathroom wipes that come in 100% recyclable packaging. Dan Grossman is a driven industrial designer who combined the worlds of both engineering and design to create his outcome. Being an accomplished design, innovation, and strategy leader with a proven track record in the management of design programs and departments, Dan checks eve...

CEO Jennifer van Dijk and Chief Strategy Officer & Collector Zack Sugarman of Superplastic speak on their character-driven intellectual property company, which makes for an entertaining discussion. Zack Sugarman is a driven tech geek who makes sure to stay on the cutting edge of emerging technologies and digital strategies. Jennifer van Dijk has years of experience in strategic business develo...

Andrew Lu is the Co-founder and CEO of Captain, a men's skincare platform and personalized concierge service. With a background as a corporate attorney specializing in startups and venture capital, Andrew combines his entrepreneurial experience with his passion for skincare to bridge the personal wellness gap for men. Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantr...

Carrie Sporer is the co-founder of SWAIR, a time-saving haircare brand for people who exercise. She resides with her family in Manhattan and loves running, stress-baking and spontaneous dance parties with her two sons. Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angel...

Alvin Chong is the founder of a movement to inspire and enable you to do what you love, live life to the fullest and live with no regrets. He's thought deeply about the meaning of life and has had the good fortune to experience what it's like to be truly happy, even if it's not always easy to stay that way, and NO RAGRETS is his way of trying to help everyone have that experience at...

Tracy Holland is a founder, investor, board member, and entrepreneur who is an authority on beauty and wellness with a global track record of incubating and launching brands. Tracy has dedicated her career to creating new brands and success stories by spotlighting innovation, amplifying authentic and celebrity voices in beauty and personal care, and nurturing promising talent — especially other wo...

Bunny Ghatrora is the co-founder of Blume. Blume creates award-winning, clean and uncomplicated skincare that actually works. With over 400,000+ happy customers, Blume products are formulated with acne-prone and sensitive skin in mind. Blume's formulations are targeted specifically to teens and Gen Z, and sold nationwide at Sephora & Ulta Beauty.  Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing po...

Gianna Wurzl is a serial entrepreneur, strategist and experience designer. She is also a channel for good, here to help you make sense. Her experience as a strategist and founder paired with my intuitive gifts makes her very good at connecting the spiritual and material worlds.  Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secre...

Entertainment executive Mike Camello is the President and Co-Founder of Kástra Elión. With a love for vodka, an entrepreneurial spirit and a healthy dose of curiosity, Camello set out to create a different kind of vodka – challenging the industry and delighting vodka aficionados.  Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and sec...

Melissa Green Katrincic, is Durham Distillery’s co-founder, CEO, and an all-around badass for being the first (and so far, only) U.S. female distiller inducted into The Gin Guild. Durham Distillery is the celebrated birthplace of Conniption Gin and a pioneer in craft distillation located in the heart of Durham, North Carolina. The facility isn't just a distillery—it's a gateway to explor...

Maya French is a visionary entrepreneur and accomplished brand builder in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) sector, boasting a wealth of over a decade's experience in the industry. Notably, she co-founded Koia, the nation's leading plant protein beverage, which has achieved nationwide distribution across esteemed retailers including Whole Foods, 7-Eleven, Publix, and Walmart. With a prof...

Kristin Taylor Hines, a former brand builder of Denver, CO and Macie Mincey, a former banker of Charlotte, NC met over a blind business date and bonded over the unmet needs of the modern, health-conscious woman, and lack of BIPOC female representation in the wine industry. What was a chance meeting turned into a full fledged business idea, the duo set out on a mission to shift wine culture - to ma...

David Watkinsis the Co-founder of Dirty Labs, a sustainable, biobased approach to home and laundry care that’s rooted in science and aligned with nature.  Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles and the US at large.  Each week, entrepreneurial special gues...

Shelley Gupta is a seasoned executive with a background in music, real estate, and consulting. She founded BāKIT Box, a STEM-based baking activity kit that brings diverse flavors and traditions into their customers' kitchens and launched in July 2023. Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciti...

Sally Mueller is the Co-Founder and CEO of Womaness, the brand changing the conversation around aging and menopause. A consummate business builder specializing in retail and brand innovation, Sally’s trend-forecasting Midas touch has benefited companies such as Target, Who What Wear and VERSED skincare, among others. Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprene...

Anna Vocino is a comic, culinary tastemaker, and founder of Eat Happy Kitchen. After being diagnosed with celiac at age 28, she has managed her autoimmune through food and authored hundreds of delicious low-carb, gluten-free recipes, included in her best-selling cookbooks. In 2020, she created Eat Happy Kitchen, a CPG company on a mission to nourish people through their no-sugar-added premium pant...

In this special episode of Elevate Your Brand, Content Director Cody H. Owens of Elevate My Brand talks about the creative process including constructive feedback, graphic design, branding, content bulking and more.  Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking for insider tips and secrets from the most exciting new and growing brands in Los Angeles...

Marcia Dawood is the author of Do Good While Doing Well , TEDx speaker, Podcast host, and an early-stage investor who serves on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee. She is a venture partner with Mindshift Capital and the chair emeritus of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), a global professional society for angel investors. She is also an a...

A Chemical Engineer from Colorado School of Mines, and Colorado Manufacturing Woman of the Year in 2022, Diana Hall Founded ActivArmor in 2016 to revolutionize the medical immobilization market with custom designed 3D printed casts and splints.  ActivArmor is used by NFL teams and other professional athletes, and is contracted with the top hospitals, sports medicine and orthopedic clinics in the c...

Fiona Frills is a 20-year-old beauty, makeup, fashion, lifestyle influencer and entrepreneur. Since launching her YouTube channel at the age of 10, she has amassed a fan base of over 1 Million followers. At the age of 13, Fiona decided to turn her obsession of makeup into a beauty brand and began developing her own makeup line, Frilliance. She personally formulated and designed all the products in...

Chris is an executive and leadership coach helping people and organizations achieve their goals. He has a passion for helping entrepreneurs grow their companies and have sustained success. Chris has 35+ years in corporate finance, spending the last 13 years as a CFO for an employee owned (ESOP) company. Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantrepreneurs” looking f...

Evan Waite is currently a co-executive producer on Fox’s Family Guy, and wrote on the Emmy-winning Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, NBC’s Sunnyside, Inside Job, The President Show, Our Cartoon President, Fairfax, and Kevin Hart’s Guide to Black History. He won a Writer’s Guild Award for his work on Adult Swim’s Three Busy Debras, and also contributes to The Onion, The New Yorker and McSweeney’s. His fir...

Paul Wynns is the CEO and Co-Founder of Flex Air, a flight school for aspiring aviators of all kinds that is led by minorities and veterans focused on increasing minority representation in the industry. He is a retired Naval Aviator from the S-3B Viking sea control community where his duties included leadership of the aviation safety, training, standardization, and operating procedures program for...

Jenn is a consulting partner at Armanino, a leading accounting and consulting firm that offers audit and tax advisory, consulting services, and technology strategies to help businesses achieve their goals. She has over 25 years of experience in outsourced accounting and finance, specializing in startups and the advertising and creative production industries, and is dedicated to helping companies l...