Elevate Your Brand

Tero Isokauppila is the founder of Four Sigmatic, a wellness company helping people to nourish their bodies inside and out. Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” 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 guests join Laurel Mintz, founder a...

Meet The BAD Tea Co - it stands for Bold And Delicious, duh. The BAD Tea Co. is on a mission to modernize the tea industry with products that highlight global flavors and enough caffeine to make Big Coffee cry. For more info, visit badtea.co or reach out at hello@badtea.co.   Elevate Your Brand is the #1 marketing podcast for entrepreneurs and “wantreprenuers” looking for insider tips and secrets...

Rico, the visionary founder and CEO of Miz En Place , embodies a lifelong journey fueled by passions for photography, filmmaking, culinary arts, business acumen, exploration, and entertainment. His mission is to unite people in support of artisanal small businesses worldwide. Rico eagerly welcomes the opportunity to share his compelling story and expertise, inspiring your culinary adventures and c...

Stacy is a 10-year entrepreneur in the creative space. Her passion lies with building and growing brands, creating deep immersive partnerships with compelling narratives that ultimately yield beautiful, authentic and memorable experiences for the consumer and brand loyalists.  As an independent creative business consultant who thrives in collaborative environments, her strength is in relationship...

Lisa Odenweller is the Founder & CEO of Kroma Wellness , the functional wellness brand that’s revolutionizing the way we think about nourishing our bodies. Founded in 2021, the company was created with the belief that food is medicine, mother nature is our greatest resource, and that what we put in our body is as much about fueling our bodies as it is our minds and souls. Lisa is passionate ab...

Shira Yevin is an Entrepreneur, Artist, Activist, and Founder. Her company Gritty In Pink is building INPINK, a global destination for hiring female freelancers, starting with the music industry -- backed by Live Nation and Melissa Etheridge. Shira became known for crashing the male-dominated Warped Tour and creating the Shiragirl Stage for 300+ artists, including Paramore and Joan Jett, and was f...

Guy Filippelli is the Managing Partner of Squadra Ventures , an early-stage venture capital firm that makes concentrated, lead investments into early-stage companies in the National Security and Cybersecurity markets. He was previously founder and CEO of RedOwl Analytics and Berico Technologies. He began his career as a US Army intelligence officer, serving in Korea, Italy, Germany, and Afghanista...

Akilah Releford Gould is the founder and CEO of Mary Louise Cosmetics , a clean beauty brand that helps its Gen Z audience redefine beauty on their own terms by reviving  familial beauty rituals of the past. Releford created Mary Louise in 2017 from her college dorm room at Howard University with the intention of making fun and playful beauty products for the masses. Mary Louise Cosmetics has stam...

Lucky de Leon is the Client Relations Manager at BodyContourz , a company that specializes in helping you achieve your body image goals with an innovative service: body contouring.  Our purpose is to service our clients across multiple facets. When we speak of “Body Contourz”, we are talking about a unique combination of non invasive technology that assists in the accomplishment of what you envisi...

Matthew Elonis is an accomplished entrepreneur known for his successful ventures in the online meal delivery industry. He is now the driving force behind Meepo , a company with a mission to revolutionize nutrition and food production. Matthew's passion for health and innovation has led him to work on products that democratize nutrition and make a global impact.  Meepo's core mission is t...

Chef Fullilove's culinary journey has taken him from Ohio to New York to the Caribbean, ultimately landing him in the fresh food paradise of California. Along the way, he honed his skills under the guidance of some of America's top culinary figures. Recognized as one of the nation's emerging culinary stars, he is committed to innovative cuisine, sourcing the freshest ingredients, ch...

Founder & CEO, Dawn Maire, came up with the idea for Starla Alcohol-Removed Wine while she was taking a break from alcohol and could not find a suitable non-alcoholic replacement for her beloved wine. Teaming up with Co-Founder & Chief Creative, Jamie Coulter, the two created the first and only ultra-premium alcohol removed wine created for wine lovers wishing to nix the spirits but savor...

Carrie Murray (she/her) is a speaker, podcast host, and the Founder of BRA - Business Relationship Alliance , a network of powerful women devoted to advancing female-owned businesses by providing the community, collaboration, empowerment, and support needed to flourish as an entrepreneur. In 2022, Carrie launched the Wealthy Women Summit which is designed for women to harness the mastery of growin...

Julie Nguyen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Methodology . Julie is an esteemed Asian American entrepreneur on a mission to revolutionize the food and wellness category by elevating and reimagining the everyday at-home dining experience. Methodology delivers gourmet, sustainable, fully-cooked meals to time-starved busy professionals and parents, transforming their bodies and lives using food as medic...

Suzanne Shpall is an experienced Creative Brand Strategist, Marketing Director and Operations Lead with a demonstrated history in CPG, Beauty, Fashion and CBD Wellness. She has spent the last decade building brands for the modern consumer. She has a deeply studied passion for plant medicine and primal practices. She is captivated by ancient alchemy and is committed to building beautiful products f...

Dr. Patrick K. Porter, PhD, is an award-winning author/speaker and the founder of BrainTap®, the leader in technology-enhanced meditation. Dr. Porter pioneered the use of brainwave entrainment to improve clarity, sleep & energy, and remains at the forefront of scientific research. He founded BrainTap with the goal of making this technology accessible to everyone. BrainTap offers over 1000 orig...

Kenzy is a Partner at Finceler8 , where she and the Finceler8 team build the sales and revenue pipelines for fintechs including regtechs, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) tools in trading technology by facilitating C- suite conversations that enable firms to grow and expand.  Prior to this role Kenzy spent twenty years as a Senior Equity Trader at BlackRock.  Kenzy is also pr...

Rebecca Mink founded the MINK brand to offer an alternative to leather. Mink’s passion to build MINK started at the astonishing age of 4 years old when she refused to eat animals and wear shoes made of leather. Mink went on to become a celebrity wardrobe stylist creating fashion forward luxury options that did not harm animals, people or the planet. Mink created the first luxury vegan shoes 23 yea...

Sea Monsters is the world's first seaweed puff. Founded by former Pokémon Creative Director John Lee and Pentagram Partner Jiae Kim, Sea Monsters brings to life a flavor-packed, crunchy way to snack on seaweed in flavors like Spicy Korean BBQ, Sweet Chili and Cheese Pizza. Sea Monsters' delicious seaweed puffs are made with regenerative seaweed and carbon-negative sorghum to create a sna...

Nanxi Liu is the co-CEO of Blaze.tech , one of the fastest growing platforms to build software tools without writing code. The mission is to enable more people to create technical tools and make building technology more accessible. She previously founded and served as CEO of one of the largest global digital signage software companies, Enplug, which was acquired by Spectrio in 2021. Enplug was con...

Paul Troiano is the President & Co-Founder of joyful , a culture innovation company based in Portland, Oregon. Joyful believes that why you work, how you work, and who you work with are just as important as what you’re working on. That purpose is what inspires people and cultivates the joy in what they do. Because when we care, when we feel we matter, when we are truly united toward a common g...

Co-founder of FabFitFun , Katie Rosen Kitchens , has led its evolution as a female-focused media brand, from writing about great lifestyle products to getting them into people’s hands. Since launching the FabFitFun lifestyle box 2013, Rosen Kitchens has shifted her energy toward curating fresh and exciting brands for FabFitFun members and overseeing all brand partnerships and product development....

Tara Health Foundation promotes health, well-being and opportunity for women and girls by strategically investing their financial and human capital in innovative, evidence-informed programs. Ruth Shaber , M.D., founder & president of Tara Health Foundation, started her career in 1990 as an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Medical Center. She served as...

Abby Listo is the Founder & Designer of Smart Birdy . She was inspired by her favorite hat box case that she traveled with for years, and she wanted to design a beautiful and  smart carry-on-sized bag that she could travel with that had the same round hat box aesthetic. With a passion for empowering female travelers worldwide, Abby launched Smart Birdy, designing and perfecting their signature...

Richa was born and raised in India. She grew up eating fresh home-cooked meals every night, a blessing she often took for granted. As an adult, Richa strived to cook the same kind of wholesome, hearty meals she grew up on, but the lack of options that were both convenient and nutritious made it increasingly difficult to eat healthy on busy nights. After becoming a mother, Richa knew there was some...