Fascinating Entrepreneurs

Jessica became a first-time entrepreneur at the age of 25 and since has been able to successfully establish, develop and sell multiple small businesses in a number of different industries. In the last eight years, Jessica has been able to build her business brokerage firm from a two-person team to one of the top firms in the country. Under her leadership, the office has been the number one Transwo...

Justin Krane , a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (TM) professional, is the founder of Krane Financial Solutions . Known for his savvy, holistic approach to financial planning, he advises his clients on how to unite their business and personal money with their lives. Justin works with his clients to create purpose driven financial plans – aiming for a “return on life.”  He manages his clients’ inv...

Chanie Gluck is the Founder and CEO of 4D Global, Inc. , a medical billing staffing company dedicated to supporting healthcare companies grow and scale their business. 4D Global primarily focuses on revenue cycle management, efficiency, and profitability by providing specialized and experienced medical billers - all hired, managed, and supervised at its facilities located in Chennai, India. ...

Encircled is a slow fashion brand that does it all. Founded by Kristi Soomer, Encircled is one of the few apparel brands that is a Certified B. Corp, which puts the planet and people before profits. To give you some perspective, there are only 9 apparel brands in Canada that are Certified. B Corps, and only 4 of these are female-founded/majority female owned B.Corps. Encircled’s factories are loca...

Multi-hyphenate, Brant Menswar , is one of the country’s Top 10 motivational speakers, a best-selling author, award-winning musician, Top 200 podcast host, the creator of the fastest growing book discovery app in the world and a self-professed coffee snob. His books and podcast ( Thoughts That Rock ) expand on his ground-breaking work around values-based leadership described as “disarmingly simple...

Anouck Gotlib, CEO of Belgian Boys, is on a mission to turn up the happy - one sweet moment at a time. Launched in 2015, Belgian Boys is in the business of fun, offering a delicious assortment of breakfast, sweet treats, and desserts available in 5000 stores and online. She leads a passionate team dedicated to growing more than just a revenue-driven business - creating joy for customers and spread...

Ben Schneider is a German self-made serial entrepreneur. He is E-Commerce Consultant and the founder of Jobmofy.com, which is a premium job search platform for hiring remote workers overseas. He runs a digital marketing agency and owns the world's biggest e-commerce store for sea monkeys. Ben reached the 10 million in sales milestone within 14 months by only using Facebook & Instagram ads. He...

David Richter is an active real estate investor who has been essential in closing over 850 deals over the last 7 years which include wholesale, turnkey, brrrr, owner finance, rentals, lease options, and any other exit strategy you can think of. While growing and building a real estate business from 5 deals a month to over 25 deals a month, he realized that as much money was coming in, it was going...

Ali Payani , CEO and co-founder of LookinLA —an award-winning growth agency in Los Angeles—positions great companies as industry authorities, starting with a deep-dive data assessment to architect an advanced digital marketing strategy. The fast success of LookinLA is driven by Payani’s success as a serial entrepreneur, innovative digital marketer, and strategic management consultant. He is a memb...

Tom Fairey is the CEO and co-founder of Stakester , an esports mobile app that allows competitors to play their favorite online games for cash and prizes. Tom founded Skakester as a way for gamers to utilize their hard-earned skills and play for higher stakes. The app connects players who want to put their hard-earned skills to the ultimate test - opening the doors for gaming to have a profitable...

Kim is a seasoned Silicon Valley executive and serial entrepreneur .  She’s the author of Remodel Your Reality™; Seven Steps to Rebalance Your Life and Reclaim Your Passion and the creator of the Get Your Groove Back ™ an on-demand coaching program for women.  She speaks professionally about empowerment, engagement, marketing and community culture, and runs a coaching organization that s...

Dubbed “the Business Mystic,” transformational Intentionality coach and speaker Finnian Kelly is known for his unique ability to awaken consciousness in business leaders, and inspire entrepreneurs to find deeper levels of meaning and purpose in their endeavours.  As the founder of Intentionality, Inc., a comprehensive philosophy and program designed to help everyday people create extraordinar...

Robert Orion Sikes is a lifetime natural, competitive bodybuilder.  He started training as a junior in high school weighing a whopping 115 pounds.  In the beginning, he followed traditional, “bro-dieting” wisdom which consisted of eating 6 or 7 meals a day filled with carbohydrates and very high protein.  This nutritional protocol led to a downward spiral of health issues and disord...

Stas Zaslavsky is an experienced company manager, serial entrepreneur, and digital marketing expert. A highly skilled team leader with a business strategy & marketing orientation and a proven track record. Since 2007 Stas has founded multiple successful companies, and today, he focuses solely on his new tech startup, Vii Events, a 3D 360° virtual & hybrid events platform. Where to Find Sta...

Jeremy Slate is the founder of the Create Your Own Life Podcast, which studies the highest performers in the world. He studied literature at Oxford University, Specializes in using podcasting and new media to create celebrity and was ranked #1 in iTunes New and #78 in the iTunes top 100. He was named the #1 Podcast to Listen to by INC Magazine in 2019, as well as being named a Top Influencer by Fo...

Sophie Trelles Tvede calls herself a “Third Culture Kid”. She was born in Denmark, went to school in Zurich, studied in England and now works in Munich. After founding Invisibobble in 2012, the idea of the spiral hair tie became a true success story. In 2016 Sophie was honoured by Forbes Magazine 30 under 30. Sophie is also author of 100 Million Hair Ties And A Vodka Tonic: An entrepreneur’s story...

Sue Dyer , MBA, MIPI has helped more than 48,000 executive leaders to create high-trust business cultures over the past 35 years. She has been called the “godmother of partnering.” Sue worked on over 4,000 projects worth over $180 billion to perfect her Partnering Approach model. She is the president of sudyco™ LLC, and the author of four books. Her latest book, The Trusted Leader: Use the Partner...

Brannon Poe is the founder of Poe Group Advisors and has been facilitating successful accounting practice transitions throughout the US and Canada since 2003. He is also the creator of Accounting Practice Academy which is a virtual practice management workshop. Brannon is the author of the Accounting Practice Insights Blog and hosts the Accountant’s Flight Plan” podcast with other top thought-lead...

There is a sleeping giant in every human. Brian’s purpose in life is to awaken those giants within and turn them into legends by helping them grab what they believe is just out of their grasp. Brian is a heart surgeon without a blade. He does not start outside with what you need to DO, he starts inside with who you ARE. In a world that is disconnected, Brian is revolutionizing how individuals, lea...

Starting in the late 90’s as a Casting Associate for Sex & the City, Lauren pivoted to the agency world in 2002 and joined Creative Artists Agency, becoming one of the first female Agents in the New York headquarters. Following a 14-year tenure at the intersection of global Talent + Brands, Lauren left CAA to build a multi-disciplinary agency with a focus on constructing indispensable strategi...

Brad is a lifetime entrepreneur having built multiple domestic and international businesses with distribution across 18 countries. He is currently the Founder &  CEO of Outsource Access , an offshore virtual services firm he has grown to 360 employees in just over two years with a target of 450 staff by the end of this year. He also co-founded a software platform, 1-ON-1 Connections, that...

Lindsay Nahmiache is recognized as one of the 100 Most Powerful Women by the Financial Post and is the co-founder of Jive PR + Digital, an award-winning public relations agency and is  the Chief Marketing Officer of Songtradr Inc. the world's largest B2B Music Licensing Marketplace. We talk about her early work in Mumbai, her investment strategies and what she would have done differently when...

By his 35th birthday MIKE MICHALOWICZ (pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits ) had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became a small business angel investor… and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Mike has devoted his life to the research and deliv...

Vladimir Gendelman is the founder and CEO of Company Folders , an online presentation folder boutique with rankings on America’s fastest-growing private companies for 3 consecutive years.  He publishes a graphic design blog and folder design gallery to help his clients improve their visual design skills. Vladimir has also been published in a number of notable sources, including Forbes, Inc.,...

Liz Edlich is a self-made entrepreneur, published author, and philanthropist who splits her time between Little Exuma, Bahamas, and Malibu, CA. She grew up on a farm in Virginia, the daughter of a world-renowned reconstructive surgeon who dedicated his life to helping others through his biomedical inventions such as Steri-Strips and dissolvable sutures. Inspired by her father’s work, Liz put herse...