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Loren Brill is an entrepreneur with a mission to make clean food delicious and more accessible. After overcoming cancer after college, she cut out most dairy, artificial and highly processed ingredients. When she couldn't find anything to satisfy her sweet tooth with, she made up her own recipes. Sweet Loren's was born. Loren is the CEO & Founder of Sweet Loren's , a clean food CPG company tra...

Jacob Pace is the CEO of Flighthouse , the largest media brand on TikTok. Flighthouse has almost 25 million followers and over 2 billion likes. They also operate an agency that works with a variety of brands and labels on TikTok marketing campaigns. A native of El Paso, Texas, Jacob started working for record labels and PR firms remotely as a teenager. Just after graduating from high school, he mo...

Chris and Nicholas are the founders of www. WithClutch.com . The two met at Stanford Business School in 2011 and started their first company, Carlypso, in 2013. After going through YCombinator and raising $10M in venture funding, Chris and Nicholas sold Carlypso to Carvana in 2017. Their new business, WithClutch, allows car owners to calculate savings and refinance their loans from the comfort of...

Samantha Patil is the founder and CEO of Well Traveled , a members only platform for trusted travel recommendations and reviews. The growing platform, currently in beta, is designed to streamline travel discovery and planning, through a community driven approach to content curation. Well Traveled's content library of trending hotel, restaurant, nightlife and activity recommendations is member sour...

Adam Mendler is the Chief Executive Officer of The Veloz Group , where he co-founded and oversees ventures across a wide variety of industries: Beverly Hills Chairs, a leading office furniture e-tailer; Custom Tobacco, a one-of-a-kind cigar customization e-commerce platform; and Veloz Solutions, a technology consulting and software development practice. Adam remains active in each portfolio compan...

Victoria Repa is the CEO & Co-Founder of BetterMe , a health and fitness app empire with more than 50 million installs, 400,000+ paid subscribers, and annual revenue of more than $60 million. BetterMe's flagship app often ranks as one of the top #5 apps on the App store in the health and fitness section. Connect with Victoria Repa LinkedIn Instagram Some of the Topics Covered by Victoria Repa...

Lauryn Nwankpa , Head of Social Impact at Dave and former Head of Social Impact at Headspace , is drawn to impact driven organizations, her work primarily focuses on developing and implementing effective strategies to eradicate poverty, increase access to education, and alleviate wealth and income inequality. From outreach and advocacy, to philanthropy and community engagement, she brings together...

Ed Buckley is the CEO of Peerfit , a digital platform that makes it easy for employers, insurance carriers, and brokers to offer fitness classes to their clients and employees. Peerfit users gain access to a variety of services and experiences, empowering them to personalize your journey to wellness, to lead a more active and healthier lifestyle. Peerfit is on a mission to empower individuals to l...

Dan is the founder of e-commerce brand, Unbound Merino , which is a maker of quality merino wool clothing. The company was started as a crowdfunding campaign , raising $380,000 in its first 2 months. After just 3-years in business, they are now doing $4m in revenue.

Sam Adams serves as chief executive of dot. LA . A former financial journalist for Bloomberg and Reuters, Adams moved to the business side of media as a strategy consultant at Activate, helping legacy companies develop new digital strategies. Adams holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and an MBA from the University of Southern California. A Santa Monica native, he can most often be found...

Kari's story: "During my first week back from maternity leave, my daughter's daycare closed for two weeks because they accidentally left a kid at the park. Rough start, and it didn't get easier from there. I used to question every decision I made as a mom and would end up crying in the bathroom at work. I just felt like I was reinventing the wheel each day, which is why I knew I had to build somet...

Asa Firestone is an avid rock climber and entrepreneur based in Boulder, Colorado. He often describes himself as a washed up explorer turned hotelier. He is the co-founder of the Boulder Adventure Lodge ( A-Lodge ). He also co-founded several successful non-profit organizations focused on introducing the outdoors to at-risk youth; Climb for Colorado, Adventure Forward, and the Centro de Escalada U...

Blaine founded what's now known as Student Brands in 1999 as a freshman in college. He didn't raise any money and Barnes and Noble Education (NYSE:BNED) bought it for $58.5 million in August 2017. Blaine enjoys investing in for-profit and nonprofit organizations, especially when his experience is helpful to the founders. He's acquired about ten businesses as well. Blaine has also co-created a coup...

Phil O'Brien is the founder and publisher of W42ST , a hyperlocal lifestyle print magazine and media brand that connects readers to the New York City experience. As others migrate toward a more digital presence, W42ST Magazine is a successful print magazine for and about Hell's Kitchen. Under Phil's leadership, W42ST Magazine has a circulation of over 30,000 and has featured original interviews wi...

Lauren Foundos is the Founder and CEO of FORTË , a company that streams live and on-demand boutique fitness classes from the hottest studios worldwide directly to you. Founded in 2015, FORTË has revolutionized the fitness industry by providing access to avant-garde boutique studio classes coached by leading fitness experts worldwide. Both a technology and subscription based streaming platform, FOR...

Nicaila Matthews Okome is a Jamaican born, Bronx bred marketer and side hustler turned full-time podcaster and entrepreneur. In 2016, she created the Side Hustle Pro podcast . Side Hustle Pro is the first and only podcast to spotlight bold, black women entrepreneurs who have scaled from side hustle to profitable business. Since launch, it's has been named "the perfect entrepreneurship podcast" by...

Malaria kills about 400,000 people per year with millions more falling ill - 70% of these people are children under 5 years old. Rob Mather and his team at the Against Malaria Foundation are working to solve this massive problem. Rob Mather is the founder and CEO of The Against Malaria Foundation . AMF has now raised more than $230 million, funding more than 100 million anti-mosquito bed nets prot...

Zach Beinlich is the bass player of Yam Haus , a band which exploded in popularity in 2019. With "electro-poppy grooves and swooning vocals" (Star Tribune, June 2018), Minneapolis-based pop group, Yam Haus, is challenging the indie dominated scene of the Twin Cities. Tight guitars, dreamy synths, and clean production from Grammy award-winning producer Mark Heimermann, helped drive year one success...

Tara, a scientist-turned-general-manager with over 14-years of cross-functional healthcare experience at Johnson & Johnson, co-founded DIG Labs in 2019 when she decided to dedicate the next chapter of her life to closing the gaps between human and pet healthcare. She holds a B.S. in Materials Science & Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from NYU Stern. Tara is also a...

Brittany Laughlin , is Head of Investor Relations at Blockstack PBC. She's spent 6 years investing in blockchain and network effect businesses through her own firm, Lattice Ventures, and on the investment team at Union Square Ventures. A serial entrepreneur, she's built 3 companies, including gtrot which sold to Groupon. Her work focuses on the intersection of community and technology. In the past...

Brian Conyer is the co-founder and CEO of GIBLIB , a company he started in 2015 with fellow USC Trojan Jihye Shin. GIBLIB curates and creates high quality educational videos from expert physicians at the leading academic medical centers and streams the library on-demand to medical professionals globally. Want to connect with other go-getters? Join The Grind ! The Grind is a community where entrepr...

Christina founded The New Quo because she believes story is one of our most powerful tools for change. The New Quo is a content platform and communications consultancy helping leaders and companies rebrand and rewrite their voice to convey their unique purpose, navigate change, gain buy-in, and create status-quo breaking communications that shift hearts, mindsets, and culture for the better. Chris...

Liz Long is on a mission to help "makers" succeed! She's the creator of Learn To Make A Product™ and contributing writer at Forbes, where she covers the world of physical product entrepreneurship. Learn To Make A Product is serving makers from all over the world. Their workshops, digital products, and support packages have reached over 5,000 people and Liz has educated groups at MIT, Babson, Gener...

Rob Patrick, the founder of Bitmob , started writing code at 12 years old and never looked back. He's since become a CTO, CEO, co-founder, startup mentor/advisor, sold a company, guest spoken at Harvard, been on TV, co-authored a few patents and served as Chairman & member on a few Board of Directors. Even with more than 15 years of software technology leadership experience, he loves that the...

Zach Evans, my best friend since high school, is a pianist, producer, and kick-ass entrepreneur who turned his passion for piano into a business that's done more than $1 million in revenue in 3 years. He's been featured on CBS, Yahoo, USA Today, and has amassed more than 10 million views on YouTube. Zach now lives in Los Angeles and, with the extra time his lifestyle business gives him, is focusin...