Legends N Leaders

After securing a $300k investment from Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, Sean and the team worked hard to get the business in the multi $100M range in sales yearly with their innovative branding, marketing, and wipe design. Now, DUDE Wipes is a household name and Sean is an American success story! Sean talks about how the idea for DUDE Wipes originated, what made them want to build it, and how they got th...

Christian has had an extensive and impressive background in marketing at leading internet companies like Yahoo and ultimately made a decision to begin his own expo & conference called DMEXCO. Through his tremendous efforts, it became regarded as the best digital marketing trade show worldwide! Christian has now realized there is a need for a comprehensive marketing event that brings together t...

Lauren has built an amazing company that has streamlined the music licensing process for brands into a seamless approach. With customers like American Eagle, Tonal, The Golden State Warriors, and more her company is loved and the process is working excellently! Feed Media Group was named Fast Company Most Innovative Music Company due to Lauren's amazing execution skills, ability to quickly hel...

Jim is a serial entrepreneur that has realized college athletes need to have a group that brings them together to strengthen their development, growth, and future prospects in life. He created Athletes.org, which has gained great traction with countless college athletes signing up to be a part of it! Jim has an excellent ability to find ways to use digital technology to connect us further and enha...

Kevin is a very impressive technology entrepreneur having co-founded Xoom which PayPal acquired for $1.1B, backed incredible deals at his early stage venture capital firm, built up the ticketing platform of choice for online events, and is now developing a whole new way to think about security. Kevin is relentless in his approach to progressing humanity through innovative companies that disrupt th...

The Jills Zeder Group achieved sales volume of more than $1.85B in 2024, becoming the top real estate team in the US for multiple years in a row. Jill's focus on excellence, relationships, and persistence is the reason she is well respected as a leader in the industry worldwide and achieves excellence! Jill is a great example of a person who has tremendous drive and work ethic and has never gi...

Rich has had the important role to intersect brand, music, and cultural relevance as the Global Head of Universal Music Group for Brands. Some of the most incredible partnerships have occurred with Rich's leadership. Collaborations you have seen UMG do with Lego, Pokemon, Oreo, and more have been a result of Rich's ability to seamlessly integrate these brands with music culture for viralit...

Keith has had an incredible career in journalism spanning from Bloomberg Media as its CRO to being President of the iconic TIME magazine, with both roles helping to drive each respective platform to be more technology forward! Keith had become aware of Bitcoin and crypto early on and realized the potential it had to truly disrupt our financial system. He decided to join the talented team at MoonPa...

Josh has had excellent roles in countless films or shows like The Internship, Silicon Valley, Megamind Rules!, and more. He has been given many roles as a technology enthusiast, although not necessarily a technology person himself, he has played these characters well leading to a great tech community fanbase. Josh talks about how his interest in acting began, what it took to get his first couple o...

Walker helped create and scale Teespring, which became the fastest and easiest way to make a custom shirt and sell it to your community or audience. He streamlined the process through the internet so anyone with a design could make a shirt in minutes! This revolutionized the way merch is done today. Walker has since been building FourthWall, a new way for creators to create their e-commerce presen...

Butch has been behind many of the most iconic and important Nickelodeon animation characters of recent history. From ideating and building out Timmy Turner and his universe to coming up with a ghost world for Danny Phantom, his shows have been seen by millions worldwide. They have become impactful parts of the childhoods of many. Butch talks about what goes into the process of character creation,...

Tom believes greatly in distributed infrastructure, enabling people to access the best quality resources at a fraction of the cost by having pooled together their compute with great software from a vast network. This approach is different and can lead to many more interesting AI innovations. As the cost hurdle has been great for many startups and DistributeAI aims to reduce it. Tom shares how the...

Hugh has been involved in SXSW since its early stages, for now over 30 years, helping to shape the incredible event into what it is today. His unique viewpoints on programming have made the event not only a top destination for technology but for the arts and entertainment. Hugh shares what drew him to SXSW, what the event was like originally, and the vision he and the team saw for what it could be...

Ben has developed an approach to equip existing tractors with autonomous technology to optimize the workflow. He has smartly built the tech suite to be as simple as possible to install the hardware and the software also is understandable to use and quick to master. Bluewhite's approach has been adored by farmers for their thinking that not every farmer will want to replace all their machinery,...

Suze has become a world class e-commerce and direct to consumer brand builder. Having co-founded and lead Pattern to immense success, she has tested innovative product ideas, marketing strategies, and more that have consistently pushed the boundaries of possible in the category! Suze shares how her interest in becoming an entrepreneur happened, the creation of Pattern, and what it takes to build a...

Melissa and her family have been one of biggest reasons for the tech ecosystem that exists in Miami today! She created and built up the first major tech conference for the city that focused on home grown companies. Today, eMerge Americas has attracted 1000s each year to see the latest trends. Melissa shares how her interest in this world of technology and startups began, how the idea for eMerge Am...

Kelley has the big goal of getting more people to own homes and has built a rewards system to help make ownership more accessible. Mesa has thought differently about how rewards are done, primarily travel, and decided to have more of a focus on applying those to your monthly payments. This approach, via a card, has lead to a substantial raise and the backing of many top employees from companies wi...

Alison has been passionate about the positive affects olive oil can have for some time and realized they could be applied to skincare, haircare, and many more areas. She founded Wonder Valley, while using California based olives, to make these amazing formulations! Wonder Valley has made a big impact on the industry, showing that you can have very healthy and natural products that feel great while...

From being an AI engineer at Google X to pioneering the next generation of interaction with 3D environments, Utopai has always been at the cutting edge of innovation! With recent advancements, Utopai is working hard to make the steps to create and process 3D content more succinct and streamlined for industry professionals. The applications are endless, high quality movies to indie films, they all...

In only his early 20s, Sergio has already achieved sales results for customers in the millions through his sophisticated and well planned digital campaign strategies. Coming from humble beginnings, he has worked hard to build an enterprise that arms businesses with the skills needed to compete in a digital first world. Sergio talks about his background and what lead him to being an entrepreneur. H...

From having roles in multiple major films to recently having Caliwater valued at $100M, Oliver is someone who sets goals and goes after them relentlessly! While many beverage makers have explored alternatives to popular sources for drinks, Oliver has went in an entirely outside the box direction! Caliwater is now available in Albertsons, Safeway, GNC, and so many more with super hydration properti...

Disney officially made Jim the voice of the beloved character Winnie the Pooh as a testament to his unique talent. He has also played Tigger, the Tasmanian Devil, Ray in The Princess and the Frog, and so many more amazing characters. Jim shares how he got "discovered" in the world of voice acting and how the role to be Winnie the Pooh came about. He also talks about what it takes to get...

From building out core technology in the online travel booking revolution at Priceline.com to selling over $2B worth of consumer technology as CEO of Enable Holdings, Jeff has an incredibly versatile skill set! After having many successful ventures Jeff has chosen to dedicate much of his time to improving the lives of others. He does this through being the Chairman of Global Entrepreneurship Netwo...

Hugh has helped create the world's biggest movement to end extreme poverty resulting in millions of actions and around $20B in commitments. He has smartly raised substantial awareness through campaign creation tied to events like music with many of the most well recognized stars globally. In addition to organizing events to raise awareness, Global Citizen consistently produces content, educate...

What if you could have a robot that understood your body and knew exactly how to provide the right professional contouring and other treatments? Dennis has a big vision for the future of therapists and how to solve the workforce shortage. His company roboSculptor has build a transformative system that is designed to be highly automated and efficient for the operator and the customer. Dennis shares...