Legends N Leaders

Taylor ushered in a new era of prioritizing what you wear before the shoe goes on with a higher level of care and customization. His methodological check list of criteria landed him in the sock category and his creativity helped scale Stance to a $400M valuation! Taylor realized there was a larger market that needed to be disrupted, manufacturing, and now as Founder and CEO of FutureStitch built a...

Lavinia always aspired to make the gym compete with a club and realized a change in the industry needed to happen. Fortunately, she had relatives with complementary skill sets, so worked hard to build the first version of this new fun gym experience! Lavinia's spirit was the basis for Equinox and her mission is the essence of what the gyms have become. Presently, Lavinia is building a new move...

Matt Higgins is a living embodiment of the American Dream, he aspired to make a better life for himself so did college for 7 years while working for 5 bucks an hour hoping to achieve a higher paying job. He became Press Secretary to the Mayor of New York, youngest at the time, and lead operations for the September 11th memorial in New York later on. As he had a relationship with Stephen Ross, owne...

Aaron is quite the forward thinking entrepreneur, having co-founded Redbeacon, which was acquired by The Home Depot, ultimately helping him become CTO, and scale it to a billion dollar business! Aaron is now pioneering a new way for companies to convert leads when they aren't able to be responsive like usual via AI receptionist software he has built! Smith.ai has already helped convert for man...

Karin is one of the most creative people in the world of business as she helped ideate and brand an entirely new Amazon product, the Kindle. She shares how this opportunity came about, the meaning behind the name, what Jeff Bezos thought, and more! Her talents extend far and wide to even film, as she helped create the strategic positioning for the Steven Spielberg, Lincoln movie! Karin's work...

David has achieved the feat of creating 5 different airlines, including JetBlue, as he realized the need for TVs to be standard and seats improved for a better mass market customer experience! This creation increased the standards for passengers throughout the industry and has benefited millions. His creation of Azul has revolutionized transport to and from Brazil, which has likely had the most ec...

Akash Co-Founded Genies with the goal of enabling a new form of communication and expression, in ways that weren't possible physically! At a point, the team was him and a couple friends at a WeWork and it happened to be that Offset reached out asking for one of their high fidelity avatars, which when posted gained substantial traction! Genies has set the industry standard for high fidelity ava...

Zeev helped create the most accessible way to make professional pixel edits, which through a unique marketing strategy, resulted in Lightricks having 2 top 10 paid apps in the US early on. They embraced Apple's App Store subscriptions in the beginning, greatly amplifying the business' revenue, and have created the go to mobile video editing app creators love, Videoleap. As Lightricks has b...

Todd Krinsky has one of the greatest leadership stories having spent over 30 years at Reebok starting in the mail room while working another job at Foot Locker, to being influential in signing innovative industry game changers like Allen Iverson, and currently leading the company after its recent acquisition by Authentic Brands Group as President and CEO! Todd had the foresight to revive the class...

After receiving multiple Grammy Awards and having the instinct to further John Legend's career, Devo decided to test out a new type of music video, interactive, by using annotations. It was more well received than the original, leading to further plays, so he knew he was on to something! He founded Adventr, a platform to create interactive custom videos, a step towards a thesis for streaming c...

Malcolm is a Founder of Ethika, the culturally defining underwear brand that rose to prominence by prioritizing what you wear under with style and self expression as much as hats and other clothing. This disrupted the industry as underwear was previously an afterthought item! Malcolm is back at it launching a new brand, Mendid, which has a strong focus on the power of achieving your dream through...

Vishal's founding of LinkSquares and consistent efforts has disrupted the corporate contract space by providing a robust solution to review and streamline the contract process with intelligence. His company recently raised at an $800M valuation as Vishal's forward thinking approach has made LinkSquares well positioned to lead. Vishal shares how the idea came about, got the first customers,...

Morris Rishty is developing an entirely different approach for underwear targeting both male and female consumers with the same product, crafted uniquely. He is utilizing his extensive experience building Real Underwear into the success in the category it has been with Noah Beck's creativity and audience to be disruptive. IPHIS has been well received by many, building great loyalty, and has ha...

Brian has been at the forefront of so many respected brands leading their marketing and ensuring cultural relevance for some time. As CEO of Skullcandy, his mission has been to further connection with the brand's roots, ensure the best operational efficiency is achieved, and enable creatives to experiment to be on the cutting edge of tech with fashion! Under Brian's leadership, a recent co...

Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Automattic, started his own blogging site to simply share photos with friends which turned into the software that nearly half of all websites are built on. He shares a moment when he realized the potential scale of the creation and why he decided to acquire the Tumblr social media platform. As an individual who has tried many roles at his company, Matt is truly focused on be...

Max identified that trivia was always popular on TV, but was never successfully made into an app. He realized the amount of questions was the issue, as you needed thousands if not millions of good ones, and set out to solve that. Trivia Crack was created by Etermax after Max's success in his early 20s and the ability to determine which user questions were relevant propelled it to #1 throughout...

Susan Cummings is one of the greatest thought leaders in the world of gaming. Having helped create the renown 2K Games label, identified the acquisition of some of the most popular titles today, and lead the mobile wave with Doctor Who: Legacy, her versatility is evident. She recently started a new venture with the goal of creating the digital pet of the future, one that is as close to the real on...

Spencer Rascoff has ushered in the modern era of tech powered real estate we see today. As a co-founder of Zillow, he helped make viral the first modern platform to democratize access to knowing any home value. As CEO, Spencer lead Zillow to a $15B market capitalization, managed 4,500 people, and empowered the average buyer to know much more about the real value of a home. Spencer has recently co-...

Duncan is one of the greatest living comic character creators being a founding partner of the talented Man of Action Entertainment team behind Ben 10, Generator Rex, the successful Netflix Sonic Prime show, and more. He is a co-creator of the beloved Disney franchise Big Hero 6, which had a global box office release success. He breaks down how Ben 10 was created, why a watch, how the character was...

Noam joined Waze very early on as its first CEO and lead the community based GPS to an incredible acquisition, one that was unprecedented in Israel's start up nation history. He shares context of how he got involved pre raising an investment round, how to build a strong and loyal community, and why they almost got acquired by a different company. Noam is currently leading an innovative approac...

Will shares how LoopPay, which became Samsung Pay, was invented, how the acquisition happened, and why their technology was the easiest for phone payments to scale with existing infrastructure? He is currently leading two innovative companies as Chairman & CEO being OV Loop, a mobile payments super app that enables a new form of targeted consumer interactions, a digital mall for brands. Anothe...

Martin Cooper is the inventor of the handheld cell phone! He believed people should communicate with a personal number and that communication should be mobile focused. This took him 20 years of effort and around $100M invested by Motorola. He shares what really went into making this a reality, how a small player could disrupt the market, and the difficulties involved. Martin also shares his though...

Aisha Bowe is planned to travel to space soon, which she shares was an unlikely career choice growing up. Aisha went through a transformation and started thinking outside the box which lead to her becoming a NASA rocket scientist and founding an Inc. 5000 recognized company! She is also actively working on helping others pursue education in an affordable and engaging way with the LINGO invention....

Oscar early on identified that video would be the way the internet is interfaced with and the need for means to soundtrack it. Epidemic Sound was born as a method to provide new income to artists and ensure content creators as well as brands have the best quality music for a visual experience. Epidemic recently raised at over a $1B valuation to further this goal and has disrupted the typical music...

Stuart Trevor is an incredibly talented designer having ideated and scaled AllSaints, Bolongaro Trevor, and changed the face of fashion globally. He is creating a new brand that doesn't make any clothes, so uses what is existing, for new garments. It is innovative and exciting, the Stuart Trevor brand! Stuart shares how a James Bond car and a fun street inspired the creation of AllSaints. Hope...