The Impatient Entrepreneur

Andrew Geesbreght is a passionate advocate for self-leadership, helping individuals unlock their potential by leading from within. With firsthand experience and powerful insights, he inspires audiences to take ownership of their growth and purpose. Andrew is the Founder and Partner of PRAX Leadership, LLC, Geesbreght Capital, LP, and Geesbreght Group LLC. He is a former Owner and COO of PhysAssist...

Kara Williams is a business strategist and tech simplifier who helps entrepreneurs turn ideas into streamlined, scalable systems. As the founder of GHL Mastery Academy, she works with CEOs to remove themselves as the bottleneck by translating their vision into clear, actionable roadmaps — then training their VA, OBM, or EA to execute inside one cohesive platform. With over 15 years in online busin...

Ely Delaney is an Email Marketing Architect known as “The People Whisperer.” He is the creator of The Follow Up Rockstar System, where he teaches entrepreneurs how to move from surviving to thriving in any economy by mastering relationship-building and lifelong follow-up. Ely is the author of the Amazon bestsellers Marketing Tidbits and Networking Tidbits , and the creator of the popular course Ne...

Ashli Rosenthal Blumenfeld and Ben Rosenthal are fourth-generation leaders of Standard Meat Company, serving as Co-President and CEO and Co-President. Ashli’s path into the business started early and took her beyond it — from growing up in the family’s food companies to building a career in communications, sales, and marketing, including several years in New York City. Ben came to Standard from a...

Ethan Dowie is the founder of Indigo Promotions, where he helps brands turn merch from an afterthought into a competitive advantage. Through creative strategy, a massive global factory network, and an obsession with the details, he’s worked with companies of all sizes — from startups to global enterprises — to design branded merchandise that people actually want to keep, use, and talk about. Known...

Jake Cross is General Manager and a fourth-generation leader at Seldens, a family-owned home furnishings and design business serving the Pacific Northwest for 85 years. Born into a legacy of craftsmanship and customer service, Jake’s journey with Seldens began long before he officially joined the business. Growing up immersed in the values of integrity, quality, and community stewardship, he now h...

As President and CEO of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce — the leading voice of the business community in the fastest-growing city in the nation — Steve keeps his finger on the pulse of local business and would bring valuable insights to your audience.  Through leadership, engagement, and advocacy, the Chamber brings the people of Fort Worth together to identify issues, solve problems, and align...

Jeff is the founder of Intellectual Strategies, a law firm changing the way startups and scaling businesses access legal support through a “Fractional Legal Team” which gives innovators access to the right legal expertise from the right attorney at the right time, on a fractional basis and budget. Given his background, Jeff has a “superpower” to translate between technical, legal, and business top...

John Ghiorso is the founder and CEO of VantaFive, a venture studio that builds and scales specialized marketing services companies. After selling his first company — Orca Pacific, a full-service Amazon agency he launched in 2008 and grew into a global leader — to Media. Monks in 2020, he stayed on for three years before realizing he wasn’t finished creating. VantaFive is the next evolution of that...

Matthieu Mehuys is an award-winning author and landscape architect on a mission to create a greener, healthier world. His journey began on a family farm in Belgium, where, from the age of three, he was captivated by the magic of turning tiny seeds into vibrant plants. After earning a Master of Engineering in Landscape Architecture, Matthieu landed what he thought was his dream job, but quickly rea...

Dr. Roger Wu is the Founder of 20Slash20, Inc., an optometrist, and a serial entrepreneur with a career spanning more than 25 years. Since beginning his practice in 1997, he has pioneered innovations in eye care, including developing the first AI software designed to monitor all risk factors of Digital Eye Strain and dry eye among device users. Early in his career, Dr. Wu practiced at Foothill Eye...

Paige Arnof-Fenn is the founder and CEO of Mavens & Moguls, a global branding and digital marketing firm with clients including Microsoft, Virgin, The New York Times Company, and Colgate, as well as startups and nonprofits. She previously held senior marketing roles at Zipcar, Inc.com, and Launch Media, and began her career at Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company, and the U.S. Mint. A f...

Brian Hite, Ph. D., has spent over 30 years blending the worlds of professional stunt work and psychology, with more than 100 film and television credits, including a Screen Actors Guild Award for 24 . His experience in high-stakes environments fuels his work as a coach, empowering leaders, athletes, and professionals to dismantle the illusion of pressure and unlock peak performance. Through his c...

Dr. Deborah Heiser is an applied developmental psychologist, author of The Mentorship Edge , and founder and CEO of The Mentor Project, a nonprofit that connects top 1% experts with students worldwide to provide free mentorship, giving away more than $3 million in mentorship hours last year alone. A TEDx speaker and recognized thought leader named to the Thinkers50 Radar List and Marshall Goldsmit...

John and Mark X. Cronin are the father-son team that created John’s Crazy Socks, a social enterprise with a mission to spread happiness. They bootstrapped their business into the world’s largest sock store. John is not only a business owner, but he has Down syndrome. Every day, John and Mark show what people with differing abilities can do – more than half their colleagues have a differing ability...

Ben Thomas is the founder and CEO of Gatby, a groundbreaking energy choice platform that uses reverse auctions to help consumers access lower, fixed-rate electricity plans. A former private equity investor with Morgan Stanley and a co-founder of Nutiliti, Ben brings Wall Street savvy to Main Street problems — and is on a mission to create more transparency, fairness, and savings in a confusing uti...

Brandon Allen is a North Carolina local with a working-class background and an entrepreneurial spirit that has fueled his journey across multiple industries. He got his start working on farms and in tobacco warehouses before earning his PharmD from the University of South Carolina in 2012. After relocating to Fort Worth, Texas, he took on various roles in pharmacy before purchasing a community ret...

Before stepping into the world of solopreneurship, Evan Kuterbach spent over a decade in sales and marketing, working across industries like tech, martech, SaaS, and e-commerce. He honed his skills in sales strategy, building connections, and helping businesses grow—starting with his first job out of college with the Phoenix Suns. In early 2023, Evan hit a turning point. Burnout pushed him to reth...

Jenny Fielding is one of the most active global pre-seed investors, having invested in 300+ companies as the first money in. As the cofounder and Managing Partner of Everywhere Ventures, Jenny has built a thriving community of 500+ founders and operators who help source, diligence, and invest in the next generation of startups across 3 core verticals: money, health, and work. Prior to launching he...

David is the co-founder of Royal Restrooms Nationwide and Director of Nationwide Franchise Sales. He graduated from Georgia Southern University in 1997 with a degree in Political Science and minors in International Business and African History. After his professional golf career was cut short by an automobile accident injury, he went on to be a banking vice president and commercial lender before h...

Liz leads the Jones Realty Group, a real estate team based in Temecula, CA. Licensed in 2013, she began pursuing her passion for investing, buying, and selling residential and commercial properties. Liz quickly excelled, ranking in the top 1% of agents in a competitive market. She serves on several community boards and committees, including the Southwest Healthcare Governing Board, the Voices for...

Charles J. Read is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), U.S. Tax Court Practitioner (USTCP), Vietnam veteran, and former member of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC). He’s also the founder of GetPayroll, a full-service payroll and payroll tax company serving businesses nationwide since 1991. With over 50 years of financial leadership experience across multiple industries, Charle...

Ann is a top business growth expert, marketing and sales strategist, and the CEO of A. Carden Inc. and the Expert In You Attraction Marketing & Media Agency. With over forty-three years of experience and thirty-four as an entrepreneur, she has built seven successful businesses—selling five—and currently owns two. For the past fourteen years, Ann has coached and consulted hundreds of small busi...

Alesia Galati is a podcast strategist and the founder of Galati Media, a full-service podcast management agency. Driven by her passion for audio storytelling, Alesia has helped numerous coaches, thought leaders, and businesses launch and grow their podcasts. She believes everyone has a story to tell and is dedicated to empowering others to share their voices with the world. With years of experienc...

Danny Nathan is the founder and driving force behind Apollo 21, an innovative firm that blends management consulting, product design, and venture incubation to help organizations achieve transformational growth. By specializing in new venture creation, product development, and internal venture-building, Apollo 21 enables businesses to unlock new revenue streams, embrace entrepreneurial thinking, a...