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Erick James is a Business Growth Consultant, Innovation Engineering Black Belt, Co-Author of four books, and a professional stand-up comedian.  He specializes in helping companies create, communicate, and commercialize innovations with clients ranging from start-ups, to universities, to 3rd generation manufacturers, to service-based companies and consultancies.

While completing a degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University, Breanden worked as Founder, CTO, Developer, Designer, and Consultant for companies as diverse as smsPREP, Zandigo, 2Tor, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. He is currently Co-Founder and COO of TopTal, an exclusive, global network of top software engineers that is backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Bill Clerico is a former Software Engineer turned Investment Banker turned Entrepreneur. He is the CEO & Co-Founder of WePay, which aims to be the easiest way for small businesses to accept payments online.

Nellie is the CEO & Founder of CorpNet, her second legal document filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business. Nellie has a sincere passion and desire to assist small business owners and Entrepreneurs in America to get their business off the ground in a fast, reliable, and affordable manner.

J.D. Roth is an accidental personal-finance expert and a regular guy who found himself deep in debt. After deciding to turn his life around, he read everything he could about money and finance. In 2006, he started the award-winning blog Get Rich Slowly, which Money Magazine named the Web's most inspiring personal-finance blog, and Time Magazine named it one of the best blogs of 2011. J.D. is also the author of Your Money: The Missing Manual, and now writes at More Than Money.

Dave is the Co-Founder of Likeable Media, an award-winning social media and word-of-mouth marketing firm. He is also the Founder and CEO of Likeable Local, a social media marketing solution for small businesses. Wait - that's not all - Dave is also the New York Times best-selling author of Likeable Social Media and Likeable Business.

Kasper is the Co-Founder of Podio, which is an online work platform for collaboration and project management.  He is currently responsible for the User Engagement Team and Business Development.  Kasper is passionate about building companies and changing the status quo.

Brian Carter delivers entertaining, motivational talks on Internet Marketing and Social Media to corporations and associations, CEO’s, business owners and expert marketers. He is the author of The Like Economy, LinkedIn For Business, and Co-Author of Facebook Marketing (3rd ed.). Brian has 12 years experience with Google, Twitter and Facebook marketing as a consultant and a marketing agency director. He was also recently interviewed on Bloomberg TV about Facebook's mobile ads.

Vanae is an empowerment coach. Originally from Silicon Valley, Vanae works with people who want to gain more social confidence, date smarter and live a meaningful love life as modern men and women.

Combining her passion for travel with her business background, Aigerim co-founded Triptrotting, a fast-growing travel community.  She wants to inspire people to explore the world and to create a more inter-connected global community. On Triptrotting, people from different cultures and backgrounds connect with each other based on common interests and personalities, and, as a result, realize that at the end of the day, we are all just humans.

Peep is the founder of Markitekt, a conversion agency. He builds websites that sell. He is a big believer in evidence-based marketing. Everything he does comes from analysis, data, studies, and insights from customer research.

Flavio founded Fashion.me in September of 2011.  Fashion.me is the social network with the works! They bring you a fully stocked platform of style and fashion that allows you to share, create and discuss on the spot. Share your favorite styles, trends, and looks today!

12 years ago Kane Minkus was broke and homeless, $40K in debt, and sleeping on a friend’s couch. Since then, he’s built five multi-million dollar and multi-international businesses and helped over three million Entrepreneurs and professionals all over the world to open the floodgates of sustainable wealth. Kane is the Co-Founder of the #1 Global Business Training Company, Industry Rockstar.

Gene has been successful in many roles in life. Currently, he works as a Business Coach for Core Elevation with a focus on serving small business owners and Entrepreneurs. His primary goal is to inspire people to grow their business.

Aaron is the founder of Modify Watches.  Have you not heard of this incredible time-piece?  Modify Watches are super-dope, interchangeable watches. You can mix-and-match faces and straps to create the Mod that allows you to make your statement, whether (quiet) or LOUD.

Anna Akbari is the thinking person’s stylist. She has a PhD in visual sociology, with a specialization in visual self-presentation - in addition to over ten years of experience in all facets of the fashion industry.

Marni is a partner to all of the men and women who want a kick in the butt to create a life for themselves that they LOVE, freedom from the stories of their past, and a clear pathway to an awesome future!

Derek  is the president of goBRANDgo!, a full-service marketing agency for Entrepreneurs that brings the high level creative and strategy of ad agencies and the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of contractors together in order to bring previously inaccessible services to the every day Entrepreneur.  goBRANDgo! believes business relationships should be mutually-beneficial, transparent and a whole lot of fun.

Jason is the guy that was crazy enough to think he could build a business out of wearing t-shirts, and now, he's selling his last name. Before racking up thousands of hours of social media experience for every type of company under the sun, Jason made his mark as a graphic designer and business owner of his own web design company. Once it became clear to him that social media would be more than a passing phase, Jason set out to use these new tools to bring personality back to marketing. He's worn shirts for 1,500+ companies and is now selling his last name to the highest bidder!

David is the Creator/Host of  The Rise To The Top: the #1 Badass Show, Resource & Community for Mediapreneurs. The Rise To The Top has been viewed over 6,000,000 times in over 100 countries. David is also well known for helping peeps turn their passion and expertise into a badass online brand.