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Casey Adams is an 18 year old Best Selling Author, Entrepreneur, and Public Speaker who has been able to turn his negative situation into a positive outcome. After almost becoming paralyzed during a football injury, Casey was able to start his journey by looking at ways to leverage social media & build a personal brand. Casey runs a top 50 business podcast known as the  “Rise of The Young” podcast, and has interviewed some of the worlds most successful entrepreneurs. Casey has spoken on stage all over the world on the power of building a personal brand on social media, and has been recognized by some of the largest business publications in the world.

Arie is a Principal at Rising Tide VC, an early stage investments firm with a focus on early-stage technology and healthcare. Arie is focused on big ideas in FinTech, InsurTech, real estate and blockchain technology, and also on delivering value-add work for the Firm's current portfolio of promising companies as well as the Firm's tremendous group of Limited Partners. Previously he served as an investment advisor with Goldman, Sachs & Co., advising a very exclusive group of ultra-wealthy families and institutions across the United States and abroad on all manner of investments. Prior to this he was an equity research analyst with Fisher Investments, an international money management Firm. 

Ripple VC works with highly technical, capital efficient companies to expand market opportunities and scale product-market fit. Ripple VC provides seed capital and focuses energies on helping with Fortune 500 relationships: helping them become customers, investors, and acquirers. The mission is to become the go-to firm for the best seed deep tech companies from Africa.

Investible is a new-breed scalable angel investor and business generator bringing together the skills of early stage VC investors with the scalability enabled by our world-class experiential business building program. Investible produces a formidable pipeline of investible businesses and startup ready talent. 

John Mannes is an investor at Basis Set Ventures, a $136 million early stage venture capital fund focused on supporting startups using machine learning to address big problems across industries. Prior to Basis Set Ventures, John was a TechCrunch writer covering machine intelligence startups, machine learning research and major AI initiatives from big tech.

Jonathan Hawkins is the CEO of The Hashtag Agent, a social media training and consulting firm for the real estate industry. Most recently, Jonathan was ranked in the top 1% of real estate brokers in the country. He is a sought after keynote speaker and has been featured in top media publications such as Inc., Wall Street Journal, Inman, Forbes, Entrepreneur and Thrive Global. Prior to real estate, Jonathan served as a military intelligence officer and is a proud recipient of the Presidential Call to Service Award for his countless hours of philanthropic work. Jonathan hosts a weekly podcast and is currently working on a documentary series focused on the stories of real estate agents. He also serves as an advisor and investor to multiple real estate innovation and technology companies and is a member of the Genius Network, the highest-level marketing mastermind in the world. Jonathan graduated from UCLA with a degree in International Relations and he lives with his family in Huntington Beach, California.

Jeff Fenster is the CEO of Everbowl, a San Diego-based acai bowl and juice chain. Fenster started Everbowl in 2016, which has now expanded to 22 locations across Southern California—with two just added in Hillcrest and Little Italy. But Everbowl is not his only company. Within this portfolio he started multiple other companies: a construction company, a consumer brand, and an import brand. In this episode he shares how he handles his "entrepreneurial ADD" and successfully manages multiple startups within ONE company empire.

Mike Young is the host of the top-rated iTunes “The Made Over Podcast”, author of "Made Over: How To Create A Powerful Brand That Will Transform Your Business & Save Your Life", and a seasoned entrepreneur. Mike created “The Makeover Method” and is known as “The Makeover Master.” He works with dedicated entrepreneurs through mentorship, coaching, training, strategy and design to completely transform their online presence and personal brand using his unique process, “The Complete Brand Makeover Experience.” Mike fixes a giant problem that most entrepreneurs face, one they ignore for as long as they can, a problem that is costing them money, influence, power, and respect in their niche.

David Lopez is a successful sales coach and entrepreneur. On this episodes he shares his secrets and tactics for closing any sale.

Anthony Mendez: CEO of Mendez Fitness Pro, PUMA Trainer & Onnit Athlete Mendez has 3 years of exercise science education, has a diploma from equinox fitness academy, a Diploma in Psychology, and he has partaken in over 30 health & fitness work shops lead by the top fitness leaders in the industry. Mendez holds 2 National Certifications & 12 speciality certifications. He has been a fitness professional for over 9+ years coaching & training over hundreds of individuals: from general population, to disabled individuals, post rehab, pre & post natal, celebrities, and elite athletes. He has worked with multiple big box gyms including Equinox and had ran his own gym known as MSP Athletics. He currently serves as a top athlete / trainer for PUMA & ONNIT two of the biggest brands in the lifestyle & fitness industry.

Previously at Math Venture Partners Samara now raised her own fund, Chingona Ventures to invest in badass (Latino) founders. 

Tim Nussbeck built a $100M dollar a year business using effective systems and operations. In this episode he shares all his strategies and tactics for optimizing your business. 

Lucy's current investment focus is on breakthrough technologies in enterprise software and hardware, including ML/AI, blockchain, cybersecurity, computing infrastructure, robotics/autonomous systems, aerospace, and AR/VR. She has experience as an emerging technology investor at Greycroft Partners and 11.2 Capital.

Seth has started several businesses and made several million dollars as an entrepreneur. He has spoken at events on multiple continents and around the US and has had the opportunity to present with John C Maxwell on one of his business trainings. He gives some great insight on perspectives regardless of the goal. Seth has started several businesses and made several million dollars as an entrepreneur. He has spoken at events on multiple continents and around the US and has had the opportunity to present with John C Maxwell on one of his business trainings.   Background: College dropout turned entrepreneur. Self employed for 11 years. Inventor and founder/CEO of a technology company out of Los Angeles.

Austin Godsey went from "homeless" to "millionaire" within 2 years through network marketing. In this episode he reveals how he left his difficult background behind and built a successful company with nothing but hard work and the right tactics.

Ariel is a General Partner at Brainstorm Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm whose exits include OpenTable, Zappos and KIO Networks in Mexico City. Ariel is a Class 16 Kauffman Fellow and Mentor.  He is also the Vice President of Pacific Community Management, a growth equity impact investment firm, and serves on the boards of several of its portfolio companies. Ariel is the co-owner of Palau Moxó in Barcelona.  Previously, Ariel worked as a management consultant at the Bridgespan Group, an affiliate of Bain & Company. He advised clients, such as the Gates Foundation and Hispanic Scholarship Fund, on their investment and growth strategies. Ariel briefly led the United Nations Development Programme’s Growing Sustainable Business Initiative in Venezuela. Prior to business school, Ariel worked in various capacities at Intel Corporation, including as a manufacturing engineer, pricing analyst and strategic planni

Ryan White is a social media influencer and the CEO of Social Revelation. Social Revelation is a 7 figure marketing agency that helps businesses and personal brands increase their digital footprint and brand awareness online. In this episode, Ryan White shares Instagram tips and tricks for startup founders. 

In this episode Esteban Gast talks about the importance of sustainability and his journey in creating a thriving ethical business.

Josue Arteaga, founder of Influencer Viral, explains how somebody with has no PR experience, no PR background can go from zero to having their first article go up and then start snowballing from there.

In this episode Jeremy Haynes, digital marketing guru, and founder / CEO of Megalodon Marketing, tells us the steps needed to find the drive within yourself to achieve your goals and make your aspirations a reality.