5x Bestselling Author and Keynote Speaker Erik Qualman has spoken in over 55 countries and has reached over 50 million people. He is the #1 bestselling author of five books on digital leadership and was voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind Harry Potter’s J.K. Rowling.

His Socialnomics work has been on 60 Minutes to the Wall Street Journal and used by the NBCUniversal to NASA. Over 500 universities use his materials. Qualman’s animation studio wrote and produced the world’s most-watched social media video “Social Media Revolution.” Qualman was formerly a sitting professor at Harvard & MIT’s edX labs. NYU Stern signified Qualman is to digital leadership what Deming is to quality and Drucker is to management. Qualman received an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube. Qualman is also the founder of Equalman Studios which has produced film and animation projects for the likes of Disney, Cartier, CompuCom, Chase, Hearts on Fire, IBM, and many other global brands.

5x Bestselling Author and Keynote Speaker Erik Qualman has spoken in over 55 countries and has reached over 50 million people. He is the #1 bestselling author of five books on digital leadership and was voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind Harry Potter’s J.K. Rowling.

His Socialnomics work has been on 60 Minutes to the Wall Street Journal and used by the NBCUniversal to NASA. Over 500 universities use his materials. Qualman’s animation studio wrote and produced the world’s most-watched social media video “Social Media Revolution.” Qualman was formerly a sitting professor at Harvard & MIT’s edX labs. NYU Stern signified Qualman is to digital leadership what Deming is to quality and Drucker is to management. Qualman received an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube. Qualman is also the founder of Equalman Studios which has produced film and animation projects for the likes of Disney, Cartier, CompuCom, Chase, Hearts on Fire, IBM, and many other global brands.

Influential thought-leader, lifelong martial-artist, dedicated Yoga and meditation practitioner, retired Navy SEAL commander, successful serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, selfless mentor and teacher—Mark Divine epitomizes his life calling to “Be Someone Special.”

Mark earned his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, and then set out on a career as a CPA and consultant in New York City. However, it was Mark’s personal and parallel journey into Zen meditation and Seido Karate in his early twenties that revealed a different path. This one—a calling to be a warrior-leader serving his country—encouraged Divine to, “Be Someone Special” as advertised by the Navy SEAL recruiting poster he discovered one evening after meditation practice.

Inspired by those three simple words, a driven 25-year old Mark Divine traded in his suit and tie and began his journey into the most elite U.S. special forces unit, eventually graduating from the grueling nine-month Navy SEAL selection program as the #1-ranked trainee in BUD/S class 170. Impressively, his entire original Boat Crew of 7 graduated as well, a rare feat with no known precedent. That was the first Elite Team that Mark helped to forge. Over the course of 20 years of service as a SEAL officer, Mark created a unique training methodology to elevate both his and his team’s performance.

With a desire to help others recognize their own potential, Mark left the Navy and rejoined the business world as an entrepreneur. His rich experiences led to the creation of his integrated functional fitness company, SEALFIT, and his embodied leadership corporate training company, Unbeatable Mind, both built upon Divine’s Five Mountain™ philosophy, with each mountain—Physical, Mental, Emotional, Intuitional, and Spiritual— personifying a unique developmental aspect of an individual’s journey on their quest to fulfill their true calling in life. 

Cameron Herold is known around the world as "The CEO Whisperer."

He is the mastermind behind hundreds of companies' exponential growth. That Cameron isn't a theory guy, he speaks only from experience. He earned his reputation as the "business growth guru" by guiding his clients to double their profits and revenue in three years or less. He was an entrepreneur from day one. At age 21, he ran a business with 14 employees. By 35, he'd built his first two $100 million companies. By 42, Cameron engineered 1-800-GOT-JUNK?'s growth from $2 million to $106 million in revenue with 3,100 employees. His companies landed over 5,200 media placements in that six-year period, including a spot on Oprah. 

Not only does Cameron know how to grow businesses, but his delivery from the stage is second to none— the current publisher of Forbes magazine, Rich Karlgaard, stated “Cameron Herold is THE BEST SPEAKER I’ve ever heard…he hits grand slams”.  

Cameron is a top-rated international speaker who has appeared in 26 countries. He is also the top-rated lecturer at EO/MIT's Entrepreneurial Masters Program, as well as a powerful and effective speaker at Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer leadership events around the world. Look for Cameron’s five business books on Amazon today: Double Double, Meetings Suck, Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs, Vivid Vision, and Free PR.

Cameron Herold is known around the world as "The CEO Whisperer."

He is the mastermind behind hundreds of companies' exponential growth. That Cameron isn't a theory guy, he speaks only from experience. He earned his reputation as the "business growth guru" by guiding his clients to double their profits and revenue in three years or less. He was an entrepreneur from day one. At age 21, he ran a business with 14 employees. By 35, he'd built his first two $100 million companies. By 42, Cameron engineered 1-800-GOT-JUNK?'s growth from $2 million to $106 million in revenue with 3,100 employees. His companies landed over 5,200 media placements in that six-year period, including a spot on Oprah. 

Not only does Cameron know how to grow businesses, but his delivery from the stage is second to none— the current publisher of Forbes magazine, Rich Karlgaard, stated “Cameron Herold is THE BEST SPEAKER I’ve ever heard…he hits grand slams”.  

Cameron is a top-rated international speaker who has appeared in 26 countries. He is also the top-rated lecturer at EO/MIT's Entrepreneurial Masters Program, as well as a powerful and effective speaker at Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer leadership events around the world. Look for Cameron’s five business books on Amazon today: Double Double, Meetings Suck, Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs, Vivid Vision, and Free PR.

Oksana Esberard is the business mindfulness expert, speaker, and author. She brings Mindfulness + Meditation to leadership teams and entrepreneurs as tools for professional transformation to reach and maximize peak performance. Oksana has worked with leadership teams in Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and through 1:1 coaching, nation-wide and globally. She also works with EO | YPO | Vistage forums, chapters, and retreats, as well as spouses events. 

Oksana has trained extensively in the Indian Himalayas at the top meditation school, Sattva Yoga Academy, where she continues to evolve her practice and knowledge. She has completed a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program in the U.S. as well as a Transcendental Meditation program in Hong Kong. Oksana holds MBA and Hospitality degrees from Florida International University.

Born and raised in the Far East of Russia, Oksana became a citizen of the world at the age of 16. She has traveled to 55+ countries, leading executive events and workshops in India, North America and Russia. 

Happily married, Oksana now lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with her husband Rafael and dog Lola.

Henry has earned his reputation as one of the leading entrepreneurs and most successful businessmen in Europe. The founder and former Chief Emotional Officer of AmRest, a leading restaurant company in Europe, an operator of quick service and casual dining concepts, including such world-class brands as KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Starbucks, La Tagliatella, Blue Frog, Bacoa and Sushi Shop, with over 2,100 restaurants across 26 countries, Henry is the embodiment of the “Wszystko Jest Możliwe!” (Anything Is Possible!) culture.

Since 2005 AmRest has been a public company traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and from 2018 also on the Madrid Stock Exchange (trade symbol at both: EAT). AmRest has grossly outperformed the market, rising in value from $100 million to almost $3 billion, since its IPO under Henry’s leadership representing a 27% CAGR over the 14-year period. Henry’s vision and strategy led the company to become a co-lead investor in Glovo, Spain’s leading food delivery platform and therefore the first restaurant operator with back integration.

Henry McGovern is a father of three boys and a daughter and lives with his wife and children in Wroclaw, Poland. He is an active member of “Young Presidents Organization." Henry develops his interests in the New Technologies and Food Trends issues being an investor in early stage start-ups solving the biggest world’s problems in these areas.

Gregg Lederman is a professional speaker and the President of Employee Engagement for Reward Gateway, a global employee engagement company. He is also the founder of Brand Integrity, now a subsidiary of Reward Gateway. Over the past 20 years, Gregg has worked with tens of thousands of business leaders and managers to place lasting leadership and employee engagement solutions.

He is the author of three award-winning books and is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His newest book, CRAVE: You Can Enhance Employee Motivation in 10 Minutes by Friday™ has been credited by many executives as “life changing” for those who want to become better leaders.

In addition to being a sought-after, highly-engaging keynote speaker and author, Gregg has served for over 18 years as a professor at the Simon School of Business at the University of Rochester. He teaches executive MBAs how to become more effective and trusted leaders in his course: Leading Organizational Change.

Gregg lives in Rochester, New York, with his wife, Karyn, and three wonderful daughters. For more information on Gregg and his speaking events, visit gregglederman.com.

David Horsager, MA, CSP, CPAEis CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute and a global authority on helping leaders and organizations become the most trusted in their industry. He is inventor of The Enterprise Trust Index™, director of the annual study—The Trust Outlook™, and national bestselling author of The Trust Edge.

With clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to professional sports teams andGlobal governments, David has taken the platform across the United States and on six continents.

John Hall is the co-founder and president of Calendar, a leading scheduling app that he’s convinced will change how we manage and invest our time. He authored the best-selling book “Top of Mind,” published by McGraw-Hill. John was a recipient of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Best Emerging Company and was recognized as one of the Business Journals’ Top 100 Visionaries.

John has been called a top “sales speaker”, “social media speaker” and  “motivational guest speaker” that people should pay attention to. He is consistently mentioned in major publications as a top influencer, leader, and speaker. John writes weekly columns for Forbes and Inc. and has contributed to more than 50 online publications, including Inc., Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Fast Company, and Mashable.

By his 35th birthday Mike Michalowicz (pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits) had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor…and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. He started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies.

Today, Mike Michalowicz is one of the most prolific small business authors of our time, with critically acclaimed books including Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, Fix This Next, and many other popular business books.

Additionally, Mike currently runs his third multi-million dollar venture, is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and resides on the boards of multiple innovative industry leaders.

By his 35th birthday Mike Michalowicz (pronounced mi-‘kal-o-wits) had founded and sold two multi-million dollar companies. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became an angel investor…and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. He started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies.

Today, Mike Michalowicz is one of the most prolific small business authors of our time, with critically acclaimed books including Profit First, Clockwork, The Pumpkin Plan, Fix This Next, and many other popular business books.

Additionally, Mike currently runs his third multi-million dollar venture, is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and resides on the boards of multiple innovative industry leaders.

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.”

Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products .

In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for TechCrunch, Inc. and Psychology Today. 

Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Pantry, Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Happy Bits, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, and Symphony Commerce.

Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University.

Tom Peters is coauthor of In Search of Excellence—the book that changed the way the world does business and often tagged as the best business book ever. Seventeen books and thirty-five years later, Tom is still at the forefront of the “management guru industry” he single-handedly invented. What’s new? A lot. As CNN said, “While most business gurus milk the same mantra for all it’s worth, the oneman brand called Tom Peters is still reinventing himself.”

His most recent effort is The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last (Vintage, 2018). Tom’s bedrock belief: “Execution is strategy—it’s all about the people and the doing, not the talking and the theory.” In November 2017, Tom received the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award. (Effectively, all
of Tom’s written and speech material covering the last 15+ years is available— free to download—at tompeters.com and excellencenow.com.)

Doug Rose has been transforming organizations through technology, training and process optimization for more than 25 years. He has authored several books on data science, management and software development and teaches classes at the University of Chicago and online through LinkedIn Learning. In Artificial Intelligence For Business, Doug discusses the exciting possibilities of artificial intelligence and machine learning and how it will impact your business.

Blending a fresh perspective, 25 years of experience, and a talent for inspiring audiences, Denise Lee Yohn is a leading authority on building and positioning exceptional brands.

Denise initially cultivated her brand-building approaches through several high-level positions in advertising and client-side marketing. She served as lead strategist at advertising agencies for Burger King and Land Rover and as the marketing leader and analyst for Jack in the Box restaurants and Spiegel catalogs. Denise went on to head Sony Electronic Inc.’s brand office, where she was the vice president/general manager of brand and strategy.

An influential writer, Denise is the author of the best-selling book What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest (Jossey-Bass).  She enjoys challenging readers to think differently in her regular contributions to Harvard Business Review and Forbes.

Denise regularly appears on Fox Business TV and many other national and international media as a commentator on breaking business news. Her blog, Brand-as-Business Bites™, was named by the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) as one of the top 20 marketing blogs. With her expertise and passion, Denise has become an in-demand keynote speaker and addresses business leaders around the world.

While selling TV airtime at a local affiliate, Arnie Malham created a small side venture to help a few clients market beyond just the TV station. In 1994, that venture ultimately got him fired and quickly became his best and only career option. Without a clue as to how to run a company, Malham repeatedly “got it wrong” when it came to hiring, firing, and everything else related to building a business. Armed with his belief that different is better than good, outliers are fascinating, and mind-set is everything, he persevered.

Thanks to hundreds of business books, dozens of patient mentors, and a universe conspiring to help him, Malham stumbled upon a bold, culture-first approach that gave his fledgling company the momentum it needed. cj Advertising grew to become the largest full-service brand- building agency in the country exclusively for law firms. Along the way, Malham also launched a call center named Legal Intake Professionals (LIP) in 2005 that was also strictly focused on serving personal injury law firms. Both businesses were sold to separate buyers in 2017, and Arnie turned all his attention toward a concept that played a huge role in creating the successful culture of growth at both cj and LIP: BetterBookClub.com.

Mo Fathelbab is founder and president of Forum Resource, LLC and co founder of Harvard Business School Alumni Forums. He is author of two best-selling books, Forum: The Secret Advantage of Successful Leaders and The Friendship Advantage – 7 Keys to Building Relationships that Transform Culture and Drive Productivity.

Prior to that Mo served as executive director of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (1991-1997) where he created the peer to peer Forum program content initiated 100s of CEO Forums.  Mo has worked with over 20,000 CEOs and Entrepreneurs over the course of nearly 3 decades in 33 countries.   

Mo regularly speaks to groups of CEOs and their C suite as well as to chapters of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization) as well as audiences of more than 500 attendees. He has a popular TEDx talk and has appeared on many TV shows and podcasts as well as in many newspapers.

Jeff Hoffman is a successful entrepreneur, proven CEO, worldwide motivational speaker, published author, Hollywood film producer, a producer of a Grammy winning jazz album, and executive producer of an Emmy Award winning television show. In his career, he has been the founder of multiple startups, he has been the CEO of both public and private companies, and he has served as a senior executive in many capacities. Jeff has been part of a number of well-known successful startups, including Priceline.com/Booking.com, uBid.com and more. Jeff serves on the boards of companies in the US, Europe, the Middle East, South America, Africa, and Asia. He supports entrepreneurs and small businesses on a worldwide basis. He has not only built multi-billion dollar global companies, but he has worked with them in many different industries and markets, and he possesses a unique and powerful knowledge of what it takes to achieve exponential growth for entrepreneurs and small business owners everywhere.

Dr. Lance Secretan is the world's top authority on inspirational leadership, a trailblazing teacher, mentor, advisor and leadership coach and a world authority on corporate culture, whose bestselling books, inspirational talks, and life-changing retreats have touched the hearts and minds of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. 

He is the author of 21 books about inspiration, corporate culture and leadership. Lance is a riveting speaker and is acknowledged globally as one of our most insightful and original leadership teachers. A former CEO of a Fortune 100 company, university professor, award-winning columnist, author and outdoor athlete, he has received numerous teaching, writing and humanitarian awards, including the International Caring Award. He is Chairman of the Pay it Forward Foundation. Lance is an expert skier, kayaker and mountain-biker, and divides his time between Ontario and Colorado.

Bernie Brenner is the founder and CEO of Rollick, Inc, a one-to-one relationship marketing platform for manufacturers and franchise dealers to connect and nurture consumers through the shopping process of large ticket items. Bernie has spent his career building companies to disrupt mature markets by leveraging partnerships with the Fortune 1000 to establish credibility and build scale into a business. His best-selling book, The Sumo Advantage, is based on proven methods for identifying, negotiating and managing hundreds of large scale strategic partnerships.

Prior to founding Rollick, Bernie was the Cofounder and Chief Strategy Officer at TrueCar, Inc., a company he took public in 2014 [NASDAQ: TRUE]. At TrueCar, he has been responsible for the acquisition and management of strategic partnerships, now exceeding 500 partners. TrueCar’s partnerships include Mercedes-Benz, USAA, Consumer Reports, American Express, AAA, Chase Bank, and the top automotive insurance companies in the US.

Overall, Bernie brings more than 25 years of experience in building companies focused on strategic business development within the automotive retail industry.

He lives in Austin Texas with his wife and three children.

Dr. Tamsin Woolley-Barker is an evolutionary anthropologist, biomimicry pioneer, and the author of TEEMING, a bestseller in Organizational Learning, Environmental Economics, Ecology and Animal Behavior. Her company TEEM Innovation Group helps organizations apply evolutionary principles and patterns in order to adapt more effectively. She is also the Dean of Geoversity’s School of Biocultural Leadership in Panama and founder of the Borrego Institute for Living Design (the BILD) in the Anza Borrego Desert in San Diego County where she lives with her three children.

Dr. Tamsin’s efforts are all focused on the reality that all our endeavors are biological. Nothing makes sense except in light of evolution, yet pervasive Illiteracy in living processes reinforces our inability to adapt. Organizations are fundamentally misaligned with living processes, and mechanistic thinking is a life-threatening delusion. She therefore works to show how evolutionary thinking and design can help us radically rethink the systems, processes, and structures we live and work within, so we can rehumanize, revitalize, and regenerate our communities, organizations, and other living systems.

Raj Sisodia is the FW Olin Distinguished Professor of Global Business and Whole Foods Market Research Scholar in Conscious Capitalism at Babson College. He is also Co-Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Conscious Capitalism Inc. He has a Ph. D. in Marketing from Columbia University. Raj has published ten books and over 100 academic articles. His books include Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business, Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose, Everybody Matters and Shakti Leadership. He is on the Board of Directors at The Container Store, and a trustee of Conscious Capitalism Inc.

Bob Chapman, Chairman & CEO recently named the #3 CEO in the world in Inc., Bob Chapman is determined to share his message about business’ opportunity to become the most powerful positive influence on society. Recent audiences include the Aspen Ideas Festival, Conscious Capitalism, Fortune Scale Up Summit, US Congressional Retreat, WorldBlu, CEO Global Leaders Forum, and numerous others. 

Chapman became CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, a $3 billion global capital equipment business, in 1975 at age 30 when the struggling 80-year-old business had $20 million in revenue. Despite the obstacles, Chapman applied a unique blend of strategy and culture in growing Barry-Wehmiller to 100+ acquisitions and nearly 12,000 team members in 28 countries. 

Over the past two decades, a series of realizations led him away from traditional management practices to Truly Human Leadership--where his employees feel valued and cared for. This transformation inspired his WSJ bestseller Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family. His TEDx Talk and a 2016 Harvard case study also profile his leadership philosophy. 

Chapman has a BA from Indiana University and an MBA from Michigan. He spent his early career as an accountant with Price Waterhouse. 

Matthew Pollard is “The Rapid Growth Guy,” known around the world as a leader in differentiation, niche marketing, and sales systemization. As a highly-introverted teenager, Matthew fell into sales when the company he worked for shut down just days before Christmas, and commission-only sales was the only job he could find. His first day, he received 92 rejections in a row, and knew something had to change. Matthew created, practiced, and perfected his system, and fast became the #1 salesperson at the largest sales and marketing firm in the southern hemisphere – and in charge of training all the sales teams. 

By age 30, he was responsible for five multi-million dollar business success stories across a diverse range of industries. Once scared to sell, today he teaches thousands how to do it, and has so far transformed over 3500 struggling businesses by applying his Rapid Growth System. Called “the real deal” by Forbes, Matthew is an internationally-award-winning sales blogger and the Founder and Executive Director of Small Business Festival ranked among the top five business conferences in the nation by Inc.

Hilary Corna is a Host of the UNprofessional podcast, Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, and Founder of The Human Way. She is also the former Senior Executive Officer of Toyota Asia Pacific. Leading the UNprofessional community and podcast, she showcases unheard voices in business that #fuckthemold. Her clients have included State Farm Insurance, General Motors and the United Nations Foundation, to name a few. Her reputation as a powerful, energetic and unapologetic keynote speaker has taken her to over 20 countries and more than 1,000 events.

Hilary is on a mission to humanize business. This means highlighting the human and placing an emphasis on love, care and human connection. She believes that we will do our best work when we are able to be our full selves and create meaningful, personal relationships. 

There’s more to Hilary than just her work, too. She speaks fluent Japanese, rides a motorcycle and is a twin. And, like every human, there are so many unique things about her that can’t be properly represented in just a few words.

Hilary has been featured in the New York Times, Fortune, Forbes Woman, The Wall Street Journal, NBC and dozens of other publications. Her new book UNprofessional: A Manifesto will be released in September 2021.

Chris Haroun is the author of the book 101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School, which Business Insider wrote is "the most popular book of 2016 according to Business Insider readers." In 2015 Forbes called this book "1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs must read right now."

Chris is the founder and CEO of Haroun Education Ventures, which has three areas of focus: 1: Edtech Venture Capital, 2: Education Charities and 3: Education Online Business & Self Development Courses. In addition, he is an award-winning business school professor, MBA graduate from Columbia University and former Goldman Sachs employee. He has raised and managed over $1B in his career.

He also has work experience at hedge fund giant Citadel, consulting firm Accenture & several firms that he has started, including an investment firm that had a venture capital investment in Facebook several years before the Facebook IPO.

Chris has written numerous articles and has been interviewed or profiled in Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur Magazine, VentureBeat, Wired Magazine, AlleyWatch and several television, podcast and radio interviews, including one with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) which is Hong Kong's oldest and sole public service broadcaster. He has his own entrepreneurship column in Inc. magazine.

Caryn is the Chief Door Opener^® at Kopp Consulting whose Door Opener^®Service has helped thousands of business owners and sales people secure initial meetings with high level decision makers in almost every major Fortune 100 and 500 company including P&G, Pfizer, GE, Merck, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner, Kraft, Target, CBS and the list goes on and on.

Caryn Kopp has been dubbed the Chief Door Opener^® because she gets her clients “in the door” with their prospects. Too often the process of opening new prospect doors receives minimal attention by business owners and sales people in terms of time spent, consistency and touch point strategy – three critical elements for prospecting success.

Have you ever heard someone say: “When I’m in front of the right decision maker I close the sale most of the time, I just can’t get in front of enough of the right people.”? Caryn and her team at Kopp Consulting help Business Owners and Salespeople accelerate sales success by having senior level Door Openers^® find the right opportunities and secure initial meetings.

Caryn is a nationally-recognized speaker and an expert in business development. Caryn has been interviewed on The Wall Street Journal Morning Radio Show. Her articles have been published in India’s The Economic Times.

Chris Haroun is the author of the book 101 Crucial Lessons They Don't Teach You in Business School, which Business Insider wrote is "the most popular book of 2016 according to Business Insider readers." In 2015 Forbes called this book "1 of 6 books that all entrepreneurs must read right now."

Chris is the founder and CEO of Haroun Education Ventures, which has three areas of focus: 1: Edtech Venture Capital, 2: Education Charities and 3: Education Online Business & Self Development Courses. In addition, he is an award-winning business school professor, MBA graduate from Columbia University and former Goldman Sachs employee. He has raised and managed over $1B in his career.

He also has work experience at hedge fund giant Citadel, consulting firm Accenture & several firms that he has started, including an investment firm that had a venture capital investment in Facebook several years before the Facebook IPO.

Chris has written numerous articles and has been interviewed or profiled in Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur Magazine, VentureBeat, Wired Magazine, AlleyWatch and several television, podcast and radio interviews, including one with Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) which is Hong Kong's oldest and sole public service broadcaster. He has his own entrepreneurship column in Inc. magazine.

Ryan Levesque is the author of the #1 National Best-Selling book, Ask - as featured by Inc. Magazine as the "#1 Marketing Book of 2015" and by Entrepreneur Magazine as the "#2 Must-Read Book for Budding Entrepreneurs."

Ryan has used the Ask Method to help build multi-million dollar businesses in 23 different industries, generating over $100 million dollars in sales in the process. And since then, his student entrepreneurs have used the Ask Method in thousands of different industries to launch and scale their businesses online.

Today, Ryan and his team offer training, consulting, and software for entrepreneurs and businesses at all levels who are looking to use the Ask Method to launch and grow their business.

5x Bestselling Author and Keynote Speaker Erik Qualman has spoken in over 55 countries and has reached over 50 million people. He is the #1 bestselling author of five books on digital leadership and was voted the 2nd Most Likeable Author in the World behind Harry Potter’s J.K. Rowling.

His Socialnomics work has been on 60 Minutes to the Wall Street Journal and used by the NBCUniversal to NASA. Over 500 universities use his materials. Qualman’s animation studio wrote and produced the world’s most-watched social media video “Social Media Revolution.” Qualman was formerly a sitting professor at Harvard & MIT’s edX labs. NYU Stern signified Qualman is to digital leadership what Deming is to quality and Drucker is to management. Qualman received an honorary doctorate for his groundbreaking work What Happens in Vegas Stays on YouTube. Qualman is also the founder of Equalman Studios which has produced film and animation projects for the likes of Disney, Cartier, CompuCom, Chase, Hearts on Fire, IBM, and many other global brands.

Blending a fresh perspective, 25 years of experience, and a talent for inspiring audiences, Denise Lee Yohn is a leading authority on building and positioning exceptional brands.

Denise initially cultivated her brand-building approaches through several high-level positions in advertising and client-side marketing. She served as lead strategist at advertising agencies for Burger King and Land Rover and as the marketing leader and analyst for Jack in the Box restaurants and Spiegel catalogs. Denise went on to head Sony Electronic Inc.’s brand office, where she was the vice president/general manager of brand and strategy.

An influential writer, Denise is the author of the best-selling book What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest (Jossey-Bass).  She enjoys challenging readers to think differently in her regular contributions to Harvard Business Review and Forbes.

Denise regularly appears on Fox Business TV and many other national and international media as a commentator on breaking business news. Her blog, Brand-as-Business Bites™, was named by the Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG) as one of the top 20 marketing blogs. With her expertise and passion, Denise has become an in-demand keynote speaker and addresses business leaders around the world.

Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.”

Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products .

In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for TechCrunch, Inc. and Psychology Today. 

Nir is also an active investor in habit-forming technologies. Some of his past investments include: Eventbrite, Product Hunt, Pantry, Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Happy Bits, Presence Learning, 7 Cups, Pana, and Symphony Commerce.

Nir attended The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Emory University.

As founder of Cash Flow Story, Alan Miltz has developed financial analysis techniques that have become a global standard for businesses, CPAs and banks. These techniques are now being used in 30 countries by over 20,000 customers including 500 leading banks.

Alan was the co-founder of Cash Flow Story in 2013, and the diagnostic principles are now changing the way business leaders are reviewing their financial performance.  He was also one of the co-authors of the bestselling  book Scaling Up by Verne Harnish.

His concentrated business savvy has also assisted a large number of Australian companies to successfully raise debt finance from the major financial institutions to over $1.4B to date.  Alan is a previous Best Speaker in Australia for TEC, the world’s largest CEO forum, and has been invited as a guest speaker at many CEO conferences globally,  including the United States, where he presented to over 3000 leading CEOs in 2015.

Alan is a highly-recognized speaker and a keynote presenter for the Entrepreneurs Organization over the past five years, including presentations at their Entrepreneurs’ Universities in Tokyo, Berlin and Boston MIT. He is currently of the board over 13 well-recognized Australian companies.

Rich’s solid reputation is based on cutting edge knowledge, combined with his make-it-simple / make-it-happen approach. As President and CEO of Bottom Line Up Enterprises, he serves entrepreneurial companies throughout the world. CEOs and the leadership teams of rapid-growth companies regularly seek his guidance.

Rich offers fresh eyes to business owners, allowing them to see things they would otherwise not see.

Over the years Rich has learned that every business has challenges. His coaching speaks to the unique strengths, market opportunities, client base, focus, culture, priorities, profitability and cash positions of his different clients.

As a strategic planner he helps companies determine the best path for moving forward and what it will take in terms of people, time, and capital to make it happen.

He helps companies find these resources, including determining what human resources are necessary to move forward and how much time and capital it will take to make it happen. If the company needs additional funding to grow, Rich helps them acquire capital and ensure they get the right amount and they spend it wisely.

Jack brings 30+ years of field proven experience from a starting base with CPA firm Arthur Andersen to the CEO level of several national companies. Jack is a proven CEO/Entrepreneur, having built six companies into national firms, two of which he subsequently sold to the Wall Street firms of Solomon Brothers and First Boston.

Amongst a career of highlights, here are a couple of noteworthy examples:

• In 1985, Jack relocated to California from the east coast and started a mortgage company with 3 colleagues. As CEO, Jack led the company through robust growth in its initial 18 months to 750 employees and 22 offices nationwide, producing $350 million per month in mortgages, and its first 3 years the company reported profits of $42 million.
• In 1998, working as a senior partner in a 5 year-old privately held Enterprise, Jack helped the company to be recognized as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and ranked #10 on the Inc. 500 List of the fastest growing firms nationwide.
• BS Accounting, MBA, Captain in the U.S. Army, accomplished author of books, audio and DVD programs.

Salim Ismail is a sought-after speaker, strategist and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. He travels extensively addressing topics including breakthrough technologies and their impact on a variety of industries and society in general.

Salim has spent the last six years building Singularity University as its founding Executive Director.  SU is based at NASA Ames and is training a new generation of leaders to manage exponentially growing technologies. Before that, as a Vice President at Yahoo, he built and ran Brickhouse, Yahoo’s internal incubator. His last company, Angstro, was sold to Google in August 2010. He has founded or operated seven early-stage companies including PubSub Concepts, which laid some of the foundation for the real-time web.

He has been featured in numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Fortune, Wired and the BBC. He advises Fortune 500 executives and many world governments on the future of technology and is currently writing a book titled “Exponential Organizations”.

Kevin Daum is an award winning and bestselling author of 5 books. He is a marketer, speaker, and columnist for Inc.com and Smart Business Magazine. As an Inc. 500 entrepreneur his sales and marketing techniques resulted in more than $1 billion in sales. Drawing on his background in theatre and business, Kevin is a compelling speaker who has engaged and inspired audiences around the globe.

Kevin has authored several books, including Amazon #1 Best Sellers Video Marketing For Dummies (Wiley), ROAR! Get Heard in the Sales and Marketing Jungle (Wiley), and Green$ense For the Home: Rating the Real Payoff on 50 Green Home Projects (Taunton).

Kevin uses his expertise to help individuals communicate effectively and reach their personal and business goals. He has built multiple businesses, including Stratford Financial Services, an Inc. 500 company; Mystery is Served, an entertainment company; and most recently TAE International, which helps companies provide their customers The Awesome Experience by mastering compelling messaging, intentional marketing and memorable delivery.

Kevin consults to numerous companies and non-profit organizations. He speaks regularly in the areas of marketing, communication, creativity, strategy, and execution. He also coaches executives on book development and thought leadership, as his most recent book proposals went from concept to contract in a few short months with major trade publishers.

Kevin is a graduate of the MIT Entrepreneurial Masters program and has received the Global Learning Award 3 times from the Entrepreneur’s Organization, where he held several board positions. Kevin has designed, produced, and led award-winning executive training programs and events for C-level executives and entrepreneurs on four continents. Previously, Kevin was named one of the 40 people to watch under 40 in San Francisco by the Business Times and in 2006 was named Distinguished Alum of the Year by his alma mater, Humboldt State University.

Caryn is the Chief Door Opener^® at Kopp Consulting whose Door Opener^®Service has helped thousands of business owners and sales people secure initial meetings with high level decision makers in almost every major Fortune 100 and 500 company including P&G, Pfizer, GE, Merck, Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner, Kraft, Target, CBS and the list goes on and on.

Caryn Kopp has been dubbed the Chief Door Opener^® because she gets her clients “in the door” with their prospects. Too often the process of opening new prospect doors receives minimal attention by business owners and sales people in terms of time spent, consistency and touch point strategy – three critical elements for prospecting success.

Have you ever heard someone say: “When I’m in front of the right decision maker I close the sale most of the time, I just can’t get in front of enough of the right people.”? Caryn and her team at Kopp Consulting help Business Owners and Salespeople accelerate sales success by having senior level Door Openers^® find the right opportunities and secure initial meetings.

Caryn is a nationally-recognized speaker and an expert in business development. Caryn has been interviewed on The Wall Street Journal Morning Radio Show. Her articles have been published in India’s The Economic Times.

• Custom Care America Inc was a franchisor in the lawn care space.
• Green America Inc invented and manufactured proprietary lawn care application equipment.
• Cambridge tool works also in manufacturing of specialty wood working equipment.
• TE enterprises focused on commercial real estate development and management.