Sue Monhait, also known as the Gift Biz Gal, has been consulting with retail and online businesses for over 25 years. Additionally, she has started two multi 6-figure companies of her own. Today, The Ribbon Print Company is the major sponsor of her Gift Biz Unwrapped Podcast. Sue has been identified as an industry trendsetter and now focuses on the “gifting, baking, crafting and making” spaces. She’s a leader in helping entrepreneurs set up their business to become a profitable and sustainable entity. Pulling from her vast experience, Sue now guides people who have a hobby or creative passion that they want to turn into a business. As an extension, she works with existing business owners who have gotten stuck or are looking for that one thing that’s needed for them to gain traction and move ahead.
Sarah Argenal is the Founder & CEO of the Working Parent Resource.
Her goal is to help burned-out professional moms and dads live more deliberate lives so they can experience more meaning, joy, and fulfillment.
After 20 years of working with individuals, couples, professionals, and parents in all different ways, She's discovered a few different things about the reality of working parenthood in modern society:
1 | Working parents who struggle with overwhelm and burnout have one thing in common: They aren’t making conscious choices about how they spend their time.
2 | Working Parents are also searching for a quick fix to minimize their current suffering.
3 | Working parents know they can’t keep living this way, but they don’t think they have enough time to do anything differently I’ve actually heard this phrase: “I don’t have enough time to find enough time.”
She works best with ambitious professional moms and dads who are struggling with burnout and don’t know where else to turn.
We live in a different kind of world right now where excessive consumption, distraction, mindless activity and CONSTANT DOING is leading to unhappiness, stress, and anxiety. You’re in the right place if this resonates with you at all.
Dave Peniuk was born to entertain. At the age of 12, he and a friend started taping their own rock n roll radio station, singing to the songs and commenting on the daily grind of elementary school. From there, Dave grabbed his friend's Betamax video camera and started shooting spoof commercials like Toothpaste X - "The Foamiest" and Cleaning Detergent Y - "Leaves Shirts Spotless and just a bit smaller". Dave quickly moved onto short films where he wrote, directed, edited and co-starred in such favorites as "008 - Silverfinger" and "Nightmare on Beach Drive". But then real life took over and Dave became a commercial fisherman (aka "The Deadliest Catch"), a market researcher (yes, part of those annoying telemarketer calls), and then real estate. At the ripe age of 40, Dave realized that nothing else speaks to his soul like acting and entered back into the world of entertainment starting out learning the craft from Jacqui Kaese at Spotlight Academy. He is now a full-time actor and producer, acting in award-winning web-series like "Night Owl High" or the soon to be released hilarious feature film spoof of Friday the 13th - "Camp Death III: The Final Summer". He was recently on Jenna Elfman's new show, "Imaginary Mary" as well as on the CBC award-winning intense spy-thriller "The Romeo Section". When not acting or auditioning, he can be found in Acting classes with Margie Haber, Diane Charles, Stuart Aikins, and Jeb Beach & Associates, or learning the funny at The Groundlings theater and school.
Vanya is a coaching expert on meaningful work. Her practice aims to help individuals, companies and their leaders create purpose-driven work. She helps them capitalize on their strengths, uncover blind spots and build their leadership skills, so they can reach even beyond financial success. The goal is to be able to create more satisfaction, a meaningful impact and leave a legacy for the next generation of leaders.
She enjoys writing, reading, psychology, philosophy, arts and all forms of self-expression. She co-founded a personal development podcast called "The Coaching Journal", where she and her co-host offer thought-provoking concepts to empower individuals to intentionally design the life they desire to have.
When Casey was in high school on his way home from a night out, he accidentally struck his friend with his vehicle which instantly took his friend's life. This tragedy led Casey to discover the truth.
Casey Cease is the Founder and CEO of Lucid Books. As an author, pastor, and speaker who has published his own book, Casey knows first-hand the importance of partnering with a team of experts to edit, publish, and market your book.
He started Lucid Books ten years ago with the goal of putting together a skilled team passionate to help authors share their vision with the world. Casey is responsible for the vision, leadership and team development, strategic partnerships, and long-term growth planning at Lucid.
Whitney Nicely is the queen of real estate investing in east Tennessee. Whitney started to chase her passions and fine tune her skills in the real estate market after college. She flipped her first house in 2009. Last year, she flipped six houses while planning her October wedding. Whitney’s real estate portfolio has grown from zero, ziltch, nada to 17 residential houses, 19 apartment units and 7 chunks of vacant land across east Tennessee. Whitney believes everyone should control their own destiny by investing in real estate as soon and as much as possible. It doesn’t take a trust fund or $100k in the bank to get started in real estate. In fact, Whitney teaches people how they can use no money, no credit and no banks to finance real estate deals across the country. She’s fired up about teaching people the fast, fun, and profitable way to be successful in real estate. Whitney is the Principal Broker for Whitney Buys Houses, LLC. Whitney will teach you how to invest in real estate for profit and achieve lifelong goals.
Vanessa Shaw is a sought-after speaker and expert on business mastery, personal leadership and 6- and 7-figure income strategies. She is the creator of The Boutique Business Model™ and her zone of genius is helping entrepreneurs have breakthroughs and paradigm shifts around creating more wealth and success in their business and life.
Originally from the UK and having lived across Europe for most of her life, Vanessa brings over a decade of international experience working with top corporate executives and ambitious entrepreneurs from start-ups to billion dollar companies. She has also worked for the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, and has held senior leadership roles within the International Coach Federation.
Vanessa now lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband, Robert, their two children and a collection of four-legged friends.
Julie Broad is an Amazon Overall #1 Best Selling Author, an International Book Award Winner, and recipient of the Beverly Hills Book Award for Best Sales book. As an entrepreneur and successful real estate investor, she was also awarded the Top 20 under 40 Award. Her latest venture, Book Launchers, helps entrepreneurs and professionals build their brand and boost their business by writing, publishing, and selling a top quality book. In 2017, she also became a new Mom and moved from Vancouver Island, Canada to Los Angeles, California.
http://www.booklaunchers.com
In 2010, Danny Dover assigned a deadline of May 25, 2017, to his life. He was tired of hearing about other people’s exciting lives and decided to jump-start his own by taking steps to actually live as if the end was in sight. He tattooed his deadline on his butt and made the sole purpose of his life to complete his Life List (a list of more than 150 life goals). While pursuing his list, he inadvertently became a minimalist in order to gain the necessary focus to create a more meaningful life. This seemingly small change in mindset (which he later detailed in the book The Minimalist Mindset) dramatically changed his life for the better.
As of 2017, Dover has completed his entire Life List (which included living alone in the wilderness for a month, traveling to nearly 100 countries, mountain climbing in Antarctica, becoming a best-selling author with his first book Search Engine Optimization Secrets and many other adventures). More importantly though, he has a small group of deep friendships and is able to spend much of his time writing for an extraordinary community (https://www.lifelisted.com), and sharing life-changing experiences with others.
Too many Americans are living as prisoners in their own bodies, held captive by bad habits that have drained them of their livelihood and sentenced them to a premature death. These harsh realities are what have kept Dr. Phil Carson passionate about practi
Natalie Ard helps break down the “big subject” of life and faith for kids through fun games, books and toys. She’s an entrepreneur, a small business owner, creator of books and games for children, author and Illustrator, and believer. She’s also a wife, and a mother to three!
A driven entrepreneur, Natalie built the Star From Afar Kids company on the foundation of creating inspirational, interactive games and toys that help children play with a purpose. Star From Afar Kids creates toys and games that are both meaningful and playful. Their mission is to inspire children and to spark their curiosity and creativity by developing products that deliver positive messages and create lasting family memories. Natalie is the creator, author, and illustrator of The Christmas Star From Afar® and The Easter Story Egg™. Growing the business from her dining room table, Star From Afar Kids products are now featured in Barnes & Noble, Cracker Barrel and on QVC.
A former stay-at-home mom (which is hard enough work!), Natalie has developed into an inspiring entrepreneur, learning along the way what to do - and what not to do. She proudly wears the title of both callings as a “mompreneur.”
Tina Hallis, Ph.D. is a scientist who decided to break away from her career of over 20 years in biotechnology to pursue a new path as a positivity speaker and trainer. Her discovery of Positive Psychology in 2011 motivated her to spread the word about this life-changing science that helps people live their best, most meaningful lives. In 2014, she became certified in Positive Psychology through the WholeBeing Institute. That same year, she founded her company, The Positive Edge, with the goal of increasing the positivity of organizations and individuals for higher performance and greater success. Tina now shares her message with thousands of people through her programs, weekly positivity tips, and products.
Gary Szenderski is an author, speaker, teacher, and branding specialist. He specializes in helping people and organizations to navigate change, and frequently speaks and writes on the topic of emerging brands, personal branding, and companies in transition. Gary is an award-winning writer, author of the Book of Szen and Szen Zone, often quoted marketing expert, and recipient of the Distinguished Instructor Award from the University of California at Irvine where he teaches branding. He resides in Southern California.
Readers can connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.
Shane and Jocelyn were school teachers, on a teacher’s salary; just a normal working family, mortgage, two cars, two small kids… a regular American family stressed, working too many hours, spending too little time together, and struggling with debt. In the Summer of 2012 after some rough times at work, they decided to start an online business and take control of their destiny. They would go on to replace their income, quit their full-time jobs, make millions online and build the life of their dreams! Now they’re helping others control their own destiny with faith and hard work. “After helping a friend from church make money online, we realized we could help other families do what we did!”
http://www.flippedlifestyle.com/happyplace
Monika Zands is an executive business consultant and life strategist who loves to help leaders and successful entrepreneurs rise to their peak potential, tap into their greatness, and make their profound impact. Her expertise centers around communication mastery, building productive leadership teams and designing effective business strategies. Monika relies heavily on her powerfully accurate intuitive guidance.
Founder of The Next Level Academy for strategic business programs, and MOLO, a global movement to spread more love on the planet, Monika helps heal people so they can do their unique and necessary work in the world.
Monika has her Master's in Spiritual Psychology, she is a graduate of UCLA, and is a certified Master of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. She uses her vast knowledge of corporate leadership, extensive business marketing, and leadership training, and facilitation to design and deliver programs around the world.
Selected as one of America’s PremiereExperts™, Monika has brought her innovative technology to stages around the country inspiring audiences with a heart-centered approach to taking massive action.
In her newest offering, The Life You Love Company, she and her husband Jan Zands have co-ventured with Tech Innovator Stephanie Liu to bring a new modern science and technology to personal development. As Head of Content and Implementation, Monika is rapidly expanding her offerings into the global Millenial Infrastructure as a leader of Next-Gen Ambitioneers.
Jennifer and Michael had the good fortune to work for and with companies that spanned industries and impact – from privately held start-ups to Fortune 50 powerhouses to, now, their own communications agency. Both authors live near Minneapolis where they work as speakers and consultants. They share their best stories during happy hour. They are the authors of B.S., Incorporated.
Sought after by the biggest names in business to monetize their message, mission or movement, business builder and marketing expert Dustin Mathews is THE mentor and coach to the stars.
Dustin is the co-founder of Speaking Empire – the disruptive company in the leadership and education space, who’s chief mission is advancing the human race by empowering leaders to communicate powerfully, unlock their fullest potential and ultimately step into their Greatness.
Dustin is the author of many bestselling books and has shared the stage with athletes, business celebrities, and titans of business. His latest book the NO B.S. Guide To Powerful Presentations: How To Sell ANYTHING With Webinars & Online Media, Speeches & Seminars (Entrepreneur Press) was released on June 13th, 2017.
Known for creating marketplace frenzies that drive people to buy products en masse, Dustin’s companies and private clients have been featured by Forbes, Entrepreneur, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and INC Magazine.
Having marketed and filled over 3,000 events AND leading 10 online product launches, Dustin has generated over $43 million dollars in sales.
In his most recent research, Dustin codified a process for creating and selling products and services – Irresistible Offer Architecture® which recently received recognition by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
His current innovation, Brand Response®, leverages the fusion of branding, PR and direct response AND is already generating success stories out entrepreneurs and business owners worldwide.
John David Mann is an award-winning author whose writings have earned the Nautilus Award, the Axiom Business Book Award (Gold Medal), and Taiwan’s Golden Book Award for Innovation. He is coauthor of the New York Times bestsellers The Red Circle and Flash Foresight and the national bestsellers The Go-Giver, Among Heroes, and Real Leadership. His books are available in two dozen languages and have sold more than two million copies. His 2011 Take the Lead was named by Tom Peters and the Washington Post as “best leadership book of 2011.”
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, John was a leading figure in the development of the Direct Selling community; he served as co-founder and/or editor in chief of Upline, Network Marketing Lifestyles, and Networking Times, and was himself a leadership distributor, building an organization of over 100,000 people and generating hundreds of millions in sales for his company. He ghost-wrote The Business of the Twenty-first Century for Robert Kiyosaki and The Slight Edge, for Jeff Olson, and edited and produced John Fogg’s The Greatest Networker in the World.
Karleen says about herself:
"My goal as an author? To get your kids to LOVE reading as much as I did when I was their age…and as much as I still do! As a child, I had the goal (not met) to read every book in the children’s section of my local library. Through the books I write for ages 8 to 12, that’s the kind of fervor I hope to instill in kids today.
When I was raising my children and reading to them I often commented, “I could write something better than this.” Ideas began to develop and eventually, I wrote my first book, an early reader chapter book. Like most first books, it had structural problems, grammar errors and plot holes, but it was a start.
I joined the Florida Writers Association in 2004, which has been an immense help in developing my writing skills. That year, one of my books won 2nd place in the Juvenile division of their Florida Palms Literary Awards. Two other books were RPLA finalists in 2010.
In 2009 and again in 2011 I won a generous scholarship to the Highlights Foundation Writers Workshop, a conference I highly recommend to people interested in writing for children.
In 2010 I became interested in e-publishing and the new opportunities it gives to authors. That led me to create my popular blog, KidsEBookBestsellers.com which ran for five years until 2015.
My writing has been published in Highlights Magazine for Children and Odyssey Science Magazine for Children (now merged with Muse Magazine.) I continue to write books, with more ideas patiently waiting their turn in the queue."
Michael Gebben spent 7 years building a video company that was the envy of everyone in his field, GebbsTV. Until, one day, he woke up to the realization that he'd built a cage of his own making. And given up so much of his life in the name of something that didn't really mean a whole lot.
So he hit reset, and over the last three years, rebuilt his life and his career around what matters and even launched a new inspirational YouTube channel. He has profoundly changed his metrics for success.
Michael's current company Jumpstarters helps creative entrepreneurs to get over the same hurdles that he was able to conquer, allowing him to work with individuals such as Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbins, and Richard Branson. Michael is a big believer in Massive Imperfect Action rather than getting stuck in the minutiae and never moving forward.
Dana is a mother, author, business & content strategist, coach, podcaster, and blind spot reducer. Dana is the author of Boss Mom: The Ultimate Guide to Raising a Business & Nurturing Your Family Like a Pro, and the founder of Boss Mom. She serves Boss Moms who yearn for more time and less guilt when it comes to building their business and raising their family, by providing the tools they need to get more out of their content and business, without sacrificing their family goals.
Tracey Vlahos is the founder of the LadyV consulting, designed to help women create the business, body, and life they desire, without feeling guilty, frazzled or burned-out.
Tracey is a high-energy speaker, author, and certified health practitioner. She is known for delighting audiences with practical ways to release weight for good and enjoy increased energy. Her mission is to activate change and confidence in women who want to live a healthier life while creating success.
One of Tracey’s most memorable moments was being the first woman to be chosen from the United States to be named “Heroine of the Month” by the Aspire Foundation & The Heroine's Quest. She was awarded this honor as a woman who possesses outstanding qualities in supporting other women and making an impact in her community and in the world.
But what Tracey is most proud about are her two children: her daughter Felicia, 25yrs and son, Chasee, 20yrs old. They have grown up in the Direct Sales Industry, and it is where they have learned that treating others with respect is key to success in any area of your life, along with hard work and genuinely caring for others.
www.theladyv.com
Teresa McCloy's mission is to help my clients slow down and stop spinning their wheels, wasting their time being busy but never getting anything important done. She helps her clients recognize their own strengths and skills so they can develop a personalized plan to do what matters enabling them to succeed in their lives, personally and professionally.
http://www.teresamccloy.com
After working in the addiction field for over 15 years both as a counselor and pharmaceutical representative, Megan Peterson knew there could be a better way that patients could get help. She took action and started 2nd Chance Counseling Service.
She believes that patients deserve that 2nd, 3rd, 10th, etc, chance. As long as you are willing to put in the work she will be there to help. Certain times in life, we may need professional counseling, why be limited by our schedules, work, family commitments, and the list goes on. Megan provides an easy solution that is just as cost
Megan provides an easy solution that is just as cost efficient as current counseling solutions and provides more flexibility, easy use, and offers more choices for patients. She truly believes the Telemedicine platform fits in with the future of treatment and is here to stay!
https://www.2ndchancecounselingservice.com/