Entrepreneurs on Fire

Caue is the Founder and CEO of Barnana, The Super Potassium Snack. After a career competing professionally in triathlons and producing self-designed road bikes aptly named Suplicy Bicycles, Caue has turned his attention to the healthy snack food category. The two premiere products of Barnana are the raw organic Chewy Banana Bites and the organic Chewy Chocolate Banana Bites. Both are gluten free, kosher and vegan, making them a delicious and nutritional healthy snack that everyone can enjoy.

Gretchen is the author of several books, including the #1 New York Times and international bestseller, The Happiness Project—an account of the year she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, the current scientific studies, and the lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. On her popular blog, The Happiness Project, she reports on her daily adventures in the pursuit of happiness.

Jonah has published dozens of articles in top-tier academic journals, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Wired, BusinessWeek, and Fast Company. His most recent book, Contagious, is a must-read, and you will soon find out why.

Born and raised in Nashville, TN, LaJuan is a father, husband, and Entrepreneur with the desire to help others succeed. Taking his experiences working in customer service and making a lucrative income from buying and selling online, LaJuan has helped people all around the world with his self-help books.

Ryan McKinney has built multiple six-figure businesses from the ground up - all on the Internet. And now, Ryan has partnered up with Robert Stukes to teach, coach, and mentor through DareDevil Marketing.  DareDevil Marketing has tens of thousands of followers and students who have profited under their guidance.

Athena started Jackboy's Dog Bakery in 2007.  Before that? She worked as an Aerospace Engineer for over 15 years. When her passion for doggie treats took over, Athena quit her job to focus on Jackboy's Dog Bakery full-time - and look where she is now!

Authors Betsy and Warren help people create the lives they crave. After 20 years of playing by the rules, they sketched their own path towards achieving their dream of traveling the world together. Their most popular book is Dream Save Do: An Action Plan for Dreamers. Visit MarriedWithLuggage.com to find out how they can help YOU achieve your dreams.

Fire Nation, do you know how many Small Business Owners have lots of ambition, but just can’t get their ideas organized enough to actually make something happen? Through his company Vera Claritas, Kenneth teaches Small Business Owners how to transform their ambitions into a big mission, and then into a reality.

Griff is the Founder of two companies: Homefix, a home remodeling and repair company in Colorado Springs; and CausePub, a crowd-book-publishing platform. Griff has several other start-ups on the back burner and says if he could launch a new one every month, he would. I believe him!

Jon has over 20 years of experience in Customer Relationship Management and Sales Force Automation. An Entrepreneur at heart, Jon founded GoldMine CRM in 1989 with a college friend and turned it into a very successful venture that he eventually sold to FrontRange. In 2009, Jon founded Nimble, Inc.

Joe is the Co-author of two incredible business books: Financial Intelligence and Project Management for Profit, both of which were published by Harvard Business School Press.

Derek is one of the Founders of OrangeSoda. He has helped OrangeSoda become one of Utah’s fastest growing and most successful companies. Derek was listed as Top 40 Under 40 by the Utah Valley Business Magazine, and he has an incredible story to share with Fire Nation.

Alicia Rittenhouse is a Digital Diva and Tech Cheerleader. She has a talent for unpacking digital mysteries and putting them into simple steps. Ali is on a mission: to activate a new generation of tech-powered trailblazers—Entrepreneurs who bust stereotypes, build six-figure empires, and show the world who's boss.

Matt is the Founder of Under30Media. After using social media strategies to land one of his properties, Under30CEO on MSNBC and BusinessWeek, he began building brands. Matt’s passion for Entrepreneurship began after leading Bryant University to becoming the world’s #1 Entrepreneurs organization. In a nutshell: Matt does it all!

Ken Sharrar is a content creator and lead facilitator for Launching Leaders Now. Launching Leaders Now is a program that exists to motivate leaders to inspire, influence, and serve others in their community, the marketplace, and the world through humanitarian services, missions, and expeditions.