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Dr. Stanley G. grew up in a project building on the south side of Chicago where he spent many days playing chess, pitching pennies and dodging street gangs. His original career goal was to become a graphic artist but he pleaded temporary insanity and joined the Marine Corps instead. He considered that when plan A fails, you’ve still got 25 letters left in the alphabet; so he traded in the life of a devil dog for the life of a suit.

Anita is known as the queen of customer attraction. She helps businesses attract more of their ideal customers through question-based attraction marketing. She gets the ideal customer the right message, attracting more of the customers you want and less of what you don't want. She also helps retain customers even longer. Her goal is to foster genuine connections between companies and their customers, using marketing that empowers.

John Antonacci is the VP of Business Development at Animus Studios and co-host of The Video Jungle Podcast. John is a natural born storyteller and can pretty much find the humor in any situation. Before bringing his years of sales and marketing expertise to Animus Studios.

Josh Zloof, Co-Founder & CEO of Sudden Coffee is passionate about more than just serving up a great cup of coffee. After launching several businesses that ended in some success and even more failures, Josh knew he needed to find his “why.” This led to him founding Sudden Coffee on the idea of “making one billion people happy.” Today, Sudden Coffee has served over 200,000 cups of their single origin, speciality grade, instant coffee (delivered right to your door).

Jonathan Soares is the Founder & CEO at Agency Labs. Founded in 2011, the firm is a trusted engineering partner to leading digital, creative and advertising agency teams. Since inception, the Agency Labs’ team has built more than 400 websites, mobile applications, and custom software solutions for some of the world’s most innovative organizations

Prentice Howe is the owner of Door Number 3, an Austin-based brand development and integrated communications firm. Prentice has worked with some of America's most iconic brands, including Minute Maid, Anheuser-Busch, Serta, and the Dallas Cowboys, and he has been recognized by Cannes Lions, London International Advertising Awards, the Webby Awards, Communication Arts, the New York Times, and more.

Dennis Plucinik has twenty years of experience designing and developing websites and applications. Prior to founding ATTCK, Dennis led award winning teams at NYC’s biggest digital ad firms including Huge, R/GA, Sapient, Razorfish, & Wieden+Kennedy. Dennis has designed and built enterprise products for clients including Disney, Nike, Uniqlo, Target, Morgan Stanley, & HBO. He specializes in user experience design and front-end development.

In 2015, Kala turned her life upside down and shook it out. She left the nest really empty after ending a long term marriage. She sold or donated anything that wouldn't fit into her trusty Honda CRV with 95,000 miles on the odometer, and traveled solo for 18 months throughout the US, Latin America, Iceland, and the UK. She read the blogs of other people who were making a living working on the internet - so called "digital nomads".

Will Leach is the founder of TriggerPoint Design, a leading behavior research and design consultancy specializing in using behavior economics and decision design to drive consumer decision making. He is a behavior design instructor at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and has more than twenty years of behavior insights experience working with Fortune 50 companies to solve their most important behavior challenges.

Richard Chapo is part Internet business lawyer and part business owner, and always completely amazed at the evolution of the online entrepreneurial world. As an Internet attorney, he advises businesses on legal and regulatory obligations when operating online pursuant to laws such as the Communications Decency Act and many more.

Rachel is responsible for creating social and influencer marketing strategy for all Thulium clients and keeps constant watch of account performance to continuously optimize campaigns for maximum results. She has over 15 years of experience in marketing with expertise in social media marketing, content marketing and influencer marketing.

Armed with $3,000 and no real estate experience, Mark Podolsky bought his first parcels of land in 2001. Now, he is the owner of Frontier Properties, a successful investing company, and has completed more than five thousand lucrative land deals. He is also the founder of geekpay.io, an automated collection system that helps lenders get payments from borrowers without collection headaches.

Matt Skinner is the founder of Empire West, a boutique private equity firm that specializes in cash flowing apartment buildings. Matt helps busy professionals invest passively in value added apartment buildings where they can enjoy cash flow, tax benefits and growth without having to worry about any of the hassles or headaches of tenants, toilets, or the troubles of landlording. Matt also teaches entrepreneurs how to buy, flip, finance, and operate apartment buildings successfully.

After a decade in advertising sales, Mark began the Home Story company in early 2011. He learned to challenges that entrepreneurs face which caused him to create a system known as the Home Story®. After directly coaching over 300 clients over the last 6 years, Mark developed, refined and used the components of the Home Story. The system helped Mark and many other media reps closed hundreds of thousands of dollars in new business.

Leslie led the launch of Silver Hill Funding as well as Commercial Direct, and oversees sales and operations for the entire small-balance commercial lending division. She has been instrumental in driving productivity and growth for nearly a decade within the Bayview organization.