Paul Rand established the digital, social, and word-of-mouth marketing firm Zócalo Group and serves as its president and CEO. Author of the book "Highly Recommended: Leveraging the Power of Word of Mouth and Social Media to Expand Your Brand and Business," he understands the importance of word of mouth in today's business climate. DePaul University's Graduate School of Business has... read full bio
Tim Hayden has more than 20 years of expertise in marketing and business leadership. He is the founder of new enterprises (NION Interactive, GamePlan, and 44Doors) and has been a driver for innovative change within some of the top brands in the world (Dell, Bacardi, AMD, ExxonMobil, Hilton Worldwide, Kraft Foods, Edelman, and others). Tim is a communications behavior researcher who... read full bio
Neal Schaffer is the author of a total of three publications, the first two of which are titled, respectively, Maximize Your Social and Maximize LinkedIn for Sales and Social Media Marketing. His blog, Windmill Networking, is ranked as one of the top 100 global marketing blogs by AdAge and he is recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 30... read full bio
Vengreso is the most comprehensive provider of full spectrum modern digital sales transformation solutions, and Viveka von Rosen is one of the company's cofounders. She is the author of the best-selling books "LinkedIn Marketing: An Hour a Day" AND "101 Ways to Rock LinkedIn," and she is also known by the handle @LinkedInExpert. She is a regular contributor and has... read full bio
American businessman, author, and former Arena League football player Lewis Howes. He is the host of the podcast discussion show The School of Greatness. Howes was a decathlete and an All-American football player who attended Capital University and Principia College. He once held the NCAA record for the most receiving yards in a single game after catching 17 passes for 418... read full bio
Ron Nash is certain that pupils do not flourish and grow to their full potential in the same manner that they do when they are simply passive observers but do so when they are active learners. Observing teachers at work may, as the years go by and progression is inevitable, become less and less engaging. The classroom environment should be... read full bio
Vincent Ng is the president of MCNG Marketing and the author of Pinterest to Profits with Pintalysis, a book that offers a step-by-step guidance on how small business owners may make the best use of Pinterest. Pintalysis was written by Vincent Ng. His podcast is called Pictures to Profits, and it teaches listeners how to improve sales with Pinterest and... read full bio
EntrepreneurOnFire is a business podcast that John Lee Dumas created and hosts. It now holds the number one spot in its category. This program airs seven days a week and contains interviews with some of the most prominent and successful businesspeople of today. John is the creator of the community known as Podcasters' Paradise, which gives podcasters the opportunity to... read full bio
For the past 30 years, American broadcasting entrepreneur Norman J. Pattiz has been a season ticket holder for the Los Angeles Lakers and has been inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame. He is also the founder and chairman of Courtside Entertainment Group, which includes PodcastOne and PodcastOne Sales. Under his guidance, Westwood One grew to become the largest... read full bio
Author Stephanie Sammons's book LinkedIn Impact: 7 Smart and Simple Strategies for Building LinkedIn Influence is one of the most popular business books ever published. From 2010 to 2017, she held the position of Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Wired Advisor, a company that assists business owners in the professional services industry in expanding their digital reach. As of... read full bio
Pam Didner is a global content marketing consultant as well as the author of the book Global Content Marketing. This book was the first content marketing book to offer a comprehensive process to expand content across geographies. Didner is an authority in the development of effective global marketing programs that are tailored to the requirements of local markets. Didner was previously... read full bio
Natalie Sisson is an intrepid explorer and "Suitcase Entrepreneur" who goes to various places all over the world. She lives out of a bag, where she operates a highly successful online business from her laptop and smartphone, and she teaches people how to do the same thing. This is something that you probably have assumed. She is on a mission to... read full bio
Nimma Bakshi now holds the position of President for the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP-SV). The Association for Strategic Alliance Professionals (ASAP) is the largest organization in the world that is devoted to the advancement of business alliance practices and professional development. Nimma has led diverse, high-performance teams to implement global collaborative processes and... read full bio
Sharon Chou is a current NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Stanford University, where she is studying novel materials for solar thermal energy conversion as part of her pursuit of a Ph. D. in electrical engineering. Her research focuses on solar thermal energy conversion using novel materials. The thermionic conversion of heat or solar radiation directly into electricity with efficiencies more... read full bio
Laurie Yoler is Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.'s Senior Vice President of Business Development. Mrs. Yoler was GrowthPoint Technology Partners' Managing Director. As an executive, advisor, investor, and board member, she's helped young digital firms grow for 25 years. She's on public, private, and nonprofit boards. Mrs. Yoler was chief development officer at Intellectual Ventures, researching invention and investment prospects in software,... read full bio
Sheryl Root is an executive with over 18 years of experience working for Hewlett-Packard Company and 10 years of expertise working with software systems and providing leadership in the finance and computing industries. Her primary focus is on strategy, marketing, and product development. Her experience in strategic planning and program leadership was centered on the definition and delivery of technology-based... read full bio
Entrepreneur, Chief Executive Officer, and Owner of a Major League Baseball Team Linda Alvarado owns the company, Alvarado Construction, Inc., which is currently regarded as one of the United States' most dynamic general contracting businesses due to its rapid expansion. Although their headquarters are in Denver, Colorado, they also have locations in the states of California, Arizona, and New Mexico. When Linda... read full bio
Steli Etfi is the CEO and Co-Founder of both Close.io (a platform that makes calls, sends emails, and pleasantly automatically tracks all activity), and ElasticSales, where he assists thousands of startups in successfully scaling their sales efforts. Close.io makes calls, sends emails, and conveniently automatically tracks all activity. Y Combinator is one of his alma maters (they helped in making companies... read full bio
It doesn't matter if you're in charge of a Fortune 500 company or trying to launch a startup: there will be times of expansion and times of consolidation. But can any of us really afford to sit back and take pride in our accomplishments If you don't move, you can't expect to keep one step ahead of the competition. As the... read full bio
Author, media personality, and former member of the United States Army Special Forces, Mykel Hawke is now retired from active duty. It is possible that the television programs Man, Woman, Wild and One Man Army that he created for Discovery Channel are what have brought him the most notoriety. After working on the show Lost Survivors for the Travel Channel... read full bio
