New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller Eric Ries is an entrepreneur, author of the popular blog Startup Lessons Learned, and author of The Lean Startup, a book on the lean startup movement. The Lean Startup philosophy originates from the Japanese concept of lean manufacturing, which seeks to increase value-creating practices and eliminate wasteful practices. Since production costs and... read full bio
John Kao has made a career out of helping organizations go from getting the importance of innovation to getting innovation done. Dubbed Mr. Creativity by The Economist, John is Chairman of the Institute for Large Scale Innovation, whose i20 group is an association of 30 national Chief Innovation Officers. He is considered a leading authority on the subjects of innovation,... read full bio
Danny Meyer is the CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, which includes Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke, Jazz Standard, Shake Shack, The Modern, Maialino, Untitled, North End Grill, Marta, Union Square Events, and Hospitality Quotient, a learning and consulting business. Danny, his restaurants and chefs have earned an unprecedented 25 James Beard Awards. Dannys first business book, Setting... read full bio
Mr. James D. Sinegal, Jim is a Co-Founder of Costco Wholesale Corp. and has been its Chief Executive Officer since October 1993. Mr. Sinegal served as President of Costco Wholesale Corporation. From its inception to 1993, Mr. Sinegal served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Costco Wholesale Corp. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Costco Wholesale Corp. from... read full bio
Jim McKelvey is an American entrepreneur, businessperson and philanthropist. He is an Independent Director of the St. Louis Federal Reserve and is best known for co-founding Square with Jack Dorsey. McKelvey graduated from Washington University in St. Louis and upon graduating, went on to work at IBM’s Los Angeles Scientific Center. At the same time, McKelvey was also a glassblowing... read full bio
Chairman & CEO, Kenneth Cole Productions; Author, Awearness: Inspiring Stories about How to Make a Difference and Footnotes; Chairman, amfAR (The Foundation for Aids Research); Humanitarian, Activist and Philanthropist. In 25 years, Kenneth Cole has built a 150 store-strong retail empire, uniting his fashion instincts and business acumen with his philanthropic convictions. Mr. Coles influence reaches far beyond the world... read full bio
Jake Tapper is a well-known journalist and author in the United States. He is best known for his work as the Chief Washington Correspondent for CNN and as the anchor of the weekday television news show titled The Lead with Jake Tapper on CNN. His career at ABC News, where he worked before moving on to CNN, was quite fruitful.... read full bio
Jeff Degraff, ""The Dean of Innovation"", is a globally respected professor, compelling speaker, brilliant author, and business consultant. He is known for his contribution and development work on the Competing Values Framework, a model about understanding how to appreciate conflicting values and integrate them successfully so that an organization is open to collaborate and growth. He is a consultant to... read full bio
Ali Landry was the first former Miss Teen USA delegate to win the Miss USA crown, as well as the first to compete at Miss Universe. Her most recognized moment in her modeling career was her three year run as the Doritos Girl in the Super Bowl commercial. Also an actress, Landry portrayed the character Rita Lefleur on the UPN... read full bio
Mats Jansson is a Swedish businessperson. He was Chief Executive Officer of SAS Group from 2007 to 2010. Jansson was educated in economics and sociology at the University College of _rebro, before he started a career in ICA, where he held a range of senior positions from 1973 to 1994. He then worked as CEO of Catena until 1999 when... read full bio
In 2007, Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham, served as the UK Minister of State for Trade & Investment accepting a lifetime peerage in the House of Lords. Forthright and as ever loyal to British business he spent his 15 months in the position promoting Britain across the world, making 45 overseas visits, travelling to 31 different countries and meeting with... read full bio
Pierre serves as chairman of eBay, a trustee of Tufts University, Santa Fe Institute and Punahou School; and as a commissioner for President Barack Obamas Commission on White House Fellowships. Pierre is also CEO and publisher of Honolulu Civil Beat, a local news service in Hawaii that encourages greater civic participation through media. He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, with his... read full bio
Michael Chasen is a businessman and entrepreneur from Cheshire, Connecticut. While attending American University, Chasen befriended future co-founder Matthew Pittinsky in his dorms. Blackboard Inc. was founded by the duo in 1999. Chasen became CEO of the company. He became one of the youngest CEO’s of a publicly traded company. Blackboard Inc. is a technology company that developed educational software,... read full bio
Tan Le is a Vietnamese-Australian telecommunications entrepreneur, and co-Founder of Emotiv, a bio-informatics company which strives to discover biomarkers in the brain for mental and other neurological conditions using EEG. Le champions efforts to cure and treat various neurological disorders. Her family fled war-torn Vietnam when she was four years old- an experience she shares with audiences in one of... read full bio
Jeffrey Brotman is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Costco Wholesale Corporation, the second largest retailer in the US with sales of $100 billion and 160,000 employees. Mr. Brotman served over 13 years as a University of Washington Regent. He has chaired the Board of Regents and lead the Medicine portion of the most recent Capital Campaign. Mr. Brotman served... read full bio
Ryan Serhant is the star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York. He is also the Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Nest Seekers International and is ranked as one of the ""Top 20 Real Estate Brokers"" in all of New York City out of 28,000 by The Real Deal Magazine. Ryan Serhant made his big screen debut in... read full bio
Finbarr O'Neill is a seasoned, cooperative international leader with a track record of success as a CEO of several automobile companies. He has always been amazed by the extraordinary spirit of entrepreneurship exhibited by vehicle dealers. Even in the face of existential crises like the present epidemic, their inventiveness and resourcefulness in coming up with fresh approaches to conducting business and... read full bio
A successful businessman with skills in innovation, entrepreneurship, and executive strategy is Mitch Lowe. He has a fantastic career that has spanned multiple illustrious firms, and he has continuously proven his ability to drive success and realize ground-breaking ideas. As a founding executive of Netflix, where he played a critical role in developing the company's Entertainment Domain Export and served as... read full bio
Donald Miller is the CEO of the marketing service StoryBrand, helping thousands of businesses each year to define their brand message. In total, Don’s books have spent over a year on the New York Times Bestsellers list, including: Blue Like Jazz, A Million Miles in a Thousand Years, and Scary Close. He helped write the major motion picture Blue Like... read full bio
Impact and Influence are two important skillsets for attendees at all levels of an organization. Phil Jones, the best-selling author of Exactly What To Say, is a leading expert on these topics. Named the Youngest British Sales Trainer of the Year, Phil has spoken in over fifty countries on five continents. He has made it his personal mission to translate... read full bio
