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July 26, 2024 - Robo Investing Elizabeth MacBride and Spinout Ventures Dr. Andre Laplume

Elizabeth MacBride – Award-Winning Journalist and Author of The Little Book of Robo Investing: How to Make Money While You Sleep (Little Books. Big Profits)
Elizabeth MacBride is an award-winning journalist, author and expert in finance, investing and technology. She is the author most recently of *Little Book of Robo Investing: How To Make Money While You Sleep*, the latest in the acclaimed Wiley series (publication: March 2024). One of the founding team members of Wealthfront, the first online financial advisor, Elizabeth crafted the language to launch the robo investment movement. She is an advocate for a fair, accessible financial system and policies that support women’s economic power. She has written or edited for *Quartz*, *Forbes* Magazine, *Atlantic*, Stanford GSB, CNBC, *BBC*, *Newsweek* and many others. Her work as a journalist has been translated into languages including Arabic, Turkish and Armenian. She also founded *New Builders Dispatch*, a web publication covering innovation and finance beyond Silicon Valley, launched in Feb. 2019 with support from the Kauffman Foundation and Walton Family Foundation. With venture capitalist Seth Levine, she is co-author of *The New Builders*. Called a “gamechanger,” and endorsed by AOL Founder Steve Case and entrepreneur Tyra Banks, it looks at entrepreneurship in America through a new inclusive lens, making the case that the United States needs to restore this critical part of the economy.Dr. Andre Laplume – Full Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the Ted Rogers School of Management and Co-author of Spinout Ventures: Transitioning from Employees to Entrepreneurs
Dr. Andre Laplume co-author of Spinout Ventures, is a Full Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the Ted Rogers School of Management, which is part of Toronto Metropolitan University. Laplume researches the intersections where new entrants and incumbent firms meet with the aim of breaking down the barriers facing entrepreneurs, while helping managers deal with entrepreneurial ambitions in their organizations. His research has appeared in top journals like Human Relations, Journal of International Business Studies, and Journal of Business Research, among others. He received his PhD in Management from the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, and spent seven years at Michigan Tech, teaching in its MBA program. Earlier, Laplume was a business and information technology consultant, helping clients integrate businesses and automate units. He is a frequent judge at entrepreneurship pitch competitions and an experienced entrepreneur, having launched a startup while in Michigan. As a Graduate Program Director and a Professor of Management at Ted Rogers School of Management – Toronto Metropolitan University, I oversee the academic quality and delivery of the Master of Science in Management program, and teach courses on technology and innovation management, strategic management, and entrepreneurship. I have been in this role for 3.5 years, and have been a professor at TR

July 25, 2024 - Lithium Recycling Wayne Elliott and Doolittle Raid Alternate Mission Dan Hampton

Wayne Elliott – Ship Recycling and Strauss Naturals Advocate
Wayne Elliott has been in the ship recycling business for 40 years. His company can take a 1000-foot-long ship and reduce it to a pile to reusable materials. He has grown into other areas such as battery recycling. He recounts his life-changing experience with SHD, a health supplement he stumbled upon after battling angina and its debilitating symptoms. Struggling with leg cramps, shortness of breath, night sweats, and chest pains, Wayne also grappled with anxiety and a lack of energy, resigning himself to the fate of heart-related issues that plagued his family. However, upon learning about SHD through a friend in Vancouver and being inspired by studies from renowned institutions like Harvard, Wayne decided to give it a try. Astonishingly, within two weeks of taking SHD, he noticed improvements in unexpected ways – his hearing returned, and his respiratory system cleared, leading to a significant boost in energy. Over the course of three months, Wayne transformed into a revitalized version of himself, feeling as energetic as he did decades ago. This transformation propelled him into a new phase of life where he actively engaged with others, becoming a spokesperson for Jim Strauss, the creator of SHD. Wayne’s involvement extended to radio shows and lectures, allowing him to share his incredible journey with thousands of people suffering from various health issues. His enthusiasm and dedication to natural health solutions led him to become a regular guest on radio networks in the USA and Canada, where he continued to spread the word about his positive experiences with SHD and its miraculous effects on individuals dealing with diabetes, heart disease, low energy, and clogged arteries. Wayne’s story highlights the power of painless, safe, and affordable health products, emphasizing the beauty of solutions that genuinely work. His gratitude towards Jim Strauss and the Strauss Heart Drops is profound, as he believes that without this intervention, he might not have been alive today, reinforcing the transformative impact of natural health remedies in the face of life-threatening conditions. Strauss Naturals is sponsoring the show with support for our radio-minute segments. Wayne says very simply that their products saved him. He became an advocate for the company and has been working with them for 29 years.Lt. Col. (Ret.) Dan Hampton – Author of Vanishing Act: The Enduring Mystery behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo
Dan Hampton is a much-decorated fighter pilot who flew more than 151 combat missions in three different wars, was wounded twice, and flew combat air patrols during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He studied at Oxford and received a Masters Degree from Dartmouth. He is also a best-selling author and a heck of a researcher. His latest book is ‘Vanishing Act: The Enduring Mystery behind the Legendary Doolittle Raid over Tokyo.’ In the days after Pearl Harbor, then the loss of Wake Island, the U.S. was determined to show the world that the Axis was not invincible. The plan? Bomb Tokyo. In April of 1942, “Doolittle’s Raiders,” a squadron of B-25s, hit targets across Japan before flying to safety in China. But one of the squadron’s planes had different orders and took a different route. Where plane #8 went – and why it went there – has remained a mystery until now. Dan Hampton collaborated with Japanese researchers and Doolittle’s Raiders’ descendants and uses never-before-published photos and documents to reveal the story of this top-secret WWII mission.

July 24, 2024 - Superior Culture Rusty Komori and Men Have No Friends Owen Marcus

Rusty Komori – TV Series Host of Beyond the Lines and Author of Superior: Creating a Superior Culture of Excellence
Rusty Komori is an inspirational keynote speaker, executive coach, and tennis professional based in Honolulu, Hawaii. From 1994 through 2015, he was the head tennis coach at Punahou School, where his boys’ varsity teams won an unprecedented 22 consecutive state championships, a national record in all sports that stands to this day. In 2014, he was named NHSCA’s Coach of the Year and inducted into Creighton University’s Hall of Fame. Today, Komori is a sought-after keynoter and executive coach with a diverse client roster, including Kaiser Permanente, the YWCA, and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Association. He’s the host of the televised series Beyond the Lines and the author of three books, including his newest release Superior: Creating a Superior Culture of Excellence.Owen Marcus – Co-founder and Director of Innovation at MELD
Owen Marcus is the Co-founder and Director of Innovation at MELD. He initially resisted getting into this work. It was only his pain, greater than his fear, that led him to start his first men’s group in 1995 in his clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. The conventional approach to men’s groups soon began to feel inadequate for the deep, transformative work he aspired to do. After completing his straw bale home in the forests of Idaho, he decided to use all he had learned and developed in his practice to create a new model. It was a leap of faith, and to his surprise, when he reached out to eleven men to join by the middle of 2005, they had a thriving group. What began as the Sandpoint Men’s Group (SMG) grew beyond his wildest expectations. Nineteen years later, it boasts over 400 alumni and more than 50 active members. This journey led to the birth of EVRYMAN and now MELD, each step an evolution of his initial vision. Throughout the years with SMG, EVRYMAN, and now MELD, he has encountered challenges that have shaped him in unforeseen ways, fostering immense personal growth. Like many of the men involved, looking back, he now sees the deep satisfaction of what being himself and caring for others can do in aiding other men to transform. He was given a precious gift he loves sharing with others. Some part of him continues to be surprised by how other men want to grow and how much fun it can be when they do it together.

June 23, 2024 - Wayne Elliott, Groove Creator Jessica Patel and Politics & Principle Dr. Kristen Monroe

Wayne Elliott – Ship Recycling and Strauss Naturals Advocate  
Wayne Elliott has been in the ship recycling business for 40 years. His company can take a 1000-foot-long ship and reduce it to a pile to reusable materials. He has grown into other areas such as battery recycling. He recounts his life-changing experience with SHD, a health supplement he stumbled upon after battling angina and its debilitating symptoms. Struggling with leg cramps, shortness of breath, night sweats, and chest pains, Wayne also grappled with anxiety and a lack of energy, resigning himself to the fate of heart-related issues that plagued his family. However, upon learning about SHD through a friend in Vancouver and being inspired by studies from renowned institutions like Harvard, Wayne decided to give it a try. Astonishingly, within two weeks of taking SHD, he noticed improvements in unexpected ways – his hearing returned, and his respiratory system cleared, leading to a significant boost in energy. Over the course of three months, Wayne transformed into a revitalized version of himself, feeling as energetic as he did decades ago. This transformation propelled him into a new phase of life where he actively engaged with others, becoming a spokesperson for Jim Strauss, the creator of SHD. Wayne’s involvement extended to radio shows and lectures, allowing him to share his incredible journey with thousands of people suffering from various health issues. His enthusiasm and dedication to natural health solutions led him to become a regular guest on radio networks in the USA and Canada, where he continued to spread the word about his positive experiences with SHD and its miraculous effects on individuals dealing with diabetes, heart disease, low energy, and clogged arteries. Wayne’s story highlights the power of painless, safe, and affordable health products, emphasizing the beauty of solutions that genuinely work. His gratitude towards Jim Strauss and the Strauss Heart Drops is profound, as he believes that without this intervention, he might not have been alive today, reinforcing the transformative impact of natural health remedies in the face of life-threatening conditions. Strauss Naturals is sponsoring the show with support for our radio-minute segments. Wayne says very simply that their products saved him. He became an advocate for the company and has been working with them for 29 years. Jessica Patel – Creator of Groove, Head of Content and Learning Resources at Singleton Foundation
Jessica Patel has spent her award-winning career in the editorial space, first as a journalist, and later as a business leader, identifying the best ways to monetize content while still making it appealing to readers. She has worked or created content for Bankrate, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Gap and HerMoney, among others. You can often find her working in the start-up space, building brands, creating content strategies and identifying product opportunities. She loves creating new things, pushing people to greatness, being kind and, for better or for worse, glitter.  She joined the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy in 2021.Dr. Kristen Monroe – Author of Politics, Principle and Standing Up to Donald Trump: Moral Courage in the Republican Party
Pulitzer Prize nominee Kristen Monroe, whose new book examines the 2024 election from the viewpoint of why so few Republicans have stood up to former president Donald Trump. She has written more than 20 books. In the book, published June 10, 2024, she asks what has happened to the GOP, where unquestioning Trump loyalty is now more important than traditional conservative values? The book, “Politics, Principle and Standing Up to Donald Trump: Moral Courage in the Republican Party,” was published by Ethics International Press Ltd, UK. The book includes interviews with one-time Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci and Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson. Monroe, a professor at University of California, Irvine, has endorsements for the book from Scaramucci; Richard Painter, Chief White House ethics lawyer for George W. Bush; and Alexander Vindman, former National Security Council officer who flagged the call between Trump and President Zelenskyy leading to Trump’s first impeachment. Monroe is the Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Politics at UC Irvine and founding Director of its Ethics Center, and a political psychologist best known for her prize-winning work on altruism, moral choice and the engagement of science, ethics and politics.

July 22, 2024 - Open Future Forum Murray Newlands and Deliverability Ninja B2B Email Namit Jindal

Murray Newlands – Founder at Open Future Forum
Murray Newlands is a renowned entrepreneur and seasoned Venture Capitalist with 30 years of Marketing and C-level leadership driving revenue growth in SaaS/B2C organizations. He founded Open Future Technology, one of the most well known entrepreneur community in the Silicon Valley. He was recognized by The Huffington Post as one of their Top 10 People to Know. His professional journey includes a key strategic role at advising dozens of unicorn companies for fund raising and strategy. Murray was also an attorney at law whose expertise includes risk management and legal compliance. Murray received Bachelor of Laws from London Metropolitan University.Namit Jindal – Founder of Deliverability Ninja
Namit Jindal is the founder of Deliverability Ninja. They help companies find leads for their B2B business using cold email. On average, companies can expect 10-20 meetings/month. Their worst-performing clients see a 2x increase in open rates, reply rates, meetings booked, and every metric they track. Over the past 1.5 years, he has worked with 26 companies with an average open rate of 55% and a 100% satisfaction rate. His first job was at a startup in the hypergrowth stage. He used to look at the “wins” slack channel and wonder if it really was that easy to get more customers? It turns out they had an excellent sales process and their outbound machine worked perfectly. Inspired by that, he started learning more about Sales and Email Lead Generation.

July 19, 2024 - Smooth Scaling Rob Bier and Assembling Tomorrow Scott Doorley & Carissa Carter

Rob Bier – Smooth Scaling Managing Partner of Trellis Partners and Author of Smooth Scaling: Twenty Rituals to Build a Friction-Free Organization
Rob Bier is a seasoned expert in building high-performance organizations, with more than 25 years’ experience in the field. He has worked with over 40 scale-ups, including six that became unicorns and one that reached decacorn status during the time he supported them. Some of his clients include Crypto.com, Traveloka, Trax Retail, NinjaVan, Ajaib, Kredivo, and PropertyGuru. His outstanding track record as an advisor is based on strong foundations: he built two successful companies of his own: Sparck, a fintech acquired by Citigroup, and antfactory, a pioneering venture capital firm and venture builder in Europe. Prior to that he spent 12 years as a senior partner in the Organizational Performance practice of Monitor Group (now Monitor Deloitte), the leading strategy firm. He has also served on the Management Advisory Board of TowerBrook Capital Partners, a private equity firm with $21 Bn under management. Rob advises CEOs, runs powerful top team workshops, and leads organizational transformation projects. Regardless of how he engages, Rob’s mission remains constant: equipping leaders with the insights, skills, and tools to become master organization builders, unlocking the highest performance levels within their organizations, and achieving smooth scaling.Scott Doorley & Carissa Carter – Authors of Assembling Tomorrow
Scott Doorley is a writer, designer, and the creative director at the Stanford d.school. He has overseen everything from books to workspaces to digital products and initiatives focused on the future of learning and design. He co-wrote the book Make Space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration and teaches courses in design communication. His work has been featured in museums from San Jose to Helsinki and in publications such as Architecture + Urbanism and the New York Times.
Carissa Carter is a designer, geoscientist, and the academic director at the Stanford d.school. She’s the author of The Secret Language of Maps: How to Tell Visual Stories with Data, and teaches design courses on emerging technologies, climate change, and data visualization. Her work on designing with machine learning and blockchain has earned multiple design awards, including Fast Company Innovation and Core 77 awards.

July 17, 2024 - Content Super Creator Melanie Deziel and Mindset Expert Dr. Dhru Beeharilal

Melanie Deziel – Content Fuel Super Creator and Author of Prove It: Exactly How Modern Marketers Earn Trust
Melanie Deziel is passionate about helping individuals, teams, and organizations unlock their creative potential and organize their creative efforts. As a keynote speaker, author, and award-winning branded content creator, Melanie has spent her career developing the skills to think differently and discover new ways to engage audiences through content. She is the author of “The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story Ideas” as well as “Prove It: Exactly How Modern Marketers Earn Trust” and the co-founder of The Creator Kitchen mastermind for creatives. Having been the first-ever editor of branded content at The New York Times, a founding member of HuffPost’s brand storytelling team, and Director of Creative Strategy for Time Inc’s 35 US magazines, Melanie brings a wealth of knowledge and experience on how content can be used as a strategic tool, and how processes can help unlock its power. Her  passion for teaching creativity and content processes extends to academia. She has developed and taught graduate-level content marketing courses for both Fairleigh Dickinson University and City University of New York, and frequently guest-lectures for the many universities that use her books as texts, including NYU, Syracuse, Temple and the University of Connecticut’s Werth Institute of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. In addition to delivering keynotes, leading workshops, and coaching clients on organized creativity, Melanie is also the co-founder of both The Convoy and GroupUps, B2B marketplaces that help small businesses save money so they can invest more in themselves and their communities. She advises multiple other startups and also serves as a judge for several industry awards.Dr. Dhru Beeharilal – Founder of Nayan Leadership – Mindset Expert
Dr. Dhru Beeharilal is a popular speaker, Professionally Certified Coach (PCC) and founder of Nayan Leadership. He partners with his clients on their hero’s journey to build resilience and strengthen their mindset in order to be more effective, empowered, authentic, and creative leaders, business owners, and human beings. His approach combines traditional coaching with the Japanese philosophies of Ikigai (a well rounded life) and Bushido. By way of background,  he believes that while there are a number of things that contribute to success – skills, work ethic and resiliency just to name a few. But most of all, mindset is a huge determinate for individual and team success. He enjoys indulging in his creativity, whether he’s coaching executives, hosting events, speaking at conferences, or just exploring the world with his faithful K-9 companion, Hachi. Dhru helps his clients and organization to encourage and inspire meaningful, intentional, and effective action in order to make the world a more mindful, authentic, and innovative place. To embrace work-life balance and create healthy beliefs and behaviours in order to achieve better results.

July 15, 2024 - Going Public Dakin Campbell and Performance Science Coaching Dr. Carla Fowler

Dakin Campbell – Chief Finance Correspondent of Business Insider’s and Author of Going Public: How Silicon Valley Rebels Loosened Wall Street’s Grip on the IPO and Sparked a Revolution
Dakin Campbell is Business Insider’s chief finance correspondent, writing features and conducting investigations into Wall Street’s largest and most powerful firms. He has written extensively about Goldman Sachs and the challenges its CEO has faced in his first few years on the job. Campbell joined Insider in April 2018 from Bloomberg News, where he spent a decade writing for its wire service and magazines. His writing has led to the resignation of the nation’s busiest bankruptcy judge, and spurred a group of powerful Senators to scrutinize the bankruptcy of a private prison healthcare company. Before joining the investigations team, he covered Wall Street for 15 years. Goldman Sachs’ CEO began leasing a plane just days after Dakin uncovered the executive’s extensive personal use of the corporate jet. Dakin joined Insider in April 2018 from Bloomberg News, where he spent a decade writing for its wire service and magazines. He holds a BS from Cornell University, an MS in journalism from Columbia University, and a CFA charter. His first book, Going Public, was published in July 2022.Carla Fowler, MD PhD – Founder of THAXA Performance Science Coaching
Carla Fowler, MD PhD founded THAXA out of a passion for performance science, where the fields of strategy, productivity, and psychology intersect. Since its inception in 2013, THAXA’s scientific approach to individualized coaching has attracted a devoted client base of dozens of executives at firms ranging from Fortune 500 technology companies to venture-backed startups to innovative nonprofits. Carla’s coaching methods draw upon the multidisciplinary field of performance science to generate the best ideas surrounding strategy, execution, and mindset to assist leaders in their endeavors. Over the past 10 years, she has distilled the key principles of performance into understandable concepts and a method that helps leaders incorporate these ideas into their day-to-day performance, helping them go faster and improving their results. Outside of her coaching, Carla truly enjoys sharing her key performance principles with audiences while engaging in thought-provoking conversations surrounding her passion for performance science. Carla graduated from Brown University magna cum laude, earned her MD and PhD at the University of Washington, and completed her internship in general surgery at Stanford University. THAXA ditches the self-help fluff and rewires the brains of busy executives. For over ten years, her unique blend of strategy, productivity, and science has helped leaders crush their goals at Fortune 500 giants, scrappy startups, and mission-driven nonprofits.

July 12, 2024 - Regrow your Hair! Ashley Stark and Mentally Strong Leader Scott Mautz

Ashley Stark – Co-owner of We Grow Hair Indy and Peri Hair
Ashley Stark is co-owner of We Grow Hair Indy and Transitions of Indiana, an Indianapolis-based hair restoration and replacement clinic. She knows and thinks a lot about hair, so it’s no surprise that her new company is hair-related. She’s launched Peri Hair, an affordable, premium hair care product that focuses on both scalp and hair care. By creating a natural product focused on a more holistic approach (other products focus on either hair or scalp), she’s meeting a need she saw at We Grow Hair Indy. Peri Hair is an example of adjacent entrepreneurship. A recent McKinsey study shows that CEOs who pursue adjacent and breakout businesses that build on a competitive advantage deliver significantly higher shareholder returns than their peers.  Ashley is available to speak about her adjacent entrepreneurship journey and why it might be a successful tactic for other business owners. Having closely collaborated with trichologists and stylists on her team, she made it her mission to master the complexities surrounding hair and scalp health. The clinic and full salon in Indy offer a wide range of products catering to both medical-grade scalp concerns and salon-grade needs. Recognizing the potential in merging the finest elements from both industries, Ashley worked to craft an exceptional clean product line dedicated to promoting both scalp and hair health. For Ashley, this journey has been a longstanding dream finally realized. Witnessing the fruition of her vision is a source of immense joy and fulfillment. Being a mother of two young children, Ashley understands the importance of having all-in-one hair care products that deliver premium results, ensuring her hair looks its best even without styling. As the co-founder of Peri, Ashley is committed to providing high-quality, natural hair care products designed to nourish, strengthen, and enhance the natural beauty of every hair type. Without using harsh ingredients like sulfates, silicones, and parabens, Peri’s products ensure exceptional manageability, leaving hair feeling soft, nourished, protected, and detangled. With a focus on premium ingredients sourced from sustainable and ethically responsible suppliers, Peri not only promotes healthy hair practices but also prioritizes environmental sustainability and social responsibility.Scott Mautz – Leadership Expert and Author of The Mentally Strong Leader: Build the Habits to Productively Regulate Your Emotions, Thoughts, and Behaviors 
Scott Mautz is the founder and CEO of Profound Performance™, a keynote, training, and coaching company. Mautz is a former Procter & Gamble executive who successfully ran four of the company’s largest multi-billion dollar businesses, he is also the multi award-winning author of Leading from the Middle, Find the Fire, and Make It Matter. Mautz has been named a “CEO Thought-leader” by The Chief Executives Guild and a “Top 50 Leadership Innovator” by Inc.com, He is faculty on reserve at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business for Executive Education and is a top instructor at LinkedIn Learning. He lives in San Diego.

July 10, 2024 - The CEO Project & Kilimanjaro Climber Jim Schleckser and Rekindle The Love Jennifer Dawn

Jim Schleckser – Founder & CEO of The CEO Project
Jim Schleckser is an accomplished leader, entrepreneur, and CEO coach with extensive experience across diverse industries. He is the Founder & CEO of The CEO Project, a renowned executive coaching company specializing in high-revenue entrepreneurs. Jim offers a distinctive CEO coaching program that combines peer group discussions with personalized one-on-one coaching sessions led by former CEOs. He advocates for the concept of the “Lazy CEO,” emphasizing efficient delegation and time management as essential traits for successful leadership. Jim employs diagnostic and strategic tools to identify business constraints and provide tailored advice to CEOs and offers a curated advisory board, providing CEOs with unbiased and valuable guidance. Jim hosts The Lazy CEO Podcast, a successful podcast, focusing on entrepreneurship and CEO leadership, providing valuable insights to a wide audience. He is also the author of two impactful books: “Great CEO’s are Lazy” and “Professional Drinking: A Spirited Guide to Wine, Cocktails and Confident Business Entertaining.” In addition to his professional endeavors, Jim is actively involved in various non-profit organizations such as the National Association of Corporate Directors, Boy Scouts of America, and Youth With A Mission. Jim is an avid soccer player and adventurer, having recently conquered Mount Kilimanjaro. He is also a certified Level 2 Sommelier, reflecting his passion for wine and cocktails.Jennifer Dawn – Business Coaching and Author of The Apple Stand: How To Rekindle The Love For Your Business and The Joy Guide: Finding Your Joy In A World of Crap
Ask yourself, what is one thing I could do today to move theneedle forward on my goals, professional or personal.  
Jennifer Dawn is the founder of Jennifer Dawn Coaching and the creator of the Best Planner Ever. She began her entrepreneurial career selling apples off her grandfather’s tree because a lemonade stand was so “yesterday”. Jennifer is a serial entrepreneur who has grown two multi-million-dollar businesses and is a successful speaker and author. She serves high-achieving entrepreneurs through private business coaching and hands-on workshops. Jennifer is a master at setting and achieving goals, problem-solving, profitability, and cash flow. She is also the host of the top-rated podcast, Happy Productive with Jennifer Dawn. Jennifer Dawn has had quite the entrepreneurial journey. Not only is she the founder of Jennifer Dawn Coaching & Consulting, creator of the Best Planner Ever and master coach behind Goal Achiever’s, she’s also the author of The Joy Guide: Finding Your Joy In A World of Crap. At the age of 23, she founded her first software company. Jennifer’s all about growth, so she grew it from zero revenues to over $1M in sales. She then went on to become the Software Division President for a $54M manufacturing firm and grew her division revenues from $300k to $2.2M in less than two years. Jennifer was later asked to lead a national network of entrepreneurs where she not only tripled revenues, but also found her true calling. Today, Jennifer’s purpose is coaching entrepreneurs – like you – to grow profitable, healthy, and truly exceptional businesses. Her approach is a bit different as she believes in developing the ENTIRE person, not just the business. Jennifer saved a $12M manufacturing company from bankruptcy and guided them to be profitable and debt free. She coached a Digital Marketing Agency losing money to net profits of $300k and debt free in 9 months. She began her entrepreneurial career at age 8 selling apples off her grandfather’s tree because a lemonade stand was so “yesterday.”