Lauren Petrullo is an award winning marketing expert, digital marketing and ecommerce consultant, and successful multi-founder. As the CEO and Founder of digital marketing agency, Mongoose Media, Lauren drives brand growth in the baby, beauty and food space. She is also the owner of three brands in those spaces herself: eco-conscious baby swimwear brand Beau & Belle Littles, skincare products Asian Beauty Essentials, and ceremonial grade matcha brand, Shade Matcha. As a member of the prestigious Leaders Network at Meta (formerly Facebook), she is a social commerce and Meta ads expert who turns $5k in ad spend into $500k in sales. Lauren has been featured in Yahoo!, Thrive Global, Refinery29, Shopify, Advertising Week, ComputerWorld and Ticker News. She is an instructor at premier online community of marketing professionals DigitalMarketer, and she is the winner of Prism’s Top 100 Marketing & Advertising Leaders, dotCOMM SEO Creativity & Excellence Awards, and Marcom's Advertising & Communication Award. She is a sought-after speaker, podcast guest and consultant on social commerce and Meta advertising.
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Lauren’s Brands:
Mongoose Media: https://mongoosemedia.us/
Beau and Belles: https://beauandbellelittles.com/
Asian Beauty Essentials: https://asianbeautyessentials.com/
Shade Matcha: https://enjoyshade.com/
Maia Monell is the Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer of the Nav.it Money App. Nav.it's the fitness app for finances, providing personalized financial coaching to build good habits and live financially well. When she's not pitching, selling, and creating for Nav.it, Maia's working with her family's two foundations. She's devoted to closing wealth gaps perpetuated by a system not built for the majority of America and believes financial wellbeing is an integral part of creating a healthier and more equitable society. She’s an avid tennis player, skate skier, and runner with an obsession for physical, nutritional and financial health.
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After discovering Bitcoin in 2011, Mark Basa co-founded and designed an omni-currency payment gateway, enabling consumers to pay with fiat, loyalty points, and Bitcoin in a single transaction, which resulted in a partnership with Microsoft and the Australian government through their joint-venture innovation programs for promising technologies.
As an early crypto-evangelist, Mark specializes in strategic development and brand conceptualization for early-stage crypto companies and has been featured on and quoted in Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, Reuters, Yahoo Finance, Express.co.uk, and many more. Mark is the Director of HOKK Finance, a cross-chain, DeFi ecosystem, the co-founder of Murasaki B.V: a game studio backed by Japan’s largest VC, and the current Managing Director of the crypto division at XWECAN, a global PR and communications agency. Mark has also worked as a Brand Director of a layer-one blockchain.
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Jessica Zweig is the CEO of SimplyBe. Agency, an international award-winning personal branding firm, serving clients across the globe. She is the author of #1 best selling book, “Be. - A No B.S. Guide to Increasing Your Self Worth and Net Worth by Simply Being Yourself,” published by Sounds True (Macmillan). Jessica was named a Personal Branding Expert by Forbes, 2020's Most Notable Entrepreneur by Crain's, the 2018 and 2019 Stevie® Award winner for “Female Entrepreneur of the Year,” and a Top Digital Marketer to Watch by Inc. On a mission to debunk the perception that personal branding is an act of vanity, Jessica believes that, when done right, personal branding is an act of service, a social responsibility, and a positive investment toward a positive future. "When you set yourself free to Simply Be, you set the world free."
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John Jonas helped thousands of entrepreneurs succeed in their business by doing outsourcing differently. He created the world’s largest website for finding Filipino Virtual Assistants, OnlineJobs.ph, which has over 1,000,000 Filipino resumes and hundreds of thousands of employers from around the world using it. He works about 17 hours per week, choosing to spend his time with his family rather than working.
John is highly renowned for his expertise in hiring rock star virtual assistants, helping business owners accomplish genuine freedom. John's mission also helps talented Filipino VAs overcome the economic challenges of living on an island by providing opportunities to make incomes well above their national average so they, too, can spend more time at home.
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Grace Valentine is the definition of your internet BFF. She is refreshing, relatable, and inspirational. Through her three books, her podcast, and her mini books on Instagram, Grace helps women in their twenties navigate challenges within college life, their relationship to their body image, and how to settle into adult life. Through the lens of faith, Grace is also here to help redefine what it means to be a Christian by showing others that Christianity is not lame–it is an adventure worth living. Today, Grace believes that the Church has failed women and wants to highlight a new narrative that women are respected in the Bible.
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Steven Izen is the founder & CEO of Lokai, the iconic bracelet brand that motivates wearers to stay humble at their highs and hopeful at their lows in life. Steven currently serves as the youngest member on the national board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List for Retail and Ecommerce in 2017, and was the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Finalist in 2016.
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Elements of Balance
As a seasoned speaker who has taken the mic on NBC, The CW, and Fox—as well as on stages ranging from TEDx, Hay House, The American Heart Association, LuluLemon, and many more—Suzanne Adams is creating a powerful ripple of inspiration and positivity. In addition to being a sought-after speaker, Suzanne is a bestselling author, transformational mentor, and strategist. Quantum Vibes, Suzanne's latest book inspired by her groundbreaking Tedx Talk (that has garnered over two million views), is a bright and inspiring book that demonstrates how the confluence of the Law of Attraction, spirituality, and science can work brilliantly in your favor to deliver you the contentment and success you’ve long desired. Suzanne is a thought leader in the field of personal development, energetics, and leadership and is on a mission to help you reach your highest potential and attract your dreams!
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Laney Schwartz is the founder, creator, and recipe developer behind the food blog Life is but a Dish. Laney is on a mission to help busy home cooks across the world gain confidence in the kitchen, create simple and delicious meals, and cook without being tied to a recipe. After 7+ years of blogging, Laney has over 600 reliable recipes on her website, all using simple everyday ingredients.
Laney created a program called Cook with Confidence to help overwhelmed and anxious home cooks learn how to build foundational cooking skills for life. She has successfully moved over 200 students through the program, changing people’s relationship with the kitchen.
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Chris Gibson is a sought-after skincare expert and holistic health coach/esthetician. He is also the Best-Selling Author of the acclaimed book Acne Free In 3 Days (1 Million+ Copies Sold) and has a very successful YouTube channel, Chris Gibson Live!
The YouTube channel (175K+ subscribers) is dedicated to providing expert information and product reviews on skincare and wellness topics for both skin issues and anti-aging.
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Birute Efe first started an online business in 2010, blogging about family games and soon realized she loved making videos more than blogging. After successfully selling the blog, she began teaching video marketing and creating editing courses to teach other entrepreneurs how to make viral videos. In 2020, the pandemic hit — she was faced with homeschooling her three children and then her husband was diagnosed with cancer. During this tumultuous time, she and her best friend, Roneta Bajorinaite, launched beCreatives, a video editing agency that provides professional video editing services for a flat subscription rate.
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Dawn & Cher Hubsher are famously known as the Mother/Daughter duo from My Super Sweet 16 on MTV or s'Mothered on TLC. They talk every day, all day long, so they figured they may as well make a podcast and let you in on their lives behind the camera. You get to see them for a few clips every season, but they want you to know the real them, and they are not holding back. Yes, they are mother and daughter, but they are also best friends. Dawn and Cher will go over how they got this close and give you tools to implement in your own life. They talk about everything, and nothing is off limits. They discuss sex, love, dating, motherhood, marriage, mother/daughter issues, friendships, and so much more. You will hear Dawn give her very motherly advice, or what others call "smothering" advice, and Cher tells it as it is!
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Broken to Basecamp
Scott’s background is a story of how one adventurous entrepreneur went from being crippled and believing that he may never walk again to trekking to Mt. Everest Base Camp and discovering his highest purpose yet.
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Simon Ree has three decades of experience as an active trader, investor, and financial markets professional. He previously held senior positions with Goldman Sachs in Australia and Citibank in Singapore before deciding to focus on trading full-time in 2017.
His vision is to help people live more creative, joyful and inspired lives by alleviating the burden of financial stress that ways so many people down.
His mission is to revolutionize the way finance is taught by shattering long-held myths that have been perpetuated by Wall Street.
He is the founder of taooftrading.com, an online education company that has helped hundreds of aspiring wealth-builders learn how to use the financial markets to generate the prosperity they desire.
Simon is the author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book “The Tao of Trading – How To Build Abundant Wealth In Any Market Condition."
In addition to trading, Simon is a certified Jeet Kune Do instructor. He lives in Singapore with his family.
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Meet Kevin Stansfield, an award-winning business advisor, founder, and Director of ActionCOACH Solent.
So many people quit their job to become their own boss and end up becoming a slave to their business.
Kevin’s dad walked away from a very high-paying job to buy a business from a stranger in a pub which ended up consuming his life. When Kevin lost his dad to that business he made a promise to himself that he would save others from making the same mistake.
As the financial director for several large companies, he realized that business isn’t personal and growth should be fun not stressful. He helped grow one company from £2 million to £36 million, another company from start-up to over 400 employees, and helped another scale rapidly which sold for £15 million.
For the past 16 years, Kevin has worked with over 300 business owner to get them working less and earning more. He’s also written 3 books on how to play the game of business better than you ever thought you could play it.
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Jocelyn Kelly Reid is here for one major mission: to lead spiritual women towards making a big impact to get rich, work less, play more, and fall in love with life. This Money Queen has had her fair share of success: she worked for the largest asset manager in the world for 7 years, grew a direct sales team of 100 people for a social impact brand, and closed over $1M in sales for a luxury furniture line in under a year at her last full-time position. Jocelyn understood money on a 3D level but after going through a major emotional and spiritual crack open which included leaving a toxic relationship and getting out of 6 figures in debt, Jocelyn mastered how to call money in on a spiritual and energetic level and now rocks a 7 figure business!
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Dave owns 7 businesses that have generated over a billion dollars collectively for over 1000 clients including major brands and fortune 100 companies like Target, Time Magazine, and American Express.
When his doctor asked him at the age of 29 "Are you prepared for your heart attack?" He realized he needed to learn how to scale businesses without the stress killing him. Dave now runs his company from the mountains next to a river and 3 waterfalls.
Using conscious capitalism and an unconventional marketing approach he was able to rapidly grow his businesses by investing money into his people instead of paid advertising.
After selling his first business, he acquired 3 companies and has invested $3 million into companies this year. His mission is to employ over 200,000 people and revolutionize the way we reward good talent. He wants to be so big that governments can't ignore him because his companies take up too much of their GDP or put simply... he wants to buy the freedom that was stolen by greedy individuals and corporations.
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Hannah Koenig is a multiple six-figure entrepreneur and Forbes Coaches Council member who grew up on food stamps, below the poverty line. As a kid, the only thing she understood about money was that her family didn't have it. Her fear of finances carried on into her twenties where she found herself facing eviction, mountains of debt, and the consequences of just about every financial mistake a person can make. After becoming an entrepreneur she realized that earning more was only a fraction of the equation. It was then that she committed to fully transforming her relationship with money. In a few short years, Hannah went from a negative net worth to become an investor, owning multiple properties, and building tangible wealth. Her own journey of financial liberation catalyzed the work she does today.
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After 15 years serving the field of transformation, and studying modalities from Tantra and sexual arts to Somatic Psychology and embodiment, Natural Law to Neuroscience; Jamie Elizabeth Thompson has developed a holistic body of work to support women, men, and couples with letting go of limiting patterns around sex & intimacy so they can have a fulfilling intimate life and manifest their life vision through orgasmic practice. She is a radical contributor to the field of Sex Education and pioneering original and lasting solutions for challenges in sex & intimacy.
Jamie is the founder of Awakened Woman, a curriculum and community for women leaders to reconnect with their feminine sensuality and power, and turn on their orgasmic potential. Hundreds of women have taken her group courses and attended her retreats.
Fun fact: Jamie teaches the art of lap dancing.
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Dave possesses more than 25 years of strategic public relations experience dealing with a wide array of adverse public events. Starting as a U.S. Navy Public Affairs Officer and later as a Corporate Chief Marketing Officer and Non-Profit President, he excels in expertly addressing a myriad of crises spans military, government, corporate, charity, and start-up environments. His Crisis Communications experiences, including handling employee and executive misconduct, cybersecurity attacks, product recalls, mass layoffs, large-scale accidents, criminal investigations, and civil litigation matters.
A sought-after speaker, Dave served as a lecturing professor teaching the semester-long PR Media & Messaging program to upper-division undergraduates at San Diego State University. He actively gives back to others through his role as a Past President of the Rotary Club of San Diego, the sixth largest service club in the world. Dave previously served in leadership roles that raised tens of thousands of dollars for organizations that include the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Operation Homefront, Free to Thrive, and others.
Dave authored four Amazon e-Books and co-produced four LinkedIn Learning courses. He is an accredited PR specialist (APR) who received his MBA from San Diego State University in 2004 and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in 1991.
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Lina Kennedy is the founder and CEO of Alexandria Professional, the global leader in body sugaring hair removal and natural skincare. She is also a critically-acclaimed author, blogger, public speaker, philanthropist, entrepreneur, inventor, teacher, and recognized beauty industry innovator, having developed and pioneered a proprietary process for the removal of unwanted hair.
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Shelley Winner is a formerly incarcerated Restorative Justice Activist who advocates for justice by educating the public on the benefits of people with criminal records. 76% of people released from prison will re-offend and return to prison; this is known as recidivism. Shelley is working to turn the tide on this statistic. She believes that someone must challenge the societal stigma that prevents companies from hiring people with criminal records and Shelley has taken up that mantle. Shelley Winner, a Surface Specialist at Microsoft, is very active in the restorative justice movement in San Francisco. She’s also given a TEDx Talk on hiring the formerly incarcerated and was featured in a PBS special called Searching for Justice.
Jeramia Dupre is a small construction business owner in the Sacramento area specializing in home remodeling and repair. He has a bachelor's degree in Business Management from Morrison University. He is also formerly incarcerated and has struggled with addiction for over 25 years. Since his transformation, he enjoys giving back to the community by sharing his story of struggle and success hoping to inspire and motivate people who have been down the same path as him.
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Sean Castrina is the founder of The Weekend MBA, a serial entrepreneur, having started more than 20 companies over the last 20 years, and still seeks to launch a new venture annually. He is the author of 4 bestselling business books including 8 Unbreakable Rules for Business Startup Success, The Greatest Entrepreneur in the World, Developing The Entrepreneur Within, and World’s Greatest Business Plan. He hosts one of the most popular business podcasts on the planet- The 10 Minute Entrepreneur Podcast.
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As the Chief Visionary Officer and co-founder of StoryFile, Heather Smith is paving the way for a new generation of storytelling. Heather Smith’s love for storytelling was born when she found herself creating Holocaust remembrance exhibits that traveled to Jewish Community Centers across the country and even to the United Nations. She believed the stories of Holocaust survivors were so important to capture for generations to come that she began to reimagine the storytelling experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI). She saw video as the new medium for human interaction long before we even had FaceTime. She knew the next wave of communication was going to be through video. With a passion for the project, Heather set out to create Conversa, the AI engine that drives the StoryFile platform where people can talk to a pre-recorded video as if the individual is there in front of them.
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Jen Smith is a personal finance writer and expert in the fields of frugality and investing. She’s the author of three personal finance books, including the best-selling No-Spend Challenge Guide. After paying off $78,000 of debt in two years Jen and her husband are now renovating their fixer-upper, investing for retirement, and taking well-deserved vacations with their son Kai.
This week’s giveaway is an opportunity to win the Kindle version of Jen’s books The No Spend Challenge Guide and Pay Off Your Debt For Good.
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