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Patrice has all the instability of an entrepreneur. She uses the term instability, because this quality represents the journey of the entrepreneur in spirit and the process to the goal. Instability reflects unreliability, uncertainty, unpredictability, vulnerability, and riskiness. These qualities are the key element that separates this group from the majority. Layered along with discipline and process, Patrice has gained the wisdom and full understanding that you fail your way to success.
Peter Voss, a Pioneer in AI who coined the term ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ and the CEO and Chief Scientist at Aigo.ai. For the past 15 years, Voss and his team at Aigo have been perfecting an industry disruptive, highly intelligent and hyper-personalized Chatbot, with a brain, for large enterprise customers.
Peter Kozodoy is an Inc. 5000 serial entrepreneur, TEDx speaker, and business coach who works with organizations and their leaders to help them overcome self-limiting bullsh*t and use honesty to achieve greatness. His articles on leadership and entrepreneurship have appeared in Forbes, Inc., HuffPost, PR Daily, and more. He holds a BA in economics from Brandeis University and an MBA from Columbia Business School, and he's the author of Honest to Greatness: How today's greatest leaders use brutal honesty to achieve massive success.
This proud mother is the owner and chief instructor at Defense in Heels. A Program dedicated to keeping women and children safe. Not only is she a former model, this internationally certified self-defense instructor can teach you how to beat up bad guys, in 6-inch heels. She is known for her writing, public speaking, volunteering and chasing her kids around from sport to sport. Patti’s mission is to change the crime stats one woman, one mindset, one life at a time.
Patrick Moran is a Yale-educated social entrepreneur who has committed himself to strengthen his community and fight climate change through business. Patrick owns and leads Tactical Land Care LLC (TLC) that provides stormwater management solutions and sustainable landscape improvements to residential and commercial properties throughout the DC-metro area. He is a dedicated community volunteer who is serving his second term as Chairman of the Alexandria Citizen Corps Council (CCC), where he spearheaded the unanimously adopted ResilientALX Charter by Alexandria City Council aimed at holistically improving the resiliency and preparedness of the City residents, businesses, and organization, in collaboration with its neighbors. He is a member of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) and has supported the Alexandria Health Department's Covid Relief efforts. Patrick served on the Steering Committee for the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria where he has sought to address healthcare inequalities and social equity issues. Patrick is running for City Council in this upcoming June 8th election where he hopes to continue his efforts to strengthen communities and address gaps for all Alexandrians.
Paul Ronto is the CMO at RunRepeat, the world's largest athletic footwear review site. He's worked in digital marketing for over a decade and has held a variety of positions from copywriter, SEO, social media and communications coordinator, marketing and growth director, and account executive in a large agency setting. His industry experience includes work with hyper-growth-stage SaaS startups, non-profits, $20B multi-national companies, and dozens of SMBs across the nation. He's passionate about helping businesses connect with their consumers and grow to the next level.
Paul Towers is a 4x Entrepreneur and Startup Founder. He started his entrepreneurial career as a 16 year old high school student when he purchased a retail surf shop in his hometown of Sydney Australia. Since then he has gone on to create a number of other startups and is currently working on Task Pigeon, a straight-forward, yet powerful task management application for individuals and teams.
Philipp is the founder and CEO of cherrydeck.com, a marketplace for brands that need to find experienced photographers and videographers. Clients include companies like Google, Adobe and Four Seasons Hotels but also small brands around the world. His team is based in Hamburg, Berlin (Germany) and Ljubljana (Slovenia). Philipp has over 10 years of experience in investor backed startups and as a founder.
Peter Voss, a Pioneer in AI who coined the term ‘Artificial General Intelligence’ and the CEO and Chief Scientist at Aigo.ai. For the past 15 years, Voss and his team at Aigo have been perfecting an industry disruptive, highly intelligent and hyper-personalized Chatbot, with a brain, for large enterprise customers.
Paula Orezi is the Author of a motivational poetry book titled: From Me to You and Co-Author of the #1 International Best Selling book: Experts & Influencers: Women's Empowerment Edition. She earned a Master’s in Business Leadership from Huizenga School of Business at Nova Southeastern University and a Bachelor's degree in Organizational Management from Palm Beach Atlantic University. She has a passion to speak and help people get inspired to make a change that will create a positive and win-win outcome. Her experience includes mentoring others and leadership development. Her messages are for business-minded professionals or anyone wishing to start their own business and need help to overcome mindset beliefs, being organized, and conducting sales through relationship-building.
