Community & Guest List
Lindsey Ellison is an author, speaker, relationship coach and founder of Start Over Coaching, Inc, a coaching practice dedicated to helping people navigate their divorce or break up. She has a best selling book titled MAGIC Words: How to Get What You Want from a Narcissist, and a popular podcast called Unbreakable You: Break Up Without Being Broken.
Judge is a hard-hitting, action-oriented serial entrepreneur with a successful track record of growing companies with little to no revenue and selling them for multi- and hundreds-of-millions of dollars. Judge started www.JudgeGraham.com to lead the charge in helping small to mid-size businesses catapult in growth value to create strong legacies or prosperous liquidity events. Judge served as the Chief Marketing & New Business Officer of Ansira, the second-largest independently owned CRM and digital marketing agency in the USA. Judge was a part of the core deal team and instrumental in selling Ansira to Advent International in 2016. Prior to joining Ansira, Judge was the former Co-Owner and President of Sq1, which he sold to Ansira in 2015. He was also the former Co-Owner and President of Rassai Interactive. Judge has helped hundreds of small and Fortune 500 companies to focus on growth and the ability to identify and capitalize on opportunities to improve revenue and corner markets through integration of cutting-edge positioning, culture, technology and sales.
Melissa Gruhin is the Founder of Two Halves, a custom-tailored strategic marketing agency for both brands and freelancers. Melissa has a decade of experience in branded, scripted, stand-up entertainment and digital media marketing. Her past roles have been at Buzzfeed, FOX, and Netflix, among others. After almost three years as a Brand + Content Strategy Consultant, Melissa experienced firsthand just how difficult it can be on your own in the world of freelancing and sought out every community and collective she could to support her on her journey to success as a solopreneur. Honing her skills in strategic storytelling and combining her mission of creating space where both clients and freelancers feel seen, heard, and most importantly, supported, Two Halves was born.
Katherine Hanrahan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Imagine A Mind. From business concept, creation, and to launch, Imagine A Mind helps women entrepreneurs create the life of their dreams through a profitable online business. Last July, Katherine was featured at Thinkific's, Think In Color 2021 event, a virtual conference for minority women entrepreneurs. In this interview, Katherine looks forward to sharing both her story and knowledge to uplift entrepreneurs of all stages.
William Scott Goldman is the founding member of Goldman Law Group, representing creative business clients, both established and early-stage, throughout the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Goldman received an LL.M. in Patent and Intellectual Property Law from George Washington University and is licensed to practice before several courts. One of the world's most prolific trademark filers, he's perennially ranked 'Top-10' at the USPTO now with over 11,000 pending applications and registrations. Having written the book on Branding Law, he is also a frequent lecturer, guest speaker, media commentator and author on various legal subjects. Clients appreciate his creative insights based on almost 30 yrs. of practical experience, quick response times and reasonable flat-fee billing.
Do you know how entrepreneurs struggle with getting qualified referrals while building their business? Toni Harris Taylor is the proud franchise owner of Network in Action Global Partners. NIA Global Partners is a community of business owners who come together to mastermind to grow their business, bring each other warm referrals and be a supportive community for one another. She is also a marketing and sales coach where she teaches entrepreneurs to get known, get connected and get paid to make six-figures and beyond.
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Dee Bowden is the founder of BCS Solutions. Dee graduated from the Steve Harvey’s Act Like A Success School of Business Acceleration in 2018. Dee focuses on helping companies and government agencies recover lost revenue and increase cash flow for services provided but not yet paid.
Dee has successfully collected over $50 million dollars for several companies and government agencies in the past 10 years.
Dee has successfully collected over $50 million dollars for several companies and government agencies in the past 10 years.
Bria Taylor is not your average buttercream queen. Her graphic design influenced cakes make her one of the most sought out cake decorators in the DMV. She continues to surprise us with her amazing flavors and cake designs, but it is her perseverance as a young entrepreneur that keeps her going. She hopes to open a cake studio and classroom in the future to bring Killa Cakes to every baker enthusiasts home.
Jon is currently the CEO of YouNow, a top-50 social media app by revenue. He is a turnaround and growth specialist who was previously the CEO of Finder US, which he steered from infancy to 8-figure revenue, and SVP at Chicken Soup for the Soul, where he spearheaded their social media audience growth from 300,000 people to over a billion. He was also a director at 1-800-flowers, where he completed 17 M&A transactions and grew the international business from $1 million to $40 million in revenue, and he was the general manager for Allmenus, which he led from having 1,000 restaurants to over a quarter of a million. He has also written and published two books, and still finds time to go snowboarding during the winter.
