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Nathan Hirsch is an entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. He is the co-founder and CEO of FreeeUp.com, a marketplace that connects businesses with pre-vetted freelancers in eCommerce, digital marketing, and much more. He has sold over $30 million online and regularly appears on leading business podcasts, such as Entrepreneur on Fire, and speaks at live events about online hiring tactics.
Nicole Maaguo is the Founder & CEO of Cultivate Ink, LLC a boutique tech firm that helps organizations overcome technology and customer churn challenges to reach new levels of success. Cultivate Ink accomplishes this by elevating strategic priorities and goal setting to help customers align investment with desired outcomes. Over the course of her career, Nicole has served non-profits, associations, software start-ups, and Fortune 100 companies. Nicole is also the creator of #ProjectBox, a subscription box of curated professional development for aspiring leaders. In her spare time, Nicole advances the customer success and women in tech movements as the Co-President of PulseLocal DC and as a contributor for MsTech.
Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD is a NYC-based media Dietitian, food and nutrition writer, national spokesperson and owner of Greenletes, a successful plant-based sports nutrition blog. Natalie has bylines in many national publications, such as NBC News, SHAPE, Runner’s World, Bicycling, Diabetic Living and Prevention. In her work as a nutrition spokesperson, she frequently appears in television segments and is quoted as the nutrition expert in top tier national publications. Natalie is passionate about simplifying complicated sports nutrition information for everyday athletes, and she’s dedicated to teaching them how eat more plants.
Nikki started her fashion career shortly after graduating from the general fine arts undergrad program. She debuted her senior collection in DC fashion week then went on to New York, Milan and Paris Fashion Weeks in 2017. She began her residency with the DC Fashion Foundation in the same year in which she had a studio inside the Macy’s at metro center. There she was able to cultivate and grow her fashion company. She then went on to later participate in Feeric Fashion Week in Sibiu, Romania and London fashion week. She now has dedicated her business solely to creating masks during the pandemic. She plans on re-launching her brand in Feb 2021 to include women’s clothing, accessories and masks.
An accomplished business professional and online entrepreneur, Natalie (Nat, to her friends and clients) brings insight, expertise and energy to whatever she does. With over 15 years’ experience, helping clients achieve million-dollar sales targets, Nat now focuses her expertise on helping heart-centred businesses and coaches feel as confident about their sales approach as the services they offer.
Nick Bush is a Residential Realtor and an expert in the DMV market. He expands the traditional definition of a Realtor by creating Podcasts and YouTube Videos that aim to educate home buyers and sellers on all things real estate. He uses cutting edge technology and strategies to get your home sold. He takes a consultative and fiduciary approach to helping home buyers, giving them peace of mind and results all the way to the finish line.
Natalie Madeira Cofield is the Founder and CEO of Walker’s Legacy, a digital platform for professional entrepreneurial multicultural women. Cofield founded Walker’s Legacy in 2009, with the mission to enhance leadership, create networking, learning opportunities, and bring exposure to emerging trends in business for aspiring professional women of color. Walker’s Legacy celebrated its 10-Year Anniversary this year of empowering women of color in business.
Nancy R. Burger is a workplace communications strategist and coach who guides executives and teams to foster emotionally healthy cultures. A certified leadership coach, author, and seasoned researcher, Nancy brings her 10+ years in communications expertise and research in psychology to elevate workplace connections. She works with C-suite executives, heads of HR & training/recruiting, managers, business owners, and team leaders across many industries. Nancy also delivers workshops and talks to universities, leadership organizations, and networking groups, all with the aim of cultivating clear, effective, and productive communication dynamics.
the goal will be jumping to a studio level ideally making a motion capture film in New Zealand financed by the studios."
Noyan started his entrepreneurial journey during his university years. He has been interested in coding since childhood. He graduated in electronics engineering and is currently pursuing his MBA. He struggled with preparing too many presentations for student club meetings, school projects, and his prior startups. This led him to build Decktopus: the fastest presentation builder.
