Community & Guest List
Candace Cantu opened and founded Aerial Candy ( a center for circus performance arts) in 2019. After having danced herself for over a decade , Candace wanted to share her gifts and help others get in shape while having fun and learning a new skill. Aerial Candy aims to help people find community , friendship and fitness all while accomplishing personal goals catered to aerial dance.
Lauri is a salesman at heart and currenty the CEO and founder of Messente - a global messaging platform used in millions of micro business transactions every day in Europe, Latin-America, and South-East Asia. Contrary to a typical tech startup, Lauri and his co-founders bootstrapped the company from day one and have taken it to close to 10mEUR annual revenue without ever raising any outside investments.
Joe Camberato is the CEO and Founder of National Business Capital, the leading fintech marketplace, helping entrepreneurs across competitive financing fast, through an easy-to-use online platform and experienced team. Joe knows entrepreneurs because he is an entrepreneur. He started National Business Capital after realizing how challenging it is for business owners to access the funding they need to grow. With a strong vision, determination, and passionate leadership, Joe grew his firm from a small operation in his spare bedroom to a #1 top workplace on Long Island – all without one dollar of private equity.
because she also loves baking and eating."
Alexis has been in the video production industry for over 28 years which in this marketplace is a huge success. She started out in corporate television at Home Depot and Coca-Cola and now owns her own production company in Northern Virginia. She prides herself on her jack of all trades ability to direct/produce/shoot and edit all of her videos when necessary. Her passion project is Memory lane Productions which is dedicated to her father who passed in 2019 from Alzheimer's Disease. With that branch of her business she aims to record loved ones life stories/journey and capture a narrative of their life to pass down to friends, family and future generations.
Certified Pharmacist and creative talent, Dr. Mona Vand, covers everything beauty, health, fitness, and overall wellness with a modern twist in pharmaceutical science. While most pharmacists believe in filling prescriptions, Mona advocates for and believes in a healthy lifestyle. She aims to teach her dedicated followers that medication is only part of the equation for maximum health, and emphasizes that wellness stems from diet, exercise, and mindset. Ultimately, she strives to make the world a healthier place, one smart decision at a time! Mona is based in LA and has been featured on NBC, The Telegraph, The Doctors, and more, as we’ll as completing successful partnerships with brands including Loccitane, Thrive Market, Sakara Life, Fab Fit Fun, UMA Oils, Fabletics, Sulwhasoo, and more.
Originally a British industrial designer & artist, Matt turned everything upside down to launch a tech company in Sydney Australia. After a couple of false-starts, Bonjoro was born from a sales hack for his first business, where Matt would send every new lead a personal video instead of a plain-text email. Matt’s love of building great products is only surpassed by his total commitment to building great business culture, and Matt asserts that Bonjoro’s “customers as friends” culture has been the main driver of the businesses success. His goal is to be the next Zappos, to be the most loved brand in the world.
Murray Seward, CEO of Outback Team Building & Training. His team helps companies all over North America build strong teams, develop team member soft-skills, and grow great leaders. Murray's a proponent of CEOs working toward building a self-managing company to provide an extraordinary work-life balance and to be able to live stories worth telling.
Wylie McGraw is the founder of Radical Performance Acceleration and for well over a decade now he’s been behind the scenes doing life-altering work with powerful CEOs, Entrepreneurs, Leaders, and Public Figures accelerating their performance both personally and professionally.
Jennifer Stewart has been patiently empowering her clients to understand their computers and technology tools since 2011. She teaches her clients to reduce computer frustration and disorganization, eliminate email overwhelm and understand Microsoft programs. Jennifer is a recognized industry leader and is the immediate past president of the St. Louis chapter of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals.
