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Summer Shine found her calling when she had just six months sober from a life long addiction to drugs and alcohol; a juice bar. Luna Juice Bar in Waco, TX had humble beginnings with low start up capitol and one employee. Shine worked hard to turn her small business into a thriving food truck located at Magnolia Silo's, a hip store front on Austin Ave and over half a million dollars in sale last year. She now employees women in the early stages of recovery. In 2015, she and her husband, Ronnie started a recovery house for women in Waco and now serve between 25-30 women annually. Shine is the mother to her best friend and road dog, 21 year-old, Haigon.
Shane Daley has nearly two decades experience as a web developer, with a focus on search optimization and online marketing. He is a partner of Daley Professional Web Solutions and OnlineCandidate.com, which provides political campaign website solutions. He developed the Online Candidate content management system and is the author of the book, Running For Office As An Online Candidate.
Suzy and Michael are the Founders of Adventurous Real Estate Investors. They specialize in Return on Impact. Through real estate investing they create immeasurable impacts; in their family, with their friends, in their community, with the families (residents) they serve.
Steve Turner is a Principal with Solomon Turner PR in St. Louis. Solomon Turner was started by Steve and his partner Shelly Solomon in 1990 and is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2020. The firm has won several awards including Small Business Monthly's list of Top PR firms in St. Louis for 11 years in a row and Steve was recently named a Rockstar Publicist by Thrive Global and Authority Magazine. Steve has worked with clients in both the B2B and B2C sectors. Clients have included Anthony Robbins Seminars, Coldwell Banker, HealthSouth, Northwestern Mutual, and dozens of companies on a national and local basis. Today Steve and Solomon Turner's focus is primarily to help amplify the brand of small and mid-sized businesses. Steve is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
Nectar Co-Founder, Sean Holmes attended VCU in Richmond, VA on a baseball scholarship in 2006 and left a semester early to pursue entrepreneurship. Nectar was founded in his apartment in Atlanta, GA, and launched in February of 2012 and he has been running the business ever since. The idea was simple, to create products fit for life’s greatest adventures without breaking the bank.
Samuel Adams is a content creator and podcast host with work on a variety of platforms online. Specifically focusing on the gaming and tech industry news and analysis pieces, Sam has reached over half a million people worldwide over the course of 6 years of work.
Founder & CEO, Sevans Strategy & Sevans Digital PR 👉🏼 past clients: @SAP, @PayPal, @CoxComm, @adobe, @ShortyAwards & more. AS SEEN IN: @cnn, @mashable, @forbes
Afghanistan) and as a virtual business consultant for Coachella Women’s Business Center (California)."
Dr. Sara Varghai grew up in Cleveland, Ohio and after receiving her Bachelor's degree in Biology from Ohio State University, she decided to go to optometry school in South Florida at Nova Southeastern University. She fell in love with the field of optometry because it's a mix of medicine and fashion, not only does she get to help her patients see better, but she can help them look their best. She is so passionate about this, that she decided to open her own practice NOVA Optique + Eyecare which is a concierge optometric practice located in Ballston, Arlington.
and marketplace ecosystem that utilizes Blockchain technology."
