An entrepreneur from a young age, Stephanie Cartin walked away from her corporate gig to launch Socialfly, a leading social-first digital and influencer agency based in New York City. Within seven years, Socialfly has blossomed to over 30 full-time employees, helping over 200 brands including the Girl Scouts, WE tv, Conair , Nest Fragrances, 20th Century Fox and Univision. Stephanie is the Co-Author of "Like, Love, Follow: The Entreprenista's Guide to Using Social Media To Grow Your Business,” and the Co-Host of the Entreprenista Podcast. She has appeared and been featured on Bloomberg, Forbes, entrepreneur.com, Refinery29, and CheddarTV. Stephanie is also a recent recipient of the SmartCEO Brava award, which recognizes the top female CEOs in New York and a Stevie Award for Women Run Workplace of the Year.
and get comfortable in their own skin so they can impact others through their message."
Brian defines success as growing more healthy, wealthy, and wise with time. He quit his tech sales job in Silicon Valley to pursue life on his terms, using entrepreneurship as the vehicle. He successfully maintains several businesses but mostly spends his professional time serving as a COO-on-demand for small business owners looking for more time and freedom. He's an avid health and fitness geek, spending his time at a CrossFit box or experimenting with the latest bio-hacks. He's also a Certified Bulletproof Human Potential Coach.
I am a married mother of one son, currently living in Stone Mountain, Georgia. I started my photography studio back in 2003 and have been full-time in my business since 2005. My specialty is portraits of children but I also provide other types of portraits, as well, including business headshots and branding.
Jason started doing digital marketing freelancing back in college. When graduating he co-founded a SEO and Web design agency that he ultimately sold. He now is the founder of Zupo, which is a SEO consulting agency helping construct powerful long term SEO strategies for our clients. Jason also enjoys multiple cups of tea a day, hiding away on weekends catching up on reading and rewatching The Simpsons for the 20th time.
Rhian is the President and CEO of Sharp Medical Recruiting and HR Consulting. She started her company 3 years ago as a response to the ever increasing demand for qualified direct and indirect care staff in all area of healthcare. Rhian has been in Human Resources for over 20 years and hold both an MBA and a Masters Certificate in Human Resources Management. She is the author of the new book Maximum Employee Engagement (How Healthcare Companies Keep Their Best People). Rhian is originally from the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is a mother to 2 amazing kids and is an avid runner, swimmer and figure competitor.
Carly Brasseux is a determined and passionate freelance outdoor writer, published author, business owner and social media/marketing consultant based in Texas. In a world where women are the fastest growing segment of the hunting population, she is a major proponent of those women wanting to learn more about the outdoors and hunting. Her handle, Miss Pursuit, is an expression of her enthusiasm for all things outdoors, from educating women through her experiences learning to hunt over the last decade, to getting out with her kids to explore the wild. Her expertise in social media and marketing, as well as her vast network of people in the outdoor industry, have given her the influence to make an impact for years to come. Pro-Staff for ReelCamo Girl and team member for Huntress View.
Tara is Founder and Chairwoman of Impact Profit, which is a nonprofit dedicated to making entrepreneurship more accessible to Black Founders. Tara has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for over a decade and founded Impact Profit to use her skillset to do some good in the world. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her Masters in Accounting and MBA from Northeastern University. She's a New Jersey native, but currently resides in Washington, DC.
As an accomplished strategic business development, marketing, and operations professional, Kim Bryden has focused her expertise on the food & beverage industry, and supporting small business growth at-large, for more than a decade. Her management experience ranges from working in and alongside governmental agencies, to increasing sales as Top Fortune 200 retail management, to deploying agile, innovative marketing and partnership strategies at food tech start-ups. Since founding Cureate LLC in 2014, Kim continues to build out this multi-sector, public-private partnership approach. Whether its working with Anchor Institutions in Baltimore City on localizing procurement, to reimagining retail experiences for corner store owners to grocery chains, to developing educational entrepreneurship curricula for economic development agencies, Cureate takes a 360-degree approach — and that growth mindset comes from Kim and her passion for learning.
Sam Starns is a TEDx speaker, elopement expert and movement leader in adventure elopement photography. With nearly a decade of wedding experience, Sam has traveled to numerous states and countries for elopements to jumpstart the transformation for real change to encourage anyone to become their authentic self. Sam Starns’ debut book, Elope Your Life is set to release in November 2020.
