Online Success Journey

Dennis Littley is the founder and CEO of Ask Chef Dennis Productions where he runs one of the most successful food blogs in the world. With over one million followers on social media and almost 10 million page views annually, he has built a loyal following that use his recipes and cooking tips in their home kitchens to feed their family and friends easy-to-make restaurant-style dishes at a fraction of the cost of eating out. Chef Dennis also works with travel companies and cruise lines showcasing their travel opportunities as he shares his travel adventures and the deliciousness he’s enjoying as he travels the world.

Roger is a lateral thinker, problem solver, strategist and finder of new ways. He believes in the power of the happy customer and spent years managing client relationships and building brands for world-famous agencies like DDB and Cossette. Throughout his career, he’s found himself working with a number of industry giants, including (but certainly not limited to) Netflix, Expedia, Walmart, Nordstrom, Lamborghini, Cineplex, Four Seasons Plus and Vancouver’s own lululemon. On top of all of this, he followed his passions to become a Board Member for TEDxVancouver and has recently become an expert-level toddler wrangler through the magic of parenthood. When he’s not at work, he likes to golf, read and—no surprises here — binge the occasional podcast. 

Stuart Leo is the founder and CEO of Waymaker.io - an intelligent business management platform that helps leaders build a better business in 30 days.  Stuart is a global thinker in strategy, systems, and leadership development.   As the founder of Waymaker.io he has led the creation of Waymaker’s Leadership Curve- a revolutionary way of building clarity, alignment and remarkable results for any organisation.

Deirdre is the Founder & CEO of Capsho, software that helps high-ticket coaches who podcast create their content honey traps so that they can use their podcast to fill their email list and conversion events! She is the creator of Content Honey Traps, author of Viralocity Marketing and host of the Grow My Podcast Show. She is a serial entrepreneur, having founded and led 7 businesses across 5 industries in the last 9 years, and has navigated the entire spectrum of experiences and emotions (the good, the bad and the ugly) that comes with starting, running and closing businesses. With her hands-on experience in successfully growing her businesses to 6 & 7 figures, she now coaches and works hands-on with business-owning podcast hosts to get known, get visible and get leads using the Content Honey Trap System.

Jennifer was faced with many questions during her midlife self reinvention at the age of 50. Finding herself divorced, an empty-nester, unemployed and bedridden with a serious illness, she knows how daunting it can feel when all the messaging in our culture is telling us that we have somehow become a diminished version of our former selves just because we've reached a certain age. She would argue that we are in fact just coming into the most powerful point in our lives. Old Chicks Know Sh*t is a tongue in cheek expression she uses to open the door to a serious conversation. It's about reminding ourselves that we are so much more than our age, our faces, and our bodies. We are knowledge, experience, and wisdom.  Jennifer hopes to help you see your own power, wisdom and capability reflected back to you when you need it most, inspiring you to chase your dreams, defy cultural stereotypes and do things you never thought possible. This is not the end of living but rather, just the end of a chapter, and there are ma

Shelby & Kristina, both professionally trained comedic actresses, started making comedy videos "just for fun" in 2015. What started out as a passion project turned into a career, when various brands & businesses started approaching them for custom video content. Although content creation is no longer just a hobby, Shelby & Kristina still bring that same sense of fun to every project they tackle, leaving their clients with something truly unique. They handle every aspect of production from ideation to editing; a one-stop shop for your all of your video content needs.

From poverty to Ph.D., Dr. Laquore J. Meadows is a visionary, dynamic leader and wealth builder, and the CEO and Co-Founder of Invest2Give, LLC. Inspired by the life and legacy of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, she began her stock trading career with the aspiration to build and leave a financial legacy that will become the answer to someone’s prayers. She has released an #1 Amazon Best Selling ebook “Income on Demand: The Complete Playbook for Beginning Stock Traders,” to give beginners a peek into the world of stock trading and investing. She is also the founder of Stocks & Sorors, an initiative created to encourage members of Black Greek sororities to become active participants in the stock market. Dr. Meadows received her Bachelor's degree from Tennessee State University, Masters in College Student Personnel from Miami University, and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Ohio University.

Joseph Wilkins founded ProCreative Studios in 2000, which produced infomercials, TV spots & marketing videos for clients including Google, Linkedin, McDonalds, Goldman Sachs, Chevrolet & Home Depot. As viewing habits shifted away from TV, Joseph launched FunnySalesVideos.com where he creates attention-grabbing "viral style" sales videos that get millions of views and converts cold traffic into sales. With 20 years experience, hundreds of millions of views and over $250 MILLION in career sales, Joseph enjoys sharing 8 steps anyone can follow to drive sales on his podcast "How To Make A Video Go Viral."

In 1990, Betsy Cerulo founded AdNet/AccountNet, Inc., a Baltimore based company with a powerful mission of being “Advocates for Workplace Excellence & Equality”' placing subject matter experts with Accounting/Finance, Human Resources and Legal expertise. Betsy is the Co-Founder and Past President of the Maryland LGBT Chamber of Commerce, which was awarded Rising Star Chamber in 2018 by the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. She helped found the Maryland LGBT Foundation, which generates resources and works to activate, educate and mobilize the LGBTQ+ community to access opportunity and wealth generation. Betsy is a passionate activist pushing for equity and equal rights for women and all diverse groups. She has authored books including Shake It Off Leadership - Achieving Success Through the Eyes of our Labels and is also a contributing author to various publications.

Having had the opportunity to own and operate several businesses throughout his thirty-year career, Rich LeBrun is passionate about helping his clients reach their financial freedom and secure their future through business ownership.  Whether you are an executive out of work, a woman re-entering the workforce, a veteran returning home from service or someone just not ready to retire, Rich wants to help those in life’s transition navigate through the exciting journey of selecting their franchise opportunity.  Choosing the right franchise to own can be one of the most crucial and rewarding decisions one will make in a lifetime. Rich is ready to successfully guide you through this process to find freedom and true passion in owning your own business. Rich LeBrun is passionate about helping his clients reach their financial freedom and secure their future through business ownership. Rich is a Certified Franchise Broker (CFB) Certified Commercial Investment Manager (CCIM).

Pete has been involved with successfully growing and scaling businesses for over 20 years. In the fitness industry, a business model where most who attempted to truly scale - failed, he built a multi-state, multi-location, and multi-million dollar personal training business with 5 locations and 12 franchise partners. He’s helped a franchise grow from 10 locations to 400 and worked behind the scenes with professional athletes launching brands and franchises. He has identified the commonalities of what makes some businesses WORK, and others NOT. These “golden threads” have allowed him to distill the fundamental business success principles into proprietary frameworks, systems, tools, services, and business models that he has been perfecting over the years. Today, Pete's on a mission to help other fitness business owners and entrepreneur’s start, grow, and scale successful businesses by closing the gap between technical expert and business expert using EmpirePreneur’s Fitness Business Operating System to build bu

Simon Severino helps business owners in SaaS and services discover how torun their company more efficiently, which results in sales that soar. Simon created the Strategy Sprints, which is a global team of certified Strategy Sprints Coaches that offers a customized strategy to help clients gain market share and work in weekly sprints, resulting in fast execution. He is also a Forbes Business Council Member, a contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine, and a member of Duke Corporate Education.

Matthew Stibbe is a serial entrepreneur, marketing maven, writer, pilot, and wine enthusiast. But not necessarily in that order. He created marketing strategies, content and campaigns for clients including Microsoft, Google, LinkedIn and HP and contributed to Wired, Forbes and Popular Science. Currently, he is CEO at Articulate Marketing, a UK marketing agency specializing in the technology sector. Also, his geek credentials are strong. Previously, he was founder and CEO at Intelligent Games, a 70-person computer games company where he designed games for LEGO and produced two games based on Dune. Matthew also has his commercial pilots license and an advanced wine diploma. (Have you seen the film Somm? Like that!) At some point in the previous millennium, he studied history at Oxford University. These days, he blogs about modern management at www.geekboss.com, about marketing at www.articulatemarketing.com and wine at www.vincarta.com.

Katie Brinkley is a Social Media Strategist and Social Audio Expert with over 18 years of experience in the social media space. She has been featured on Fox, Ticker News, Medium, Voyage Denver, and more sharing her strategies on how to gain a consistent strategy to gain new leads using social media. Katie specializes in finding the right social platforms for entrepreneurs to focus on so they can grow their online presence without the overwhelm.

Brandy Mabra is the CEO of Savvy Clover Coaching & Consulting. With over 15 years of business management and leadership experience, she helps private practice business owners increase their time and profitability. Brandy runs a successful online coaching business empowering her clients to own their role as a bold, confident, and Unapologetically Savvy CEO. She teaches her clients to look at their businesses holistically using 6 Pillars of Business Excellence™ and her 9-step signature method. Brandy has a bachelors from The Ohio State University and a Masters from A.T. Still University. Brandy is a Certified Professional Coach and Master Energy Leadership Practitioner, receiving her credentials from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC).    She is a 2021 Forbes Coach Council Member and has been featured online in Forbes, Create & Cultivate, Popsugar and on select podcasts such as Systems Saved Me, Journey to Seven, Hustle With Purpose, and The Stacking Benjamins Show to name a fe

Ivory Coats is a serial entrepreneur, business investor, transformative speaker, and 3-time author. Her most recent book, A Tenacious Spirit, is an aspiring entrepreneur’s guide to mindset, process, and the execution of your ideas. She is passionate about building the life you want leveraging business ownership. Over the course of her career she been featured in many publications including the Chicago Sun Times & Atlanta Journal Constitution to name a few. Ivory currently runs a social media marketing firm, content websites, and ecommerce store. She is happily married with two kids, residing in Atlanta Georgia.

Lisa Haggis helps service-based entrepreneurs position their businesses as one-of-a-kind in their field for higher visibility, impact, and earning potential. Leveraging 18 years of experience in marketing and business strategy, she is committed to cracking the code on what makes a business innately interesting and worth mentioning. (Hint: It begins with having something original to say!) She is the founder of Realize Your Brand, a high-touch business consultancy, and the creator of the Substantial Branding Method -- an approach that transforms your growing business into the legacy-level brand that you uniquely are meant to create.

Mike Smerklo is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and business leader driven by the desire to turn ideas into reality. Having bought and scaled a small business into a publicly traded company worth nearly a billion dollars in value, he has a deep understanding of the hard work, dedication and grit that truly powers successful entrepreneurship. Today, as the cofounder and managing director of Next Coast Ventures, Smerklo is a champion for a new generation of entrepreneurs building disruptive companies in big markets. His new book, Mr. Monkey and Me (Scribe Media, Nov. 17, 2020), is a “real talk” guide for entrepreneurs who want to cut through the noise to cultivate a mindset that supports greatness. In Mr. Monkey and Me, Smerklo draws on his broad range of experiences and mistakes as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist. Using lessons he learned from renowned entrepreneurs, he features practical tools and the “other stuff” you don’t normally learn in classrooms or business books, such as the mental hurdl

Jessica Blasingame is a CPA and creative entrepreneur who now specializes in financial services for creative entrepreneurs. She leads an all-woman team at Beam Financial Group, which takes a holistic approach in supporting small business owners, helping them to become more competent, connected, and aligned with their business finances.

Emily McGuire is the Owner and Principal at Flourish & Grit, an email marketing and automation studio. She helps businesses uncover hidden revenue in their email lists by pairing customer journeys with high-converting email campaigns. With lessons learned over a decade in tech and e-commerce, sending thousands of email campaigns, and earning clients over $80 million in email campaign revenue, Emily loves sharing the time-tested strategies of email marketing done well.