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Peter Goldstein is a seasoned entrepreneur and capital markets expert with nearly 40 years of international business experience. He is the founder of Exchange Listing and Emmis Capital and has led numerous IPOs, M&A transactions, and equity financings. Peter is the author of The Entrepreneur’s IPO and The Investor’s IPO…

Marcus Cauchi is a veteran sales leader with over 35 years of experience as a seller, manager, recruiter, and founder. He helps go-to-market leaders and founders eliminate waste, remove dysfunction, and create systems that drive consistent, intelligent growth. His approach centers on behavioral transformation and putting the customer at the…

John Nieuwenburg is the founder of W5 Coaching and a seasoned business coach with more than 20 years of experience helping small business owners move from chaos to freedom. Through his Five Steps to Freedom framework, John guides entrepreneurs to build systems around time, team, and money, helping them regain…

Velveth Schmitz is the CEO of HireBetter, a strategic talent planning firm that helps founders and CEOs build the right teams to achieve their goals. Her career spans private, public, and nonprofit sectors, including serving twice as Mayor of Rolling Hills Estates, California, and holding multiple executive and advisory positions.…

Cameron Herold, famously known as the “CEO Whisperer,” is the mastermind behind the exponential growth of hundreds of companies worldwide. He is the Founder of COO Alliance and Invest in Your Leaders training program, as well as the former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, where he scaled the company from $2 million…

Sean Littman is the Founder of GiveSuite, a CRM platform built to serve nonprofits. With more than a decade in digital marketing, Sean saw firsthand how small and mid-sized nonprofits were paying for multiple tools that didn’t integrate — email here, donor management there, fundraising somewhere else. His solution was…

Natalie Standridge is the Founder and CEO of Casa de Corazon, a mission-driven early childhood education company that blends bilingual learning, eco-conscious practices, and cultural immersion. What began as a mother’s search for the right childcare environment for her daughter has grown into a thriving franchise model with ten locations…

Ab DeWeese is a serial entrepreneur, investor, polymath, and AI educator. With a background in physics and more than 20 years as a software engineer, Ab is known for distilling complex concepts into simple, actionable solutions. His expertise spans industries including medical devices, aerospace, defense, energy, and finance. As co-owner…

Dominique Waples-Trefil is the CEO and Co-Founder of Restore Medical Spa, a growing network of multi-location medical spas in Colorado. With her sister, she transformed a spontaneous idea into a thriving business that blends esthetics, wellness, and systems. Dominique is a former trial attorney who stepped into entrepreneurship with no…

Sandy Stewart is a two-time bestselling author, speaker, and value growth expert who challenges the “hustle at all costs” mentality. She scaled her previous coaching firm to nine U.S. locations and one in Sydney, Australia by forming powerful strategic alliances rather than relying on ads or cold outreach. Today, Sandy…