Eliminate the word “try” from your vocabulary. Choose to do something or don’t; to “try” is to pretend like you are committed to your goal. Evan Nierman possesses more than 20 years of professional experience in public relations, marketing, crisis management, online media and public affairs. Throughout his career…
Alex Kurkowski is the founder of a greeting card startup called Tellinga. He was born and raised in Houston, TX. After completing his undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University, he started a career in the alcohol industry. After three years of drinking for a living, he decided to transition his…
Together with his cofounders, Lauri has built a global messaging platform Messente which is now used as a part of millions of small business processes every day in Europe, Latin-America, and South-East Asia. Contrary to a typical startup, Lauri and his co-founders bootstrapped the company from day one and have…
Ronald Czachara is co-founder of Derdack GmbH, a German software company specialized in corporate alerting solutions. He studied physics and computer science at the Humboldt University of Berlin. As a child growing up in Eastern Germany before the wall came down, he never thought to be able to travel the…
Dmytro Okunyev is the founder and owner of Chanty, a team chat app that makes it easy to communicate and collaborate in the cloud. Dmytro started toying with the idea of a chat app back in 2012, when he launched a start-up called iPhone Icon Design. He realized that team…
Clarene Mitchell is the owner of TCM Communications, a communications firm in Mequon, WI dedicated to helping success driven professionals and business advance their brands. Much of her work focuses on helping others effectively use social media, especially LinkedIn, to generate professional and business results. Mitchell provides one-on-one social media…
A business succeeds when the entire organization keeps learning together. Wisdom of the employees is the biggest asset. Suresh Sambandam is the CEO of Kissflow, the first unified digital workplace for organizations to manage all of their work on a single, unified platform. Kissflow is used by over 10,000…
Zoe Share started Schmooz Media, a social marketing and communications agency in 2014 after completing her Masters in Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology program at the the University of Waterloo. Formerly a classroom teacher, Zoe is passionate about the power of starting a conversation to positively impact business outcomes. Zoe and…
Don’t push yourself past the breaking point; give yourself some grace. Stacy Wood, founder of Through the Woods Consulting, is a self-described naturist, individual development consultant, and impactful communicator. As a mother, wife, and entrepreneur she knows firsthand the value of time; using it wisely and living each day…
Stephanie Conway grew up in the UK, then at 18 got accepted into a university in Los Angeles. After graduation, she loved the weather and lifestyle so much that she decided to stay and forge a career for herself in brand marketing and events, working on global marketing campaigns for…
Brian Lee is the CEO and Co-Founder of Label 428, a food creative and social media agency based in Toronto. Recently named a Canadian leader in Social Media and Content Marketing by Clutch, Label 428 brings their clients’ social media presence to life through channel management and content production. The…