Calla Gold, owner of Calla Gold Jewelry, a Santa Barbara based jeweler, has been a Personal Jeweler since 1983. Calla is a by appointment jeweler, specializing in custom jewelry design, wedding rings, jewelry restoration and revitalizing of unworn and under worn jewelry. Calla is the author of “Design Your Dream…
Gaby Sundra is a relationship expert and love coach on a mission to empower couples to enjoy a more playful, peaceful, passionate relationship by keeping the “fights clean” and the “sex dirty”. She translates relationship complaints into constructive goals and turns lofty visions into everyday realities with her proactive and…
Perry Lieber Professional Fitness and Health Entrepreneur with more than sixteen years of experience in all business development processes for health and wellness businesses. Located in Santa Barbara, California, Perry is extremely organized and efficient with experience in management, operations, and team development. He is passionate about giving his consistent,…
Making money is only possible if you are supplying goods that people desire. “Matthew Wu Financial” is non-surprisingly run by Matthew Wu. Matthew Wu currently lives in Santa Barbara, and hails from Freemont, California. He felt overjoyed when San Jose State University accepted his application to study economics at…
[quote style=”boxed”]Do something. You can think and dream all you want, but do something about it. Don’t be the person watching Shark Tank and kicking yourself.[/quote] Michael McConnell is a second generation co-owner of Prince Lionheart, a company that designs and creates top quality parenting innovations. There’s the flawless parenting…
[quote style=”boxed”]I’d take more time off. Actually, for the first time in my entire career, I took two weeks off and, for seven of those days, I disconnected the Internet. That was just superb.[/quote] Lena Requist established herself as a powerful force in business before joining ONTRAPORT as COO in…
Communicate way more than you think you have to — with clients, with your teammates, with your partners (in life and business), and with any other stakeholders. It’s incredible how challenging communication is, and what havoc miscommunication creates. Landon Ray is a serial entrepreneur whose mission is to educate, motivate,…
[quote style=”boxed”]“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” -Oliver W. Holmes[/quote] Personal struggle is an experience familiar to us all. We endure hardship; in many ways, it defines us. We have an incredible ability to resist life’s…
[quote style=”boxed”]Be passionate. Be diligent. Have integrity. Provide exceptional service. Show gratitude.[/quote] Vina Lustado is the founder of Sol Haus Design, a firm that specializes in sustainable building. After receiving an architectural degree from University of Southern California, Vina worked with notable offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and…
[quote style=”boxed”]Create a vision people can believe in, inspire them to achieve more than what they believed possible, and lead from the front and not from the corner office.[/quote] Kevin O’Connor is the CEO of FindTheBest, an unbiased data driven comparison engine, which he established in Santa Barbara, California in…