Alexander Guizzetti is the President of 9d Ventures and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. A native of the Midwest, Guizzetti has ultimately made his home in the Southwest and continues to develop new businesses in the region. 9d Ventures is a privately held company in the venture capital and private…
Michelle Faust is the founder of Lemonade Legend, a company offering both print and media exposure through her anthology series, digital magazine, a publishing house, podcast and virtual stages and an upcoming TV show. Her ideal client is women who have lemonade stories to share and need a platform that…
Russ Perry is the Founder and CEO of Design Pickle, the world’s most successful flat-rate graphic design service. Since its 2015 inception, Design Pickle has grown from 2 employees to over 500 globally, with thousands of clients and over 750,000 creative requests completed. Russ Perry is the author of The…
Mahes has spent the past 20 years in Financial Services, the last decade supporting a major banking institution grow their footprint in the Southwest. He recently struck out on his own with a number of former colleagues to help support advisor independence at Juncture Wealth Strategies. Prior to rejoining Wells…
Opportunities present themselves when you’re ready for them. The key is to do your due diligence in getting yourself prepared for that state of readiness. Vartan is the co-founder of DataOwl, the leading enterprise CRM for the cannabis industry. With experience in both tech and the burgeoning cannabis dispensary…
Young people can (and should) throw themselves 15 hours a week into any business they want. You can learn so much about an industry that way. Once you get into your 30s, you don’t get that time anymore. Take advantage of it while you can. Ben Gerster, owner and…
Success won’t just come to you. You need to work for it and earn it and not be afraid to fail. Born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, Dr. Nikesh Seth began his journey by studying biomedical engineering and pre-med at Johns Hopkins University. He then decided to return to…
When you work hard with people, they can feel your positive energy. Bernadeane is Co-Owner and Co-Founder of People Unlimited Inc., a social organization that supports individuals who are interested in unlimited lifespans. Bernadeane first heard about the concept of physical immortality in 1960, from an LA area preacher…
The brain drives, if we like it or not – and the brain drives everything – how we think, our emotions, our sleep, our physical functioning, and even our spiritual understanding. When the brain is more balanced we have a more balanced – and therefore a more powerful – existence….
I think bringing ideas to life is the hardest problem entrepreneurs are faced with; because there is no shortage of ideas, but there is a shortage of time to execute on all the ideas that we have. Chris started his first business when he was 14, and throughout his…
Always get in touch with your suppliers. This personal one on one contact, an email or a phone call sometimes a meeting in person even if I have to travel which I have done many times helps tremendously. Coming from a big family, Rana was born in Beirut, Lebanon…