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Skyler Ditchfield is the Co-Founder and CEO of GeoLinks, the No. 1 Fastest Growing Fixed Wireless ISP in the country, and Inc. Magazine’s No. 2 Fastest Growing ISP in America. Nationally recognized for its innovative Internet and Hosted Voice Solutions, and dedication to closing the U.S. Digital Divide, GeoLinks is determined to bring connectivity to every unconnected Anchor Institution in America over the next 7 years. To accomplish this goal, Skyler is aggressively looking to change the landscape of Internet across America by influencing the reform of broadband funding and spectrum policy on both a state and federal level. Believing that action fuels influence, Skyler lead GeoLinks to successfully connect more schools than any other ISP in both 2016 and 2017, and was an instrumental lobbyist in the passing of AB1665, the Internet For All Act, that brought $330m in new funding to the state of California. Within his company, Ditchfield is passionate about cultivating the best company culture around—one tha

Dr. Pantas Sutardja is founder, president and CEO of Latticework. A legend in the storage industry, Dr. Sutardja has over 25 years of experience in the storage and semiconductor industry. He began his career at IBM Almaden Research Center where he developed the company’s first CMOS read channel chip. Dr. Sutardja and his brother would eventually team up to create Marvell Technology Group Limited in 1995, turning a startup into a publicly traded global leader in storage with several billion storage chips sold to date. Now, Dr. Sutardja has turned his storage sights to the hybrid cloud with Latticework leading the development of hybrid cloud-edge solutions to meet consumer demand for more storage and bandwidth related to skyrocketing data and video usage. The company’s first product, Amber, is the first personal storage device that provides consumers with security and privacy not available in public offerings. In his personal life, Dr. Sutardja is a noted philanthropist, establishing the Sutardja Cente

Property coin gives you an exclusive opportunity to participate in a fully regulated coin that is backed by real estate assets and loans. To our knowledge, there is no way, currently, for investors to invest in an institutionalized, technology driven fix and flip investment strategy at scale in the U.S. or elsewhere. Traditionally, residential fix and flip strategies are only available to “country club” deals made by the ultra wealthy. Property Coin is changing that. We aim to democratize access to our investment strategy by giving investors the opportunity to share in the profits produced by our existing operational and technological platform. Aperture is a California based real estate technology and investment company focused on the acquisition, rehabilitation and disposition of distressed residential real estate and writing loans to smaller investors with the same strategy. In their careers, our team is estimated to have been involved in the closing of over $150B of real estate financing transactions, th

Jeffrey Bennett holds a B.A. in Biophysics from the University of California at San Diego and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He specializes in mathematics and science education, writing for and speaking to audiences ranging from elementary school children to college faculty. His extensive teaching experience, which spans all levels from preschool through graduate school, includes having founded and run a private science summer school for elementary and middle school children and teaching more than fifty college classes in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and education. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and writing, including the American Institute of Physics Science Communication Award. Dr. Bennett is the lead author of best-selling college textbooks in four distinct subject areas: astronomy, mathematics, statistics, and astrobiology (life in the universe); together, these books have sold more than 1.5 million copies. He has written six critically

Push Payments is an instant payments processor located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, specializing in the immediate transfer of value between a multitude of accounts types. Push Payments delivers easy-to-implement API solutions that allow their clients facilitate credit push transactions in seconds while providing a suite of features, providing that allow them to be more competitive, experience greater operational efficiency, include additional data all while providing complete Regulatory transparency and Compliance in this heighten era of Risk Management. Their unique, directly integrated, multi-modal payment platform offers maximum flexibility for companies that look to take control of their cash flow while reducing cost. https://www.pushpayments.com https://twitter.com/PushPayments https://www.linkedin.com/company/push-payments

"Type R makes an impressive step towards reimagining how we live, work and lead, going beyond past thinking to draw on research, and a brave new vision for the future to help guide us to success in our complex world.”- Mary Robinson, President, Mary Robinson Foundation- Climate Justice & former President of Ireland Forget Type As and Bs. The future lies with Type Rs-- the individuals, leaders, businesses, families and communities that turn challenges into opportunity in times of upheaval, crisis and change. In our new book we explore the process of Transformative Resilience. And, we look at the mindset, skills, and strategies of Type Rs who are finding ways to turn some of the most challenging of circumstances into opportunity — growing from the experience and springing forward rather than merely bouncing back — and ultimately making a larger contribution. We share inspiring stories of Type Rs thriving during unprecedented world events and increasing global pressures. And we share the individual and co

Empowering frustrated business leaders to transform their companies to remove the dysfunction and achieve their desired outcomes. Years of treating the financial & accounting symptoms for companies lead me to realize their was a bigger issue that was the root cause of the financial issues and leaders' frustration with running the company, but the issue was the missing business school subject: business alignment. His July 2017 release, Transform Your Company, defines the previously unnamed section of business tools that help business leaders get everyone in the company on the same page. http://alexvorobieff.com Transform Your Company: Escape Frustration, Align Your Business, and Get Your Life Back - https://amzn.to/2LtRWnt https://twitter.com/avorobieff

I'm a "serial entrepreneur" and specialize in strategic vision development and the tactical execution of epic business strategies. That sounds pretty damn egotistical doesn't it? Well...How about this: I love the startup space and helping other entrepreneurs establish and position their companies for massive growth. I am an active advisor to multiple companies, programs and individuals. Cool Highlights - $10M in revenue win first year of business with The Beard Club - $500k Crowdfunding campaign with Coolbox - Featured in almost all major business blogs - Took selfie with Taylor Swift - Recognized thought leader in youth employment policy & entrepreneurship - Keynote Speaker on 3 continents (and counting) - Global Startup Youth 2013 Delegate - Awarded full scholarship - globalstartupyouth.org - Global Startup Youth ASEAN (2015) - Mentor - globalstartupyouth.org/asean - Top 1% most viewed profiles on Linkedin Subscription Hacks is a platform for entrepreneurs building and scaling traditional and subscri

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR? I'm thinking of selling my business, but I don't know what it's worth, how to sell it or even if I should sell it... We assist business owners, 2-35+ million in revenue, using a 22 category pre-sale business evaluation & preparation assistance to answer the question above. We also assist serial entrepreneurs who have the experience of selling and buying multiple businesses. If your business is already optimized and ready to sell then don't call us. We are only interested providing a readiness picture and fixing problems discovered that prevent the business from selling or maximizing sale value. The side effect of this process is likely to mean that you start to enjoy your business again and have a better work/life balance. Sometimes it means that you will delay the sale of the business because you want to. We developed this process after hearing from hundreds of business owners who sold and wished they had known what buyers wanted without going through a deal. It's hard t

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Rachel Braun Scherl is a proven expert in business-building for female health companies. Through SPARK Solutions for Growth, Rachel has driven innovation and created revenue growth for leading pharma, beauty and consumer health companies, including Allergan, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Bayer, Merck, and Church & Dwight. Her brand experience includes Advil, Aveeno, Botox, Carefree, Centrum, Chapstick, Coppertone, Johnson’s Baby, Listerine, Neutrogena, ob, Splenda, Stayfree, Trojan, Tylenol and Zestra. As part of "Rachel Talks" keynote speaker series, Rachel has presented to global audiences on Business-Building, Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Women in Business. Rachel has spoken at prestigious venues, including Johnson & Johnson, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Pennsylvania Conference for Women, The Fuqua School at Duke University, Barnard College Athena Center for Leadership Studies, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Yale School of Management, Fairleigh Dickinson Silberman

Fundmetric uses analytics and predictive modelling to help determine the who, what, when, where, why, and how of donors and their relationship to not-for-profits and charities. Fundraisers often spend 90% of their time on 10% of their donors. In addition to predictive analytics, Fundmetric also helps save charities time by automating and personalizing tasks relating to the remaining 90% and allowing fundraisers to focus on their larger donors at the top of the giving pyramid. https://www.fundmetric.com https://twitter.com/fundmetric https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundmetric

Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) is in the vanguard of the emerging global impact economy - convening ideas and capital to catalyze world change. We are a network of investors, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders addressing the world’s toughest challenges through market-based solutions. For more than ten years, we have been the leading convener of people, businesses, and non-profits at the intersection of money and meaning. We proudly announce the Good Capital Project (GCP), an integral step in evolving impact investment from an emerging industry into mainstream practice. The Good Capital Project, through a new design thinking process, will convene all constituents to drive greater collaboration and accelerate capital flows into purpose driven investments. The UN Sustainable Development Goals, ESG Metrics, SRI principles, corporate social responsibility, impact investing and philanthropy have provided principles, driven investment and improved corporate governance and sustainability. While each of these v

I want to invite all of you in the Building The Future community to join me at SUP-X: The StartUp Expo in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this July 26th, where I’ll be the emcee. SUP-X is one of the largest and best startup conferences in the U.S. and the official gathering of the Building The Future community this summer. SUP-X has cutting edge content, a cool startup competition and a half-day forum this year called #women4women, the largest gathering in the US in 2018 of angel groups, seed funds and VC funds focused on female founders and female entrepreneurs. For more information visit www.sup-x.org. I hope to see all my Building The Future friends there!

The critically-acclaimed comedy group, Four Day Weekend, is the longest-running show in the Southwest. On Friday and Saturday nights, the group performs a show, created from audience suggestions and participation, at their 212-seat theater in downtown Fort Worth. Repeatedly voted "Best Comedy" for many years, Four Day Weekend is a Fort Worth institution. They’ve been called “Fort Worth’s Greatest Ambassadors," have been awarded the Key to the City, have performed for two U.S. presidents and delivered a keynote address to the United States Congress. No trip to Fort Worth is complete until you attend this award-winning show! Check out the show: http://fourdayweekend.com/ Happy Accidents is your personal guide to transforming your life. As we take on task after task, responsibility after responsibility, we lose sight of who we are and why we're doing what we do; we rush through the day completing a to-do list, but we never really seem to accomplish the things that are most important. What goals do you have for

About Rahul Pangam Rahul Pangam is co-founder and CEO of Simility. A fraud detection industry veteran, Pangam believes in combining the power of algorithms to recognize similar and dissimilar signals with the ability for humans to create meaning, while giving front-line fraud fighters the tools that empower them to put their domain expertise and knowledge to use without having to write code. Previously, Pangam held executive positions in fraud and risk management at Google and has since teamed up with Simility co-founders to bring his fraud-fighting expertise from Google to the enterprise fraud management and authentication space. Prior to Google, Pangam was an Engineering Lead at GE Energy working on smart grid technology. Pangam holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University. The problem: Enterprise fraud is a global epidemic costing companies trillions of dollars annually. A team of ex-Google fraud fighters has come together to create Simility, a

14 years in investigative and tactical policing allowed me to hone deep organizational and leadership skills, and sparked an entrepreneurial fire inside of me. Throughout my policing career I also helped to start businesses. In 2001 I started KPLJ, and its rapid financial success, coupled with my start in direct selling, led to my exit from law enforcement. KPLJ was later sold in 2005, for 8 figures. Throughout the past decade I have traveled to 40 countries, speaking about sales and teaching leadership. During this time, I published 3 books that have sold over 300,000 copies (as of Jan 1, 2018) In 2012, I was he Co-Founder of an international supplement company called Ocean Avenue. A rapid start ($1M in the first month) and explosive 2 years ($34M) led to quick exit. On Nov 1st, 2013, I founded GoRead.com. My mission to two-fold: To help every author in the world to make publishing a profitable experience; and To Give Every Child In the World The Gift Of Reading (GoRead Children's Literacy Foundation)

At WERKIN, we believe that the best companies are also the most diverse and inclusive ones. We believe in the power of technology to change who you see and how you work, encouraging an inclusive organization that attracts and retains diverse talent. Through tech-enabled mentorship, we are building global communities in some of the world’s most influential organizations. We know that mentoring is at the heart of any fulfilling career, whether you’ve been a mentee, mentor or both. Formal and informal mentors help you learn, stretch and grow. We are passionate about the power of Diversity & Inclusion to not only strengthen your organization, but also drive innovation and profitability. Let’s talk about how you can get WERKIN to help your people feel visible and supported in your organization. https://getwerkin.com https://twitter.com/getwerkin https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayleysudbury/

In order to create additional value for video content, DIFRactive (DIFFER-active) Technology, a B2B SaaS provider, is developing an interactive video plug-in that allows viewers to bookmark products and information they are interested in learning more about. As a result, when viewers are watching a video, they will now be able to shop, see exclusive content, view character/actor information, listen to the soundtracks used, and much more, directly from the platform. With this software incorporated on a video platform, everyone wins. DIFRactive’s primary clients, content creators, are now able to better market their work to brands for financial support through product placement. Additionally, viewers get a richer, non-intrusive viewing experience, adding much more depth to their video, while brands receive metrics regarding the performance of their products within the video to better understand their return on investment (ROI) and create a new sales channel. https://www.difractive.com https://twitter.com/DIFR

Rave is a Canadian company that develops technology to enhance media. The Rave social viewing app enables users on iOS, Android and Virtual Reality (VR) to watch videos from sources such as Netflix, YouTube, Viki, and RaveDJ together in perfect sync while texting and voice chatting. Rave is a combination of the best elements of a messenger with a media player app. Rave is available for free on Android, iOS and in Virtual Reality in Samsung Galaxy Gear VR and Google DayDream at get.rave.io/download. Rave is also proud to be introducing RaveDJ, the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) DJ capable of artfully mixing music. Utilizing the latest in machine learning technologies, RaveDJ is capable of autonomously generating 'mashups' of user-selected songs. The next generation of RaveDJ is capable of blending 200+ tracks into 'mixes.' AI is revolutionizing the world, and Rave is proud to be a pioneer in its application to music. RaveDJ is available for free at www.rave.dj and the Rave app. Facebook: ht