About Veronica KirinVeronica Kirin is an award-winning anthropreneur, author, and speaker. She focuses on social equity, LGBTQ rights, and women’s health innovation. As the founder of Asterisk Women’s Health and cofounder of Anodyne Magazine, Veronica works to improve women’s non-reproductive health and share FLINTA* health stories through art and personal experiences… …Author and ResearcherVeronica is
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Derek Lewis- Derek Lewis: My love for business books began in high school with a Brazilian missionary’s tattered copy of Quest for the Best. It was love at first read. While my peers read the 90s’ equivalent of Twilight, I devoured books on economics, biographies, success stories, business management, entrepreneurship, and anything else business-related. I
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Aaron Watson-As the co-founder of Piper Creative, Aaron Watson is passionate about leveraging his expertise to help others build healthier company cultures, execute effective storytelling, and master the distribution of their content. Aaron has an obsession with storytelling, business building, and creating media that leads to sales. Aaron’s experience in media creation and strategy started at the
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About Justin ShelleyJustin Shelley has been in love with technology since his father brought home an Apple IIe when he was just 12 years old. But more than technology, Justin loves the world of business and entrepreneurship… …As a child, he watched his parents struggle, and eventually lose their first business. Today his passion is
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About Graeme RaubenheimerI am a 34-year-old award-winning broadcast journalist and UK Chevening Scholar from Cape Town, South Africa. In 2024, I completed an MA in Contemporary History and International Politics at the University of York, England, graduating with distinction. This advanced research sharpened my expertise in historical investigations, geopolitical analysis, and media studies, setting me
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Dr. Mik Kersten Dr. Mik Kersten spent a decade creating open source developer tools before realizing that programming was not the bottleneck of large-scale software delivery. Since that time, he has been working on creating a model and tools for connecting the end-to-end software value stream. He has been named a JavaOne Rock Star speaker
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Ifeoma Illoh- Ifeoma Illoh is a data driven growth marketer. As a senior digital marketing and PR consultant who started her career in the most populous African City of Lagos. She had to scale doubts and ignorance that plagued at that time on the power of digital and social media to help businesses make a
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Janice Lawrence-Clarke- Janice Lawrence-Clarke is the President and Creative Director of JLC PRoductions, and Founder of CAFE – Caribbean American Fashion ExchangeTM, a program aimed at joining fashion design talent and U.S. markets, and through which she has established the CAFETM Scholarship Fund at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). The CAFETM Scholarship is to
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About Travis SivartTravis I. Sivart is a prolific author of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Social DIY, and more. He’s created The Traverse Reality, a shared universe that connects his cyberpunk, fantasy, and steampunk worlds, and writes characters who come to life… …Travis I. Sivart has been writing and telling stories since he was a young child.
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About Kristie RaymondKristie Raymond is a 30-year veteran of the modeling and advertising industry. She launched Models, Inc. in 1991, revolutionizing the New England modeling scene with her talent for discovering fresh faces. In 2000, she founded Viewfinder Productions, where she spent 15 years casting,… …location scouting, and producing campaigns for clients like BOSE, Sebago,
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Andy Smith Andy Smith is an award-winning business coach and manager, who built a successful career on a ‘work hard, play hard’ mentality. Having grown up on a small Scottish Island, this usually involved alcohol – and lots of it. After a 10 year battle to rid himself of an alcohol addiction he finally managed it.
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About Frank DeloFrank Delo Jr. has spent most of his life doing a number of things that are not in any way nursing, to the shock and dismay of some fellow Filipinos. Instead he has completely wasted his time performing music around the world and teaching students from age three to ninety-plus the joys and
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