He’s a pioneer in the realm of permission-based marketing. Curt Keller is CEO and founder of one of America’s leading services, Benchmark Email-a company he’s grown from a tiny operation to an international player with branches in the U.S., Taiwan and India. Benchmark Email was created in 2004 as an innovative and affordable, Web-based alternative to other small business-focused email marketing services.
Continued...Returning to the program—-he’s the young entrepreneur—-Scott De Gerber is one of the world’s leading experts on young entrepreneurship-he’s a regular contributor to Inc., Entrepreneur, Wall Street Journal, Open Forum, Business Insider, Mashable and many others…and he’s the author of the book, Never Get a “Real” Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke…slated for release on December 7th…2010
Continued...Steven Schussler is the founder of famous Rainforest Cafe restaurants, and the author of “It’s a Jungle in There” -in it, he shares TOP FIVE Secrets to Entrepreneurial Success.
Continued...Our guest on this segment focuses on helping businesses and brands find success online.
Jim Kukral is a web marketer & business web coach, speaker, long-time award-winning blogger and the author of “Attention: This Book Will Make you Money”
He’s George Lovato, Jr. the President and Principal of BH Capital Ltd.; Merchant Banker, Consultant, Author and Lecturer— George Lovato has extensive management experience in start-ups, corporate finance, computer system and software development, international trade development and relations, strategic planning, and sales and marketing development.
Continued...As the world of book publishing finds it self in continual change, authors need to rely on experts such as our guest on this segment. Ellen Reid is a Book Shepherd, and the author of a new release entitled, “Putting Your Best Book Forward” -a Book shepherd’s secrets to producing award winning books.
Continued...The Answer is in the power of our Minds, says co-author of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Amazon best seller, The Answer; Murray Smith has served as owner, director and officer for 13 companies in the technology, hospitality, retail, franchising, media, consumer products, training, energy, e-commerce, software, consulting, and entertainment industries and has a long record of building businesses, and turning failing corporations around.
He’s also authored and developed a comprehensive business-growth system, Attract More Clients that has helped numerous businesses. Murrays’s passion for helping businesses grow has affected more than 50,000 businesses worldwide in growing their sales, revenues, profits and value.
In 1989, Christy Strauch, took a job as a sales representative for a small IT company with $50,000 a year in sales. Christy had an MBA in finance and marketing from UCLA and a dream of making a difference in business. Fifteen years and 3 mergers later, Strauch was a partner, took the company public and sold it.
Continued...Our guest on this segment is a nationally recognized leader in the social investment industry and a leading expert on how families and businesses can “go green,” saving money and resources. Alisa Gravitz is the President of Green America—-. She authored Green America’s acclaimed Guide to Social Investing, with over a million copies in print and the popular Guide to Community Investing.
Continued...Gary Hirshberg is the Chairman, President, and CE-Yo of Stonyfield Farm, the world’s leading organic yogurt producer and the author of Stirring It Up: How to Make Money and Save the World (Hyperion Books, 2008). Gary is a frequent speaker on topics including sustainability, climate change, the profitability of green and socially responsible business, organic agriculture, and sustainable economic development. He’s won numerous awards for corporate and environmental leadership…
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