Executive Coach and Blueprint founder, Debra Bednar-Clark is guiding people through turning points in their careers—instilling the clarity, confidence, and tools they need to plot bold moves and next chapters. Her practice is defined by one core belief: life is most interesting and fulfilling when we give ourselves permission to lead with our truest, fullest selves.

An accomplished CEO, entrepreneur and documentary film executive, Anne Devereux-Mills is the Founder of Parlay House, a global organization that gathers women both virtually and in person to spark authentic conversations and build meaningful, supportive relationships. Parlay House currently has over 10,000 participants that span countries, generations, races, sexual orientation, and more. Anne has been honored by a range of organizations including SHE-CAN, Advertising Women of New York, The All-Stars Foundation, Project Kesher and Worldwide Women.

Guest Laurel Mintz is the founder of both the award-winning Los-Angeles based marketing agency, Elevate My Brand, as well as Fabric Venture Capital, a firm whose ESG fund is on a mission to weave together diverse, underrepresented founders with the funding they deserve and the critical marketing strategy they need to ensure success. Laurel shares her founder journey, the strategic thinking behind her expansion, and key startup hacks that helped her bootstrap and grow. 

Brooke is the Founder & CEO of Allobee, a managed marketplace, a one-stop business solution for small business owners and startups. She is a technical founder that took her tech skills and experience as a freelancer and business owner and merged them into her idea for Allobee. Brooke went to grad school and got a Master of Science degree in computer information systems, which helped her land a job at Postmates and assist their Southeast region launch. When Brooke became a mother, she realized fast-paced big tech and motherhood did not play well together. She recognized the need for a single place where women who are experts but wanted flexible work, could be connected with small business owners that need their specific skills and could find each other. 

Jessica Hershfield, an entrepreneur and the Founder of Just Enough Wines, is constantly growing and transforming her brand. She knows how important it is to stay competitive, regardless of the entrepreneur's industry. Before Just Enough Wines, Jess worked at some prominent tech companies - which has helped her through her entrepreneurial journey. The journey of building a successful brand requires commitment, self-drive, and the courage to go after your dreams despite all the obstacles you face. As a founder, Jessica mentions that you have to wear different hats and take on different responsibilities, especially as you start your business. 

Applauded by Forbes Magazine as "changing the influencer marketing platform between celebrities and startups," Denise & the LMS team build the most effective influencer marketing programs for companies looking to grow & scale. As founder of the LMS Agency,  Denise Lambertson pioneered the pairing of celebrities with venture-backed consumer startups by implementing sweat equity compensation for marketing services and capital investment. In 2018, Denise founded Constellation Capital - a natural evolution from the services agency. With a deep understanding of consumer behavior and an ability to "test" pipeline companies with services like influencer marketing. 

HairDays Founder & CEO Dr. Tiffany St. Bernard knew that there had to be a better way to care for her hair health. Leveraging her background as a Biomedical/Neural Engineer Researcher, she worked to craft a scientific method to analyze hair type, design personalized hair health strategies digitally, and take the trial and error out of hair and scalp care. In 2016 right before she planned to launch the HairDays diary, Tiffany was hospitalized in the ICU multiple times - initially triggered by Lemierre syndrome and followed by sepsis and pneumonia. After that experience, she went through several hair-related issues - including hair loss. Her journey has inspired her passion for helping others understand the holistic connection between health and hair.  Website: https://myhairdays.com/

Daniel Dobson-Smith is the Founder and CEO of Soul Trained, an executive coaching and growth leadership training consultancy. He recently released his latest book, You Can Be Yourself Here: A Pocket Guide To Creating Inclusive Workspaces, using the psychology of belonging. Daniel takes us through the journey of writing his book and the importance of the power of belonging through the lens of psychology.    Website: https://soultrained.com/

Françoise Girard is the founder, and CEO of Feminism Makes Us Smarter. She is shining the light on incredible feminists around the world and making sure their work is lifted, elevated, and known. Françoise is an author, advocate, and expert on women’s health, human rights, sexuality, HIV and AIDS, and feminist movements. For over 20 years, she has advocated for women’s rights and gender justice in close partnership with feminist activists worldwide. Website: https://www.fmus.org/

Deborah is the Founder & General Partner at Willow Growth Partners. Willow provides early growth capital to entrepreneurs building the next generation of transformative consumer brands and the disruptive technologies that power them. In 2014, Deborah launched a family office investment vehicle focused on seed-stage consumer brands and enabling tech companies.  Website: WillowGrowth.com

Valarie J. McCall is Chief of Communications, Government & International Affairs for the City of Cleveland. She is a sought-after speaker, panelist, political strategist, and legislative expert who has garnered countless accolades for her work. From around the globe to the neighborhoods of Cleveland, McCall lends her expertise to affect change and improve the quality of life for all people.Website: www.cleveland-oh.gov

Jemie is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Psychable, the #1 trusted and comprehensive online community dedicated to connecting those interested in legally exploring psychedelic-assisted therapy with practitioners who can support them. Psychable is now transitioning to a telehealth platform where they connect individuals to ketamine therapy. Website: www.psychable.comFB: https://www.facebook.com/PsychableDotCom

Kimberly Brooks is a contemporary American artist and author of The New Oil Painting by Chronicle Books. A prolific painter known for her portraits and landscape series, Kimberly explores identity and memory in her work. As an Artist, Hacks take the form of developing your own creative process that works for you. Tapping into her own creativity is a process that she describes as starting with a Vision, having Hope, finally Diving In, and then is followed by a combination of emotions; Excitement, Doubt, Clarity, and Obsession, on the heels of which follows, Discipline, Faith and Resolution.

Shivani Dallas, a successful owner of a top-ranked mortgage company, has set her sights on the Cannabis startup world in Massachusetts. Hub Craft is a vertically integrated Cannabis company with several celebrity products launching this year. A successful salesperson with a strong strategic bent, Shivani values relationships, authenticity, and providing value in business. A strong network is the biggest hack any business person can leverage. It's a secret capital that greatly returns when you mix a history of authentic and value-driven transactions.

Katharine McKee is the founder of Morphology Consulting, a digital commerce consultancy that uses algorithms to optimize a company’s GTM for exponential growth. Katharine’s own hacks that have fueled the growth of her business were driven by an acute self-awareness of what living your best life means. A fact many busy founders forget as their company drives their lives. Katharine feels goal setting plays a big factor in that and being clear on what KPIs and personas make sense for your business.

Filipa Carvalho is a Lisbon-based attorney and co-founder of Moss & Cooper, a consulting firm aimed at assisting startups by providing strategic and financial consulting to Portugal-based startups and as well as to those considering moving to Portugal. Filipa's top business hacks are the importance of building, nurturing, and connecting your network to clients to facilitate deal flow. Partnership building is another key hack she feels has a big impact on the growth of your company. Above all, however, she states that finding a balance between work and your social life is critical to maintaining a positive and productive mindset in business.

Kate Miller’s career spanned bud-tending in College to developing entertainment company brand partnership deals before she set off to turn a side hustle into a full-time career as the founder of Miss Grass, a cannabis products platform for consumers. Kate’s bootstrapping hacks are inspired by her early days where brand partnership and affiliate marketing deal-making, accelerated growth, exposure, and reach.

Before launching her Workplace Productivity Consultancy, Wendy Ellin spent years in radio and writing her well-timed NY Times Best Seller, “Working From Home, How’s That Working For You?” pre-Covid. As her book details, Wendy has hundreds of work from home hacks to drive productivity, performance, and peace of mind. She shares those and her own secret hacks that have guided the success of her growing business and kept her sane and happy working from home.

Stephanie Lee is the founder of SelfMade, a beauty brand for consumers committed to well-being. With products such as True Grit Resilience Scrub to combat scalp and Secure Attachment Serum to lower cortisol, the company is a great blend of high-grade beauty products and mental health boosters given its well-being mindset and positive intention mission. Stephanie’s secret founder hacks include energy management and mental health techniques to fuel her productivity.

Actress, entrepreneur, and presentation coach to Fortune 500 companies, Allison McGuire successfully blends her many career tracks to fuel her current passion, coaching professionals and founders on applying acting skills and methods to elevate the business pitch drive the close. Founder of the McGuire Method, her biggest hacks utilize the power of manifestation, a prosperity mindset, and working smarter, not harder.