Dr. Ivan Misner is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of BNI, the world’s largest business networking organization. Founded in 1985, it now has over 8,400 chapters around the world. Last year, BNI generated 9.1 million referrals resulting in $13.1 billion in closed business for its members. Called the “Father of Modern Networking” by CNN, […]
American tech entrepreneur, advisor and angel investor, Marc Randolph found his big success as co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. Initially a mail-out DVD service, in recent years it has become a streaming on-demand service, with some 125 million subscribers in about 90 countries. It currently employs about 5,000. It was Randolph who not only […]
Bob Burg regularly fills auditoriums for his talks, and has shared the stage with thought leaders, Olympic athletes and a former U.S. president. For years he was known for his book Endless Referrals, but recently it’s his business parable The Go-Giver (coauthored with John David Mann) that has garnered him much acclaim, and sold more […]
Curtis Boyd is the CEO/Founder of Future Solutions Media, an online reputation firm based out of Los Angeles. He’s also the CEO of Objection Co., that companies hire to determine if certain negative online reviews contravene a site’s terms of agreement, and lobby the site to take it down. Tell me about Objection Co.? Curtis […]
Headed by director and founder Adina Zaiontz, Napkin Marketing is a Toronto-based marketing firm specializing in web design, social media marketing, SEO, digital advertising, email marketing and marketing videos. The team’s experience comes from Fortune 500 brands such as Yahoo! Canada, Rogers Media, HP Canada, CIBC, and many other small and medium-sized businesses. Prior to […]
Rodney Bergman is Celestica’s senior vice-president, Global Business Services. Prior to joining Celestica in 2014, Rodney was with Accenture as a Managing Director/Partner at the company’s Toronto practice. Over the course of his 20-plus year career at Accenture, Rodney designed and implemented global programs for customers in the technology, healthcare, resources and consumer industries, in […]
Johnathan Grzybowski is rogue risk taker turned entrepreneur and national thought leader in digital marketing and branding. Grzybowski took his experience from working at Apple to launch a digital design and marketing agency called Waterfront Media in 2015. The organization serviced medium size businesses, nonprofits, and universities. After recognizing a need for more community-conscious businesses, […]
Manjit Minhas’ story of success began with a simple idea: to sell locally made quality beer at unbeatable prices. In the middle of her engineering university degree, she and her brother Ravinder began their brewing journey – but not without first facing the juggernauts of corporate competition and regulatory headaches. With persistence and determination, they […]
CEO of rTraction Canada, David Billson has deployed Internet-related solutions and technologies to enhance efficiencies for businesses of all sizes. Throughout his career, he has managed all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from requirements analysis to software production, to quality assurance. He explains that early on he quickly fell into roles where he was […]
Carey Bentley is the CEO of Lifehack Bootcamp, the top ranked productivity coaching company. Along with her husband Demir Bentley, this power couple team shows high achievers how to bring sanity and freedom back in their workday. Carey used to manage billion dollar brands. When her chronic illness, ulcerative colitis, came back, her doctor told […]
Don Tapscott is the CEO of Tapscott Group, a company that focuses on business strategy in a technologically evolving market. He is also the Vice Chair of Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations, which invests in emerging companies in communications, information technology, and life sciences. Don has written several books including Paradigm Shift (1992), The Digital Economy […]
Lena Elkins is a business and marketing coach, international speaker, and a member of the Forbes Coaches Council. Specializing in magnetic digital marketing, copywriting, sales funnels, and strong money mindset, Lena takes a straight-forward approach to breaking through major barriers, and reaching accelerated success for her clients. Lena has been featured in more than 100 […]
Paloma Lev began her entrepreneurial career at the age of 19, and is now the founder of The Badass Communicators Club, a vibrant, bustling online community of over 1,500 entrepreneurs from around the world. For the past six years she has served as a business coach and strategist to hundreds of clients. She guides them […]
Tamara Littleton is the CEO and Founder of UK-based The Social Element and Polpeo. An instrumental player in the launch of the BBC’s digital offering, Tamara recognized the potential of social media engagement for brands, and then launched The Social Element in 2002, before the explosion of social media. She started with a £10,000 ($17,300 CDN) […]
Simon Ferragne is president and CEO of Montreal-based TrackTik Inc. TrackTik’s boasts it is the industry’s only all-in-one security operations management software platform, offering security service companies complete control of every aspect of their business. TrackTik enables customers to streamline operations, and improve business development, through easy-to-use mobile and web-based technology, customized implementation, and technical […]
James Greig is CTO and Co-Founder of iVvy, a leading enterprise software as a service (SaaS) technology company, providing cloud-based solutions for event management, venue management and supplier management. iVvy’s technology enables organizers to search, compare, book and pay for their event in real-time, providing live availability and pricing of function space, and group accommodation. […]
Javed Khan’s company, EMpression: A Marketing Services Company, works with highly motivated entrepreneurs and organizations, with an aim to help them “breathe innovative ideas and long-term vision into their business marketing plans.” With two decades of experience in marketing, brand and communications, Khan has worked with many top level financial services firms, including Trimark Investments […]
Colin Sprake is an author, speaker, and business coach. A highly sought after keynote speaker and trainer, Colin teaches that success is attainable in both family and business without sacrificing one for the other. A serial entrepreneur with decades of experience building multiple million dollar businesses globally, in various industries and economies, Colin founded Make […]
Michal Sadowski is founder and CEO of Brand24, a social listening tool used by over 2,000 clients, across 80 countries. He is a mentor at the Startup Weekend and Founder Institute, author of the bestselling book “Social Media Revolution”, and awarded with a “Best Co-Founder” prize in The Next Web Startup Awards 2013. He was […]
Esther Willinger founded, and is director of Eden Advertising & Interactive, a progressive marketing agency, that includes a team of designers, web developers, programmers, writers, search engine analysts and marketing strategists. Since 1998, Eden has combined creative, technical and online marketing expertise to meet clients’ growth objectives. Esther’s talent lies in helping businesses achieve their desired […]
