Online Success Journey

Raúl Galera is the Chief Advocate at ReferralCandy, an app that allows ecommerce brands to set up and run customer referral programs. ReferralCandy is the leading platform in terms of referral marketing for ecommerce brands. Founded over 10 years ago, ReferralCandy has helped over 30,000 brands leverage the power of word-of-mouth and turn their customer base into their marketing team. Referral marketing is a blend of organic content, community marketing and influencer marketing. Word-of-mouth is a powerful channel for both successful global names as well as new, niche brands. Referral marketing blends perfectly with brands that have a clear customer-centric approach, making it affordable for companies of any size to attract new customers while retaining existing ones. Raúl has been leading ReferralCandy’s partnership efforts for the past five years, working alongside marketing agencies, media and tech companies. On a regular day, you’ll likely find him with a half-full cup of coffee next to him and a salsa pl

With broad experience providing executive leadership and business counsel to companies across industries including retail, manufacturing, energy, medical/bio and tech, Andrew founded DOPE CFO and has built a national cannabis accounting/bookkeeping and tax training program to help students in all 50 states unlock a new world of clients, empowering them to start their own practices and create a stream of wealth for themselves in the newly developed Cannabis and CBD/Hemp industry. Andrew was runner up for Portland Business Journal's CFO of the Year in 2017, making him the first cannabis CFO to ever be nominated. He has served in Big 4 including PriceWaterhouseCoopers, as well as the winner of the 1995 Gold Medal Award for the highest score on the CPA exam. He is an expert in cannabis startups, CFO services, turnaround and high-growth strategies, capital sourcing, mergers, exits and wealth protection.

Mark Butler is the founder of the accounting startup Let’s Do the Books, as well as the bookkeeper, CFO and confidante to top online entrepreneurs like Brooke Castillo. Before working in finance, Mark co-founded three online businesses that brought in close to $2 million in total revenue. Today, Mark combines his business savvy with his certification in life coaching to help business owners take control of their finances and work through the shame and anxiety that almost always comes up when dealing with money.

Lucas Walker is a serial entrepreneur having started three successful businesses in the software, ecommerce, and media spaces. Working on bootstrapped and venture funded companies, there are just a handful of people with the experience Lucas has. He hosts two industry shows, and his currect favorite topic relates to the 'Key Automation You Need to Set Up in Your Store'.

Oz (Oguz) Konar is a passionate entrepreneur and multiple seven figure business owner whose mission is to help people design and build their dream businesses. His mission is to revolutionize the Alternative Lending Industry, one Business Loan Broker at a time. Oz is the author of two books and speaks at national and international events several times a year. His training programs (including Business Lending Blueprint) are responsible for creating multiple 6 and 7 figure earners and has helped countless people quit their jobs and become hyper profitable entrepreneurs.

Jennifer Dopazo is a graphic designer specializing in Brand Identity, Interaction Design and UX/UI Design. She’s the founder of multimedia design studio Candelita and a 3-time American Graphic Design Award winner. Jennifer helps organizations attract their dream clients by translating their big vision into an awesome digital experience with a unified brand. She’s worked with companies like The New York Times, Pepsi and Nickelodeon, along with authors like Danielle LaPorte.

From humble beginnings as a child of immigrant parents, Ashwin Jacob worked hard to surpass all expectations of a predictable, mediocre life. At 19 he broke into the entertainment industry, and by 27 moved to LA with less the $500 in his pocket. Less than a year later he was working with Fortune 500 companies such as NBC Universal, Disney, BMW, and Microsoft. On his podcast, New Hollywood, he's sharing the stories of insiders in the world of entertainment, technology, fashion, and business, in hopes of helping others achieve success and reshape their own “mediocre destinies”.

Mike Rhodes is the CEO and founder AgencySavvy and WebSavvy, and co-author of the world’s best-selling book on Google Ads ‘The Ultimate Guide to Google Ads’. Since 2006, Mike and his award-winning digital marketing agency WebSavvy have been running campaigns for brands around the globe, and it’s now one of Australia’s largest independent Google agencies. Mike’s passion for the future of AI and Machine Learning has resulted at him speaking at over 100 events around the world. A teacher at heart, Mike is passionate about the AgencySavvy community and helping agency owners to ‘do’ Google Ads better and scale their agency.

Joris Bryon is the founder and CEO of Dexter Agency, a remote team of e-commerce conversion optimization and email marketing specialists. The agency serves high revenue e-commerce stores that are ready for continuous growth. With over 1500 A/B tests under his belt, Joris wrote the book “Kill Your Conversion Killers” to help all the online stores he hasn’t worked with (yet).

Coming from an unusually unique and diverse professional background himself, Nathan brings to his clients a rare viewpoint on networking, job-search and career development. The formally trained actor simultaneously developed a business career, and prior to his work as an executive career coach, Nathan was Vice President of Research in the retained search industry, where he was responsible for the first step of the executive recruitment process for global search engagements. Networking was and continues to be a day-to-day function of his job, and because of his combined professional expertise, Nathan regularly works with professionals from all different backgrounds and experience levels. This includes everyone from Hollywood movie stars and producers, to sound engineers, fashion designers, new college grads, non-profit and civic leaders, veterans and senior global executives. He has been cited by The Huffington Post as one of the most connected people on LinkedIn, world-wide.

Kevin Wessels is the Founder and Managing Director of RevSherpas LLC, a boutique business growth advisory and customer experience strategy consulting firm for small to mid-sized businesses. He has over 10 years of revenue growth acceleration consulting experience scaling global companies via strategic CRM and digital customer experience transformations using his internationally proven and proprietary Client Connect!™ formula. A multi-published author, his specialties are building client-centric company cultures, improving sales and service rep productivity, increasing client retention, and revitalizing underperforming marketing and lead generation strategies to double revenues and create more consistent cash flow... quickly, inexpensively, and with less effort.

Birgit Yegülalp is an upcoming inspirational and motivational speaker. She is the founder and owner of The Cheering With Birgit Podcast and offers online training & coaching programs. This show is geared towards empowering people dealing with uncertainty and fear of facing their fears to unlock their potential of living their lives to the fullest. Birgit notes that it is out of their comfort zones that people can gain personal fulfillment and satisfaction. Having faced her own fears including an eating addiction that left her obese, issues with self-confidence and depression, Birgit now freely shares the tactics she uses while tackling her fears and does this with her online training programs and her podcast.      

David Friedman is an award-winning CEO, entrepreneur, author, and renowned public speaker. In 2011, he published his first book, Fundamentally Different, which is based on the insights he learned and taught throughout his leadership career, and in 2018 he published his second book, Culture by Design, the definitive “how to” manual for building a high-performance culture. His current company, High Performing Culture, has helped hundreds of companies throughout North America to implement his culture operating system, CultureWise™.

Agnese Rudzate is a Productivity Strategist and Time-management expert with a professional background in Quality Management and Empowerment Coaching. She has turned her passion for organizing into her mission helping women get more productive in life and business so they could gain the confidence, clarity, and time freedom they deserve. Through structure, systems, and processes that bring results, Agnese teaches her clients to scale in their business while increasing time freedom.

Chris Michael Harris is the Founder or StartupU, an interactive learning platform that helps people start and grow their online businesses. Chris is also the host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV. The podcast frequently trends in the Top 100 around the world and has featured guests such as Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Grant Cardone, Guy Kawasaki, Jack Canfield, Marie Forleo, Dave Asprey, Dr. Josh Axe, and 40+ New York Times Best Selling Authors.

Caitlin Strempel, CEO of Rising Ranks Digital, is an SEO expert & digital strategist who helps business owners get to the top of their industry by getting to the top of Google. Working with local-based businesses all the way to large-scale global brands such as Under Armour, Lexus and more, Caitlin is proud to have a 100% success rate at getting her clients to the first page of Google. She believes that everyone has a message and it's our duty to share that message with the people who need it the most!

Bryan Clayton is CEO and Co-Founder of GreenPal, an online marketplace that connects home owners with local lawn care professionals. Bryan's first work experience was a grass cutting business prompted by his father, and that launched a lifelong entrepreneurial journey. After growing one of the largest landscaping companies in Tennessee from scratch to eventually sell the business, he has successfully transitioned from a blue collar traditional type of business to an online tech business, and is anxious to help others make the same move.      

Mike Begg is a 30 year old entrepreneur that has extensive experience in building eCommerce and online businesses. Mike's first businesses, two Amazon private label brands, grew to over $1 million in sales. Mike went on to found AMZ Advisers with his two partners, taking his knowledge as a seller to help other brands succeed on Amazon. They have grown AMZ to managing over $10 million per year in ad spend and more than $100 million per year in Amazon sales and also operate AMZ Courses which educate Amazon sellers on how to increase sales on the platform. Mike enjoys scaling and finding ways to do things better, and has built international office for his company in Mexico where he currently residesand he loves sharing tips on anything related to Amazon and improving business efficiency.

Ali Shah is the Founder of TapeReal, a social networking app where you can record and only engage through audio and video. Ali comes from a technology background and has started five companies, but he experienced a transformational journey in South America that made him realize when we personally connect with others we improve our mental health, feel a sense of belonging, and strengthen our relationships. He believes traditional social media has erected barriers between humans, and hijacked our natural way of communication, and we need to return to a pure and natural way of communication. His mission is to champion the bond of human connection by helping people truly connect and be themselves in a safe, inspiring, and knowledgeable community where everyone can be heard while building a legacy of meaningful memories.

Jyotsna is a bestselling author, book publisher, TEDx speaker, and is an international Author Success Coach who helps coaches, trainers, speakers, and experts to build a super-profitable author funnel with the help of their book. She founded Author Success Academy to help aspiring authors finally finish their book, get it professionally published, market it into a bestseller, and use that position to grow their business. So far, Jyotsna has helped over 400 authors from 35 different countries through her global publishing agency, Happy Self Publishing. While Jyotsna isn’t working, this mom of 2 kids also loves to dance, run, plan her next solo trip, and is a passionate advocate for educational rights.