Overcoming marketing challenges in something that every B2B leader has had to face in their career. BDB's Executive Director of Strategy and Innovation, Matt Smith and Executive Director of Operations, Oli Brewood, are on a mission to share their knowledge with other professionals and examine the trends that are shaping the future of the B2B landscape.
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Transforming Small Businesses Into M&A Success Stories With Jay Jung
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Jay Jung is the Founder and Managing Partner of Embarc Advisors, a corporate finance advisory firm based in San Francisco that specializes in M&A, capital raise, outsourced corporate development, and strategic CFO services for startups, SMBs, and middle-market firms. A Wharton School alumnus, Jay's career includes significant roles in investment ba…
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[EO San Francisco] Navigating High-Profile Litigation and Empowering the Underrepresented With Nav Avloni
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Navruz “Nav” Avloni is the Founder and CEO of Avloni Law, a boutique plaintiffs’ litigation law firm known for taking on some of the world's largest corporations and entities to fight for victims' rights through employment litigation and more. With a decade of litigation experience, Nav has become a distinguished trial attorney and social justice a…
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Navigating High-Profile Litigation and Empowering the Underrepresented With Nav Avloni
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Navruz “Nav” Avloni is the Founder and CEO of Avloni Law, a boutique plaintiffs’ litigation law firm known for taking on some of the world's largest corporations and entities to fight for victims' rights through employment litigation and more. With a decade of litigation experience, Nav has become a distinguished trial attorney and social justice a…
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[EO Calgary] Effective Brand Leadership and Team Development With Stephanie Kochorek
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Stephanie Kochorek is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Daughter Creative, a company that helps businesses connect through various mediums, developing and overseeing communication strategies. Stephanie's journey is marked by a relentless pursuit of excellence, drawing from her extensive experience working with Fortune 500 brands across Canada…
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[EO San Francisco] The Power of Mindset in Personal Development and Finding Love With Sarah Moody
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Sarah Moody is a mentor specializing in helping high-achieving women find their ideal partners within 90 days, leveraging her extensive experience from two decades of dating and her personal success in finding her soulmate. Her approach combines one-on-one mentoring with cutting-edge mindset courses, aiming to assist her clients in creating an icon…
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[EO San Francisco] Culinary Entrepreneurship Beyond the Kitchen With John Silva
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John Silva is the Founder of Culinary Eye Catering and Events, Always Fishing Hospitality Group, and Field Guide Consulting, entities that respectively specialize in creating unique catering experiences, offer innovative hospitality solutions, and guide professionals toward entrepreneurial success. A UC Santa Barbara alumnus and a new member of EO …
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[EO Philadelphia] Strategically Navigating Business Financing Complexities With Ami Kassar
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Ami Kassar is the Founder and CEO of MultiFunding, a company that helps businesses achieve their growth goals through creative and personalized funding solutions. By leveraging its relationships with hundreds of lenders, the team at MultiFunding finds the best loan options to fit your specific business needs and scale your brand. Ami, a prominent f…
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[EO Chicago] Advancing Nonprofit Fundraising Through Technology With Mike Nellis
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Mike Nellis is the Founder and CEO of Authentic and the Founder and Executive Chairman of Quiller. Authentic is a digital-first fundraising and advertising agency where Mike focuses on online fundraising, paid media, and creative design, catering to high-profile clients, including President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and entities like…
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[EO Minnesota] Harnessing the Power of Data To Drive Business Growth With Luke Komiskey
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Luke Komiskey is the Founder and CEO of DataDrive, a data consulting firm specializing in managed analytic services. With over a decade of experience in data analytics, Luke has played a pivotal role in making data analytics more accessible to a diverse range of businesses. Under his leadership, DataDrive has evolved into a global team of professio…
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[EO Israel] The Ultimate Training Solution for Frontline Workforces With Eran Heffetz
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Eran Heffetz is the Co-founder and CEO of Bites, a game-changing training platform that offers the ultimate solution for frontline workforce training, communication, and engagement. It’s a revolutionary content creation app enabling managers to easily create and deliver media-based professional units to employees through existing channels such as W…
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[EO Israel] The Art of Building Brands Across Continents: Insights With Eitan Chitayat
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Eitan Chitayat is the Founder of Natie, an international branding agency. With living experiences in prominent cities like Hong Kong, London, Tel Aviv, New York, and Boston, Eitan brings a global perspective to his work. He has served as a judge in advertising's finest competition, the One Show, and has learned from industry-leading organizations s…
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[EO Chicago] Innovating Online Marketing Strategies for Law Firms With Rafi Arbel
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Rafi Arbel is the Founder and President of Market JD, a firm that specializes in online marketing for law firms. Since 2000, Rafi has leveraged his background as a former litigator who ran his own practice to help lawyers grow their client base. His expertise was honed at a leading provider of online marketing and legal research, where he developed…
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[EO Israel] Cybersecurity Threats: Detecting and Mitigating Risks With Ran Geva
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Ran Geva is the CEO of Webz.io, a leading global provider of structured web data feeds for enterprises, developers, and analysts. With over 20 years of experience in software development and leadership, Ran is a serial entrepreneur and an expert in web data. Before founding Webz.io, he was the Founder of Omgili, a search engine for online discussio…
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[EO Israel] Cybersecurity Solutions for Safeguarding Control Systems With Yair Attar
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Yair Attar is the Co-founder and CEO of OTORIO, which delivers next-generation OT security and digital risk management systems to global industrial companies. With over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity, software engineering, and risk management, he protects industrial and critical infrastructure from cyber threats. As a former Senior Officer…
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[EO Israel] Delivering Value to Global Markets With Orit Oz
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Orit Oz is the Owner and CEO of Oz Global B2B, a full-service, global B2B agency. As a certified Hubspot partner, the company offers comprehensive inbound marketing and automation services. Orit has over 20 years of experience building and leading global companies’ business and marketing strategies. She is also a member of the Board of Directors at…
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[EO Israel] Innovative Staffing Software With Amit Oestreicher
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Amit Oestreicher is the Founder and CEO of g-nie, a SaaS platform for flexible workforce management. He is also the Founder and CEO of Xtras, Israel’s largest on-demand workforce platform. With over 10 years of experience as a solopreneur, Amit has built and scaled both software platforms using his skills in product design and development, marketin…
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[EO London] Creating Better Healthcare Spaces and Neurodiverse Workplaces With Michael Korn
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Michael Korn is the Founder and Inventor of KwickScreen, a company specializing in healthcare furniture and interiors. KwickScreen has revolutionized the concept of hospital dividers by introducing a hygienic, portable, and sustainable alternative to disposable curtains to create private and safe spaces for patients in various healthcare settings. …
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How To Scale a Tech-Driven Healthcare Business Through a Pandemic With Kenny Schiff
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Kenny Schiff is the Director of Analytics at Lone Star Communications, a Texas-based healthcare solutions company specializing in developing emergency response systems, automated patient tracking systems, and other life safety solutions. He founded CareSight in 2016, an analytics-as-a-service platform designed to enhance hospital operations through…
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[EO Columbus] Leveraging Local Expertise for Worldwide Business Growth With Cameron Heffernan
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Cameron Heffernan is the Chief Marketing Officer at Your B2B Marketing, a globally focused strategic marketing agency. With a rich background as a serial entrepreneur, Cameron's career spans three continents, reflecting a diverse and expansive professional journey. He is recognized for launching a seven-figure marketing agency that caters to a wide…
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[EO Israel] The Power of Crafting Compelling Stories With Nir Zavaro
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Nir Zavaro is the Founder, CEO, and Chief of Happiness at Streetwise, an agency specializing in outsourced marketing services. Founded in 2011, the company has worked with hundreds of brands in Israel and abroad. Nir is a speaker and the author of F*ck the Slides. He is also a partner in a few ventures, a mentor in various accelerators, and a lectu…
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[EO Toronto] Elevating Brand Love Through Strategic Marketing With Brent Wardrop of Elemental
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Brent Wardrop is the Founder of Elemental, an independent full-service creative advertising and marketing agency based in Toronto. Elemental positions itself as a partner in growth, assisting clients in engaging their audiences and driving business results. Under Brent's leadership, the agency has had the privilege to serve notable brands such as D…
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Richard Walker is the CEO of Quik!, a provider of forms automation and management solutions for companies looking to maximize efficiency and productivity. He started Quik! in 2002 to help people spend less time on paperwork and more time on what they do best. Before Quik!, Richard was a business consultant with Arthur Andersen. He is a published au…
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[EO Chicago] Delegate, Elevate, Transform: Unlocking EOS® With Kevin Hundal
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Kevin Hundal is a Certified EOS Implementer® with a rich background in entrepreneurship spanning over 20 years. He has built, scaled, and pivoted multiple companies, encountering unique challenges in areas such as people management, process optimization, cash flow, and leadership. Since 2009, Kevin has been employing the Entrepreneurial Operating S…
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[EO Raleigh Durham] Leveraging Advanced Technology and Data in Marketing With Jake Finkelstein
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Jake Finkelstein is the CEO and Founder of 10cubed, a company that creates advanced technology for modern marketers. With a focus on growth and scale, 10cubed offers an all-in-one digital marketing platform that blends hands-on services and advanced tools to help brands grow faster at reduced costs with increased speed-to-market. Jake is a serial e…
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How the Entrepreneurs’ Organization Is a Pathway for Growth and Global Networking With Rudy Mutter, Franka Winchester, and Rob Castaneda
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Rob Castaneda is the Founder and CEO of ServiceRocket, a Palo Alto-based company that assists rapidly growing software firms in engaging with their customers for successful implementations. ServiceRocket is innovating how these companies interact with their customers, ensuring optimal software utilization. In addition to his role at ServiceRocket, …
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[EO Karachi Pakistan Chapter] Revolutionizing Big Brand Campaigns in the Digital World With Faizan Syed
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Faizan Syed is the Founder and CEO of East River, an Effie award-winning full-service digital marketing agency. With a diverse global client footprint, East River serves an array of sectors, including healthcare, beauty, confectionary, pharma, technology, beverage, real estate, and financial services. Its past clientele boasts prominent companies s…
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[EO San Francisco] Leveraging Focus and Productivity for Business Growth With Megan Flatt
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Megan Flatt is the CEO and Founder of Let's Collective, a business growth strategy firm devoted to making entrepreneurship easier and helping women-owned businesses scale. Megan and the team at Let's Collective formed Focus Sessions, 90-minute virtual co-working sessions designed to enhance productivity through distraction-free, science-backed meth…
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[EO Austin] Mastering Thought Leadership and Branding With Rusty Shelton
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Rusty Shelton is the Founder and Chairman of Zilker Media, a boutique agency offering comprehensive marketing solutions for thought leaders and their associated companies. Over the last two decades, he has held high-level positions and is now the Senior Marketing Strategist at Advantage Media Group (formerly Shelton Interactive). Having spoken at H…
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[EO Austin] Accelerating Automotive Growth Through Digital Advertising With Andrew Street
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Andrew Street is the CEO and Founder of Dealer OMG, an innovative social media marketing agency specializing in data-driven strategies and personalized support for the automotive industry. Andrew, an automotive advertising technologist, started his career focused on mastering cost-effective advertising platforms. His extensive experience includes w…
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[EO Houston] Driving Business Growth Through Strategic Hiring With Jeremy Jenson
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Jeremy Jenson is the CEO at Encore Search Partners, a Houston-based direct hire and executive search firm with a team of 40 dedicated to headhunting professional and technical talent nationwide. Jeremy's leadership and strategic vision have shaped Encore into a prominent player in the recruitment industry, ensuring the company stands out for its co…
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[EO San Francisco] From The Ritz-Carlton To Building Great Culture
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Joe Quitoni is the Founder and CEO of Unify|Align, a consulting firm dedicated to transforming organizational culture and redefining the customer experience to drive growth. With a diverse portfolio that includes working with startups and Fortune 500 companies, Unify|Align thrives under Joe's unique blend of creativity and structured thinking. Befo…
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[EO Philadelphia] Creating Championship Teams in Business and Hockey With Jim Jacobs
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Jim Jacobs is the Founder and CEO of Focus Insite, a leading market research firm specializing in qualitative recruitment services for various industries. With an innovative approach, the company takes on projects of diverse complexities and offers invaluable insights that help shape its clients’ business strategies. With a strong background in spo…
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[EO Seattle] Empowering Small Businesses Through Strategic Financial Planning With Hannah Smolinski
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Hannah Smolinski is the Founder and CEO of Clara CFO Group, a virtual CFO agency providing small businesses with financial clarity and profit maximization strategies. As a CPA, Hannah's professional experience with one of the world's largest accounting firms shaped her vision of bringing high-level financial expertise to the small business communit…
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[EO Canada] From Immigrant Roots To Entrepreneurial Success With Marina Byezhanova
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Marina Byezhanova is the Co-founder of Brand of a Leader, a personal branding agency for entrepreneurs and executives. As an entrepreneur, global speaker, show host, and personal branding expert, she has been quoted and referenced in various publications, including Inc.com, Forbes.com, Yahoo News, Financial Post, Fast Company, and Success Magazine.…
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EO Atlanta | B2B Marketing and Lead Conversion in Supply Chain With Kara Brown
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Kara Brown is the Founder and CEO of LeadCoverage, a B2B marketing firm specializing in lead generation for the supply chain space. She has an impressive marketing background and was one of the early employees at Echo Global Logistics. Under her contribution, Echo exhibited rapid growth, leading to its successful public listing in 2009. Beyond her …
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EO San Francisco | Bidding, Buying, and Building Relationships: Real Estate Insights From Adam Menconi
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Adam Menconi is the Broker/Owner of Prosper Real Estate, a technology-driven real estate brokerage located in Sonoma County, just north of San Francisco. Under his leadership, his 10-person team at Prosper Real Estate has facilitated over $250 million in sales over the past two years, totaling around a billion dollars in transactions. RealTrends ra…
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EO San Francisco | Overcoming Personal Struggles and Building a Real Estate Empire With David Shamszad
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David Shamszad is an accomplished entrepreneur and the CEO of SG Real Estate — a full-service real estate firm based in Berkeley, CA, specializing in property management, sales, leasing, and development. With over 15 years of experience in the dynamic world of real estate, David has developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit that has helped him succ…
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[EO San Francisco] Navigating Business Cycles and Implementing EOS With Phil Kristianson
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Phil Kristianson is a Professional EOS Implementer at EOS Worldwide, where he helps entrepreneurs and leadership teams unlock their full potential by implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) in their organizations. With over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Phil has successfully built, operated, and exited multiple business…
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Overcoming Personal Struggles and Building a Real Estate Empire With David Shamszad
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David Shamszad is an accomplished entrepreneur and the CEO of SG Real Estate — a full-service real estate firm based in Berkeley, CA, specializing in property management, sales, leasing, and development. With over 15 years of experience in the dynamic world of real estate, David has developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit that has helped him succ…
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Revolutionizing Healthcare Engagement With Jeff Spanbauer of Relevate Health
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Jeff Spanbauer is the Co-founder and Chairman of the Board at Relevate Health, formerly known as Healthcare Regional Marketing. Since its inception in 2007, Jeff has led Relevate Health through four acquisitions and integrations, now supporting 185 brands, 15 hospitals and health systems, and generating over $70 million in revenue. With a backgroun…
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Continuous Development & Growth-Driven Design With Travis McAshan, GLIDE Design
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Travis McAshan is the Founder and CEO of GLIDE Design, an award-winning, purpose-led digital creative agency based in Austin, Texas. The team at GLIDE helps startups, nonprofits, and leading brands create a seamless customer experience through its web design, development, and digital marketing services. Completing over 850 projects spanning seven c…
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[EO Orange County] Building an Eight-Figure Company With Scott Empringham of Empringham Media Group
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Scott Empringham is the Owner and CEO of Empringham Media Group. For more than 21 years, his passion has been helping Fortune 50 companies to break through the clutter using digital marketing and social media to drive results in areas that matter most — customer retention and acquisition. Scott’s mission is to share his digital marketing and social…
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[SaaS Series] Navigating the World of SaaS Innovation With Brandon Metcalf
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Brandon Metcalf is the Founder and CEO of Place Technology, a Salesforce-powered software that streamlines managing customer subscriptions, billing, financial data, and business analytics for B2B SaaS companies. With a deep understanding of the Salesforce ecosystem, Brandon has developed innovative products that solve critical business challenges f…
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EO San Francisco | Establishing Connections in a Culturally Diverse World With Kimberly Wiefling
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Kimberly Wiefling is a Founding Member and Global Consultant at Silicon Valley Alliances, where she transforms managers into leaders and groups of people into teams. Known for her unique style, Kimberly’s superpower is bringing people with diverse backgrounds and cultures together, connecting them across borders, boundaries, and barriers of every k…
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[EO Seattle] Building Businesses and Meaningful Partnerships With Craig Swanson
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Craig Swanson is a longtime entrepreneur, Consultant at Emerald, and Partner at KaisaFit, an online fitness platform. He is the Chair of the Seattle EO Accelerator program and EO Seattle and loves helping creators, educators, and entrepreneurs build sustainable businesses around their dreams. Craig is a former Partner at The Wedding School, an onli…
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EO San Francisco | From Immigrant to Bank Managing Director
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Renzo Luján is the Managing Director at First Republic Bank, where he leads a team of private bankers that provide customized banking solutions to clients. He started his career in banking with Washington Mutual and later moved to Citibank, where he honed his skills and gained valuable experience. With almost two decades in the banking industry, Re…
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[EO New Delhi] How To Thrive Consistently in the Technology Industry
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Shamit Khemka is the Founder and CEO of SynapseIndia, a premier IT outsourcing company based in India. Focusing on open-source frameworks and e-commerce, SynapseIndia provides software development and custom web mobile applications, primarily working with customers in the USA, UK, Australia, and Canada. Over the last 23-plus years, the company has …
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[EO San Francisco] How To Scale a Business Through Team Management
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Phillip Baltazar is the Founder and Private Banker of Reiden Group, a firm that offers short-term financing for real estate investors and wholesalers. He is also the Executive Advisor at Culture Index, a strategic advisory firm working exclusively with visionary entrepreneurs, business leaders, and management to scale and transform organizations us…
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EO Seattle | How To Be a Creative Entrepreneur
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Craig Swanson is the Co-founder of CreativeLive, the world-leading live and online classroom for creative entrepreneurs. Getting his start delivering newspapers, Craig is a natural-born entrepreneur that loves the challenge of growing an online business from low six-figures to breaking $1M and building the team and systems to a scale far beyond. Cr…
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