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Ryll Burgin-Doyle - AU
Her unique gift, proven over some 26 years of growing her own or other’s businesses in the US, Australia, New Zealand and around the world, is having business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs be able to see into the future they wish to create AND fulfil it in timeframes far shorter - and methodologies far removed - from their traditional thinking and results. She is an invested mentor holding interests and advisory roles in multiple successful enterprises ranging from sustainably farmed milk; to entrepreneurial education including bringing Money & You to Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and beyond; to tech ventures that make a difference and more.
Dame Doria (DC) Cordova - USA
Doria Cordova owns the Excellerated Business Schools® for Entrepreneurs® and Money & You®, a global organization that has over 200,000 graduates from over 85 countries, especially from Asia Pacific and the Americas. The programs are taught in English, Chinese and Japanese – and soon expanding to Spanish, Tamil, and other languages. Many of today’s wealth and business leaders have attended the Money & You program and transformed the way they teach and run their organizations.
Through the many graduates, including her business partnership of nine years from 1985 - 1984 with Robert T. Kiyosaki of Rich Dad/Poor Dad fame, Dame Cordova's work has touched the lives of millions all over the world.
Many of today’s wealth and business leaders have attended the Excellerated programs and transformed the way they teach, chose to have a greater positive impact in the world and integrate in their organizations the win/win/win principles taught in the program.
The essence of her work is to create teaching environments where established (and up-and-coming) entrepreneurs, professionals and educators not only focus on the bottom line/profits but also create products, services and programs which add value to humanity.
Through the many graduates, including her business partnership of nine years from 1985 - 1984 with Robert T. Kiyosaki of Rich Dad/Poor Dad fame, Dame Cordova's work has touched the lives of millions all over the world.
Many of today’s wealth and business leaders have attended the Excellerated programs and transformed the way they teach, chose to have a greater positive impact in the world and integrate in their organizations the win/win/win principles taught in the program.
The essence of her work is to create teaching environments where established (and up-and-coming) entrepreneurs, professionals and educators not only focus on the bottom line/profits but also create products, services and programs which add value to humanity.
Dominique Lyone - AU
Dominique Lyone is the Founder and Chairman of Complete Office Supplies (www.cos.net.au), Australia’s biggest privately owned office products distributor. The company employs approximately 500 people throughout Australia in 9 distribution centers and sales offices with revenues exceeding $250 million.
Dominique recently stepped down as CEO after 40+ years at the helm and handed over to the next generation, his daughters Belinda and Amie Lyone.
Dominique has been facilitating Money & You Programs worldwide since 1992. He took on the master instructor position for Business School for Entrepreneurs in 1999. His uniqueness in front of an audience is due to his in-depth experience in growing a commodity business in a highly competitive market, and balancing the needs of family life and personal ambitions.
Participants have often described his style as engaging, entertaining, coming from personal experience and sometimes confronting. He has a particular ability to get to the core of the issue quickly.
One of his most fulfilling achievements is establishing “The Lyone Foundation”. A private philanthropic project focused on human welfare in Australia. The Foundation has received over $10 million so far from the profits generated in his commercial activities and has funded many worthwhile projects.
Dominique recently stepped down as CEO after 40+ years at the helm and handed over to the next generation, his daughters Belinda and Amie Lyone.
Dominique has been facilitating Money & You Programs worldwide since 1992. He took on the master instructor position for Business School for Entrepreneurs in 1999. His uniqueness in front of an audience is due to his in-depth experience in growing a commodity business in a highly competitive market, and balancing the needs of family life and personal ambitions.
Participants have often described his style as engaging, entertaining, coming from personal experience and sometimes confronting. He has a particular ability to get to the core of the issue quickly.
One of his most fulfilling achievements is establishing “The Lyone Foundation”. A private philanthropic project focused on human welfare in Australia. The Foundation has received over $10 million so far from the profits generated in his commercial activities and has funded many worthwhile projects.
Kerry Zurier - USA
Global female leading instructor of the Money & You program; leading instructor of the world class Excellerated Instructors’ Training Program; Master Certified Coach (ICF); Partner and Senior Program Leader at Accomplishment Coaching. As a fundraiser, she has raised tens of millions of dollars through foundations and non-profits that she has either established or consulted with. She has worked closely with the likes of Joan Kroc of the McDonald’s fame. Her endeavors has generated for one organization alone 22,000 volunteer service members who have donated well over 500,000 volunteer hours, and this service has had an impact on more than 1.2 million people.
Andrew Barron - NZ
Managing Director of The Timber Barron, a global timber exporting company, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Most recently he has purchased a $25 million dollar business where he is again applying the principles he learned from attending the Money & You and BSE programs.
Tony Nash - AU
Co-owner of Booktopia, one of Australia’s most successful publisher and online bookstore which turns over $165 million a year, and was listed in the AFR/BRW's Fast 100 eight times. Tony is an Entrepreneur, Founder & Chief Executive Officer in online retail. Skills in negotiation, leadership, sales, forecasting, bootstrapping, PR, empowerment, managing an executive team, public speaking and innovation. A background in recruitment, programming, business development, selling, SEO and internet marketing.
Wendy Kwek - SNG
Ms Wendy Kwek is successful entrepreneur and passionate speaker who has embarked on the exciting journey of entrepreneurship since year 2000. Her mission is primarily to help ordinary people create extraordinary wealth, arming them with practical knowledge and skills. She is also an serial property investor who has also structured many property deals in the residential, commercial and industrial space. She has personally raised over USD200million for structured deals and has owned over 100 properties across various continents.
Dr serge-gravelle - CAN
Leader in over 25 companies, including OMZIG, creators of some of the original codes of Microsoft Windows; MyMall Network, first shopping network on the Internet with over 2,000 stores and millions of monthly visitors; RevShare, for many years the world’s largest direct-response television advertising agency. Author of 18 books, former Olympic athlete, 4-time National champion. Dr. Gravelle has come out of retirement 4 times, most recently to create the Foundation for Equestrian Athletes, a leading 501(c)(3) Public Charity transforming the way non-profit entities become financially self-sufficient by providing them with systems and strategies normally reserved for large corporations and public companies.
Ken Honda - JAP
Author of more than 60 best-selling self-development books on lifework, life balance, wealth, and happiness. He has translated more than 30 books into Japanese from English. His perspective on business differs distinctly from other titles in the "self-help" or "finance" genre in both Japanese and American publications. He provides ongoing support to individuals wishing to change their lives through mentoring programs, therapeutic healing workshops, business seminars, and correspondence courses. Born in Kobe, Japan, Ken Honda currently lives in Tokyo, but spent 2 years in Boston. He studied law at one of Japan's leading private universities. He is a financial specialist who owns and manages several businesses, including an accounting company, management consulting firm, and a venture capital corporation. He also hosts one of the most downloaded podcasts in Japan
Maria Simone - USA
Co-Founder & President of ZenMoose Capital, LLC, a Transformational Media Company and Social Impact Fund; she is a serial entrepreneur, consummate deal-maker and has been featured in Success Magazine and made appearances on ABC and Fox TV in the USA. She is the Author of “Passion To Prosperity: Instant Ways To Profit From Your Skills and Talents”. Her 7-Step Enlightened Business Building System™, has helped thousands of start-up entrepreneurs to create solid, conscious business models including acquiring capital, building powerful teams and customer attraction strategies. Maria proudly serves as a Founding Member of the Association of Transformational Leaders, and hosts the acclaimed Enlightened Entrepreneur Summit.
Huang Ming - CN
A genius, architect, engineer, an avid activist of the greening of he world, is a leading solar architect who built the only Solar Valley and Solar City in the world in Dezhou, China. 7 million people use solar energy to heat their water; all street lights are powered by nature. A “billionaire with heart” responsible for the passing of the first Green Law in China.
His company has 623 national patents - dozens internationally. He has developed 100’s of solar projects in and out of China. He has won the “Alternative Nobel Prize” the Right Livelihood Award and founded the International Micro-emission University (IMU) - a walking national treasure.
His company has 623 national patents - dozens internationally. He has developed 100’s of solar projects in and out of China. He has won the “Alternative Nobel Prize” the Right Livelihood Award and founded the International Micro-emission University (IMU) - a walking national treasure.
Dr. Letitia Wright - DC USA
A Crowd Funding Strategist, Entertainment/TV/Film Production Consultant; a Corporate/Celebrity Branding, Media/Biz Marketing Expert — a highly-esteemed and notable business woman. As America’s Crowdfunding Strategist, she taught at the Dallas Start Up Week 2016; and many other notable venues. She has been on the list of the Top 100 Crowdfunding Experts for the last 6 years and was part of President Obama’s Global Entrepreneur Summit. She is the Executive Producer and host of her nationally syndicated television show Wright Place Television, which is now in its 20th season with the bandwidth expanding over 6.5 millions homes each week in Southern California on Direct TV Channel 64. Wright Place is also seen nationally on DISH on Demand spanning its reach to 60 million plus homes. She launched and started the Crowdfunding Academy. She currently hosts the Get CrowdFunded Now Podcast on all major platforms where she brings Crowdfunding news and lessons and insights
Dr. Cherie Clark - USA
Co-founder of Social Synergetics and recently retired as the Director of Shock Incarceration and the Willard Drug Treatment Campus (WDTC). The co-creator of a video production “Shock Incarceration.” Dr. Clark is an expert in substance abuse treatment, her goal is to change lives of prison inmates by teaching them about choice, responsibility & self-discipline, building life skills to increase the odds of success “on the outside.” She is the principal author of “DOING LIFE!® A Life Skills Program for Recovery from Addictions” & “SMART CHOICES: A Guide for Making Choices That Work.” Her work and system can be modeled to other transformational programs to have a positive impact on humanity.
Bill Allen - USA
Bill runs a global family of significant manufacturing, sales and distribution businesses, vertically integrated in the JanSan industry. At age 18, he founded Hawaii Care and Cleaning Inc – a premier contract cleaning provider for the whole of Hawaii. He is also the owner and CEO of Imop, a Global company that focuses on the development & design of high-end cleaning machines, products and utilities. He is a real estate developer, a business leader, a humanitarian, a grandfather. Bill has changed the lives of countless people worldwide through his dynamic trainings and presentations… and a man that attributes his success to attending the Money & You Program and the Business School in 1982. He will share the key principles / tools he has applied in business and life to reach his astronomical level of success.
Sandra Biskind - AU
Sandra is a global thought leader, international speaker, spiritual mentor and a #1 bestselling author. She has a unique gift to identify and eradicate the unconscious programs that undermine success—instantly amplifying her client’s ability to live freely and thrive. She offers a rare combination of business savvy, transformational leadership and soul enrichment. With her down-to-earth wisdom coupled with her multi-dimensional gifts, she creates profound sustainable shifts. Sandra is committed to working with leaders of industries, new technology and transformational businesses — all those who are passionate about attaining the next level of success and making a global impact. Using her unprecedented laser-like techniques, Sandra takes the brakes off your unconscious, freeing you to accelerate into the thrilling experience of a life without limits. The results of her work are legendary
Chad Warren - USA
CEO and Founder of ZenMoose Capital, LLC, a Transformational Media Company and Social Impact Fund. He is also an Executive Producer of the GIVE TV show on NBC. ZenMoose invests in, produces and incubates highly impactful and uplifting media related technologies, online digital content platforms, films, TV shows and documentaries. Chad has worked extensively with bringing developing businesses and investors together for maximum mutual benefit. Chad also has a unique distinction as the world’s youngest teacher of Transcendental Meditation (TM) at age 14; he has studied directly with legendary Buckminster Fuller.
Paul Dunn - SNG
Chairman of B1G1 - Business for Good - which facilitates businesses giving every single day, as part of doing business, to life changing projects all over the world making a difference. B1G1 has created over 100 million giving impacts around the world, that is 100 million ‘giving moments’ - direct donations - that have shifted the quality of life for millions of people all over the globe. A four-time TEDx Speaker, award-winning entrepreneur with an absolute mastery in business growth and service strategies. He’s a Senior Fellow of one of the world’s leading business think-tanks and a Fellow of Singapore’s Social Innovation Forum.
Chris Salter - USA
Created Music Wizard in 2001, and raised millions in capital to fund development of the Piano Wizard Academy to critical acclaim, secured licensing deals with Fisher-Price, Mattel, Disney, Suzuki, Hal Leonard Corp. and more. The recession of 2008 forced his company to dramatically retreat and sell to the home school markets, where they received dramatic testimonials. .Currently he is pivoting to a new Edtech SAAS mobile gaming company. Like Crayola inspired the artistic imaginations of millions of children for generations, Music Brain Training games can unleash the musical genius of millions of children worldwide, while growing their brains, for life. Through thick and thin, Chris has mentored thousands of entrepreneurs in the CEO Space network and as a Startup Longmont Board member, personally giving over a hundred presentations on a variety of startup topics for fellow entrepreneurs.
Ryll Burgin-Doyle - AU
Her unique gift, proven over some 26 years of growing her own or other’s businesses in the US, Australia, New Zealand and around the world, is having business owners, leaders and entrepreneurs be able to see into the future they wish to create AND fulfil it in timeframes far shorter - and methodologies far removed - from their traditional thinking and results. She is an invested mentor holding interests and advisory roles in multiple successful enterprises ranging from sustainably farmed milk; to entrepreneurial education including bringing Money & You to Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and beyond; to tech ventures that make a difference and more.
Dame Doria (DC) Cordova - USA
Doria Cordova owns the Excellerated Business Schools® for Entrepreneurs® and Money & You®, a global organization that has over 200,000 graduates from over 85 countries, especially from Asia Pacific and the Americas. The programs are taught in English, Chinese and Japanese – and soon expanding to Spanish, Tamil, and other languages. Many of today’s wealth and business leaders have attended the Money & You program and transformed the way they teach and run their organizations.
Through the many graduates, including her business partnership of nine years from 1985 - 1984 with Robert T. Kiyosaki of Rich Dad/Poor Dad fame, Dame Cordova's work has touched the lives of millions all over the world.
Many of today’s wealth and business leaders have attended the Excellerated programs and transformed the way they teach, chose to have a greater positive impact in the world and integrate in their organizations the win/win/win principles taught in the program.
The essence of her work is to create teaching environments where established (and up-and-coming) entrepreneurs, professionals and educators not only focus on the bottom line/profits but also create products, services and programs which add value to humanity.
Through the many graduates, including her business partnership of nine years from 1985 - 1984 with Robert T. Kiyosaki of Rich Dad/Poor Dad fame, Dame Cordova's work has touched the lives of millions all over the world.
Many of today’s wealth and business leaders have attended the Excellerated programs and transformed the way they teach, chose to have a greater positive impact in the world and integrate in their organizations the win/win/win principles taught in the program.
The essence of her work is to create teaching environments where established (and up-and-coming) entrepreneurs, professionals and educators not only focus on the bottom line/profits but also create products, services and programs which add value to humanity.
Dominique Lyone - AU
Dominique Lyone is the Founder and Chairman of Complete Office Supplies (www.cos.net.au), Australia’s biggest privately owned office products distributor. The company employs approximately 500 people throughout Australia in 9 distribution centers and sales offices with revenues exceeding $250 million.
Dominique recently stepped down as CEO after 40+ years at the helm and handed over to the next generation, his daughters Belinda and Amie Lyone.
Dominique has been facilitating Money & You Programs worldwide since 1992. He took on the master instructor position for Business School for Entrepreneurs in 1999. His uniqueness in front of an audience is due to his in-depth experience in growing a commodity business in a highly competitive market, and balancing the needs of family life and personal ambitions.
Participants have often described his style as engaging, entertaining, coming from personal experience and sometimes confronting. He has a particular ability to get to the core of the issue quickly.
One of his most fulfilling achievements is establishing “The Lyone Foundation”. A private philanthropic project focused on human welfare in Australia. The Foundation has received over $10 million so far from the profits generated in his commercial activities and has funded many worthwhile projects.
Dominique recently stepped down as CEO after 40+ years at the helm and handed over to the next generation, his daughters Belinda and Amie Lyone.
Dominique has been facilitating Money & You Programs worldwide since 1992. He took on the master instructor position for Business School for Entrepreneurs in 1999. His uniqueness in front of an audience is due to his in-depth experience in growing a commodity business in a highly competitive market, and balancing the needs of family life and personal ambitions.
Participants have often described his style as engaging, entertaining, coming from personal experience and sometimes confronting. He has a particular ability to get to the core of the issue quickly.
One of his most fulfilling achievements is establishing “The Lyone Foundation”. A private philanthropic project focused on human welfare in Australia. The Foundation has received over $10 million so far from the profits generated in his commercial activities and has funded many worthwhile projects.
Kerry Zurier - USA
Global female leading instructor of the Money & You program; leading instructor of the world class Excellerated Instructors’ Training Program; Master Certified Coach (ICF); Partner and Senior Program Leader at Accomplishment Coaching. As a fundraiser, she has raised tens of millions of dollars through foundations and non-profits that she has either established or consulted with. She has worked closely with the likes of Joan Kroc of the McDonald’s fame. Her endeavors has generated for one organization alone 22,000 volunteer service members who have donated well over 500,000 volunteer hours, and this service has had an impact on more than 1.2 million people.
Andrew Barron - NZ
Managing Director of The Timber Barron, a global timber exporting company, based in Auckland, New Zealand. Most recently he has purchased a $25 million dollar business where he is again applying the principles he learned from attending the Money & You and BSE programs.
Tony Nash - AU
Co-owner of Booktopia, one of Australia’s most successful publisher and online bookstore which turns over $165 million a year, and was listed in the AFR/BRW's Fast 100 eight times. Tony is an Entrepreneur, Founder & Chief Executive Officer in online retail. Skills in negotiation, leadership, sales, forecasting, bootstrapping, PR, empowerment, managing an executive team, public speaking and innovation. A background in recruitment, programming, business development, selling, SEO and internet marketing.
Wendy Kwek - SNG
Ms Wendy Kwek is successful entrepreneur and passionate speaker who has embarked on the exciting journey of entrepreneurship since year 2000. Her mission is primarily to help ordinary people create extraordinary wealth, arming them with practical knowledge and skills. She is also an serial property investor who has also structured many property deals in the residential, commercial and industrial space. She has personally raised over USD200million for structured deals and has owned over 100 properties across various continents.
Dr serge-gravelle - CAN
Leader in over 25 companies, including OMZIG, creators of some of the original codes of Microsoft Windows; MyMall Network, first shopping network on the Internet with over 2,000 stores and millions of monthly visitors; RevShare, for many years the world’s largest direct-response television advertising agency. Author of 18 books, former Olympic athlete, 4-time National champion. Dr. Gravelle has come out of retirement 4 times, most recently to create the Foundation for Equestrian Athletes, a leading 501(c)(3) Public Charity transforming the way non-profit entities become financially self-sufficient by providing them with systems and strategies normally reserved for large corporations and public companies.
Ken Honda - JAP
Author of more than 60 best-selling self-development books on lifework, life balance, wealth, and happiness. He has translated more than 30 books into Japanese from English. His perspective on business differs distinctly from other titles in the "self-help" or "finance" genre in both Japanese and American publications. He provides ongoing support to individuals wishing to change their lives through mentoring programs, therapeutic healing workshops, business seminars, and correspondence courses. Born in Kobe, Japan, Ken Honda currently lives in Tokyo, but spent 2 years in Boston. He studied law at one of Japan's leading private universities. He is a financial specialist who owns and manages several businesses, including an accounting company, management consulting firm, and a venture capital corporation. He also hosts one of the most downloaded podcasts in Japan
Maria Simone - USA
Co-Founder & President of ZenMoose Capital, LLC, a Transformational Media Company and Social Impact Fund; she is a serial entrepreneur, consummate deal-maker and has been featured in Success Magazine and made appearances on ABC and Fox TV in the USA. She is the Author of “Passion To Prosperity: Instant Ways To Profit From Your Skills and Talents”. Her 7-Step Enlightened Business Building System™, has helped thousands of start-up entrepreneurs to create solid, conscious business models including acquiring capital, building powerful teams and customer attraction strategies. Maria proudly serves as a Founding Member of the Association of Transformational Leaders, and hosts the acclaimed Enlightened Entrepreneur Summit.
Huang Ming - CN
A genius, architect, engineer, an avid activist of the greening of he world, is a leading solar architect who built the only Solar Valley and Solar City in the world in Dezhou, China. 7 million people use solar energy to heat their water; all street lights are powered by nature. A “billionaire with heart” responsible for the passing of the first Green Law in China.
His company has 623 national patents - dozens internationally. He has developed 100’s of solar projects in and out of China. He has won the “Alternative Nobel Prize” the Right Livelihood Award and founded the International Micro-emission University (IMU) - a walking national treasure.
His company has 623 national patents - dozens internationally. He has developed 100’s of solar projects in and out of China. He has won the “Alternative Nobel Prize” the Right Livelihood Award and founded the International Micro-emission University (IMU) - a walking national treasure.
Dr. Letitia Wright - DC USA
A Crowd Funding Strategist, Entertainment/TV/Film Production Consultant; a Corporate/Celebrity Branding, Media/Biz Marketing Expert — a highly-esteemed and notable business woman. As America’s Crowdfunding Strategist, she taught at the Dallas Start Up Week 2016; and many other notable venues. She has been on the list of the Top 100 Crowdfunding Experts for the last 6 years and was part of President Obama’s Global Entrepreneur Summit. She is the Executive Producer and host of her nationally syndicated television show Wright Place Television, which is now in its 20th season with the bandwidth expanding over 6.5 millions homes each week in Southern California on Direct TV Channel 64. Wright Place is also seen nationally on DISH on Demand spanning its reach to 60 million plus homes. She launched and started the Crowdfunding Academy. She currently hosts the Get CrowdFunded Now Podcast on all major platforms where she brings Crowdfunding news and lessons and insights
Dr. Cherie Clark - USA
Co-founder of Social Synergetics and recently retired as the Director of Shock Incarceration and the Willard Drug Treatment Campus (WDTC). The co-creator of a video production “Shock Incarceration.” Dr. Clark is an expert in substance abuse treatment, her goal is to change lives of prison inmates by teaching them about choice, responsibility & self-discipline, building life skills to increase the odds of success “on the outside.” She is the principal author of “DOING LIFE!® A Life Skills Program for Recovery from Addictions” & “SMART CHOICES: A Guide for Making Choices That Work.” Her work and system can be modeled to other transformational programs to have a positive impact on humanity.
Bill Allen - USA
Bill runs a global family of significant manufacturing, sales and distribution businesses, vertically integrated in the JanSan industry. At age 18, he founded Hawaii Care and Cleaning Inc – a premier contract cleaning provider for the whole of Hawaii. He is also the owner and CEO of Imop, a Global company that focuses on the development & design of high-end cleaning machines, products and utilities. He is a real estate developer, a business leader, a humanitarian, a grandfather. Bill has changed the lives of countless people worldwide through his dynamic trainings and presentations… and a man that attributes his success to attending the Money & You Program and the Business School in 1982. He will share the key principles / tools he has applied in business and life to reach his astronomical level of success.
Sandra Biskind - AU
Sandra is a global thought leader, international speaker, spiritual mentor and a #1 bestselling author. She has a unique gift to identify and eradicate the unconscious programs that undermine success—instantly amplifying her client’s ability to live freely and thrive. She offers a rare combination of business savvy, transformational leadership and soul enrichment. With her down-to-earth wisdom coupled with her multi-dimensional gifts, she creates profound sustainable shifts. Sandra is committed to working with leaders of industries, new technology and transformational businesses — all those who are passionate about attaining the next level of success and making a global impact. Using her unprecedented laser-like techniques, Sandra takes the brakes off your unconscious, freeing you to accelerate into the thrilling experience of a life without limits. The results of her work are legendary
Chad Warren - USA
CEO and Founder of ZenMoose Capital, LLC, a Transformational Media Company and Social Impact Fund. He is also an Executive Producer of the GIVE TV show on NBC. ZenMoose invests in, produces and incubates highly impactful and uplifting media related technologies, online digital content platforms, films, TV shows and documentaries. Chad has worked extensively with bringing developing businesses and investors together for maximum mutual benefit. Chad also has a unique distinction as the world’s youngest teacher of Transcendental Meditation (TM) at age 14; he has studied directly with legendary Buckminster Fuller.
Paul Dunn - SNG
Chairman of B1G1 - Business for Good - which facilitates businesses giving every single day, as part of doing business, to life changing projects all over the world making a difference. B1G1 has created over 100 million giving impacts around the world, that is 100 million ‘giving moments’ - direct donations - that have shifted the quality of life for millions of people all over the globe. A four-time TEDx Speaker, award-winning entrepreneur with an absolute mastery in business growth and service strategies. He’s a Senior Fellow of one of the world’s leading business think-tanks and a Fellow of Singapore’s Social Innovation Forum.
Chris Salter - USA
Created Music Wizard in 2001, and raised millions in capital to fund development of the Piano Wizard Academy to critical acclaim, secured licensing deals with Fisher-Price, Mattel, Disney, Suzuki, Hal Leonard Corp. and more. The recession of 2008 forced his company to dramatically retreat and sell to the home school markets, where they received dramatic testimonials. .Currently he is pivoting to a new Edtech SAAS mobile gaming company. Like Crayola inspired the artistic imaginations of millions of children for generations, Music Brain Training games can unleash the musical genius of millions of children worldwide, while growing their brains, for life. Through thick and thin, Chris has mentored thousands of entrepreneurs in the CEO Space network and as a Startup Longmont Board member, personally giving over a hundred presentations on a variety of startup topics for fellow entrepreneurs.
Past Instructors
Dr Jeff Alexander - USA
A CEO, a social entrepreneur, he built a children’s dentistry practice that grew from 11 employees in 1 office to 7 offices with over 60 employees, with revenues of US$5. million in 3 years. His company ranked in the top 500 grossing health care clinics in the country. Today, he has served over 500,000 underprivileged children with dental care. His commitment was to create a business model that demonstrated financial success by utilizing compassionate and modern business principles that would benefit the company, the community and the world - this he learned at BSE. He co-created the Excellerated Instructors’ Training program for the Money & You program. Today he is also the founder and trainer of IGNITE PROGRAMS which offers transformational education for business people, entrepreneurs and professionals.
Melissa Clark-Reynolds - NZ
Is a futurist, entrepreneur and professional company director. She has been the founder and CEO of several technology business including Looxie, MiniMonos, software firms PayGlobal, Intaz, GMV Associates (sold to Southern Cross) which became Fusion – New Zealand’s largest private ACC insurer. She has had two Fast50 companies and three AsiaPac Fast 500s. She is currently working with BRANZ to identify the most disruptive business models in the construction industry around the world. She is one of the few New Zealand women to raise investment money both nationally and internationally. In 2012 she was named one of the top-10 female company founders to watch by Forbes Magazine. She attended the Business School in '92 where she created a business plan and a large vision for her life and started a business in her bedroom. In 7 years, she went on to grow it to $190M in revenues and over 200 team members. She sold the business and went on to found and invest in and mentor other technology based businesses.
Trammell S. Crow - USA
Founder of EARTHx (formerly known as Earth Day Texas), the largest annual environmental exhibition and programming initiative in the world. EARTHx welcomed more than 100,000 attendees as it continues to grow as the hub for education, innovation and relationship-building not just within the environmental community, but beyond. Mr. Crow is focused on inspiring environmental leadership across sectors and party lines. He serves on the board of directors for ConservAmerica and is a co-founder of Texas Business for Clean Air and Texans for Clean Water. He is also a long-term supporter of the Texas Conservation Alliance, the Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Log Cabin Republicans and the League of Conservation Voters. His philanthropy benefits various nonprofit organizations that are active in family planning, education, the environment, community initiatives and political causes. He is the president of the Crow Family Foundation, which operates and manages The Trammell and Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art.
Nicola Jackson-Smith - USA
CEO and Founder of Success Strategic Partners, LLC, a global consulting agency which empowers and helps people to achieve personal and professional development success. She is a Wealth and Leadership Coach. A network marketing expert. An award-winning wealth strategist, motivational speaker and author, Nicola has coached thousands of women and men on how to produce unprecedented success, wealth and prosperity. She has developed a transformative success-building tool that assists people in achieving their goals spiritually, mentally and professionally.
Jorge Yant - USA
President / CEO of PLEXIS Healthcare Systems. He is highly acclaimed as a leading industry innovator and creative visionary. He has expertise in developing key partnerships, and his experience directing the design, development, and deployment of information technology systems for the healthcare industry have resulted in PLEXIS’ continued growth in the U.S. and abroad. He is the founder of several successful technology businesses and a former CIO of one of the largest law firms in the country. He is a Consultant with Price Waterhouse; and Director of Administration at U.C. Berkeley Law School. He is also the founder of www.Quepasa.com. Nearly a decade ago he chose to support the movement of mindfulness by providing retreats to the community. His integration of sound business principles and mindfulness practices makes Jorge a perfect instructor for the business school.
Stephen Gregg - USA
His skills in Sales and Networking Training are unmatched in the Direct Sales Industry. His diverse background along with over 30 years of experience, give him the ability to help you increase your sales faster than you thought possible. Stephen has the unique ability to look at a sales organization, see the weaknesses and give you the exact formula and techniques to solve the problems to increase sales. He has invented the formula for success in sales — the 3c = M2 Formula. He has invented the Daily Activity Tracker Book. This simple activity tracking system can help sales people increase their sales by more than 200%. His dynamic delivery and illuminating, informative approach on stage or in person will inspire you. His unique style motivates, inspires and hits straight at the points that a person needs to build their business.
Gordon Bizar - USA
The CEO and Board Chairman of National Diversified Funding Corporation, a Los Angeles-based global private equity company. He is sought-after by entrepreneurs, business executives and government leaders worldwide for his ability to foresee, strategize, structure and organize innovative solutions to seemingly impossible business and societal challenges. He is the preeminent global authority on business structure and monetization strategy utilizing disruptive technology and business models to redefine business success in the 21st Century. Gordon works each year with 10’s of thousands of his entrepreneur disciples to remake whole industries using financial and electronic leverage… creating wins for every participant from the business owners to their customers, vendors, investors and employees… creating and sustaining massive business growth for all including the communities that harbor them.
Gabriel Nossovitch - USA
A global entrepreneur, he is currently the Chairman of the Board and the Director of Training for both Worldworks México, ChileWorks; co-founder of several personal transformation companies including Argentina Works SA, WorldWorks Inc. in the United States. These organizations offer personal growth and transformational seminars and sponsor large scale community service projects aimed at raising awareness in underprivileged populations in the Americas. He has a graduate base of over half-a-million graduates throughout Latin America.
Daniel Schmachtenberger - USA
Director of Research and Development and a Co-founder at the Neurohacker Collective, where he is focused on developing processes and technologies for advancing medicine and human optimization. He is particularly focused on personalized medicine, adequate approaches to complex illness, and deepening our knowledge of how the human regulatory systems function, how they break down, and how they can be supported to function with greater resilience.
Joel Roberts - USA
President of Joel D Roberts & Associates, a communications and media consulting firm. A former prime-time, KABC radio talk show host, Joel is widely considered to be one of the top communications consultants on the planet. His clients range from major publishers and best-selling authors (including the authors of the mega-hits Chicken Soup for the Soul and The Secret) to Fortune 500 corporations such as Lockheed-Martin, Pfizer, Novartis, Wal-Mart and Target. Today he travels the globe training more than half a million entrepreneurs and business executives to stand out and get heard in our loud, crowded world. His style of bringing out the authentic message of any entrepreneur, leader, philanthropist or speaker, is extraordinary.
Mark Stevenson - USA
Mark works at the confluence of finance and technology in Silicon Valley, California, USA. His background in finance, management and leadership spans three decades. He has experience in corporate finance, business ownership succession, private asset management, financing companies and other assets, as well as leading high performance teams and bringing innovative change and success to organizations. He is most strongly interested in using his skills and capabilities, as well as his understanding of technology to help people and organizations in ways that contribute to the betterment of society and the natural environment. He believes one does not have to sacrifice profit to do the right thing in the world. He has a BS in Business Management from the University of Oregon; an MBA from the University of Washington. He was a member of the American Himalayan Whitewater Expedition that accomplished the first successful descent of the Karnali River in Western Nepal
JV Crum III - USA
Founder and CEO of Conscious Millionaire Institute LLC, a global entrepreneur business coaching, training, and wealth-product business. A self-made entrepreneur and millionaire since his early twenties, he is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, certified business coach, licensed attorney, serial entrepreneur, Huffington Post Columnist on conscious business. JV is also the host of the #1 Ranked “Conscious Millionaire Podcast.” He has built an audience of over 10 million listeners; and has created the Conscious World Foundation to support young entrepreneurs in becoming conscious millionaires.
Michael R. Polin - USA
A United States and International Business and Entertainment attorney and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of International and domestic business dealings, legal experience, project deal negotiations, and entrepreneurialism. Over the course of his career Michael has represented various entities involving renewable energies, green sustainability projects, and other important brand development opportunities throughout the United States, China, and Europe. He is the author and creator of the JUST RELEASED “TEACH ME CHINA” brand and comprehensive educational product series (CDs, DVDs, workbooks, etc.) on the “How to’s” of doing business inside China from an entrepreneurial, investor, and legal point of view. He empowers his clients with innovative ideas, new business models, and an original perspective to develop and retain success in the China and International Markets.
Burke Franklin - USA
President & CEO of Business Power Tools, a Silicon Valley software company renowned for BizPlanBuilder, a software package for producing a comprehensive strategic business plan. A Best-Selling Author, international keynote speaker and coach to Entrepreneurs, Inventors and CEO’s, Burke is an instrument-rated pilot and a second-degree black belt in TaeKwonDo. His book, Business Black Belt teaches how to build and run a business by using the disciplines of a karate master.
Liu Weihua (Grace) - CN
Grace is a Chinese Money & You instructor; and has been part of the Doers organizations where she has supported the growth and success of that organization. She is an expert promoter/administrator in the Chinese Training Industry. She is also the founder of the China Entrepreneurs Outdoor Hiking Alliance where so far they have had six successful challenges in the 108 kilometers of Silk Road; and one successful challenge of 108 kilometers in the Taiwan Zhong Heng Country Road. She has created a niche of combining education with outdoor sports using a whole new business model and has created enormous results. She is also a traditional Chinese medicine teacher and the founder of the moxibustion therapy of “Hua Family Double Point Xuan Moxa" in her clinical practice. Based on the core technology of Moxa, by fully maximizing the competitive advantage, she has established the “Expedition Healthy Ecology Alliance”, and has created the most technical, collaborative platform in the Health and Wellbeing Industry in China.
Dr. Sananda Ananda-Maynard - USA
Founder of the Enlightened Life Institute, an organization dedicated to the activation, integration, and acceleration of spiritual mastery as the foundation for enlightened leadership. She has partnered and/or trained with renowned teachers in the global transformation movement, including Bob Proctor and DC Cordova. A seasoned Life Mastery Coach, Transformational Leader, Speaker, and Consultant, she specializes in integrative mastery programs for “Change Makers”, who want to impact in the world and bring enlightened transformation.