Your Big Break With Gwen Elliot

Earlier in his professional career, Alex helped build several multi-million dollar entertainment brands (The Dark Knight, Shrek, Harry Potter 6), but these days, that’s not what gets him to jump out of bed each morning. Today, he is best-selling author, speaker and mentor for millennial entrepreneurs.  His biggest passion is helping people to create epic online businesses based on their passions withUltimate Biz Builders. By living out his dreams and impacting others, he hopes to inspire millions throughout the world to do the same (or bigger). The best-selling author of Abundance Now and the co-author of ‘the Secret,’ Lisa Nichols says that Alex’s bestselling book, The Two-Week Notice (http://amzn.to/1JjWiZ8), is “your guide to unapologetically stepping into your greatness in your business and life.” Throughout his career, Alex has been blessed to learn from some of the world’s top entrepreneurs, business leaders, coaches and political leaders, helpi

Lisa Greig is the co-organizer of the Death Cafe. She’s also a Canadian social worker and entrepreneur based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. 

Kim Caldwell of Hurray Media & Hurray Kimmay: writer, blogger, host, guest expert, bra fitter, social media professional, brand community builder.h

I was born and raised in a small town called Deerfield Beach, Florida just north of Fort Lauderdale. I moved to New York in 2012 to make my dreams of working at a global magazine come true with no precious journalism experience. It certainly wasn't easy, but after building my portfolio by taking any job I could get (including unpaid internships after receiving an MBA). I landed my first full time position at Real Simple as the Fashion Assistant. During my time there I also was able to contribute to Red Carpet Fashion Awards and Essence Magazine. After my time at Real Simple I moved on to Instyle where I currently report on breaking fashion, beauty, and celebrity news. It's fun to meet so many talented stars and to be the first to report what's new, but the most rewarding part is being able to use my voice to help startups and to educate our readers to make them more empowered consumers. 

Having developed an entrepreneurial spirit at a young age, Katie Zeppieri is proud to be the Founder & Chief Empowerment Officer of Make Your Mark, a social enterprise that provides leadership development training to youth and is also the Founder of GIRL TALK Empowerment Day, a one-day pep rally dedicated to motivating girls to become leaders of positive change.  Katie’s outspoken voice on important issues has led her to travel across Canada and abroad to speak about issues that matter. She is a Blogger for The Huffington Post, an on-air radio panelist Monday mornings on NEWSTALK 1010, a motivational speaker who has spoken on many platforms, including on the TED Worldwide Stage, and a nationally-published writer who has had her work featured in such outlets as Forbes.com.   ​Katie is a champion for human rights and gained her passion for speaking out after both witnessing and experiencing many forms of bullying during her school years. Her active involvement and leadership has le

John Lee Dumas is the host of Entrepreneur on Fire, a daily podcast where he interviews today's top entrepreneurs. He's interviewed +1200 entrepreneurs and receives over 1,000,000 downloads per month. Purchase your copy of John's new book at TheFreedomJournal.com

Altrichia is the founder of Allusions by A.Lekay, a swimwear line she created to cover abdominal imperfections and empower women to look fierce and feel fabulous. Allusions by A.Lekay has been featured at New York Fashion Week and Miami International Fashion Week. Her work has been featured all over the media including:  Cosmopolitan, Essence Magazine, Daily Mail, MTV Style, ET online, People Magazine and Yahoo.com to name a few.

Branded a “Moxie Maven” by the White House for her unique and effective approach to developing rising female leaders, Alexia Vernon has become a go-to thought leader, speaker, coach and trainer for executives, entrepreneurs and rising leaders. Specializing in women’s communication and leadership development (and embraced by men as well as women because of her powerful storytelling, infectious humor and no nonsense solutions), Alexia is the Founder of Influencer Academy. A skill-based women’s leadership development program (offered in Las Vegas and available on site for companies across the U.S. and Canada), Influencer Academy provides hands-on coaching and training in such critical leadership areas as public speaking, persuasion, negotiation, coaching, facilitation and thought leadership. The co-host of Las Vegas’ TEDxWomen event, Alexia is also the creator of Your Spotlight Talk, a virtual training program that teaches participants how to create, book and perform a TED-style tal

2016 is the year of the BIG BREAK and I can’t think of a better way to kick off the year than having Sharon Stokes share her story. Sharon had teh ultimate big break moment at the end of 2015 when she left her career as a television producer to pursue being a life coach full-time (she studiend at  The Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching).  She has also worked as a coach at Matthew Hussey’s 5 day Lifestyle Retreats, where she helped transform the lives of countless women and been voted as one of the top trainers.  Sharon is also a Certified Fitness Instructor, currently teaching BodyJam and Jillian Michaels’ BodyShred program.  As a TV producer, Sharon worked in the media for over 10 years as a Segment Producer for Entertainment and Lifestyle TV. Through her media career she has had the opportunity to interview A-list celebrities and coach lifestyle experts to peak performance levels for television.

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Natalie MacNeil is an Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur, author of She Takes on the World and soon-to-be-released The Conquer Kit, and the Creator of SheTakesOnTheWorld.com. She Takes On The World is one of the top sites on the planet for entrepreneurial women. It was recognized by Forbes on “Top 10 Websites for Entrepreneurial Women” and was featured by ForbesWoman on “Top 100 Websites for Women.” She Takes on the World is also the 2013 recipient of “Website of the Year” at the Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Today, Natalie and her team at She Takes on the World are focused on transforming businesses around the world through The Conquer Club, a 12-month implementation incubator for ambitious entrepreneurs. Natalie is frequently quoted and interviewed in the media. She has appeared in top media outlets like Glamour, People StyleWatch, Inc., Forbes, ForbesWoman,Wall Street Journal, CNN, Entrepreneur.com, Globe and Mail, Mashable, and more.    

Kelly Azevedo is the founder of She's Got Systems and she’s an online business systems expert. Kelly frequently writes for media outlets such as Forbes and the Washington Post and her unique brand of work-life balance was featured in the New York Times. And Kelly has been featured, contributed or has been quoted in the media over 300 times.

Maggie Patterson is a copywriter and communications strategist. She works with entrepreneurs to help them market their businesses, using content, copy and communications strategies. With more than 15 years of experience she has worked with companies of all sizes from big brands to solopreneurs. Maggie also the host of the Marketing Moxie podcast, and her work has featured in the media at Entrepreneur.com, The Huffington Post, Virgin, Fast Company, Yahoo Small Business and more.

Maayan Ziv is an activist, photographer and entrepreneur. She is the founder of AccessNow, an app that uses crowdsourcing to share accessibility information worldwide.  Maayan has been featured in the media - on MTV, CBC, Metro News to name a few to bring awareness and change to disability matters. Maayan's work has been recognized with a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and she is so passionate about building an inclusive world in which everyone has access. http://accessnow.ca/

Millennial blogger, speaker, and podcast host Katie Dalebout is poised to be the next Gabrielle Bernstein for her generation of twentysomethings. Packed with journaling exercises, prompts, and tools, Let It Out is an interactive, therapeutic guidebook that helps readers navigate their lives and cope with stress in a novel, affirmative way.

Sarah Vermunt is the Founder of Careergasm. She helps people figure out what they want so they can do work they love. Sarah is a professional coach, career expert, and former business professor.  She has even trained with Dr. Martha Beck who you may recognize as a coaching expert for O Magazine and the Oprah Winfrey Show. She writes about careers for Forbes, Entrepreneur, and The Huffington Post. Her work has also been featured at Fortune, U.S. News & World Report and Flare Magazine, to name a few.

Nada Smith is a teacher, producer and founding member of the OWN Ambassadors an unofficial grassroots group of Oprah Winfrey Network viewers and supporters. Nada produces and books guests for Sirius XM Radio where she’s booked amazing entrepreneurs like Gabrielle Bernstein, DeVon Franklin, Gayle King, Tony Robbins and Oprah Winfrey to name a few. Nada is also a social media strategist, and I’m sure the most rewarding job of all, mother of 2!

Shannon is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Investment Manager (CIM), media personality, personal finance expert and founder of the New School of FinanceTM. She loves helping everyday people survive the new economic climate through personal finance, ethical investing and small business advice. Simmons is widely recognized as a trailblazer in the Canadian financial planning industry and an expert in Millennial personal finances and money in the digital world. She was named one of Canada’s Top 30 Under 30 and she recently won the 2014 Notable Award for Best In Finance. She is a regular financial expert on CTV News and also appears as a financial expert in the media, a regular contributor for Toronto Star’s Money Makeover and BBC Capital and host of Coral TV’s Money Awesomeness. Shannon travels across the country speaking for some of Canada’s largest corporations and universities including IBM Canada, The Canadian Women’s Foundation, University of Toronto, Ryerson

Miki Agrawal is a serial social entrepreneur. She was a recipient of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival’s “Disruptive Innovation Award” and named 2013’s Forbes’ “Top 20 Millienials On a Mission.” Most recently she was named Levo League’s 2015 list of 100 millennials reinventing the world in which we live. She is the founder of the farm-to-table, gluten-free pizza concept called WILD (www.eatdrinkwild.com) in NYC, and 2015 marks her 10-year anniversary since the restaurant’s inception. Miki is the Co-Founder and CEO of THINX (www.shethinx.com), a high-tech underwear solution for women with periods. She and her partners also teamed up with AFRIpads in Uganda to get millions of girls back in school by funding a pack of washable cloth pads for every pair of THINX underwear sold. Miki’s newest undertaking is a company called TUSHY (www.tushy.me) which is bringing bidet attachments to America, while helping to solve the global sanitation crisis (where 40% of