Life long entrepreneur. Tons of advice in the capital raising, startup, apparel, cannabis and retail space. Success and failure, I know both.

Serial Company Builder: $2 Billion+ in exits. Raised $100M+ in Venture funding. eCommerce, technology & consumer-facing internet companies. Board Member, Advisor, Growth Coach 47B CEO - Board & Strategic Growth Advisory. Active Portfolio Companies: Wpromote, Marketplacer, Sundance Group, Matilda Jane Clothing, Island.co, Good360.org, Temando Past: * Magento (commerce technology) Founding President: built from 30 people to 350 & to 30%+ global marketshare in few years w ~$200M sale to eBay, and then Adobe ~$2B;  * GM/Founder NORDSTROM.com: VC$ and Spin-off and roll back (currently multi-billion $/yr in sales) * Advisor, Coach & Mentor to many (and loving it) * EIR: Clearstone Ventures (VC) * Youngest VP Packard Bell Computers * Interim CEO & Advisor LiveBid (Sold to Amazon), Portero, Vivre.com *Fees support non profit Good360.org

A sales and business development professional with over 30 years of experience in driving growth and developing strategic partnerships with leading retailers such as Walmart, Sam’s Club, Costco, Target, and Kroger, expert in private label and branded product development and end-to-end strategy execution. Key achievements include achieving an impressive 145% sales growth at Walmart and expanding store counts from 600 to 3,600 within five years.

Founder at Scaling Retail (2008) I have successfully launched and scaled dozens of fashion brands. As a former at Barneys New York, Gucci, AHAlife, and Macy's I bring a rich knowledge base to my international portfolio of clients.

Advisor on practical usage of Machine Learning & AI. I have deep practical experience and also as a business advisor on this topic in my previous career in strategy consulting

Amazon FBA consultant and multichannel expert, Amazon FBA, Shopify, Private Label, Import, Alibaba and Ecommerce expert. I manage a team that helps businesses sell on Amazon at Goat Consulting (goatconsulting.com) I graduated from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management with degrees in Entrepreneurship and International Business. Upon graduating I worked with Target for 8 years before starting my own Amazon FBA multi-channel ecommerce store.

Founder of an accessories brand sold in over 2000 retail locations around the world. Passionate about helping branding launch & sell their product to retailers including salons, spas, resorts, grocery stores & fitness studios. Let's get your product retail ready & establish a system to reach leads & generate recurring wholesale sales. Secondly, Kini Supply Co. apparel & accessories customization through embroidery, screenprint, screen transfer, and engraving.

Matt Fifer is a former Walmart executive who spent nearly 13 years in store and club operations, people development, marketing, and international mergers and acquisitions. While at Walmart, he collaborated with brand teams and their agency partners to develop and execute plans for launching hundreds of new products and services. Matt left the company in 2005 to pursue what had been a lifelong dream of full time entrepreneurship, and has spent the past 17+ years launching more than a dozen successful companies. Since 2006 he has been a pioneer in the areas of shopper marketing and supplier development, possessing a real passion for helping consumer brands and the service and solution providers that make up the "supplier community" grow. Today, Matt owns (outright and in partnership) a growing number of companies that offer a complimentary suite of services to retailers, their suppliers, and to the service and solution providers that support them both. He also serves as a collaborator and adviser to startups, retailers, consumer product manufacturers, and the service and solution providers that support all 3.

30+ years of supporting new and current gift basket and gift box retailers and solo owners to research, launch, improve sales and earn high revenue. Founder at GiftBasketBusiness.com. Focused on results for home-based and traditional retailers. Clients are Macy's, Total Wine, solo owners.

Taormina oversees the daily operations, marketing, financials, and sales at Psi Health Solutions, Inc., the maker of Psi Bands (www.psibands.com). Romy created Psi Bands, a clinically-proven medical device for nausea relief, after suffering from terrible morning sickness during her pregnancies. While acupressure relieved her nausea, she found the existing products on the market to be lacking in both style and functionality. Psi Bands are sold nationally at major retailers. Romy and/or Psi Bands have appeared on/in Shark Tank, The Jeff Probst Show, Good Morning America, O-The Oprah Magazine, and Entrepreneur magazine, just to name a few. Romy is a Huggies MomInspired Awardee, FedEx #SupportSmallGrant Awardee, a Make Mine a Million $ Business Owner from Count Me In and American Express OPEN, a Trailblazer from Wells Fargo and the National Association of Women’s Business Owners, and a four-time recipient of the STEP grant.

Founder & CEO of Simply Curated, a luxury candle company. Owner of Hart & Co. a floral and event design business. Former podcast host of 'From Maker to Manufacturing', SXSW Speaker, small business cheerleader, passionate about helping people grow their businesses.

Founder of 522envy.com, a young contemporary online boutique based in Chicago. Small business blogger at KristiMeansBusiness.com. Passionate about supporting mom-and-pop businesses and new entrepreneurs. Nerdy about retail, e-commerce, and social media. Got questions about opening up your own boutique? Let's chat!

I built a billion dollar publicly-traded retail company in Asia in 7 years. I was also the CFO of One Laptop per Child, one of the largest social entrepreneurship ventures in the world. Author: Billion Dollar Company: An entrepreneur's guide to business models for high growth companies. I have done 15+ joint ventures, licenses and partnerships in both Asia and Latin America. I teach at Florida International University and have taught at MIT Sloan School. Speak Spanish.

I help retail start-ups. 10+ Years in retail procurement/buying, assortment planning, demand planning & forecasting, replenishment and supply chain planning, store operations, cost reduction.

- More than 10 years of experience working for top-tier CPG companies on their largest/most important account teams (Walmart and Sam's Club). - Training and experience across multiple functions on customer teams including: forecasting, replenishment, sales analytics, category management, insights, shopper marketing (both brick and mortar as well as digital, mobile and social). - Extensive knowledge of the retail landscape. - Experienced in many functions within an organization. - A seasoned presenter, and excellent communicator who has regularly addressed crowds of 100 – 600 people, and was once chosen to address a crowd greater than 5,000. - Strong leadership experience. More than five years serving as host and facilitator for weekly small group meetings. Able to teach. - Characterized as passionate, gregarious and one who thrives in skills of diplomacy. Regularly able to bring a team into alignment around a goal or project. - Bi-lingual. Native English speaker, but has had over five years of Spanish language training. Chosen to train colleagues and Wal-Mart associates in Argentina on best practices which US team had developed with Walmart. - Involved with cross cultural programs. Active host to international students. - Technical proficiency includes: Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, Power Point) Databases including: Walmart RetailLink, syndicated data sources - IRI and AC Nielsen Toolbook, Adobe Premiere, Clients & Profits - Training / Experience: JDA Space Planning by Intactix 7.5.0, Manugistics, SAP, DemandTec

CEO and Founder of CallProof.com an app for outside sales people. Robert owned and operated several successful businesses and gives good advice on starting a business and using technology to grow your business. If you are looking to hire your first salesperson reach out to me to walk you through the potential hiccups you will face on that journey.

Full-time strategic consultant based in NYC. Former head of brand strategy and experiential marketing at Jack Erwin. Formerly manager of strategic partnerships at Warby Parker. Startup advisor at LRD Ventures in LA.

McKinsey & Company Alum, former Lawyer (I don't give legal advice), Serial Entrepreneur who seeks be the advisor he was looking for when he was launching his first business at 21 years of age. I can help as a sounding board and advisor on areas including strategy, business development, fundraising, operations and generally "I'm not sure/don't know what I am doing/how do I start". I've been there, and get it that sometimes people need someone to brainstorm with.

Laurel Mintz has built a career that blends her deep personal passion for food, wine and lifestyle with considerable business acumen and legal expertise. Areas of Focus Include: - Branding - Business Entity Filing - Marketing - Trademarks/IP - Strategy - Contracts - PR - Negotiations - Events - Social Media

Multi-talented, well-travelled and well trained. Paul founded prandible in 2015 with the mission to "inspire local businesses for the digital world" and explains in video courses how shopkeepers can reach more customers.

E-business Director of Intermarche (3rd french grocery retailer, 21 B€ in 2013), I manage the e-commerce activities and the deployment of Drive-through, lockers and home delivery services in France. My role is to define and execute the cross-channel strategy that will ensure the complementarity between the on line store and brick-and-mortar ones.

Canadian Entrepreneur. Co-Founder of Vantage Analytics. Co-Founder of IdentityNorth. Founding President of Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada, Mentor @ FounderInstitute. Passionate about Canadian digital economy.

Founder of Luxx London fashion brand, techie girl, novice developer & super QA.

I Help Companies Find Customers At Scale. Strategic Accounts BuySellAds.com Digital Growth at Formula DRIFT Holdings

Managing Director at 3Pe Consulting, LLC Board of Advisors at Doughnuttery, Inc. VP Product Development, Marketing, e-Commerce & Global Sourcing at Alex Brands General Manager of Specialty Retail at Toys "R" Us, Inc. CEO and Board Member at KB Toys, Inc. President of Loew-Cornell (a Jarden company) EVP of Merchandising and Marketing at Party City Corp. SVP, General Merchandise Manager at Blockbuster, Inc.