Who says crime doesn’t pay? Not Louis Ferrante, an associate of the Gambino family, who by age 21 had netted millions for his employers. “My natural talent for management led Mafia bosses to rely on me,” explains the man who went on to pay a big price…more
Do you have a budding entrepreneur in the house? The founders of Tomorrow’s Lemonade Stand (TLS) think you do — and their community of little ladies and mini men promote and instill the spirit of entrepreneurship for girls and boys in America. “We…more
Bryan Beatty is a Certified Financial Planner® and partner at Egan, Berger & Weiner LLC based in Northern Virginia. With more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry, he is a principal of this independent financial services firm, which is…more
Leadership powerhouse Amy Elizabeth Fox is a trainer, executive coach, and organizational strategist with experience consulting for corporations and nonprofit organizations. Since 2004, she has been running Mobius Executive Leadership, a boutique firm…more
Do you want to get more of what you want, improve your relationships, and enjoy life’s deeper rewards? That’s the ambitious goal that Harvard lecturer Erica Ariel Fox achieves in her new book, Winning From Within: A breakthrough method for leading,…more
Yeeeee-haw! Sandra Boynton goes Country! With three Gold Record albums and a Grammy nomination to her credit, Boynton now brings you “Frog Trouble,” a terrific CD and illustrated songbook of her new and wildly original Country songs. And they’re sung by…more
Lara Galinsky is an author, speaker, and expert on working on purpose. As the senior VP of Echoing Green—a groundbreaking nonprofit organization with the mission to unleash next generation talent to solve the world’s biggest problems—Lara helps young…more
Carol Kinsey Goman, PhD, is an international keynote speaker specializing in leadership and nonverbal communication. She coaches executives, female leaders, salespeople, and change-agents to build strong and productive business relationships by projecting…more
With no formal education in business, entrepreneur and author Jo Packham has risen to the top of the craft community as a publisher of several successful magazines for artisans. The creator and editor-in-chief of “Where Women Create,” “Where…more
Matt Woolman is a radical. Not only is he the director of Creative Entrepreneurship in the School of the Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University—the former designer is teaching art students how to be entrepreneurs. Crazy talk? Not according to Woolman, who…more
What does it take to successfully work in the global marketplace? In this podcast interview, we get the inside scoop from our August 2013 Truly Amazing Woman Jennie Walker, director of Global Learning at Thunderbird School of Management’s Najafi Global…more
“The Art Forger” turned Author B.A. Shapiro into an overnight success—more than two decades after she started writing books. A fantastic story centers on the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum—still the largest unsolved art…more
Reading Partners is a national nonprofit organization that provides volunteer-led, one-on-one literacy tutoring to more than 5,500 elementary school students in 103 schools in low-income communities across six states and the District of Columbia. It delivers…more
Award-winning science journalists Ashley Merryman and Po Bronson made headlines in Sept. 2009 when they released “NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children.” Indeed, their anti-parenting manual is an insightful exploration of themes and issues that…more
Bestselling author Po Bronson is author of six books including his latest “Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing,” which he co-authored with fellow bestselling author Ashley Merryman. Their first book, “NurtureShock, upends what you might think…more
At just 81 years young, Rita Moreno remains one of the busiest stars in show business. She just penned her first book, Rita Moreno: A Memoir, starred in the premier of “Life Without Make-Up,” an original play about her life, and appears regularly…more
Sonja Kristiansen’s love story with the hair salon Blo began in her hometown of Vancouver. No one else could tame her thick Scandinavian mane. In 2012, the 20something (aka, “Blonde, James Blonde”), put down the puck at her marketing position with…more
Futurist and author Derek Woodgate is the CEO of The Futures Lab, a futures-based consultancy based in Atlanta, with six satellite offices around the world. The firm specializes in creating future potential for major corporations and institutions, especially…more
From modern classics to items that are great for gifting, BeGood Clothing on Union Street in San Francisco will have you responsibly dressed from beanie to socks. Every item purchased donates back, which is still a somewhat novel concept in the world of…more
Educator Charles Best came up with a very big idea one day back in 1999 while eating lunch with his fellow high-school teachers in the Bronx. “My colleagues and I were talking about books that we wanted the students to read, field trips we wanted to take…more
Matthew Porter of Communication Arts Magazine has called Robert Meganck “a delightfully fuzzy-headed raconteur.” Style Weekly named him one of Richmond’s top 25 most influential artists in September 2007. And those are just a few of the accolades that…more
Back in 1997, Taqueria el Poblano founder and chef Glen Adams landed in DC, his latest stop in a career that led him through the States and Europe. By 1999 the California native was eager to showcase the food he grew up with in LA. From the taco trucks of his…more
Dale Marie Pfeifer was the Program Director at the 2013 Professional BusinessWomen of California Conference. An innovator and entrepreneur, Dale designs, launches and run programs and networks. She have worked extensively with foundations and non-profits in…more
Nick Jankel is the founder of the cutting-edge futures firm, WeCreate Worldwide: www.wecreateworldwide.com. Focused on designing, building, and supporting ethical, social, and sustainable projects at the vital intersection between creativity, compassion, and…more
Mansour Javidan, Garvin Distinguished Professor and founding director of the Najafi Global Mindset Institute at Thunderbird University, is former dean of Research at Thunderbird School of Global Management. This multiple award-winning executive educator and…more
Sharon Meers, head of Sales & Business Development at X.commerce, a division of eBay, leads business development for X.commerce, the open commerce platform division of eBay, helping merchants grow with better technology. Prior to joining X.commerce, Meers…more
Joanna Strober is the managing director of Private Equity of Sterling Stamos, a private investment management firm that invests globally using an endowment approach to asset allocation. Strober has spent more than 20 years making direct investments in private…more
Founder and CEO of Inspired HR, and a Lean In Circle Champion, Debby Carreau has been helping teams deliver superior business results by making strategic decisions about human capital for more than two decades. In any industry you can’t beat real-world…more
Are You Ready to Super-Size Your Small Business? The Inkandescent Group’s founder Hope Katz Gibbs moderated a panel on entrepreneurship, featuring InkandescentSpeakers.com Kristine Carlson, co-founder of the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff series, and…more
Joel Goodman is an Emmy-winning composer who has written music for more than 100 films. His work has appeared at every major film festival in the world and collaborated with an impressive array of distinguished directors and producers including Wong Kar-wei,…more
