Lance Allred, with his 5 Principles of Perseverance, is the first legally deaf player in NBA history. Known as “The Lion,” he is a Best-Selling Author of Basketball Gods and Longshot and is an expert on Leadership, Perseverance and Grit.
Standing at 6’11, and born with 80% hearing loss within a polygamist commune before his family escaped when he was 13, Lance has had people all of his life placing limitations on him, but he never listened: he couldn’t hear very well anyway. With a world of stories and setbacks, Lance will take you and your audience on the inspiring story of his indomitable spirit and how eventually, through his own Will and Choice, went on to become the first deaf player in NBA history.
Simcha is a keynote speaker and global trainer who has been running successful companies since age 20. He moved to the StartUp Nation of Israel from NY about a decade ago and has spent the past five years as the Co-Founder and Chief Fun Officer of FreshBiz.
With over 10,000 hours of personal and professional development, Simcha is the author of the book “The New Entrepreneurz: Changing The Way You Play Life” published by Wileys, and was the radio show host of “Innovation Nation.”
Currently, Simcha lives his passion for traveling and educating people around the world on how to refresh their lives and businesses through the cutting-edge FreshBiz methodology and the power of game-based learning.
Nathan Hirsch is Founder and CEO of FreeeUp. He has been an entrepreneur in the eCommerce industry since 2009 and has grown into a leading expert in the field with experience managing multi-million dollar businesses.
He started out selling textbooks out of his college dorm room and hired his first employee before he was legally allowed to drink. He has extensive knowledge in creating business systems and processes, personnel management, hiring remote workers, the Amazon Marketplace, and advanced sales tactics.
Zach Benson is a full time entrepreneur, hustler, world traveller, dancer and connector. He specializes in creating Instagram campaigns reaching millions. Check him out at @thetravellerslist.
Top Achievements in Career: Participated on FOX TV's "So You Think You Can Dance"
Whats the most interesting thing that has ever happened to you?: I fell down a glacier is a scary thing.. Well, kind of interesting, too. But, probably one of the most interesting things was when I was living on $2 a day for food for a year, lived on less so others can have more story. Meeting Doc HollyWood on street.
Nicholas Bayerle is the CEO of The Billion Dollar Body, where they help men reach their ultimate state of health, power, and confidence. Nicholas is an international speaker, coach, and was rated top 30 under 30 influencers.
He has coached some of the top male CEOs and is passionate about seeing men prosper is health, business and relationships. Nicholas is also a contributor to Influencive and Thrive Global.
Tom Bilyeu is the co-founder of 2014 Inc. 500 company Quest Nutrition — a unicorn startup valued at over $1 billion — and the co-founder and host of Impact Theory. Tom’s mission is the creation of empowering media-based IP and the acceleration of mission-based businesses. Personally driven to help people develop the skills they will need to improve themselves and the world, Tom is intent to use commerce to address the dual pandemics of physical and mental malnourishment.
Tom regularly inspires audiences of entrepreneurs, change makers, and thought leaders at some of the most prestigious conferences and seminars around the world, including Abundance 360, A-fest, and Freedom Fast Lane. Tom has also been a guest on the Tony Robbins podcast and The School of Greatness podcast and has been featured in Forbes, Inc., Success, and The Huffington Post. Tom is currently on the Innovation Board of the XPRIZE Foundation.
Derek Lundsten leads a mobile software company focused on addressing personalized education for corporate learners as well as students of all kinds.
He is an active entrepreneur in the fields of healthcare and technology (co-founding several companies), and shows strengths in leadership and connecting the dots between people and opportunities.
Derek is an active learner, and seeks to build relationships with other big dreamers and implementers in business and in life.
Russ is the Founder and CEO of Clients on Demand, the most reliable client attraction system in the world. Clients on Demand did $4.6M in revenue in 2016, selling coaching and workshops.
Russ started as a bartender and is now one of the most respected business coaches and business owners in the industry.
Kenny Sanders was born Dec 27th 1985 and raised in the small humble town of Ephraim, UT. Currently living in Los Angeles, CA.
As Kenny's passions grew, he became a person of many talents from riding BMX professionally, mentioned in magazines worldwide and being 1 of 3 in the known band Sonder Saloon as a guitar player and vocalist which have over 900,000+ plays between Spotify, Soundcloud, iTunes and YouTube. In addition to that he can also play the drums and piano.
Kenny's interests and talents don't stop there. He's also a successful businessman. In 2013 Kenny invented Notsocks, which is a sock that is designed to wrap around the shoe insole and inserted inside of the shoe keeping the foot free from wearing socks for a sockless lifestyle.
In 2014 Kenny founded the clothing company TTM Lifestyle which are hand crafted limited edition shirts with stamped faux leather pockets. As the company grew, he decided to sell the brand in September of 2015 so he could direct his focus on NotSocks, his music and BMX.
In early 2016 Kenny started a YouTube channel with Professional Figure Skater Crystalrose Guerra called CKLA. The YouTube channel took off quickly with over 1,000 subscribers and over 100,000 views and climbing in 5 months.
Eric Allred grew up outside of Chicago, Illinois, midwestern kid at heart. Went to University of Wisconsin - Madison where he didn't attend any classes the last 5 semesters (just took exams) because he hated the classroom setting. Worked in tech consulting for a year before quitting and going to help a friend build his business.
They grew it from just around $500,000 to over $3,000,000 in sales in about 18 months opening 4 locations. After a falling out he moved to Los Angeles and worked with a menswear company where he ran the #1 office in the company and was the face for national training videos for interviewing and running training seminars. That led to today where Eric is partners in a Media Holdings company that his partner and himself are building out, have an outside shot of hitting 8 figures in revenue.
Eric also took over as CEO for an e-juice and CBD oil company. They'll be touring the United States the next 4 weeks doing a pop-up along the east coast and later this fall throughout the west coast.
Jules Schroeder founded her first six-figure company at 18 and her first seven-figure company at 22. She is the founder of Unconventional Life, a media platform & experiences company that creates transformational live events through international business accelerator courses.
At 27, Jules is creating a movement to empower youth to choose themselves by learning strategies from top experts so they can profit from their passions in this evolving world. In addition, Jules is a singer, speaker, and adventure enthusiast.
Vincent is a husband and father of three awesome boys, who they homeschool. Vincent has been a professional photographer for the past 22 years, shooting every major sporting event and much more.
His book "Freelance to Freedom, will be published in 2017.
Vincent International Sports Photographer of the Year for in 2003, photographer four U.S. Presidents, Photographed in more that 130 professional sports venues throughout the U.S., including Super Bowls, World Series, NHL Final and everything in between.
Tamara is an award winning filmmaker & director, who has found her niche with inspiring storytelling within video production. She is passionate about golf, storyboarding, building relationships, and directing documentary films that inspire. She’s produced for corporate clients such as Microsoft, and Starbucks.
Tamara left the corporate world knowing she wanted to become her own boss. She built relationships with clients such as Safeway, Gabriel Cosmetics, John Lee Dumas and Cole Hatter. On the side she directed passion projects such as Artist's Encore, a web series involving artists from American Idol, X-factor and NBC's The Voice.
Her most recent documentary film, Inspired by 11, with top entrepreneurial interviews from leaders all around the world released Feb 2016.