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Want to be a guest on The Thoughtful Entrepreneur? Apply @ https://UpMyInfluence.com/guest/ What's your Authority Score? Take the quiz @ https://UpMyInfluence.com/quiz/ John Lamb leads Elo’s worldwide marketing initiatives. John joined Elo in September of 2015 and brings with him 20 years of marketing experience for global high-tech brands. John most recently served as Getac’s director and head of marketing in North America. During John’s tenure, Getac became the fastest-growing manufacturer of rugged tablet and rugged notebook computers with top-tier customers in the military, public safety, utility, field service and enterprise customer sectors. Prior to Getac, John served in marketing management for consumer electronics companies and held roles including senior product manager at Sony, senior marketing manager at Sanyo, senior marketing manager at Canon, and assistant marketing manager at Epson. John graduated with a BA degree in Professional Photography from Brooks Institute.

David Flores Wilson, CFP, CFA is editor of Planning to Wealth, a financial planning blog focusing on strategies and techniques for business owners. His financial guidance has appeared on Yahoo!Finance, Investopedia, CNBC, InvestmentNews, and others. In addition, David is a Senior Wealth Manager at Watts Capital in New York City, where he advises and coaches business owners on a spectrum of financial matters as they progress on their goals and dreams. He’s a Certified Financial Planner, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified College Financial Consultant designations.

Cristina Carballo-Perelman, M.D. has been a physician for 30+ years. She has seen how society continues to devalue women both at work and at home. Her motivation to write female empowering books derives from wanting to help women who have experienced similar situations. Her aim is to empower women, not make them into “ little men”.  She lives in Scottsdale with her husband, a retired physician.  Her latest book is The New Working Woman's (r)Evolution

Cameron Huddleston is the author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations With Your Parents About Their Finances and an award-winning personal finance journalist.

Bob Lee is an internationally recognized author, conference speaker and media commentator.  His career includes 15 years as a senior leader with Great Place to Work® Institute during which he spoke at conferences and events throughout US, Europe, Middle-East, Africa and Asia, sharing his unique insights on how and why the world’s best employers use great workplace cultures to drive competitive advantage.  From conversations with hundreds of managers and employees around the world, Bob became intrigued by a simple question. Why, even in the very best workplaces, are there pockets of deep unhappiness—teams for whom the day-to-day workplace experience is very different from that of their colleagues elsewhere in the organization? Bob set out to understand exactly what the best managers were doing right that other managers were doing wrong. He studied feedback from almost two million employees in eighty countries around the world to better understand the manager attitudes and behaviors that have the greatest impact on how employees experience the workplace.  The resulting work - Trust Rules: How the World’s Best Managers Create Great Places to Work - achieved #1 Best-Seller status in Amazon’s International Business category within two weeks of launch, and has been published in 12 separate international editions. Connect with Bob via LinkedIn.

Jay Owen started his digital agency, Design Extensions, at the age of 17. Since then, they've grown both revenue and profit every year. When he's not busy with the business, Jay can usually be found with his wife of 16 years and their 5 children. Listen to Jay's Podcast, Building a Business That Lasts  Get a copy of Jay's Book, Building a Business That Lasts - Without Sacrificing Family. 

Each week, Toastmasters helps more than a quarter of a million men and women to build their confidence to lead others. Lauralee Norris is the District 7 Public Relations Manager for Toastmasters International. She has been a member of Toastmasters since 2016, completing her Advanced Leadership Bronze, Advanced Communicator Silver, and received her Leadership Excellence Award. Outside of Toastmasters, Lauralee is a graduate of Oregon Coast Community College with two associates, and is a current student at Eastern Oregon University. She credits Toastmasters for helping her land an internship with Financial Freedom Wealth Management Group LLC, and advanced to a Public Relations Specialist for Bateman Funeral Home, Affordable Burial and Cremation, and Pacific View Memorial Chapel and Gardens.  John Rodke is the District 7 Director for Toastmasters International. This CEO role supports 3000+ members by leading a diverse structure of teams to enable the organization's members to become better leaders and communicators within our community. John has been a member of Toastmasters for over 9 years. He has had the opportunity to learn from, and with, thousands of people along this journey. John is a polymath with a background in Mechanical Engineering, and the owner of three companies. These companies provide Coaching for Public Speaking, Product Development for tools and outdoor equipment, and Residential Construction. The skills developed in Toastmasters have enabled John to listen, learn, lead, and thrive through the variety of life's opportunities. Learn more about District 7 at D7Toastmasters.org

Jürgen is a marketing strategist, speaker and podcaster; he has spent years in both the corporate world and small business world at the intersection of technology, science, human behaviour, marketing and business management, leading global multi-national teams across Asia, Europe, India, North America and Australia. He is founder and chief innovator at Innovabiz who partners with exceptional business coaches to enable them to acquire more leads and more business by reaching their ideal target prospects with their message, so that they will achieve growth and be able to make a difference to more ideal clients. As host of the InnovaBuzz Podcast with over 170 episodes, Jürgen has interviewed with innovative entrepreneurs from around the world. Check out his interviews with Jennifer and Josh! He also hosts the Tales of Marketing Transformation Show, which is all about making marketing more human.Access the Transformational Marketing Hub by visiting innovabiz.co/vip. Connect on Twitter. Connect on LinkedIn.

Cat MacLeod is the General Manager and founder of Leod Escapes. He’s a charismatic big blond viking of a man with 40 years motorcycle riding experience across 20 different countries.  He has degrees in International Business, Marketing, Video Production and an MBA. He took his 15 years of experience in the Motorcycle Industry and 10 years of experience in the travel industry and turned a crazy dream into a company that’s been running now for 6 years. His business is unique but his story might sound familiar. Connect with this businessman masquerading as a globe trotting motorcyclist at LeodEscapes.com

Susana Yee is marketing expert and a pioneer in the field of social media and influencer marketing. Susana is founder of Digital Everying Consulting and  Creator of The Influencer Marketing Roadmap Course. She helps companies and brands learn how to create effective strategy driven influencer marketing campaigns. Susana was featured as 2011 "Social Media Marketing Pioneer" on the eHow Shift 100 mentioned in Bloomberg. Her team created the Guess Jeans Pinterest campaign that was named "5 Interesting Pinterest Marketing Campaigns" by Mashable and Yahoo. Connect with Susana at DigitalEverything.Consulting.