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Krista is an award-winning fast growth entrepreneur and has created brands poised for explosive growth in underserved industries. 

Known as a real-time connector, Krista founded CBD Caring on her couch and has grown it into an award-winning fast growth plant medicine empire with a 100% female Board of Directors and leadership team. Named by Green Entrepreneur as one of the Top 100 Cannabis Leaders in the Medical category for their exacting standards with a commitment to improving the quality of life for people and pets.

Javier Hasse is Managing Director for Benzinga Cannabis, CEO of Spanish news site El Planteo and psychedelics-focused reporter.

As an award-winning reporter and editor, Javier's had roughly 5,000 unique articles published across numerous mass media outlets including CNN, Forbes, MSN, Chicago Tribune, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Entrepreneur Magazine, MarketWatch, Houston Chronicle, The Street, Nasdaq, Morningstar, Playboy, Benzinga, MERRY JANE, High Times, and many others.

Beyond cannabis, Javier is a published photographer and Billboard-charting rapper, featured on hip-hop albums that also included Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA and Inspectah Deck, Twista, Lil Windex, Riff Raff, Cyhi The Prynce, Yung Bleu, DJ Whoo Kid, Jonathan Hay, and others.

Brooke B. Sellas is the Founder & CEO of @HelloBSquared, an award-winning social media, advertising, and customer care agency.

Shep Hyken is the CAO (Chief Amazement Officer) of Shepard Presentations. As a customer service and experience expert and keynote speaker, Shep works with companies who want to build loyal relationships with their customers and employees. His focus is on delivering amazing customer service, customer engagement, managing the customer experience and creating customer loyalty. He is a hall of fame speaker (National Speakers Association) and a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author.

Colin Shaw is the Founder & CEO of Beyond Philosophy LLC who helps organizations grow by identifying hidden, unmet needs.

Greg is a founding partner at BOSS Capital Partners, has built and sold 12 businesses in BioTech, TransitTech, AdTech and MarTech.

He is a Forbes Book Author & contributor and has been featured or quoted in publications like Fortune, Entrepreneur, The New York Observer, The DEAL and Thrive Global. A recipient of four private equity awards for transactions between $250M to $1B, Greg has appeared on TV, Radio, and popular Podcasts. Greg has also been a TEDX and Keynote speaker at multiple universities and conferences worldwide.

Greg is a founding partner at BOSS Capital Partners, a global investment syndicate that focuses on series seed technology businesses that prefer operational expertise and guidance to achieve capital-efficient and rewarding outcomes. He is also the creator of BOSS (Business Operating Support System), an open source business operating system based on his 20+ years of entrepreneurial and investor experience. BOSS was developed to empower entrepreneurs and increase the overall startup success rate.

Brian Burke, the Mac Man from sellyourmac.com, started selling stuff like electronics, jewelry, etc. on the sidewalk by age 10.

Chris is the founder of Trainual i.e. training manuals or standard operating procedures, like a playbook for a growing business.

Manoshi Kamdar is the founder & creative director of Aara Inc based in India which is a fashion design and business consultancy.

Erik is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media, the fastest growing marketing consultancy in the US that has valued at $75 million.

Ryan Heafy is the COO of 6AM City, a hyperlocal media company in Greenville, delivers email product at 6 o’clock every morning.

Christopher is the co-founder and chairman of SUBTA, working on building the largest community to consumer subscription space. 

Warren is a cannabis Alchemist & author of 2 books, has created a life writing about spirits the type of spirits that are drunk.

Minnie Ingersoll is a venture capitalist based in LA, co-founded the venture-backed online car marketplace called Shift in 2013.

Janeen Olmos is a certified resilience coach, licensed mental health and addiction therapist, lives in Kansas, United States.

Joann Greig took early retirement from the United Nations as a legal officer to follow her passion i.e. dreaming and coaching.

Ulymar Rocha has a business called Stonebridge Imports in Canada. He is basically from Brazil and an immigrant in Canada.

Ryan Hogan is the Co-Founder and CEO of a company called Hunt A Killer, having many offices based in Baltimore and Seattle, US.

Cheryl Crow is the founder of Arthritis Life, got diagnosed with an autoimmune disease & decided to have a business based on that.

Anthony Landolfi is the founder of True Market Strategies, provides training on how to actually trade the stock market from home.

Michele is certified in Complementary & Alternative Medicine and studying medical disciplines such as Ph.D. in Holistic Natural.

Meenakshi is a single mom of a 16 years old boy, living in Boston. Originally from India, she’s a doctor and Reiki practitioner.