Entrepreneurship

Dorie Clark – I’m a strategy consultant and speaker who has worked with clients including Google, Yale University, and the World Bank. I’m a regular contributor to Forbes and the Harvard Business Review, and the author of the newly-released “Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future” (Harvard Business Review Press). I’m an adjunct professor of business administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, and have also taught at Tufts University, Suffolk University, Emerson College, Smith College Executive Education, HEC-Paris, and the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business. In the past, I also worked as a journalist and a presidential campaign spokesperson. Specialties: Marketing, branding, management consulting, strategy, media relations, communications

Srinivas Rao – SOCIAL MEDIA HOST/INTERVIEWER I interview entrepreneurs, top bloggers, and internet thought leaders. I’m the host and co-founder of BlogcastFM, a podcast on which I’ve interviewed over 300 bloggers authors, and entrepreneurs. Previous guests on BlogcastFM include Ramit Sethi, Chris Guillebeau, Robert Greene, Seth Godin, Chris Brogan Tim Ferriss, Danielle Laporte, Mike Stelzner, Cameron Herold and 100’s of others. Since starting in February 2010 the show has grown to several 100,000 downloads per month, a global audience and over 200 5-star ratings in iTunes. SOCIAL MEDIA WRITER/AUTHOR/BLOGGER In 2009, I started my personal blog The Skool of Life. My writing has been featured on many popular personal development and social media blogs, I was recognized on Problogger as one of 40 Bloggers to Watch in 2011, and am a regular contributor to the Adage 150 blog GROW. I’ve self published multiple books. My most recent book is The small Army Strategy: A Guide for Turning Fans and Followers into Fanatics and Friends for Life http://www.amazon.com/The-Small-Army-Strategy-ebook/dp/B00BHKE57G SOCIAL MEDIA SPEAKER I speak at marketing events, universities, and businesses. My specialties include: personal branding, content strategy/marketing, digital storytelling and leveraging the internet to turn fans and followers into fanatics and friends for life. Previous organizations where I’ve spoken include Pepperdine University, Eye For Travel, and New Media Expo If you would like to have me speak at your next event, please view my speaking clips below in the experience section. You can email me at srinirao@gmail.com MY CLIENTS INCLUDE 1. Solo Entrepreneurs who want to grow their online footprint 2. Consumer Internet companies/Startups searching for social media or community management, 3. Professional Associations Who Need Podcasts/Multimedia Content Produced Social Media ManagerSocial Media StrategistSocial Media Speaker

Chris Marentis – Chris Marentis is the founder and CEO of Surefire Social, the leading local online marketing technology and services company in North America. Surefire Social provides a personal, coaching-centric approach to local digital marketing offering results-driven strategies and consultation. Driving quality leads to local businesses, while creating a predictable asset for business owners, Surefire Social raises local businesses visibility through hyper-local search, display, social and mobile marketing strategies. Founded by a senior team that has built successful leading media brands, the company has a distinct understanding of local businesses and their marketing needs.Marentis has been prophetic in identifying the best ways to leverage and harness breakthrough technologies, platforms and new media to drive sales growth for companies ranging from startups to billion-dollar organizations.Marentiss storied career runs parallel with the evolution of the Web from Web 1.0 to 2.0. As Senior Vice President of America Online’s (AOL) Interactive Marketing group, Marentis was a key force in creating the foundational blueprint for online marketing, e-commerce and content branding. While CEO of Clearspring Technologies, he developed one of the most widely adopted venture-backed Web 2.0 technology platform companies in the world.For nearly three decades, Marentis has driven, innovated and created some of the largest media and e-commerce brands by leveraging transformational technologies and understanding the needs of a constantly changing marketplace. He offers a unique perspective on local small business marketing and what it takes for businesses to succeed and thrive in todays evolving environment.Specialties: Business strategy (particularly around technology, media and marketing) that will maximize enterprise value/revenue, Creating high performance teams and local marketing experts, Identifying and forging strategic relationships, Local online marketing