• Get invaluable feedback and potential access to capital to grow your business today.
• Get guidance and hands-on coaching to present your best foot forward:
• Know exactly what investors are looking for
• Understand what makes a sexy surefire pitch
• Develop your pitch skills
• Present your business with power!

Maria Simone

CEO Passion To Prosperity, Intl,
Co-Founder BusinessCreditSpot.com

7-Step Enlightened Business Building System; Funding Strategies For Your Business
Maria is a Transformational Business & Funding Strategist, author and speaker. She is the new voice of “Enlightened Entrepreneurship” as she combines spiritual principles with practical business building strategies for immediate business profit. Since her corporate days, Maria has started 4 businesses, raised over $4 million in funding and has created millions in revenue. Her company Passion to Prosperity International produces the Enlightened Entrepreneur Summit. She is a frequent talk radio guest, has been featured in Success Magazine and has made appearance on ABC and Fox TV.

Marcia Martin

Transformational Leadership Consultant, Co-Founder 1Degree Media

Marcia was one of the original pioneers of the Human Potential Movement and was Vice President of est (Erhard Seminars Training, now Landmark Education), the largest personal education company in the world with over $76 million in revenue and millions of graduates worldwide (2005).  Marcia is also a world-renowned motivational speaker, transformational trainer and executive coach, having trained over 150,000 people in public and corporate markets worldwide.  Her corporate clients have included Capital One, Inter-Continental Hotels, and Loews Hotels International. Most recently, Marcia co-founded 1Degree Media & Entertainment, a transformational media and entertainment company.

Steven Sadleir

Maximizing your Full Potential and Purpose Steven Sadleir, a Shaktipat Meditation Master, is the Founder of SAI, the Self Awareness Institute, a virtual university for enlightenment. Steven provides business tools to enable top level management and entrepreneurs to expand their vision, develop their mind to achieve top performance and find greater happiness and peace through greater self awareness. Steven is also an economist, fund advisor and business consultant, as well as a best-selling author and radio host.

JAMES and LORRAINE CONAWAY 

Finding Hidden Wealth In Your Life and Business

With over 44 years of combined experience, financial strategists, James & Lorraine Conaway have helped clients nationwide find clarity & confidence in their financial futures. Together they create comprehensive financial plans by incorporating traditional values with non-traditional strategies for business owners, real estate investors, charities, families, and individuals. They support their clients to find the “hidden assets” in their personal life and business and together have raised over $20 million dollars in planned gifts for various charities. They are the hosts of "Smart Money Talk Radio" on KNBC affiliate 1050AM.

Will Pena

CEO of Elite Virtual Assistants

Panel: Building Wealth with Systems & Structure Panel. Will Pena, MBA is a business expert, specializing in building businesses that run themselves.  With an emphasis on leadership training, efficient systems and building “A” level teams, he has helped hundreds of business owners greatly increase the value of their business.  He started Elite Virtual Assistants, a US based VA company, with his partner Jim Reyes, to help business owners free up their time and make a lot more money.

Julia Dilts

CEO of Maverick Angels

fundRAISE Investor Panel
Julia Dilts is the Co-Founder & CEO of Maverick Angels, an International Angel Investment Network based in Southern California and Utah which she founded with her late husband, John Dilts. Maverick Angels focuses on mentoring and training global Entrepreneurs to fund promising early-stage companies resulting in successful and self-sustaining businesses.

Lynn rose

Lynn Rose is a transformational speaker, singer & TV host having spoken or performed for hundreds of thousands of people around the world.  She is the leading expert in an enlightened approach to speaking, called, ‘The WOW Factor’ where she’s worked with billion dollar CEO’s, celebrities & top experts to those just starting out.  She’s transforming lives across the planet with her WOW work, along with her explosive spirit that ignites audiences globally when she speaks or performs, and her commitment to everyone living their most fully self-expressed life.

GIA HELLER

CEO, National Business Experts

Panel: Creating Profitable Relationships Using Social Media
Gia Heller is the Founder and CEO of The National Business Experts, a premier networking organization which takes traditional community based businesses and connects them using social media marketing. As a commercial real estate agent she found it very difficult to connect with potential clients using traditional marketing methods. When she turned to social media, she dramatically shortened her sales cycle. Having a desire to help others create similar success, she formed Arizona Women Networking several years ago which ultimately grew into The National Business Experts.

Ed Rholl

Director, C.H.I. Consulting Group

Planning That Funds A Socially Conscious Business Ed is Director of C.H.I. Consulting Group where he works with socially conscious businesses to form, structure, get funding and grow. Ed has written business and financial plans in more than twenty industries and assisted companies with seed funding for fifteen years. He is a former practicing attorney, investment banker, non-profit executive director and is currently a mentor in Compassion Happens’ Join the SCENE.

Simon Mainwaring

Founder, We First

Building Your Expert Brand, Community and Future Simon Mainwaring is an award-winning branding consultant, bestselling author, influential blogger and international speaker. He is the founder of We First, a social branding firm committed to helping brands build communities, profit and positive impact. He is a member of the Sustainable Brands Advisory Board and a contributor to Fast Company, Forbes, Huffington Post, Mashable, and GOOD Magazine. Simon’s first book, We First: How brands and consumers use social media to build a better world is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Amazon bestseller.

JERRI ROSEN

CEO & Founder of Working Wardrobes

Innovation & Sustainability Panel As CEO/Founder of Working Wardrobes, Jerri calls herself an 'accidental' nonprofit leader. What started as a 'one time only' event, a Day of Self-Esteem for women, in 1990, has become a fully operational nonprofit organization serving 5,000 men, women and young adults each year. Working Wardrobes empowers men, women, and young adults in life crises to confidently enter the workforce with career development and wardrobe services and clients receive a variety of Career Development Services, wardrobing and grooming.

Sherry Watson

Founder, CEO of The POWER of GRANT MONEY™

Discover How to Access Grant Money. Sherry Watson, the Founder of The POWER of GRANT MONEY™, a national corporation providing consulting, grant writing and program development services to individuals and organization. Sherry has over 25 years of experience in the grant industry and has generated over $130 million in grant money and counting. Sherry Watson has designed and launched several successful organizations and corporations focused on social and economic value creation and strategic planning. Sherry utilizes her expertise in business planning, strategic planning and grant writing in her consulting work with entrepreneurs. She works with organizations and corporations in all phases. Her clients range from small start-up entities to business ventures to large corporations. Sherry’s nationally recognized focus is blurring the lines between sectors.

Gary Henson

Founder, BusinessCoach.com

Panel: Building Wealth with Systems & Structure Panel. With over 21 years of experience as an industry expert business coach, Gary has worked with 7,000+ business leaders and coached 500+ organizations including Monterey Mushrooms, Carson Landscape Industries, and A&S BMW Motorcycles, #1 BMW Motorcycle Dealership in the world. His one of a kind methodology offers a companywide approach to coaching in areas such as sales, leadership, teambuilding, accountability, and communication. His articles have been published in Fortune, Entrepreneur, The Sacramento Bee, Business Journals and Managing Success Magazine as well as many others./td>

Domingo M. Silvas III

Capital Strategist and Business Development Specialist

fundRAISE Investor Panel Domingo is the Co-Founder of 11i Solutions, a technology company with a current valuation of $45 million. As a capital strategist, he has raised over $190 million in funding for various companies. Previously, Domingo served as the CEO of AquaGold, a publicly-traded UScompany with subsidiaries in Canada and China and annual revenue in excess of $30 million. One of his most visible contributions to the company’s success included facilitating an eight year, $200 million sales contract in China.  Domingo also founded and managed Leads Direct, a lead generation technology company with annual revenues of $10 million.

Aaron S. Young

CEO of Laughlin Associates.

Panel: Building Wealth with Systems & Structure Panel. Aaron teaches entrepreneurs how to build a corporate fortress for their business and family. An advocate for small business, Aaron has armed over 80,000 entrepreneurs with strategies that can be applied immediately to create exponential business growth and asset preservation. An author, speaker and frequent guest on radio and television, Aaron teaches how to move from dream to reality without putting everything at risk. Let me know if you need anything else. Also, when should we get a couple of rooms booked in your block?

Esperanza Universal

Co-creator and CEO of the SOUL Institute, Inc.

How To Remove Obstacles On A Soul Level and Create the Life You Really Want
Esperanza graduated with a degree in Psychology went on to a Masters Degree and ultimately received a Law Degree. As a Civil Litigator for many years, she specialized in land, business and labor law. Her dream was to become the first Hispanic Congresswoman when she began to see Angels in the Courtroom. At first shocked and bewildered, she soon thereafter earned a Metaphysical degree and became a Spiritual Teacher. She now teaches 'Unconditional Love' and 'Individual Freedom' to many throughout the world.

Jill Lublin

CEO Promising Promotions

Connect with the Media for $50K in free publicity. As an international speaker, Jill has been praised as a modern-day Dale Carnegie for how to be influential. Jill’s #1 national bestselling books include Networking Magic, Guerrilla Publicity, Get Noticed…Get Referrals: Build Your Client Base and Your Business by Making a Name for Yourself. Jill teaches powerful publicity, networking, and how-to- be-influential techniques. As the CEO of the strategic consulting firm, Promising Promotion, Jill has trained companies in innovative methods to improve bottom line results.