Curtis Boyd

Founder, Objection.co

My entrepreneurial journey started when I was in Nursing School. I was in my last semester, $30,000 in debt, and was rotating through the ER where I was precepting. One of the cosmetic surgeons came into the ER to do a consult, he was in a terrible mood because a patient left him a terrible review that was really hurting his private practice. I told him that I might be able to remove it for him, he jokingly said he'd pay off my student loans if I did. I told him how much in Student Loans I had, and he said he'd probably lost more than that already in the week that the review had been up since it lost him 7-8 new consultations. The next day I called his office and asked him if he was serious about the offer he made in the ER - he said he was.

Tilley Fine

Founder and CEO, Conscious Living Activist

Tilley Fine is the Founder of Conscious Living Activist. She is a Conscious Coach, focusing on life transitions, including parenting, relationships, professional life, and everyday interactions. Certified by the Dr Shefali Institute of Conscious Parenting and the Heartmath Institute. Tilley supports individuals, families and groups worldwide, in navigating through their life transitions. She challenges and guides her clients to become their authentic selves which is, for most people, buried under deeply rooted cultural conditioning and belief systems, stemming back to early childhood. Tilley blends traditional coaching and therapy, with dynamic spiritual elements and is radically shifting the way we think about life’s challenges, by ending the cycle of conflict, through healing and connection.

Carol Cronin

Artist

Carol Cronin is an Irish Seascape painter based in the South West tip of Ireland on the Dingle Peninsula. Cronin spent numerous years travelling internationally, drawn to the wide-flung seashores of the world, and settled in Amsterdam for 10 years prior to moving back to Ireland. Her work has been exhibited extensively, including in Dublin (The Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA)), London, Dusseldorf, Amsterdam, Sicily, New York, Abu Dhabi, California In 2009 Carol Cronin established her own gallery on Upper Green Street Dingle, Co Kerry, Ireland. Her seascape paintings are a direct response to the wild Irish Atlantic coastline. The painting style and technique used is unique, a gradual learned process that avoids the use of photographs as a source but rather relies on detailed pencil drawings from life. The colour is built up using thin layers of glazes and transparencies.

Cynthia Zaweski

Founder/CEO, Ascent StoryCraft

A graduate of Suffolk University in Boston, I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication and Journalism. My career has taken me across the country, working as an on-air reporter and producer at local NBC and FOX affiliates in Louisiana and West Virginia. My passion for the written word led me to become a lifestyle journalist, with expertise in home decor writing and healthy living for leading luxury magazines. I’ve been honoured with several Press Association awards for my news-you-can-use style guides, as well as long-form, research and interview-based pieces.

Johnny Nash

Director & Founder, FORTE ICT

Left a warzone to building a successful life as a global headhunter and founder. over 23 years experience as a leading Recruitment Headhunter across the globe. I secure the top 15% of talent for startup's, scale up's and multinationals transforming. I am a recruitment founder, who built his company from zero and overcoming many, many adversities in getting there. Careers Accountability coach, who has placed over 3,000 candidates to date across UK & International Markets.

Niraj Kapur

Trusted LinkedIn Trainer and Sales Coach, Sales

After 23 years in London running sales teams from The Guardian newspaper Group to FTSE 100 businesses, Niraj wanted to raise the standards of sales, so he wrote Everybody Works in Sales which was in the Amazon Top 100 on 29 occasions. He then set up his own sales coaching and LinkedIn training company to keep businesses accountable to help them achieve results. He’s delivered training to 300 small businesses including corporates like Barclays. Natwest, Sainsbury’s and Google.

Victoria Taylor

Founder & Experience Consultant, VictoriaTaylUK

Victoria Taylor is a human-centred experience consultant and international speaker, who puts different inexperience. Her purpose is to help brands become leaders in inexperience. She gets brands to ‘Raise-the-Bar’ in experience by thinking different, creating different and doing differently. She consults on the audience, employee, customer and brand experience, working with boutique businesses, fortune 100 brands, and everything in between.

James Flynn

Co-Founder and CEO, Connect Mór

Co-founder and CEO of Connect Mór, James Flynn graduated from University College Cork, Ireland with a BSc in Computer Science. After working as an engineer with Susquehanna International Group - a quantitative trading firm, and industry-leading CRM Salesforce, he set out on his new venture. Throughout his career in engineering roles, James was exploring different business ideas such as a new airline that ran flights on routes that were historically not cost-effective, and tinder for startup co-founders. Eventually, after a conversation with some friends who work in marketing, he formulated the idea for Connect Mór. Connect Mór is the web app that makes social media easy.