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![[Top Black Business Leader Series] Confidence to Live Richly And Die Wealthy with Chris Gandy, Founder of Midwest Legacy Group](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Chris-gandy.jpg)
[Top Black Business Leader Series] Confidence to Live Richly And Die Wealthy with Chris Gandy, Founder of Midwest Legacy Group
Chris Gandy is the Founder of Midwest Legacy Group, a boutique concierge insurance group for executives, professional athletes, physicians, business owners, and entrepreneurs.
Chris has spent the last two decades helping individuals reach their most important financial goals. His firm focuses on unique tax reduction strategies, retirement income optimization, generational wealth, and more.
Chris is a former pro-basketball player. He played for the University of Illinois, where he was co-captain before playing professionally for the Chicago Bulls, San Antonio Spurs, and France. He’s been featured in numerous magazines such as Crain’s Chicago, GQ, Black Enterprise, African American Career Worlds.
Chris has served on multiple boards including the Chicago Concussion Coalition, The Urban League, and he is currently serving as board member of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, and the National Committee for Diversity Inclusion Task Force where he is the youngest member serving on the national board.
![[Top Agency Series] How to Run Your Agency Profitably with Marcel Petitpas of Parakeeto](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Marcel-Petitpas.jpg)
[Top Agency Series] How to Run Your Agency Profitably with Marcel Petitpas of Parakeeto
Marcel Petitpas is the CEO and Co-founder of Parakeeto, an agency profitability platform that modern digital and creative agencies use to scope and measure more profitable projects in record time. They help agencies and consultancies automagically create accurate and data-driven estimates for their projects in seconds. They utilize information gathered from the Harvest time-tracking data of their clients to get the results they need for their project estimations.
Harvest data allows Parakeeto to view all information from past projects to show you exactly how much time it’s likely to take you to complete your next one. Their methods also provide real-time feedback on any changes made to the project and gives an updated estimate that compares the current project to previous ones.
![[Venture Capital Series] A Framework for Making Important Decisions with Fabrice Grinda of FJ Labs](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/fabrice-grinda.jpg)
[Venture Capital Series] A Framework for Making Important Decisions with Fabrice Grinda of FJ Labs
Fabrice Grinda is a Founding Partner at FJ Labs, is a stage-agnostic consumer facing-fund headquartered in New York City. They invest in ambitious founders solving big problems. They have investments in more than 600 investments around the world including Alibaba Group, Airbnb, Beepi, Fanduel, Dropbox, and many more, and have had over 300 million investment exits.
Fabrice was a Co-founder and former CEO of OLX, and drove the company’s business development, investor relations, M&A and product development efforts in his capacity as co-CEO. Prior to OLX, he was the founder and CEO of Zingy Inc., a mobile media startup which he successfully grew to $200 million in content sales in just four years. Fabrice was also the Co-founder and former CEO of Aucland, one of the three largest auction websites in Europe.
Forbes named Fabrice as the number one Angel Investor in 2018, which was measured by the number of investments and exits that he has done over the years.

The Other Side of a Big Exit with Ryan Moran of Capitalism.com
Ryan Moran is the Founder of Capitalism.com, where he brings like-minded entrepreneurs and experts together to build brands and businesses that last.
Ryan has launched Amazon businesses that he eventually sold for over eight-figures. Today, he has a portfolio of brands and he documents and shares his entrepreneurial journey on his podcast, Capitalism.com podcast.
Ryan is also the author of the book 12 Months to $1 Million: How to Pick a Winning Product, Build a Real Business, and Become a Seven-Figure Entrepreneur.
![[Top Women Leaders] How To Become a Better Communicator with Deirdre Breakenridge of Pure Performance Communications](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Deirdre-Breakenridg.jpg)
[Top Women Leaders] How To Become a Better Communicator with Deirdre Breakenridge of Pure Performance Communications
Deirdre Breakenridge is the CEO of Pure Performance Communications, a company that fuses strategic communications with innovative technology to impact business communications from consumer interest to brand loyalty and advocacy. Deirdre has been in PR and marketing for over 25 years, helping senior executives in mid-and-large organizations better communicate with their stakeholders.
Deirdre also does reputation management and social media relations. She’s a LinkedIn Learning instructor and was an Adjunct Professor at NYU, and she has written many books including Answers for Modern Communicators, and her latest one book, Answers for Ethical Marketers.

Evergreen Lead Generation Through Book Publishing with Angela Lauria of The Author Incubator
Angela Lauria is the Founder of The Author Incubator, an $18 million business that provides guidance for aspiring authors on how to write and publish their books. The Author Incubator has succeeded in helping more than 1,000 authors write, publish, and promote their books.
Angela has published many books herself, including Make ‘Em Beg to Work for You, The Incubated Author: 10 Steps to Start a Movement with Your Message, and more. She most recently published the second edition of The Difference: 10 Steps To Writing A Book That Matters, which details her transformational ideas on the 10 steps to writing a book that matters.
![[Top Giver Series] How to Keep Your Best Customers And Build Lasting Business Relationships](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/top-giver-series.jpg)
[Top Giver Series] How to Keep Your Best Customers And Build Lasting Business Relationships
This Top Giver Series episode features some of the best and biggest givers who are experts in customer service, business development, relationships, and direct marketing.
This episode includes recommendations and tips from amazing personalities such as Tony Grebmeier of ShipOffers, Brian Kurtz of Titans Marketing, Chris Dreyer of Rankings.io, Ian Garlic of StoryCrews, Joel Weldon of the Ultimate Speaking System, award-winning speaker and author, Joey Coleman, Mike Roderick of Small Pond Enterprises, Vinnie Fisher of Fully Accountable, Jeff Garnett of Clean Slate Laser Tattoo Removal Centers, Liran Hirschkorn of Incrementum Digital, and Justin Breen of BrEpic.
![[Top Agency Series] How to Remove Friction From Your Sales Process with John Doherty, Founder and CEO of Credo](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/john-doherty.jpg)
[Top Agency Series] How to Remove Friction From Your Sales Process with John Doherty, Founder and CEO of Credo
John Doherty is the Founder and CEO of Credo, a company that he started in 2013 because he wanted to help businesses to avoid hiring bad marketing agencies. John is a veteran SEO and digital marketer and he ranked as one of the top 140 SEO experts that anyone should be following in an article by Search Engine Journal.
Through his company, Credo, top companies can meet the best pre-vetted digital marketing providers within a few days and they can trust that these agencies can help grow their businesses. They have helped over 4,500 businesses, including companies like the New York Times, Adobe, Lands’ End, and many more.
![[Venture Capital & Israel Business Series] What Gives an Investor Goosebumps? With Ben Wiener, Managing Partner at Jumpspeed](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ben-Wiener.jpg)
[Venture Capital & Israel Business Series] What Gives an Investor Goosebumps? With Ben Wiener, Managing Partner at Jumpspeed
Ben Wiener is the Managing Partner of Jumpspeed, the first and only micro-VC fund dedicated to investing in early-stage startups that originate within the Jerusalem startup ecosystem. Jumpspeed addresses the mismatch of supply and demand for the early-stage capital in the Capital of the Startup Nation.

How to Look Beyond Eyesight & the People Telling You What You Cannot Do with Dr. Hoby Wedler, Co-Founder, Senspoint
Dr. Hoby Wedler is the co-founder of Senspoint, which has a sister brand called Tucker Branding, and it is a full-spectrum design company with a distinct focus on telling stories to create truly memorable experiences using all five senses.
Dr. Wedler has been completely blind since birth. He is a scientist, a food and beverage expert, and a passionate explorer of anything sensory. Dr. Wedler earned his Ph.D. in Computational Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Davis.
He also founded Accessible Science, a nonprofit organization that held annual chemistry camps for blind or visually impaired students. Dr. Wedler began opening doors to the world of wine aromas by holding truly blind wine tastings in Francis Ford Coppola’s wineries, and he’s conducted these all over the globe.
Dr. Wedler was recognized by President Barack Obama in 2012 when he was named a Champion of Change.

Mentor to Millions with Mark Timm
Mark Timm has been an entrepreneur for almost three decades and he has started more than a dozen companies and has had six exits. Mark has spoken professionally for more than 25 years, giving thousands of speeches to millions of people worldwide.
Mark’s most important role is being the CEO of the most valuable business in the world—his family. His own experience of dealing with entrepreneurial challenges fueled his passion for helping people balance the demands of family life and business.
He co-authored the book Mentor to Millions: Secrets of Success in Business, Relationships, and Beyond with Kevin Harrington, one of the original sharks of the hit TV Show, Shark Tank.
![[Venture Capital Series] Investing in Early Stage Startups like Pipedrive, Zevia, Kevita, & More with Zac Zeitlin of New Ground Ventures](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Zac-Zeitlin.jpg)
[Venture Capital Series] Investing in Early Stage Startups like Pipedrive, Zevia, Kevita, & More with Zac Zeitlin of New Ground Ventures
Zac Zeitlin is the Founder of New Ground Ventures, a venture capital investment platform established to fund and support breakthrough companies. They invest in companies from the early seed stage up to businesses with $10 million in sales.
New Ground Ventures have a particular focus on food, health and wellness, education, and technology. Some of the companies they have invested in include Pipedrive, Zevia, Kevita, and many others.
Before starting New Ground Ventures, Zac was a Partner at Silver Point Capital and worked as a Private Equity Investor at Goldman Sachs & Co.
![[Top Agency Series] Growth Through Acquisitions – What is Your KPI and Northstar? With Jason Swenk](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jason-Swenk.jpg)
[Top Agency Series] Growth Through Acquisitions – What is Your KPI and Northstar? With Jason Swenk
Jason Swenk is an agency coach, mentor, and advisor. He helps agency owners grow their agencies faster by setting up the right strategies and systems.
Jason is also a board Member and Partner at Republix, a $20 million+ dollar agency building the world’s leading Growth as a Service Platform to provide customers a one-stop-shop for all their growth needs with guaranteed results.
When Jason is not advising agency owners directly, he’s helping them through his two podcasts: The Smart Agency Master Class Podcast, where he shares strategies and stories from real agency owners, and the SwenkToday, which is a weekly show that documents how you can grow your digital agency.
![[Israel Business Series] Discussing Covid, Effecting 100 million People, and Contingency Plans with Ran Korber of BreezoMeter](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ran-korber.jpg)
[Israel Business Series] Discussing Covid, Effecting 100 million People, and Contingency Plans with Ran Korber of BreezoMeter
Ran Korber is Co-Founder and CEO at BreezoMeter, the leading air quality analytics company. It is one of Israel’s top startups and has almost 100 million daily users from its customers, including Dyson, L’Oreal, Bosch, Unilever, and many more.
![[Israel Business Series] Ultrarunning & Product Market Fit with Lior Sion of Bringg](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lior-sion.jpg)
[Israel Business Series] Ultrarunning & Product Market Fit with Lior Sion of Bringg
Lior Sion is Co-Founder and CTO of Bringg, a SaaS technology that improves their client’s pickup and delivery speed, capacity, and customer experience at scale. They’ve helped brands like Walmart, Coca-Cola, Panera, KFC, and many more.
Lior was previously CTO of GetTaxi and Clarizen. He is a serial entrepreneur with years of experience and know-how in disrupting the delivery industry.
![[Israel Business Series] How to 4x Your Leads for your Car Dealership with Aharon Horwitz of AutoLeadStar](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Aharon-Horwitz.jpg)
[Israel Business Series] How to 4x Your Leads for your Car Dealership with Aharon Horwitz of AutoLeadStar
Aharon Horwitz is the CEO and one of the Co-Founders of AutoLeadStar, a company that uses cutting edge technology to help the automotive industry be more effective in engaging buyers. Through their bespoke technology, AutoLeadStar automates companies’ processes to attract engaged and quality customers on the web and convert them into buyers. They have been featured in over 10 Auto publications including Dealer magazine, AutoDealer Today, and CarBizToday, and have worked with more than 30+ OEM brands.
Aharon is also the co-host of the InsideAuto podcast where they feature top leaders, entrepreneurs, GM’s, and authors across the auto industry

How to Start a Furniture Company from Scratch and Serve Companies like Google with Greg Hayes of Branch
Greg Hayes is the Co-Founder and CEO of Branch, an office furniture company. They’ve furnished companies like Google and Shopify with thousands of desks and ergonomic chairs and their office furniture company has appeared in many reputable publications. They make the most comfortable office chair and serve both large and small companies and even individual consumers. Their goal is to make it easy for teams of every size to create offices they’ll love.
![[Israel Business Series] How to Manage Over 20K Square Feet of Warehouse with Tiny Robots – Guy Glass and Reuven Della-Torre, CO-Founders, Caja Robotics](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/guy-glass.jpg)
[Israel Business Series] How to Manage Over 20K Square Feet of Warehouse with Tiny Robots – Guy Glass and Reuven Della-Torre, CO-Founders, Caja Robotics
Guy Glass is one of Israel’s e-commerce pioneers. He founded StyleRiver, the first fashion e-commerce site in Israel. As COO and CTO, Guy needed to address order fulfillment problems which led him to search for an economic warehouse robotics solution that offered adaptive processes that can work with their existing infrastructure and flexible enough to handle sales spikes.
In order to get the solution to his problem, Guy partnered with Dr. Ilan Cohen and Danny Frishman and they founded Caja Robotics in 2014. Caja Robotics is a visionary software and robotics expert that is changing the world of warehouse logistics through robotic fulfillment. Shortly after the foundation of the company, Reuven Della-Torre joined Caja Robotics and he currently serves as its CTO.
Reuven is an experienced CTO who has expertise in robotics, media content provision, telecom, web, and mobile markets. He has an in-depth knowledge of autonomous guided robots, warehousing, and video streaming communication.
![[Israel Business Series] Finding and Investing in the next Unicorn with OurCrowd Founder, Jonathan Medved](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Jonathan-Medved.jpg)
[Israel Business Series] Finding and Investing in the next Unicorn with OurCrowd Founder, Jonathan Medved
Jonathan Medved is a serial entrepreneur and he is the co-founder and CEO of OurCrowd. In 2008, a New York Times’ publication named Jonathan as one of the top 10 most influential Americans who have impacted Israel.
OurCrowd is the world’s largest equity crowdfunding platform that has raised more than $1 billion from over 770 companies since its launch in 2013.
Jonathan was also the co-founder and CEO of Vringo, a leader in the mobile social and video applications area. Prior to founding Vringo, he was also the co-founder and General Partner of Israel Seed Partners with $262 million under management in four funds and has been an investor in 60 leading Israeli companies.
![[Israel Business Series] Can Data Predict Life or Death Medical Care Before the Patient Shows Signs? With Gal Salomon CEO of CLEW Medical](https://www.inspiredinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Gal-Salomon.jpg)
[Israel Business Series] Can Data Predict Life or Death Medical Care Before the Patient Shows Signs? With Gal Salomon CEO of CLEW Medical
Gal Salomon is the CEO and Founder of CLEW Medical, a company that uses artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to improve the outcome of critically ill patients. They help doctors predict who needs life or death medical care before they’re needed.
Before founding CLEW Medical, Gal founded Sansa Security and led the company as CEO until 2010. He then served as the Chairman of the Board until the acquisition of ARM. During this time, he was also a Venture Partner at Pitango Venture Capital. Gal has also previously served in multiple positions at Intel and DSP Communications.