Sidepreneurs

Kaleigh Moore is a content marketing specialist, social media expert and copywriter with a passion for helping businesses and non-profits expand their online reach through creative, engaging strategies, graphic design, branding and carefully crafted content. In addition to writing and editing content Kaleigh manages social media accounts for clients and offers training and speaking sessions on using social media effectively. Previously, she was the owner of UE Jewelry, a top selling online...

Aaron Walker is a professional life and business coach with a strong desire to inspire others through his leadership, mentorship and persistent pursuit of excellence. As a serial entrepreneur Aaron started his first business at 18 and eventually sold it to a Fortune 500 company for more than $1 million. Since then he has built and sold 8 lucrative companies as well as led a top rated construction firm. Aaron is the president and founder of View from the Top.

Jared Kleinert is the co-founder of 2 Billion Under 20, an organization and community dedicated to helping under 20s find and act on their passions. Jared is also the co-author of a book by the same name and often keynotes at events such as TEDx where he covers a range of topics including youth entrepreneurship and millennial empowerment. Besides being featured by TechCrunch, Business Insider, and Fast Company, Jared regularly contributes to publications such as The Huffington Post. Jared...

Laura Roeder is a social media marketing strategist and speaker who has been named a Top 100 Entrepreneur under 30 by Empact Showcase multiple times. Besides launching MeetEdgar.com, a social media scheduling and marketing automation app, she founded LKR Media where she creates training courses for business owners learning to leverage online marketing and social media. She regularly keynotes at popular industry events such as South by Southwest Interactive and BlogWorld, as well as features...

Julie Morey is a nationally recognized divorce recovery coach and author with a passion for helping other women move beyond their divorce and rebuild their lives. In her tell all travel memoir, “Travel, Sex, and Train Wrecks.” Julie details her adventures and misadventures while traveling around South East Asia after her divorce. She credits travelling to her healing and often incorporates it into her coaching for a unique experience. She is the founder of Julie Morey, Thriving After Divorce.

Sophia Bera is a highly sought-after financial planner and speaker who’s shaking up the financial industry by eliminating asset minimum requirements and changing the conversation from retirement planning to financial independence for Gen Y. Besides contributing her financial insights to AOL’s Daily Finance website and being quoted frequently by publications such as Money Magazine, Forbes, InvestmentNews, The Huffington Post, and more, Money Under 30 named her one of The Top Financial...

Pam Hendrickson is the former executive vice president of content development for Tony Robbins where she developed and delivered coaching programs, high-end products, and more. Since leaving her position, she has won several Stevie Awards for her entrepreneurial achievements and co-authored the bestselling book, Make, Market, Launch IT: the Ultimate Product Creation System for Turning Your Ideas into Income. Today, she helps clients create information programs and products that support their...

Corey Perlman is a nationally recognized social media speaker, consultant, and author who owns a full-service digital marketing agency that provides the knowledge and skills needed to market a business effectively online. Besides writing SocialMedia Overload, he authored eBoot Camp—a book that received global attention and became an Amazon.com bestseller. He’s a proud member of the National Speaker’s Association and is known for delivering presentations that are fun, unique, and free of geek...

Christy Wright is a certified business coach, highly sought-after speaker, and writer whose inspiring and enthusiastic presentations cover a wide range of topics including personal development, goal setting, life balance, and business and money management. Besides frequently speaking at Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership Master Series, Performance Series, and One-Day events, she often contributes her insights to The EntreLeadership Podcast and EntreLeadership.com. She also trains business leaders...

John Corcoran is a former Clinton White House writer turned attorney, small business advisor, and relationships and communications expert who teaches entrepreneurs how to leverage relationships to attract more customers and boost revenues. Besides creating The SMART Business Revolution podcast, he regularly writes for publications such as The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Get Rich Slowly, Art of Manliness, and more. John Corcoran is the founder of Smart Business Revolution and Corcoran...

Aaron Schwartz is the co-founder, CEO, and director of player personnel at Modify Watches, an American retailer of customizable modular watches that are designed with interchangeable faces and straps to suit an individual’s style and mood. In 2011, Empact100 recognized his company as one of the top 100 companies run by young entrepreneurs age 30 or younger. Aaron often contributes his insights to publications such as Forbes, Business Insider, Inc. Magazine, and more.

Marc Mawhinney is an entrepreneur, podcast creator, and coach with a desire to help other coaches improve results. On his daily Natural Born Coaches show, he shares conversations with successful people in the coaching business to help educate and motivate listeners who want to start or grow their own venture. Marc also offers coaching programs and mentoring, as well as podcast coaching for clients who want to start their own shows. Marc is the founder of NaturalBornCoaches.com.

Judy Robinett is a startup funding expert, successful author, and international speaker whose killer networking skills have helped her become known as “the woman with the titanium digital Rolodex.” In addition to being profiled by Fast Company, CBS, Forbes, The Huffington Post, and more, her book, How to Be a Power Connector: the 5+50+150 Rule, was named The #1 Business Book of 2014 by Inc. Magazine. She also co-authored a chapter in Crowdfunding for Dummies. Judy is a super connector and...

Mary Marshall is an executive coach and consultant who helps grow small businesses into successful ventures while helping CEOs and executive teams achieve their personal and professional goals quickly and efficiently. In 2012 Mary launched Marshall Advisors as an executive advisory agency. Since then she has become the President of CEO Global Network a peer advisory organization that offers learning and development opportunities through targeted one on one mentoring, focused learning events...

Simon Bailey is a well-known keynote speaker, executive advisor and career mentor with a passion for inspiring brilliant action by teaching influencers how to improve themselves while changing the world. As an author, he has written several popular books including Release Your Brilliance, Success is an Inside Job and Shift Your Brilliance: Harness the Power of You, Inc. He also regularly contributes to American City Business Journal and his Improving Your Business in Life blog. Simon is the...

Jason Bay is the founder of Gen Y Success and owner of Jason Bay Consulting. He is an entrepreneur marketer and podcaster who specializes in coaching millennial entrepreneurs who want to build authority in their niche, nail their lead generation strategy and boost their business growth. Besides hosting the Gen Y Success show, a top rated podcast that highlights accomplished young entrepreneurs and business people with a unique perspective on success, he also consults small to midsize...

Justin Baeder is an independent educational consultant, author, researcher, and speaker who supports school administrators in becoming high-performance instructional leaders. As director of The Principal Center, he regularly writes about principal productivity, performance, and technology at Eduleadership.org, as well as speaks at national conventions such as the NAESP and ASCD. Justin is an educational expert and also hosts Principal Center Radio where he interviews thought leaders about...

James Roche is the world’s leading expert on helping service-based entrepreneurs create $250,000 – $1,000,000 businesses working less than 20 hours a week with only one part-time assistant. As a successful business marketing coach, he has built his trademarked model "The Entrepreneur’s Path” to help 1000's of entrepreneurs go from wondering what to do, to building a thriving, profitable business. He's living his remote lifestyle as head coach for Ali Brown’s yearlong Elevate program,...

Meron Bareket is the founder of Inspiring Innovation a digital magazine and podcast that features the world’s leading entrepreneurs and shares their incredible stories of success. He also created a popular 7-day video course called The Podcast Starter Kit which teaches budding hosts everything they need to know about launching a podcast from scratch and making it a hit. Meron is a man on a mission to help others create freedom in life through entrepreneurship.

Zvi Band is a successful entrepreneur and web developer who is passionate about growing the DC start up community. Besides being a mentor at Accelerprise and 1776, he cofounded Proudly Made in D.C. and the DC Tech Meet Up. Zvi is also the founder and CEO of Contactually, one of the hottest start up’s helping professionals generate business from their networks. Zvi Band has been named a Washington Tech Titan by Washingtonian Magazine and One of D.C.’s 50 On Fire by D.C. Inno.