Entrepreneurs United

John Dame (Owner and Managing Partner, Dame Leadership) is focused on the role of purpose in the business environment, the new challenge of transitioning to a millennial-based workforce, and growing leadership teams within his client companies. Currently in the sixth year, the Evolution Leadership Conference series is designed to help leaders move from the old “command and control” leadership style to a more Purposeful leadership style. In 2021 over 500 leaders and executives attended the conference.

Chris Larsen (Founder & Managing Partner, Next-Level Income) helps people achieve financial independence through education and investment opportunities. With financial independence, Chris believes that people are able to live their best lives and make the world a better place.   You can download Chris’ book for free at www.nextlevelincome.com/book

Scott Drake (Founder and Executive Director, JumpCoach) is the Founder and Executive Director at JumpCoach, a social enterprise on a mission to make best-in-class leadership training available to everyone who needs it. Scott’s journey into leadership was long, painful, and he made every mistake in the book. It took him 10 years to thrive as a leader and not feel like an imposter.    When he became a leader of leaders, he saw next-generation leaders making the same mistakes and having the same struggles. Selfishly, he couldn’t spend 10 years watching new leaders wreck his teams while they figured out how to lead, so he began searching for a faster way to teach leadership. That search turned into a five-year research project and the innovations that are now JumpCoach.

Mike Kavanagh (MIKEKAV.COM, CEO), is a best-selling author, speaker, consultant, and coach specializing in human and organizational well-being and performance.    Mike has 17 years of experience as a C-level corporate executive and advisor to Fortune 500 companies. Kavanagh also has two decades of experience coaching individuals and teams in a variety of mental and physical training disciplines at the heart of outer and inner success.    He is the author of several books, including the #1 Amazon Bestseller Coach's Plan: The Personal Productivity System That Changed My Life, the internationally acclaimed bestseller The Successful Manager: A Guide to Building and Leading High-Performing Teams, and What Is Your Calling? The Journey to Find Work You Love.

Jeff Davis (Twelve Mavens, Founder) has built multiple national companies and has been featured in Fortune Magazine, CNN.Money, quoted by Inc Magazine and featured in countless other news stories.   Jeff paid a steep price working 80+ stressful hours per week until he eventually reached his pain threshold. It was a life changing moment that pushed him to figure out a way to escape the day to day weeds of his business and build something better.    He worked at it until he was eventually able to travel around the world for several years, he founded the national community of CEOs and entrepreneurs known as Twelve Mavens and is the founder of the popular annual strategic planning event for CEOs called Plan The Attack.

Merit Kahn (SELLect Sales Development, CEO), is in addition to the CEO of her firm, a Keynote Speaker, and Stand-up Comedian. Merit believes you should STOP selling and start getting SELLected. Her firm offers interactive virtual programs for entrepreneurs, sales professionals and business leaders.

Erik Dodier (PixelMEDIA, CEO) co-founded his company PixelMEDIA over 28 years ago.  The business has evolved from a two-person multimedia company that started in Erik's apartment, to a 400+ person firm after recent investment and combining with two other entrepreneurial, Salesforce-focused businesses, Docmation and GearsCRM. Today, the business focuses on helping organizations launch, manage and grow their eCommerce business on Salesforce.com. In this episode, we learn about the multiple Pivots that PixelMEDIA was forced to take to not only keep up with ever-changing technology over the past 30 years but also to simplify and focus his business on the area that could bring the most value to clients.

Dr. Toby Travis (Founder, TrustED) is an Executive Consultant with the Global School Consulting Group, an Adjunct Professor for the International Graduate Program of Educators for the State University of New York College at Buffalo, and an experienced teacher and school administrator, currently serving as the Superintendent of the Village Christian Academy in Fayetteville, NC. TrustED is a framework for business, organization, and school improvement focused on developing trusted leaders.  As a guest speaker, trainer, and consultant, his work has taken him throughout the United States and Europe, South Asia, Central, and South America. Dr. Travis is the author of the award-winning book “TrustED: The Bridge to School Improvement” - available at Amazon, featured in Forbes, and named “Book of The Month” (November), and nominated for “Book of The Year” (2021) by The Magic Pen. Learn more at www.trustedconsulting.org.

Norman Rice (Chief Operating Officer, Extreme Networks) has an incredible background and strong track record of creating shareholder value from development and execution of profitable Growth strategies organically and inorganically. His expertise in M&A, Operations, Global Sales, Marketing, Product Management and Business Development. Innovative and Strategic Leader lend him to be the ultimate entrepreneurial problem solver.

Alison Ver Halen (Founder, AV Writing Services, LLC) is a content marketer and SEO strategist who has always loved writing and people, so it was only natural for her to major in English and Psychology. It turned out to be the perfect degree for content marketing, although she didn't know what content marketing was at the time. When a friend asked her to write blog posts for his law firm, she jumped at the chance to get paid to write, and has never looked back.   Alison loves telling people's stories in a way that's compelling, speaks to their target audience, and most importantly converts to leads for the business.   Her upcoming book “Content Marketing Made Easy” will be coming out in February and will provide more content for those looking to explore content writing as an opportunity for their business.