Ben McLaughlan is an Australian currently living in Edmonton, Canada. In 2013, a one-way ticket to Europe started a love for travel and learning about the different places around the world. With over 60 countries traveled, Ben started a travel blog and learned the ins and outs of website creation and Search Engine Optimization. As COVID-19 crippled the globe and the travel industry, travel was paused and the travel blog took a back seat to a new business. Ben created Easy Mode Media, an Edmonton based SEO company during the pandemic with the aim of helping other businesses improve their organic…
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Aaron Tosin
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“I don’t teach football aces to play. I coach teams.” This famous quote from Premier League legend José Mourinho, one of the most decorated football managers of all time, perfectly describes the approach of Davide Brivio, the man behind 2020′s potential triple crown winners. Now that he has helped guide Joan Mir to claim the 2020 World Championship at Valencia and helmed Team Suzuki Ecstar’s team championship effort, Brivio’s near-miss of the constructor’s championship demonstrates how far he has brought the Suzuki MotoGP effort. We spoke with Brivio to discover what it takes to be a team manager and how Suzuki has gone from the returning…
Founder of the diversity and inclusion consultancy, Inspired Human, Perrine Farque looks to irradicate discrimination in the workplace and beyond. Backed by her professional career in senior marketing roles within the technology sector, Perrine uses her own experience of exclusion as a drive for change. Named as one of the Top 50 UK Women in Tech, Perrine provides inclusive strategies and training, increasing revenue by up to 20% for the businesses she works with. In this exclusive interview with Champions Speakers, Perrine shines a light on the importance of equality and shares what she has learnt from her entrepreneurial journey.…
Ava May Aromas was founded in 2018 by Hannah Chapman. The startup sells a number of home fragrance products, including wax melts, reed diffusers and room sprays. The scented candle season is upon us, as many begin to cosy-up their homes with warm, festive smells counting down for Christmas. Getting in the festive scented spirit ourselves, TechRound recently caught up with Ava May Aromas founder Hannah Chapman, discussing the inspiration behind her startup, the challenges faced along the way and plans for the future. What inspired Ava May Aromas to start? Hannah Chapman: “The short answer is I wanted to…
Syed Balkhi co-founded OptinMonster in 2013, a tool that helps businesses convert website visitors into email subscribers and customers. Now it’s the leading conversion optimization toolkit used by top brands like NBA, McAfee, TripAdvisor, American Express, etc. Syed is also the co-founder of MonsterInsights, WPForms, SeedProd, RafflePress, and other small business software. And he’s the creator of WPBeginner, the largest free WordPress resource on the web. With over 10 years of experience, he’s the leading WordPress expert in the industry. 15+ million websites use his software to grow and compete with the big guys. 60+ million people read his blogs every year…
Nationally recognized motivational speaker, mental health advocate and author, Jordan Corcoran, founder of Listen, Lucy, is a Mercyhurst College graduate with a story to share. During her freshman year, she was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Panic Disorder. After going through a difficult struggle with coming to terms and learning to cope, Jordan created an outlet where people can openly and candidly share their own personal challenges and struggles- an outlet where she can also use her lived experiences to end the stigma surrounding mental health. Now Jordan’s time is spent touring around the country speaking to college, high school…
JinJa Birkenbeuel is a trusted business advisor who fosters a lively creative process. She also has extensive experience networking for entrepreneurs and business leaders, and also consulting them on how to create and manage their personal brand and social profiles. Since 1997, JinJa has provided personal branding and representation for civic leaders and entrepreneurs in the public and private sectors, created marketing and advertising campaigns for NGOs, not for profit organizations and institutions, and collaborated with private and Fortune 500 companies like Google, Inc., SolarCity, Ericsson, AECOM and more. JinJa serves on the board of directors for the Jewish-Black Business…
Josh Opperman is the co-founder of I Do Now I Don’t, a digital platform that leverages the power of the sharing economy to connect buyers and sellers of gently used engagement rings and other wedding accessories. Opperman, a graduate of Ithaca College in upstate New York, founded I Do Now I Don’t in 2007 after a painful personal experience that led him to reassess his priorities. Opperman returned home one day that year to a house completely abandoned by his fiancée of three months — with the exception of the engagement ring Opperman had gifted her. Opperman’s attempts to return…
Andrew Andraos, CEO and founder of Andersonation is an award winning music entrepreneur, record producer, composer and operatic singer, who is also deeply rooted in the global music industry and the U.S. music business. Andraos is a driven entrepreneur with a vision to develop the music industry and grow the music business in the United States. With 10 years of industry research and 6 years of collaborations with award winning producers and musicians, Andraos knows what the music industry is missing, and how it could be developed. Andraos has been working with artists from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers,…
On a mission to find the most environmentally conscious, safe, and effective skincare products, Bonnie Schiffman ultimately decided to take matters into her own hands – thus, This Stuff Goes Bad was born. Equipped with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University, she initially worked in sustainable building in efforts to reduce the negative environmental effects of new construction. After a few years of both working by day, and teaching yoga and dance classes at night, she decided to change course and move to Los Angeles to pursue a career in dance. In Los Angeles for four years, Bonnie…