Our speakers

After spending time at some of the most complex organizations and companies in the world (White House, Apple, Lyft) and building Almanac, a successful collaboration software company, Adam realized that small teams and solopreneurs were being left behind by the AI revolution. In 2023, Adam launched Blaze, the #1 marketing AI tool for entrepreneurs to create and post high-quality marketing content in minutes. Blaze has now helped over 100,000 entrepreneurs grow.

Adam holds systems engineering and economics degrees from Duke University and an MBA with highest honors from Harvard Business School.

I’m Shima Ghaheri, the founder of UnderlineU and the creator of the Recalibrate Program, where I help professionals transition into careers they love—without losing themselves to burnout or overwhelm. My journey into this work began when I experienced burnout while managing a demanding career, building my side business, and striving to grow both professionally and personally. That experience made me realize that success doesn’t have to come at the expense of well-being, and it inspired me to help others find a more sustained path.

From working in a beer warehouse in eastern WA, to a decade later owning my own Business Consultancy in Seattle, WA.

Working through many facets of Marketing and Business through agency and in-house settings for solo-entrepreneurs and SMB clients through enterprise Fortune 10 companies. I have managed departments and teams, large budgets, projects, programs and change management.

I have bootstrapped my business from Freelancing to owning my business with employees, by myself.

Brand consultant for companies that feed, nourish, and connect humans. Founder of Noise 13 and A Dash Of, Dava is a creative leader, taste curator, speaker, investor and connector.

Alan Lai is the founder of CareerInsighter, an AI-driven platform transforming performance-based hiring and career upskilling through AI role-play and scenario simulations. With over 20 years of experience in high-tech and consulting at companies like Adobe, Amazon, and Wipro Consulting, Alan has mastered the art of negotiation, leadership, and career transitions—skills that he now helps others develop through AI-powered learning experiences.

Alan’s work focuses on helping startups and SMBs find the right talent through AI-driven hiring simulations while also empowering professionals to upskill, transition careers, and scale side hustles using AI. He has been featured in industry discussions on AI in hiring, soft skills development, and the future of work.

Product Gold was born from a refusal to settle. With 20+ years of product experience for each Co-founder—spanning startups to global enterprises, junior roles to the C-suite—we’ve navigated every stage of the product journey. Now, we help others do the same. Product management isn’t just our expertise; it’s our passion. We stay ahead of trends, challenge conventions with purpose, and know when to follow frameworks or forge new paths. Whether you’re charting your next career move or tackling product challenges, we bring the insights and guidance to help you break out of the status quo and move forward with confidence.

Product Gold was born from a refusal to settle. With 20+ years of product experience for each Co-founder—spanning startups to global enterprises, junior roles to the C-suite—we’ve navigated every stage of the product journey. Now, we help others do the same. Product management isn’t just our expertise; it’s our passion. We stay ahead of trends, challenge conventions with purpose, and know when to follow frameworks or forge new paths. Whether you’re charting your next career move or tackling product challenges, we bring the insights and guidance to help you break out of the status quo and move forward with confidence.

I'm Dr. Chloe Sharp, author of "Make Products That Matter," a comprehensive guide to research-driven product development. As an experienced innovation consultant and exited co-founder of SnapOut, I've helped numerous startups and SMEs secure over £10 million in funding while providing expert UX and innovation services.

My expertise spans product management, UX research, and innovation leadership. I've successfully built a 300-member strong UX community (UXMK) with speakers such as Barclays Ventures, Akendi and Open University, led complex innovation projects, and established new services within existing SMEs. My experience includes working as a product manager and leader at one of the UK's leading grant agencies, where I honed my skills in strategic decision-making and product management.

As an ILM5 qualified coach, I mentor leaders, founders, and product development teams, emphasising data-driven, evidence-based approaches to business and product strategy and building innovation cultures. My background in user research, market analysis, and product management enables me to build compelling evidence for informed decision-making.

My academic credentials, including a PhD in sociology specialising in grounded theory, have informed my scientific approach to product research and discovery. I apply this theoretical knowledge to practical, context-specific situations, helping businesses innovate effectively.

I'm a UX educator, mentor, and founder of MarziUXD, a UX community dedicated to helping designers land jobs and level up their careers. With over 10 years of experience in UX, I’ve mentored hundreds of designers and built a sustainable business around teaching, mentoring, and running cohort-based challenges. My expertise lies in transition from learning to earning, turning skills into scalable income streams through workshops, consulting, and content creation.

Founder CRZY design and strategy studio. Host of The Crazy One podcast, and international keynote speaker

I'm a dot connector, passionate about sharing resources and ideas. In today's attention economy, my focus is on delivering quality work while keeping things simple and honest. Transparency, honesty, and execution are my cornerstones.

🚀 I offer guidance and courses on sales enablement, sales process fundamentals, business development, and more. As a seasoned Head Hunter, Sales professional, and Tech entrepreneur with international experience, I excel in solving complex business challenges.

Kurt Schmidt is a seasoned business growth strategist and leadership mentor with over 20 years of experience in scaling agencies. As former President of Foundry, he led the company to the INC 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list twice. Kurt's expertise in transforming small teams into industry leaders is exemplified by his feat of helping expand an agency from 50 to 550 employees.

Currently, as founder of Schmidt Consulting Group, he advises professional service businesses on growth strategies. Kurt is also the author of the Amazon bestseller "The Little Book of Networking" and host of the "Schmidt List" podcast, where he shares insights on business innovation and leadership.

His unique journey from professional action sports star to business magnate offers audiences a fresh perspective on adaptability and strategic growth in today's dynamic business landscape.

Maria Lobo is the founder and creative mind behind Planet Lobo, a high-end design and marketing studio specializing in brand strategy, web design, and digital storytelling for visionary businesses. With a global upbringing spanning Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong, Maria brings a unique cross-cultural perspective to her work, blending ethnology, design, and marketing to craft brands that resonate on a deep level.

With over a decade of experience in branding and creative direction, Maria has worked with corporate clients, solopreneurs, and high-ticket brands, helping them build bold, strategic identities that stand out in competitive markets.

Now scaling Planet Lobo into a multi-seven-figure agency, Maria is passionate about brand transformation and business growth, mentoring creative entrepreneurs and businesses on how to build compelling, high-impact brands.

My name is Jesse Sieff. I'm a former engineering student, professional musician, U.S. Marine Corps Veteran, ICF certified coach, and now 6-figure media agency owner.

I'm a musician turned entrepreneur. I have the head of an engineer and the heart of an artist. I'm a recovering perfectionist, passionate advocate of the military community, and proud father of twin girls.

Since transitioning out of the Marine Corps in 2020, I've been building a media consulting and production firm called Sieff Studios. Headquartered in Annapolis, MD, we operate remotely and from our custom-designed recording studio.

As a Video Strategist and consultant, my focus is helping top HR and Talent Acquisition leaders enhance their brand, candidate experience, and retention with personalized video outreach and internal educational content.

As a mentor and coach, I'm passionate about helping people navigate life changes and cultivate transformative professional and personal growth.

You can find me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and hosting a podcast called "Life Designers".

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I’m a Independent Senior Graphic Designer and Art Director with extensive experience in helping brands and agencies in developing visually appealing concepts that enhance their brand identity. Founded my creative studio SantoStudios after 15 years working across media and creative agencies in London.

Kate Busby is a Marketing Director and Board Advisor with 11 years of data-driven brand strategy experience, expert in research & annual brand planning, customer acquisition, strategies to scale brands & remote team leadership.

Stella Guan is a world-traveling technology entrepreneur with a background as an award-winning multidisciplinary designer, educator, speaker, and content creator. After a decade working as a designer for Fortune 500 companies, she founded Path Unbound, a UI/UX design school providing comprehensive, instructor-led, 1:1 learning programs and portfolio coaching for aspiring and working designers. As a founder, she is specialized in no-code development in a bootstrapped model.

I’ve helped 150+ founders and execs around the world like you increase revenue by building and scaling products that sell using best practices from high-growth startups and global enterprise software companies.

Prior to starting my consulting business, I launched products in 12 international markets (Singapore, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other APAC regions) for Reuters and LexisNexis.

Those who want to get a taste of what it’s like working with me can find my launch and scaling frameworks (along with other principles) in my books, including “Software Launch Principles for Founders and Execs” and “Advanced Growth and Product Strategies for Technical B2B SaaS Founders and Execs”.

Emma Cimolini is a seasoned B2B marketing strategist with over 12 years of experience propelling startups from six-figure revenues to multi-million-dollar successes. As the Founder and Principal Consultant of 021 B2B Tech Growth Marketing, she specializes in crafting and executing growth strategies tailored for early-stage B2B tech companies.

Garrett brings over a decade of experience in marketing leadership and internal strategy and operations. Most recently, he worked as the Chief Marketing Officer for Eddy, where he helped define and build a successful go-to-market strategy and refine website messaging that boosted revenue 3x and website traffic 10x in his first 18 months in the role. Before Eddy, Garrett helped launch Lucidpress (now Marq), part of Lucid Software, and led the marketing team until the company’s acquisition in 2021. Garrett is now a positioning and messaging consultant for growing B2B businesses.

Emmy® Award winning Executive, Speaker, Author, Entrepreneur and Innovator – Shawn Johnson is the Founder and President of SocioPunk & Seichō Syndicate. Over the past 25 years, his products have been enjoyed by millions of people around the world - delivering experiences that create positive, memorable and lasting relationships through evolving consumer and technology ecosystems.

Combining an award-winning product, design and brand portfolio with strategy, technology and business acumen; Shawn is a proven, experienced and successful global leader who builds effective strategies and high performing cross-functional teams through Product, Design and Creative Leadership to create Most Lovable Product Experiences.

An entrepreneur and former executive leader for Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, Microsoft, and several independent agencies, Shawn delivers high impact products and experiences that attract, engage and ignite customers across industries, platforms and technologies.

Blurring the lines between impossible and possible, Shawn thrives at the intersection of product design, technology, and the imagination of the human spirit. He attended Otis Parsons School of Art & Design, and became one of the youngest instructors at the prestigious west coast design school.

Founder and Career Coach

Rashid is a digital and remote engineering leader with over six years of experience building and scaling distributed teams across various industries. As the founder of LeaderAnywhere, he specializes in coaching solopreneurs and small business founders on how to transition from solo operations to high-performing digital teams and lead their teams anywhere in the world.

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I’m Armin Parvin, Founder of Renée Content. I started my career as a professional musician (and an English teacher) but eventually transitioned into content writing. As I worked with different businesses, I expanded beyond writing into email marketing, LinkedIn personal branding, and other marketing-related areas.

Eventually, I decided to launch my own business, helping entrepreneurs and businesses attract high-value clients through strategic content and cold outreach. I also teach professionals how to turn their side hustles into profitable ventures using scalable systems, automation, and personalization.

Vladimir is an Executive Coach for Founders and Technical Leaders. He coached and mentored at various U.S. and U.K. incubators and accelerators, with a primary focus on launching, developing, and sustaining startups. Vladimir champions innovation, particularly in transforming ideas into tangible businesses (zero-to-one approach). He also focuses on integration of frequently misaligned perspectives of business and technical challenges.

He's a serial entrepreneur, having founded three companies with successful exits in fintech and spacetech, demonstrating proficiency in scaling businesses through various funding stages. His entrepreneurial journey, encompassing roles such as Founder, CTO, COO, and CISO, lends him a comprehensive perspective on creating optimal data and technology services.

Vladimir holds MBAs from Columbia and London Business Schools and dual degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Stony Brook University, where his studies spanned software development and robotics. He is passionate about enhancing communication strategies, studies organizational and social behavior, and is an avid reader.

Working across two continents: Australia and Europe. 

Transforming brands into unicorns in a sea of sameness. Through brand strategy and design that elevated more than a hundred companies. From SaaS startups to twenty-five-year non-for-profit organisations.

In my past life, I managed web teams. They called me the translator.

With the uncanny ability to communicate the requirements from visuals to functionality and vice versa, when others failed.

Today, I use my multilingual skills in strategy, design, creativity, branding, and web to translate the passion and drive founders and business owners have into building something impactful, captivating and meaningful.

In my 20+ years as a branding professional I've worked with startups as well as large multinationals like Moore Stephens Australia (Accounting), QTAC (Education), Queensland Urban Utilities (Water supply), Brisbane City Council (Government), Thynne+Macartney (Law), Vision Australia (Accessibility), Ambrose Advisory (Financial), Console (Proptech), Truefitt & Hill (Lifestyle), Kids With Cancer Foundation (Non-for-profit), Seasons Living (Aged Care), just to name a few.

Branding done right isn't just about logos and colours. Solving brand strategy challenges is what helps businesses make a real impact. 

And that’s exactly what I specialise in.

Luke Shepherd has a passion for technology and helping people see how useful it can be! With nearly 15 years working across diverse sectors, including non-profit, legal, and media production, he has done just about everything in IT, specifically infrastructure design, SaaS applications, end-user support, networking, and system redesigns for various organizations, including Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations. Using his background in media production spanning 20 years and multiple countries, Luke has also worked with various aspects of media tech, like FOH engineering, film set production, and everyone’s favorite: the clapper! Currently, Luke is part of an executive team at a start-up and serves on the board of a non-profit dedicated to supporting churches in developing countries, in addition to running The Shepherd Network.

Dr. Arman Nassirtoussi is an AI founder, and startup builder with a track record of launching ventures across multiple countries. With a PhD in AI and experience developing data-driven systems at companies like Zalando, Henkel, and T-Systems, he approaches every challenge with an entrepreneurial mindset. A strong advocate of lean startup and customer development, he focuses on fast iteration and building products that solve real problems. He is currently working on a new venture in Agentic AI.

From leading global marketing and product teams to launching & scaling eight-figure startups, I’m passionate about building products people love.

I’m the CoFounder of Stella (mystellaai.com), an AI marketing platform, Aya Care (ayacare.ng), Nigeria’s fastest-growing women’s healthcare brand, and Try It on AI (tryitonai.com), the world’s first AI photography studio.

Before becoming an entrepreneur, I was the Head of Commercialization at HSBC, Global Head of Retail at Bullish (Peter Thiel’s crypto exchange) and Head of Digital at LVMH.

Part-time, I’m an avid photographer, startup advisor, unlicensed food scientist & amateur football player.

15+ years in the digital product space building saas products, agencies, and solving problems online.

I spent the last decade building and scaling startups as a product manager and researcher across six industries worldwide.

Which was when I realized:

→ The lifeblood of any business hinges on its product market fit.

Yet, most founders ignore it or have no idea how to achieve a profitable product market fit.

The result?

Wasting over 2 years building a product that no one wants

Burning >$200k while developing the wrong product

Launching products that gather dust on the shelf

Given my passion for all strategic things, I quickly jumped to solve this problem. Today, I have helped:

1. Build Eastern Europe's top mental health marketplace with $7+ million ARR, 1,500 therapists, and 70,000 clients.
2. A UK electric vehicle manufacturer reach a valuation of $13 billion when it went public and facilitated the pre-sale of 59,000 vans to UPS, a major logistics and package delivery company.
3. Play a key role in scaling a B2B SaaS platform for retail SMEs to achieve $30 million in annual turnover.

(And these are just a few of my results) 42% of startups fail because they lack product-market fit.

Product Manager turned founder of an AI Platform for Product Teams. Worked with high-growth companies like Paytm, Tokopedia, and Softbank. Featured for work in AI Product Management in Forbes, Techcrunch, Entrepreneur.com.

Hello, I am Prerna Choubey, founder of Pramanity Research Group. With a multifaceted background spanning across immersive technology, cognition, and anthropology, I bring over seven years of comprehensive research experience to the forefront. My passion for education and technology converged in my pioneering work as a Virtual Reality (VR) Researcher. Recognizing VR's potential as an educational tool, I spearheaded immersive experiences fostering empathy, understanding, and cultural preservation.

Having spearheaded research teams across government agencies and esteemed universities, my expertise lies in understanding human psychology and cultural intelligence, driving impactful outcomes in diverse projects. I hold double Master's degrees in International Studies and History from the prestigious University of Washington and University of Delhi. My Ph.D. focuses on impact of immersive technologies on the cognitive development of the learners. My multidisciplinary visionary approach with my understanding of the user's psychology and commitment to humanizing the product development process enables me to deliver impactful research outcomes that help businesses excel.