Andrew Romans is the founder and general partner of The Founders Club. He is co-founder and co-chair at Georgetown Angels investing group, as well as the director at investment bank Rainmaker Securities. Previous Andrew was a managing partner at Georgetown Venture Partners (GVP), managing director of Sentito Networks and founder & president of The Global TeleExchange (The GTX), where he personally raised $47m in VC funding. Andrew is also the author of the recently released book THE ENTREPRENEURIAL BIBLE TO VENTURE CAPITAL: Inside Secrets from the Leaders in the Startup Game. 

From his base at the FearLess Cottage in Boulder, CO, Alex Bogusky has expanded his role as brand advocate to also being a consumer and social advocate. This new relationship emphasizes transparency, sustainability, democracy and collaboration among businesses and consumers. In October, 2010, Bogusky called on the public to help write a new consumer Bill of Rights for the new Century. Partnering with friend Rob Schuham and his wife Ana Bogusky, their FearLess Revolution serves as a creative consultancy, business incubator and media laboratory. In January 2011, Bogusky and Schuham partnered with designer John Bielenberg to launch COMMON, a creative community for accelerating social ventures  under the shared values of a unified brand. For more information on Alex Bogusky, visit: http://wwwalexbogusky.com

Bruce Burtch has been called the “Father of Cause Marketing” for his innovative work helping for-profit and nonprofit organizations develop win-win partnerships that maximize their strategic marketing and fund development success. He is responsible for designing the most successful cause marketing campaign on emergency preparedness in the history of the country: a partnership between Pacific Gas & Electric and the American Red Cross that raised $1Million, generated $3Million in free publicity and trained 1Million people in emergency preparedness. He is the author of the book Win-Win For the Greater Good, the first comprehensive “how-to” book on the development of partnerships between nonprofit, for-profit, education and government sectors focused on the greater good.

Jay Samit is a technology pioneer and digital media innovator whose influence goes all the way back to the emergence of video and music on the personal computer. He has built his career around dreaming up new ways for Hollywood to capitalize on emerging media, prompting Wired to call him the guy with "the coolest job in the industry." He is responsible for transforming EMI Capitol Records into “the first digital label”, and building Sony’s online music store (Sony Connect) from scratch. Currently he is the president of ooVoo, a free social video-chat service that was named Venture Summit Company of the Year in 2012.

Paul Myers is a Canadian author, journalist, musician and songwriter, and the brother of comic actors Mike Myers and Peter Myers. After a brief stint as songwriter and front-man for indie rock band The Gravelberrys (which enjoyed a moment of fame with their alternative hit “Wonder Where You Are Tonight”), Paul Myers began devoting most of his time to music journalism.

Matthew Emerzian, together with Kelly Bozza, co-authored the book Every Monday Matters (EMM), which maintains that it is the ordinary individual, acting alone or together with others, who can change the world. The book struck a chord in readers, launched a company and sparked a veritable grassroots movement that is currently empowering people to make the most of their moments and their lives.

Tim Quirk is the Head of Global Content Programming for Google Play, where he leads the team responsible for music, books, apps, and video merchandising. Prior to Google, he was vp of music programming for Rhapsody. He spent much of the '80s and '90s as the singer and lyricist for the punk-pop band Too Much Joy, before easing his way into music journalism and the digital music business.

David Rohlander is a leader in his field and a well sought out speaker for Fortune 500 Organizations and the Big 4 Accounting firms. His experience and expertise enables him to deliver for you and your business.  David has been there & done that in the military, academia and business. "It's time to give back, live a life of significance and leave a legacy.” That is his magnificent obsession. Today’s discussion is about leadership principles based upon David’s new book “The CEO Code”. The CEO Code shows you how to create a great company and inspire your people to greatness with advice from an experienced executive.

Ralph Simon is acknowledged as one of the founders of the modern mobile entertainment industry. Over the last 15 years, he has been a prominent global mobile trailblazer and innovator. Simon serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the London-based Mobilium Global, which provides high-level strategic advice and guidance to mobile handset makers and others. He co-founded the successful Zomba Group. Simon correctly predicted in 1997 that mobile phones would become the indispensable voice and he was dubbed ‘Father of the Ring Tone.

Linda Tucker is on a mission to save the white lions. She abandoned her career as a marketing executive in Paris and founded the Global White Lion Protection Trust to dedicate her life to saving these African felines. These big cats have definitely benefited from her support. She is responsible for protecting the White Lions and developing the related cultural values that hold them sacred. With a critical need to supplement the White Lion gene in the wild, the WLT launched its world-first White Lion Reintroduction Program. For more information on Linda Tucker, visit: http://whitelions.org/