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My advice would be just going with your gut, surrounding yourself with people who you trust and who you believe will send you in the right direction at all times.”
Kendall Jenner
Founder, 818 Tequila
Multi-Platinum Global Recording Artist & Entrepreneur
Machine Gun Kelly
Actor, Author, Writer & Producer
Rainn Wilson
Human beings need to worship something and if they’re not worshiping some kind of divine creative healing impulse, then here we're worshiping entrepreneurship. We’re the preachers, we’re the rabbis, we’re the lecturers. This is our sermon.”
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I don’t think I know [if] anything is going to take off. If it feels right to me, then I have to assume that I will be able to connect with somebody.”
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THe Boys Club
Breaking Up
I’m always going to be connected to sports and it’s my passion. …My training in sports and how I carry myself helped me be able to prepare for whatever happens in life.”
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When the success of my company actually took place was when I finally truly showed up as Sunny, and when I showed up as myself and said, ‘This is who I am.’”
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2x WNBA Champion And Co-Owner & VP, Atlanta Dream
Renee Montgomery
Founder, Stax And CEO, The CEO School
Suneera Madhani
Bad Bunny’s Under 30 Latinx Pitch Competition
Young Latinx entrepreneurs pitched their businesses to some of the brightest Latinx minds, including Grammy-winning singer Bad Bunny. The $300,000 grand prize included $100,000 cash from Bad Bunny himself.
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Winner: Jaime Castro, Cofounder, Selia
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Selia is an app that connects individuals with a network of mental healthcare professionals and provides self-guided tools to help users achieve their goals.
For Real?
Is Fake Protein
For people to say the category is dead—it hasn’t even got started. So I think it’s a cynical view. And by the way, the cynicism doesn’t motivate me. The opportunity motivates me, frankly.”
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I do think that plant-based meat for a long time looked too scientific. And that’s not going to create trust with consumers.”
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Once we're a penny cheaper [than animal protein] you can really start dominating massive markets. Especially because...
animal proteins are one of the riskiest parts of a company's supply chain.”
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CEO, Impossible Foods
Peter McGuinness
Founder & CEO, Daring
Ross Mackay
Cofounder & CEO, The EVERY Company
Arturo Elizondo
More Unmissable
Leadership Insights
It’s all about the network and about the people and about what you can learn from everyone else around you, and being on a shared collective journey.”
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Founder & CEO, Luminar Technologies. Seeking To Acquire Majority Stake
In Forbes
Austin Russell
It’s important that I make sure that the branding is always on point. The marketing is always on point. My storytelling and creating a sustainable brand by way of an experience is always at the highest level.”
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Founder & CEO, Slutty Vegan
Pinky Cole
I don’t enjoy social media at all. I think it’s a very toxic place. ...But after 11 years of going against the grain, I was like, you know what? How long can I fight against this?”
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Comedian & Actor
Matt Rife
Help others. Make the world a better place. And if you do that, it will give your life meaning and purpose. So dream no little dreams. And remember, there’s no substitute for determination and perseverance.”
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Lieutenant Governor Of Ohio
Jon Husted
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The Creator Craze
Cashing In On
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Don’t be afraid of what other people are thinking of you. I know, like, a lot of times people judged me and they’re like, ‘Really? ...That’s what you’re going to do for work after school?’”
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I used to think if [a] skit got millions of views that the next one has to get that or I’m a failure. But in all honesty, everything is not going to go viral, right?”
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Content Creator
Alix Earle
Comedian, Creator & Actor
Druski
Machine Gun Kelly shared how he builds his business brands while maintaining his artistic creativity (Photo Credit: Daniel Paik)
There are people in rural and suburban and urban areas who are rethinking about the classroom and busting down those four classroom walls. We know that when people come together collectively...amazing things can happen.”
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VP, The Yass Prize
Caroline Allen
You entrepreneurs know, you give up a lot to do what you do, but thank you for what you do because you’re the lifeblood of regional economies.”
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Cuyahoga County Executive
Chris Ronayne