Guests

Allison Ombres founded Encelia Hair creating comfortable wigs using athletic-wear materials. She developed Alopecia Universalis during pregnancy and designs products that solve the itch, heat, and stigma of traditional wigs. San Diego-based Give program donates one wig for every ten sold.

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Monica Nassif founded Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day in 2002, naming it after her mother. A former nurse and retail worker who lost $75,000 on a prior startup, she built the company before selling to S.C. Johnson in 2008. She graduated from the University of Iowa and authored "I Bottled My Mother."

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Joan Barnes is the founder and former CEO of Gymboree, an early childhood brand she started in 1976 with $3,000. What began as a single play center in California expanded into a global empire with 600 franchises. Barnes stepped down to focus on recovery and later co-authored "Play It Forward".

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Brian DeMint is the CEO and founder of Salt and Light Wellness, a Christian health coaching practice. An Amazon #1 best-selling author, he combines medical expertise with faith-based wellness.

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Kimber Crandall co-founded Pearl Pop, a company born from a BYU Executive MBA class project. Pearl Pop creates toothpaste pearls that make brushing fun for kids. A mom of four, Kimber hand-poured the first bottles herself.

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Neil Blumenthal co-founded Warby Parker in 2010 and is co-CEO. The eyewear company provides glasses to someone in need for every pair sold. Before Warby Parker, he worked at VisionSpring, a nonprofit serving the 1 billion people without glasses. He studied at The Wharton School.

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Tanner McCraney founded Cowboy Country Club to give golfers of every skill level a welcoming place to belong. The brand mixes golf with country lifestyle apparel, inspired by McCraney upbringing in Jackson. He built a fresh take on the traditional country club experience.

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Jean-Philippe Iberti co-founded La Colombe Coffee Roasters with Todd Carmichael in 1994. They met in Seattle in the mid-1980s and started roasting coffee in a third-floor walk-up on 21st and Spruce in Philadelphia. La Colombe helped define America's third wave of specialty coffee.

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Todd Carmichael co-founded La Colombe Coffee Roasters, a Philadelphia specialty coffee pioneer. He built the company with J.P. Iberti from a third-floor walk-up into a third-wave leader. Carmichael also hosts the Travel Channel's Dangerous Grounds and now leads Loftiwater.

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Jack Conte is a musician-turned-entrepreneur who co-founded Patreon in 2013. As CEO, he built a platform that helps creators earn sustainable income from their work. A Stanford-trained musician, he's also half of Pomplamoose and Scary Pockets, and he still makes music today.

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Melissa Spitz is a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of Adventures in Handwriting, where she helps children build confidence through handwriting. Based in New York, she previously founded OT With Me and brings her Columbia University training to her practice.

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Rowena Scherer is the Founder and CEO of eat2explore, an award-winning family cooking kit company that inspires cultural exploration through global cuisine. A chef, educator, and author, she created the kits to teach her children and families worldwide about world cultures and cooking skills.

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