Featured Speaker(s)

Stephanie Ardrey is a serial entrepreneur, having conceptualized and launched multiple business ventures since she was 18. Her entrepreneurial and corporate experience has covered multiple industries. Ardrey has trained thousands of entrepreneurs nationally, and is an adjunct professor teaching in the Bachelor of Science and Arts programs at CSULA and FIDM/LA. She is the author of "Show me the money: the 9ps to profit!" and columnist for www.examiner.com and CaribPress.

Paige Cattano is the Co-founder & COO of Wonder Technologies. Wonder is new app that lets you buy gift cards to any merchant, anywhere. Paige started Wonder after a successful exit with Yoohoot, a mobile advertising and loyalty start-up. She is a marketing executive who has launched 10 products across 4 industries and successfully integrated 16 acquisitions in terms of different product roadmaps, engineering talent and product marketing teams.

Nicole Washington is the CEO and owner of Micro Biz Coach. She works with micro and small business owners to identify strategies to boost the bottom line leveraging internet technology. Nicole worked for several fortune 500 companies including Sprint, Nationwide Insurance, Ernst&Young, Whittman Hart and MarchFirst. She is a member of the Ohio TechAngel Fund and has written an e-book, "Best Kept Secrets of Internet Business". Nichole serves as the Chair of Business Advisory Countcil for the Academy, a STEM high school servicing underserved youth.