Twenty years ago amidst a deteriorating marriage and a failing business Andy began the study of happiness and success. He shares his findings and conclusions in his new book “SIMPLE HAPPY, finally learning to listen to yourself”.

His unique approach shows that the search for happiness need not be a complex undertaking. Furthermore, his studies led him to the discovery of the link between happiness and achievement, which he shares in a fun simple manner with his readers and audience.

Kathie Nelson, founder of Connectworks: Author, speaker, and business growth strategist, Kathie is a leading expert on how to find more business in your own backyard. A sales leader in her past career, she doubled her sales in one year using the techniques she packaged into her programs for Busy People. Her dynamic no-nonsense approach challenges her clients to a new way of thinking that generates more business easily!

Jason Van Orden is a consultant, author and speaker on podcasting and social media. Jason’s tutorial site, HowtoCreateaPodcast.com, and blog, JasonVanOrden.com, draw thousands of visitors each month with a combination of technical tips and marketing strategies. He is the author of Promoting Your Podcast, which has been used in college courses on new media, and the creator of The Professional Podcasting Course.
Jason’s speaking engagements have included the National Association of Broadcasters, CES, The Learning Annex, The New Media Expo and many others. His experience in technology, audio production and Internet business, combined with his creative streak, makes Jason an ideal source of podcasting information. Jason has helped hundreds individuals and businesses to launch and promote podcasting and blogging strategies.
But Jason also practices what he preaches as a podcast and social media expert, producing shows of his own: The Podcasting Underground and Internet Business Mastery. He is currently traveling the world with his wife supported by his internet business and podcasting pursuits.

Ranked as the #1 Business Motivational Speaker by Ranking.com, William R. Patterson is a two-time award-winning lecturer, national best-selling author, and management consultant who uses his trademark approach, THE BARON SOLUTION™, to coach, train, and motivate business leaders, sales professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors. His breakthrough book, The Baron Son, has been translated around the world and featured in the Forbes Book Club and Black Enterprise magazine. He is an internationally recognized wealth coach and business coach who has been a featured guest on over 300 television and radio programs.

Co-Founder/President and business partner Daven Tackett of Just Between Friends Franchise Systems, Inc. Established in the company in 2004. JBF has grown from just eleven franchises during its first year to 61 in January 2008, with several more under development.

It is called Just Between Friends because that is how it all began: between friends. In 1997, Shannon and her business partner Daven Tackett were both young, stay-at-home moms with small children, trying to find a way to save money on children’s items. They set up a “consignment” event in Shannon’s living room with 17 women all selling their children’s and maternity clothes, toys and baby equipment. Those who shopped found some great deals for their children and the sale grossed $2000.

The idea took off and Shannon and Daven began having two sales a year. Just Between Friends kept growing. In 2007, they had nearly 2400 consignors at their two sales events in Tulsa with more than 20,000 shoppers. Consignors sell their new and gently used children’s items at the event. They make money and earn money – and the business is making money. This year the Tulsa franchise grossed more than $900,000. As a whole, Just Between Friends Franchise Systems, Inc. grossed more than $4.5 million. Each year, they reach hundreds of thousands of families across the country.

The company has gained national attention. Just Between Friends Franchise Systems, Inc. was featured on “The Big Idea” with Donny Deutsch in January 2008. Shannon was also interviewed for a feature on http://www.womenforhire.com, http://www.ABCNews.com and http://www.sbtv.com. They have received a great deal of attention in markets across the country, including Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Denver, Dallas, Kansas City and Sacramento. You can see more at http://www.jbfsale.com

Jason Alba is the CEO and creator of JibberJobber.com and author of “I’m on LinkedIn — Now What?” After a corporate downsizing impacted Jason in 2006, he experienced firsthand the difficulties of conducting a job search. Drawing on his extensive computer software and IT experience, Jason analyzed the job search process and developed JibberJobber, the gold standard in career management technology. Widely acknowledged as a leading career management evangelist, Jason continues to spread the word to job seekers through his blog. His second book, “I’m on Facebook – Now What?” was published in 2008.

Mike Newhouse highlights:

-Started and founded a non-profit at the age of 16, Road Race for Kids Road Race for Kids was a non profit that allowed me to go in to schools and speak on focusing on the positives how involvement in a sport/hobby/passion can help keep you drug free, rather than the typical view of “You can’t do drugs or drink.” I was featured on Speed TV, Fox Sports, and countless local papers and industry magazines. – Raced motorcycles professionally for SoBe energy drinks from the age of 18-20 Managing all of my own contracts, I ended up racing for SoBe both road racing and in supermotoracing for 2 years until I was diagnosed with a heart disease that forced me to stop. Director of Marketing for motorcycle start up First year goal was $50,000 in sales. I did $250,000 in the first 6 months. – Owner of Unlocking Myspace Owner of the number one Myspace Marketing product on the net. Product launched last weekend of August 2007 and by the end of September was doing more volume than any competitors products in the market. – CEO of Mike Newhouse Enterprises Non-traditional internet marketing consulting firm. Specializes in working with corporations in marketing on social networks like Myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and implementing marketing strategies such as affiliate marketing, email marketing, blogging, podcasting, and more.

Mike was profiled in the Dallas Morning News twice in the past 2 months for what he teaches. – There is an article coming out in the Dallas Business Journal on me in the next few weeks. – Member of the CEO Clubs (ceoclubs.org), an invite only international CEO group – Guest Speaker at with the CEO Netweavers – Panelist with Navigating for Business Success (part of the Net Weavers) – Presidential Advisory Committee Member (part of the CEO clubs)

Margo is an award-winning creative director and advertising professor, as well as a Kauffman Faculty Scholar at Florida International University. Her new book: Street-Smart Advertising: How to With the Battle of the Buzz, is available in two webinar series as 6-part CD sets: Street-Smart Advertising and More Street-Smart Advertising. She conducts interactive workshops, teleseminars, and webinars in advertising, viral marketing, and creativity. Margo invented tactikPAK®, a patented system of learning, created Mental Peanut Butter® training, and developed three advertising CDs, plus an inspirational DVD. She’s writing her second advertising book, Collaborative Copy and Design, scheduled for a 2008 release.

Rick Calvert is the CEO and Co-Founder of BlogWorld & New Media Expo. The worlds only industry wide conference and tradeshow for new media. He has been active the trade show industry since 1996 serving as Sales Manager / Director of Sales for three Tradeshow Week 200 events including the SEMA Show (#4), AWFS®Vegas (#39) and the DEMA Show #(97), as well as one of the nation’s largest consumer shows, Comicon. He has been a voracious new media consumer since 2001 and launched his own blog in 2005.

Margaux Jordan began her career in a high-end shoe department of a major department store. Combining education and management with her entrepreneurial spirit, she knew she had to create a career that offered freedom and flexibility. From the little girl who couldn’t wait to wear heels to the teenager longing for designer shoed, Footprints International was never far from her heart.

For over 17 years, Stephanie Frank, author of The Accidental Millionaire has helped small business owners transform their entrepreneurial skills and turn their dreams into profitable business.

Solovic began her professional career as a television news anchor and reporter for NBC and CBS affiliates. Subsequently, she joined a Fortune 100 company where she was named vice president, director of corporate marketing, of the firm’s international asset-based lending division. While working in an executive capacity, she attended Saint Louis University Law School and graduated with honors. Her legal background provides her with a unique view of American business.

Solovic is the author of The Girls’ Guide to Building a Million Dollar Business” released in October, 2007. Solovic made her debut as an author with “The Girls’ Guide to Power and Success,” which was originally released in June 2001 and was re-released in paperback in 2003. The book is also being published in Korea, China and Thailand. “Reinvent Your Career: Attain the Success You Deserve and Desire” is another of Solovic’s books. It offers motivational and practical advice for those individuals seeking to re-ignite their careers. She also authored “Hanging onto the American Dream: A Story of Business Leadership and Leaving a Legacy.”

Jerrold Mundis is a writer, speaker, and counselor.
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He is a member of the Authors Guild, PEN American Center, and Poets & Writers, is listed in Contemporary Authors and the Directory of American Poets & Fiction Writers.

He has been an editor at The New York Times, and is an experienced teacher of professional and avocational writing.

Ryan P. Allis, 22, is the Chief Executive Officer of iContact the industry’s leading email marketing, RSS feed and blogging software, the Chairman of Virante, Inc, a web marketing consulting firm that assists companies build sales on the web, and the author of the book Zero to One Million.

Ryan is a serial entrepreneur and an international speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship, marketing, and innovation. Today, Ryan spends most of his time on his latest venture, iContact. As CEO he’s managed the company from its start in July 2003 to its current size with 70 employees, more than 16,000 customers, and $7 million in annual sales.

At the age of 18, Ryan wrote and published a book entitled, Zero to One Million: How to Build a Company to $1 Million in Sales (McGraw-Hill). Today at the age of 22, he has been a keynote speaker and panel participant at conferences from Chicago to London. As a team leader with the Lead America Entrepreneurship Conference, Ryan has traveled the United States helping teach entrepreneurship to high school students. Ryan has been featured on ABC News and in Fortune Small Business, Investors’ Business Daily, the Daily Times of India, Entrepreneur Magazine, SuccessCoach Magazine, CosmoGirl, and Young Money Magazine, and in 2005 was named by BusinessWeek as one of the “Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25.”

Ryan’s long-term goals include being a U.S. Senator and starting a foundation that works to reduce poverty and improve healthcare and education in developing nations. Ryan is presently on leave from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he is a senior economics major and a Blanchard Scholar.

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