MJ DeMarco
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FRIDAY (February 7th)
Registration / Check-In (Event Lobby) 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Continental Breakfast / Networking (Event Lobby) 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
General Announcements 08:00 AM - 08:15 AM
(@MJ DeMarco) 08:15 AM - 09:00 AM
25 Year Wisdom For The Next 25 Years…
(@UnrealCreative) 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Productized Services: From Freelance, to Scale, to Sale
(@Ryford Estores) 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
How I Turned My Frustrations Into Millions!
(@ZCP) 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
How To Brainstorm For Anything (Ideas, designs, More!)
Lunch (Southwest Buffet) 12:15 PM - 01:30 PM
(@amp0193) 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Finding Personal Fulfillment in Life and Business
(@Rearden) 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Invention and Innovation as a Fastlane
(@AllenCrawley) 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Don’t Make Me Think! Website Usability Critiques!
(@Kak) 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Lead Bigger: I’m building An Empire- So Can You
SATURDAY (February 8th)
Continental Breakfast / Networking (Event Lobby) 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
(@Mutant) 08:15 AM - 09:00 AM
Networking & Playing The Game: How To Get Top Industry Attention
(@Red) 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
How To Be A Fastlane Couple When The Spouse Wants Nothing To Do With IT!
(@Bekit) 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Power Copywriting: The Magic Words for Meteoric Sales
(@tpuffer) 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Should Self-Storage Real Estate Be Part of Your Portfolio?
Lunch (Far East Buffet) 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
(@CareCPA) 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
How To Keep Clean Books For A Maximum Business Exit
(@Envision) 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Explosive Growth : How And When To Start Building A Team To Make IT Happen
Stephen VanCauwenbergh (@Boom) 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Scaling Your business Venture: From 0 to Thousands or Millions!
Chris Waldron (@LightHouse) 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Becoming A Master of Your Mind “Overnight”
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The 2020 Fastlane Summit, Confirmed Speakers and Topics
Friday/Saturday February 7 and 8th, 2020, (8AM - 5:30PM) Talking Stick Resort, Scottsdale Arizona
Ticket Information and Sales Is Here.
I will update this thread as speakers are confirmed.
[1] MJ DeMarco @MJ DeMarco
Entrepreneur and Founder of the Fastlane Forum, Best-Selling Author of The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted
Topic: 25 For The Next 25: 25 Life-Altering Insights I Wish Someone Would Have Pounded Into My Head 25 Years Ago
[2] Kyle K @Kak
Topic: Leading Bigger- I am building an empire and so can you!
What it takes to be a real leader, not a boss. How to inspire others, leading bigger, and executing bigger which means bigger company, and more personal wealth.
Kyle K, Founder, CEO and Serial Entrepreneur of numerous companies ranging from Energy, to chemicals, to Govtech, and even consumer products. He also runs the Kill Bigger incubator program.
[3] David Fedewa (@Rearden)
CEO/Founder of Think Tank Innovation, LLC
Topic: Invention licensing specialist, has coached over 160+ Inventors to successfully license their own products. He has been featured in Inc. and Entrepreneur on licensing and negotiation strategy. He has licensed five of his own products, with one being featured on Time, CHIVE, Business INSIDERS and CNET Father’s Day Product of The Year list.
[4] Rebekah C., @Bekit
Founder, CEOCopywriting.com
Topic: Copywriting Magic to More Sales! Watch Rebekah live as she dissects weak copy and transforms it into something irresistible and sales converting.
• The highest-leverage tweaks that anyone can make to help their copy convert better
• The most common mistakes that non-copywriters make (and how to correct them)
• Tips on how to structure your copy so that it moves a prospect from awareness to action
• Principles of human psychology that help make your copy stronger, no matter what you're selling
• Email copywriting tips, from the subject line to the call to action
RC's goal is to make this entertaining and instructive to multiple people (not just the ones whose copy is being reviewed), as she will be covering as wide as possible a gamut of useful copywriting principles. She plans to point out the areas where someone could do better in a helpful, constructive way that hopefully wouldn't embarrass anyone! Everyone who has a website that sells needs this!
[5] Danielle R., @Red
Topic: How to be a Fastlane Couple (When your spouse wants nothing to do with it)!
How to transform a solid "slow-lane" spouse; regular job, working towards a pension, wanted nothing to do with business/ideas of business into someone who now can't keep his/her ideas straight and focused. The process we've been through & what lead to the turnaround in mindset.
[6] Zane P., @ZCP
Topic: How to Brainstorm: Need ideas for a new business, a process, or a design?
Watch Zane take a few volunteers from the crowd and have an engineer lead a scientifically based 'brainstorming' session. See techniques, get tips, learn the exact order to go to get quality ideas and workable options quickly. Watch it unfold. Then talk through some of the key methods and ideas for this proven process.
[7] Allen Crawley., @AllenCrawley
CEO/Founder of Barberry Coast Shave Company
Topic: Watch and learn! Allen will review audience product-based websites for any volunteer where he breaks down and critiques their website. Will give an in-depth analysis about user experience, revenue optimization, conversion rate optimization, best practices, etc. Live website audits from someone whose company is growing like a weed!
[8] Steven VanCauwenbergh, Entrepreneur, Real-Estate Investor, Podcaster, Multi-Millionaire @Boom Topic: Scaling Your Business Venture, From Zero to Thousands, Or Thousands to Millions
About Steven: A 46-year-old entrepreneur, Steve is already YEARS into his financial freedom through building several businesses in the service-based industries of accounting (2019), music business (1992 - 2015), bridal (2000 - 2011) and real estate investing (1999-Present).
His unique story is a veritable rags to riches. Raised by his single mother in a one-bedroom apartment in New Jersey, he grew up with one simple dream: He just wanted to live in a house, not an apartment! A friend handed him a book to read and he sold everything he owned and started buying properties from 1999, he purchased more than 240 rental units starting from nothing.
IN 2011 he read Millionaire Fastlane and it changed his for the second time! One major principle that made him a multimillionaire was to exit low-barrier entry businesses where he immediately sold a bridal business. (www.okbride.com).
FASTER FORWARD to 2019, Unscripted humbled and grounded him to ‘what’s the purpose of driving so hard’ & ‘celebrate, life is passing’. Now he pushes himself to outsource greatly and enjoy a lifestyle he only dreams of. He now have been repositioning himself to buy bigger assets (barrier of entry) like commercial office buildings and retail strip centers. In 2019 has been his year of ‘Why Not’ so he's ventured into a sector he found as his weakness: accounting. As such, he bought 50% of an accounting firm he's used in the past seven years, having the unique position of being the first in the booming industry of cannabis.
Business interests of Steven
Steven's vast knowledge base...
[ 9 ] Jennifer W - @Mutant
Networking & Playing the Game - How I Got Top Industry Attention as a First Time Scriptwriter.
From never having written a script, to a room full of leading television producers all there specifically to hear her table read - Jennifer will take you through a blow by blow account of how she convinced everyone she & her co-writer needed to be on their radar. This will include conversation & email specifics, as well as transferable ideas you can apply to any sphere disinterested by default.
A must listen if you need to contact influencers, gatekeepers, and others who might stand in your way for progress!
[ 10 ] Christopher C., CPA, @CareCPA
Topic: How to keep clean books so you can maximize the EXIT for your business at top dollar, with easy due diligence for your potential buyers. Methods for keeping clean books, taxation issues, eCommerce accounting, etc. Good books? Get a good exit, and fast!
[ 11 ] Tim Puffer, @tpuffer
Topic: Does self-storage real estate need to be a part of your Fastlane?
Or your passive income portfolio?
Listen to a self-storage pro (with hundreds of units) who will share his expertise in this big cash-flowing business, one that doesn't require you to be on the clock 24/7. How he found his first property (you won't believe how) and more...
[ 12 ] A. Powell, @amp0193
Topic: "Finding Personal Fulfillment in Life and Business"
The presentation will be in a narrative form and cover my journey over 8 years from:
This talk is perfect for those who are just getting started in business, and not yet thinking "long term" or "big picture", for those who have had success and are wondering if there's something more than 4 hour work weeks and "passive income", and for those who want to leave a mark on the world.
[ 13 ] Michael P., @UnrealCreative
Productized Services: From Freelance, Scale, and Sale
-Selecting Services to Provide (Market Research)
-Niching Down (Recognizing Need Patterns)
-Transitioning from Freelancer to Employer
-Systematizing
-Selling the Business
-Pitfalls to avoid (hindsight)
[ 14 ] Ryford Estores, @Ryford Estores
Topic: How I Turned My Personal Frustrations Into Millions
Ryford Estores is the founder and inventor of The Self-Cut System. A barbershop in a box product line designed to help men and women cut and style their own hair while saving a tremendous amount of time and money along the way. A certified barber himself and a former nurse. Ryford has taken advantage of the "Do it Yourself"(DIY) movement in the Urban Marketplace. Understanding that the Urban consumer visits a barbershop 3x as much as anyone else while marketing his product line to promote the tools to build the confidence to cut your own hair has allowed Self Cut System to stand alone as the #1 education platform for cutting and styling online. His products have also been featured on QVC, and Good Morning America and are set to hit Military and Walmart stores in 2020!
Ryford is excited to share his story of how he turned his personal frustrations into millions. You will learn the initial steps to inventing a winning product; as well as how to market your product successfully to the masses. You will learn first hand how to operate with the confidence of a fortune five hundred company with a shoestring budget!
More info:
www.entrepreneur.com
(Sidenote: Ryford got on my radar via Instagram as he messaged me to update me on his growing company, and to give thanks to me for writing The Millionaire Fastlane , turns out he joined here several years ago!)
[ 15 ] Roc P. Real estate and eCommerce Entrepreneur, @Envision
Topic: How (and when) to start building a team within your e-commerce company, growing into 7 figures in revenue as well as getting yourself into the position to quit your job ... get a solid roadmap to walking out of your job and into your business. Roc has successfully launched (and then grew) his mini-empire while working a normal job and is well on his way to a Fastlane Unscripted lifestyle, all under 30 years old.
[ 16 ] @LightHouse, Chris W
Become A Master of Your Mind "Overnight"
Learn how to become free of barriers to your productivity, create your drive, and
supercharge your motivation while still getting a full nights sleep.
Registration / Check-In (Event Lobby) 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Continental Breakfast / Networking (Event Lobby) 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
General Announcements 08:00 AM - 08:15 AM
(@MJ DeMarco) 08:15 AM - 09:00 AM
25 Year Wisdom For The Next 25 Years…
(@UnrealCreative) 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
Productized Services: From Freelance, to Scale, to Sale
(@Ryford Estores) 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
How I Turned My Frustrations Into Millions!
(@ZCP) 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
How To Brainstorm For Anything (Ideas, designs, More!)
Lunch (Southwest Buffet) 12:15 PM - 01:30 PM
(@amp0193) 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
Finding Personal Fulfillment in Life and Business
(@Rearden) 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Invention and Innovation as a Fastlane
(@AllenCrawley) 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Don’t Make Me Think! Website Usability Critiques!
(@Kak) 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Lead Bigger: I’m building An Empire- So Can You
SATURDAY (February 8th)
Continental Breakfast / Networking (Event Lobby) 07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
(@Mutant) 08:15 AM - 09:00 AM
Networking & Playing The Game: How To Get Top Industry Attention
(@Red) 09:15 AM - 10:00 AM
How To Be A Fastlane Couple When The Spouse Wants Nothing To Do With IT!
(@Bekit) 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM
Power Copywriting: The Magic Words for Meteoric Sales
(@tpuffer) 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Should Self-Storage Real Estate Be Part of Your Portfolio?
Lunch (Far East Buffet) 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
(@CareCPA) 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM
How To Keep Clean Books For A Maximum Business Exit
(@Envision) 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM
Explosive Growth : How And When To Start Building A Team To Make IT Happen
Stephen VanCauwenbergh (@Boom) 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Scaling Your business Venture: From 0 to Thousands or Millions!
Chris Waldron (@LightHouse) 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM
Becoming A Master of Your Mind “Overnight”
--------
The 2020 Fastlane Summit, Confirmed Speakers and Topics
Friday/Saturday February 7 and 8th, 2020, (8AM - 5:30PM) Talking Stick Resort, Scottsdale Arizona
Ticket Information and Sales Is Here.
I will update this thread as speakers are confirmed.
[1] MJ DeMarco @MJ DeMarco
Entrepreneur and Founder of the Fastlane Forum, Best-Selling Author of The Millionaire Fastlane and Unscripted
Topic: 25 For The Next 25: 25 Life-Altering Insights I Wish Someone Would Have Pounded Into My Head 25 Years Ago
[2] Kyle K @Kak
Topic: Leading Bigger- I am building an empire and so can you!
What it takes to be a real leader, not a boss. How to inspire others, leading bigger, and executing bigger which means bigger company, and more personal wealth.
Kyle K, Founder, CEO and Serial Entrepreneur of numerous companies ranging from Energy, to chemicals, to Govtech, and even consumer products. He also runs the Kill Bigger incubator program.
[3] David Fedewa (@Rearden)
CEO/Founder of Think Tank Innovation, LLC
Topic: Invention licensing specialist, has coached over 160+ Inventors to successfully license their own products. He has been featured in Inc. and Entrepreneur on licensing and negotiation strategy. He has licensed five of his own products, with one being featured on Time, CHIVE, Business INSIDERS and CNET Father’s Day Product of The Year list.
[4] Rebekah C., @Bekit
Founder, CEOCopywriting.com
Topic: Copywriting Magic to More Sales! Watch Rebekah live as she dissects weak copy and transforms it into something irresistible and sales converting.
• The highest-leverage tweaks that anyone can make to help their copy convert better
• The most common mistakes that non-copywriters make (and how to correct them)
• Tips on how to structure your copy so that it moves a prospect from awareness to action
• Principles of human psychology that help make your copy stronger, no matter what you're selling
• Email copywriting tips, from the subject line to the call to action
RC's goal is to make this entertaining and instructive to multiple people (not just the ones whose copy is being reviewed), as she will be covering as wide as possible a gamut of useful copywriting principles. She plans to point out the areas where someone could do better in a helpful, constructive way that hopefully wouldn't embarrass anyone! Everyone who has a website that sells needs this!
[5] Danielle R., @Red
Topic: How to be a Fastlane Couple (When your spouse wants nothing to do with it)!
How to transform a solid "slow-lane" spouse; regular job, working towards a pension, wanted nothing to do with business/ideas of business into someone who now can't keep his/her ideas straight and focused. The process we've been through & what lead to the turnaround in mindset.
[6] Zane P., @ZCP
Topic: How to Brainstorm: Need ideas for a new business, a process, or a design?
Watch Zane take a few volunteers from the crowd and have an engineer lead a scientifically based 'brainstorming' session. See techniques, get tips, learn the exact order to go to get quality ideas and workable options quickly. Watch it unfold. Then talk through some of the key methods and ideas for this proven process.
[7] Allen Crawley., @AllenCrawley
CEO/Founder of Barberry Coast Shave Company
Topic: Watch and learn! Allen will review audience product-based websites for any volunteer where he breaks down and critiques their website. Will give an in-depth analysis about user experience, revenue optimization, conversion rate optimization, best practices, etc. Live website audits from someone whose company is growing like a weed!
[8] Steven VanCauwenbergh, Entrepreneur, Real-Estate Investor, Podcaster, Multi-Millionaire @Boom Topic: Scaling Your Business Venture, From Zero to Thousands, Or Thousands to Millions
About Steven: A 46-year-old entrepreneur, Steve is already YEARS into his financial freedom through building several businesses in the service-based industries of accounting (2019), music business (1992 - 2015), bridal (2000 - 2011) and real estate investing (1999-Present).
His unique story is a veritable rags to riches. Raised by his single mother in a one-bedroom apartment in New Jersey, he grew up with one simple dream: He just wanted to live in a house, not an apartment! A friend handed him a book to read and he sold everything he owned and started buying properties from 1999, he purchased more than 240 rental units starting from nothing.
IN 2011 he read Millionaire Fastlane and it changed his for the second time! One major principle that made him a multimillionaire was to exit low-barrier entry businesses where he immediately sold a bridal business. (www.okbride.com).
FASTER FORWARD to 2019, Unscripted humbled and grounded him to ‘what’s the purpose of driving so hard’ & ‘celebrate, life is passing’. Now he pushes himself to outsource greatly and enjoy a lifestyle he only dreams of. He now have been repositioning himself to buy bigger assets (barrier of entry) like commercial office buildings and retail strip centers. In 2019 has been his year of ‘Why Not’ so he's ventured into a sector he found as his weakness: accounting. As such, he bought 50% of an accounting firm he's used in the past seven years, having the unique position of being the first in the booming industry of cannabis.
Business interests of Steven
Steven's vast knowledge base...
- Built and sold several businesses
- An author with several books published.
- Producer of several events car show, kids fair, bridal show, real estate expo
- Leveraging apps to run my business ran 50 rental units with less than 10 hours week.
- Negotiation Skills
- Using VAs effectively
- Borrowing money from community banks
- Real Estate investing
[ 9 ] Jennifer W - @Mutant
Networking & Playing the Game - How I Got Top Industry Attention as a First Time Scriptwriter.
From never having written a script, to a room full of leading television producers all there specifically to hear her table read - Jennifer will take you through a blow by blow account of how she convinced everyone she & her co-writer needed to be on their radar. This will include conversation & email specifics, as well as transferable ideas you can apply to any sphere disinterested by default.
A must listen if you need to contact influencers, gatekeepers, and others who might stand in your way for progress!
[ 10 ] Christopher C., CPA, @CareCPA
Topic: How to keep clean books so you can maximize the EXIT for your business at top dollar, with easy due diligence for your potential buyers. Methods for keeping clean books, taxation issues, eCommerce accounting, etc. Good books? Get a good exit, and fast!
[ 11 ] Tim Puffer, @tpuffer
Topic: Does self-storage real estate need to be a part of your Fastlane?
Or your passive income portfolio?
Listen to a self-storage pro (with hundreds of units) who will share his expertise in this big cash-flowing business, one that doesn't require you to be on the clock 24/7. How he found his first property (you won't believe how) and more...
[ 12 ] A. Powell, @amp0193
Topic: "Finding Personal Fulfillment in Life and Business"
The presentation will be in a narrative form and cover my journey over 8 years from:
- Disillusioned music teacher with no clear purpose anymore
- My many failed business attempts (chasing money)
- Building an eCommerce business to an exit in 2.5 years... and finding that success leaving me feeling hollow and empty inside.
- Starting and growing my current business, which aligns my purpose with providing value to the world... and how, despite the much longer and rockier road, it's fulfilling at a deep level.
Beyond... - My vision for the future, and how I hope to use this business to impact society over the next decade and beyond.
This talk is perfect for those who are just getting started in business, and not yet thinking "long term" or "big picture", for those who have had success and are wondering if there's something more than 4 hour work weeks and "passive income", and for those who want to leave a mark on the world.
[ 13 ] Michael P., @UnrealCreative
Productized Services: From Freelance, Scale, and Sale
-Selecting Services to Provide (Market Research)
-Niching Down (Recognizing Need Patterns)
-Transitioning from Freelancer to Employer
-Systematizing
-Selling the Business
-Pitfalls to avoid (hindsight)
[ 14 ] Ryford Estores, @Ryford Estores
Topic: How I Turned My Personal Frustrations Into Millions
Ryford Estores is the founder and inventor of The Self-Cut System. A barbershop in a box product line designed to help men and women cut and style their own hair while saving a tremendous amount of time and money along the way. A certified barber himself and a former nurse. Ryford has taken advantage of the "Do it Yourself"(DIY) movement in the Urban Marketplace. Understanding that the Urban consumer visits a barbershop 3x as much as anyone else while marketing his product line to promote the tools to build the confidence to cut your own hair has allowed Self Cut System to stand alone as the #1 education platform for cutting and styling online. His products have also been featured on QVC, and Good Morning America and are set to hit Military and Walmart stores in 2020!
Ryford is excited to share his story of how he turned his personal frustrations into millions. You will learn the initial steps to inventing a winning product; as well as how to market your product successfully to the masses. You will learn first hand how to operate with the confidence of a fortune five hundred company with a shoestring budget!
More info:
8 Steps to Building a $3 Million Hair-Care Brand Using Social Media | Entrepreneur
Ryford Estores always liked today's short, short hairstyles. But he got fed up with the long waits at the barbershop.
www.entrepreneur.com
(Sidenote: Ryford got on my radar via Instagram as he messaged me to update me on his growing company, and to give thanks to me for writing The Millionaire Fastlane , turns out he joined here several years ago!)
[ 15 ] Roc P. Real estate and eCommerce Entrepreneur, @Envision
Topic: How (and when) to start building a team within your e-commerce company, growing into 7 figures in revenue as well as getting yourself into the position to quit your job ... get a solid roadmap to walking out of your job and into your business. Roc has successfully launched (and then grew) his mini-empire while working a normal job and is well on his way to a Fastlane Unscripted lifestyle, all under 30 years old.
[ 16 ] @LightHouse, Chris W
Become A Master of Your Mind "Overnight"
Learn how to become free of barriers to your productivity, create your drive, and
supercharge your motivation while still getting a full nights sleep.
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