Office Hours #896 | How Smart Leaders Build Wealth, Win Influence, and Avoid Costly Cyber Threats

Office Hours #897 | How to Build Trust, Scale Teams, and Grow Billion-Dollar Companies in a Digital World

Mike Schinnerer is an accomplished technology product leader with deep expertise in product development, management, and marketing. Throughout his career, he has helped launch and scale innovative products for companies that have achieved IPOs, acquisitions, and sustained growth. In recent years, Mike has specialized in voice and messaging fraud detection, helping protect consumers and businesses from emerging scams by analyzing millions of calls and messages and leveraging AI-driven security technologies. His work has contributed to products serving more than 100 million monthly active users and has involved partnerships with major companies including Apple, Samsung, Twilio, Verizon, T-Mobile, and others. Doug Leeby is the CEO of Beeline, a global workforce technology company and the largest independent provider of extended workforce management solutions. Since joining the company in 2002, he has helped drive its growth into a trusted partner for some of the world's leading organizations. Passionate about connecting businesses with the talent they need to succeed, Doug has become a recognized leader in the staffing and workforce technology industry and has been named one of the "100 Most Influential People in Staffing" every year since 2012. Matt Ebert is the founder and CEO of Crash Champions, one of the largest collision repair companies in the United States. What began as a single repair shop in Illinois in 1999 has grown under his leadership into a nationwide organization with more than 650 locations across 38 states. Committed to building a strong, founder-led culture focused on opportunity and employee development, Matt has guided the company through significant expansion, including major acquisitions and private equity investment. His leadership and entrepreneurial success have earned him industry recognition, including MSO Executive of the Year and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year honors.

IG Live | The Money-Making Expert, The Authority Builder & The Woman Turning Gold Into a Modern Asset

Paul Smith is a UK-based property investor, educator, bestselling author, and Co-Founder of Touchstone Education who has built a reputation as “The Money Making Expert.” After leaving home at 17 with just £170, he went on to create a nine-figure property and business portfolio spanning 17 companies and multiple ventures. Known as “The Monaco Man,” Paul has dedicated his career to teaching practical, proven property investment strategies and has helped more than 40,000 students learn how to build wealth through real estate using structured, scalable systems. Payman Lorenzo is the founder of the Leaders With A Heart Podcast and the Undeniability Authority Accelerator™, where he helps entrepreneurs, authors, coaches, and speakers establish themselves as trusted authorities in their industries. A TEDx speaker, four-time international bestselling author, and host of more than 400 podcast episodes, Payman is known for showing business owners how to generate clients through visibility, trust, and meaningful conversations rather than relying on large audiences or vanity metrics. His own journey—from financial hardship and personal struggles to building a successful global business—demonstrates the power of purpose, resilience, and strategic authority-building. Nidhi Singhvi is the Co-Founder and CEO of Unvault, an AI-powered platform designed to help people value, track, and sell personal gold jewelry. Drawing on her experience at Wharton, McKinsey, and FalconX, she is transforming jewelry into a modern, liquid asset class by providing transparent valuations and portfolio management tools. Inspired by her upbringing in Jaipur, India, where jewelry often serves as a form of wealth preservation, Nidhi’s mission is to unlock the estimated hundreds of billions of dollars in underutilized gold held by consumers and create a more accessible, transparent marketplace for personal luxury assets.

Office Hours #896 | How Smart Leaders Build Wealth, Win Influence, and Avoid Costly Cyber Threats

Warren Ross is a seasoned entrepreneur, business strategist, and partner at Acorn Funding Group, where he also serves as Director of Sales & Marketing for both Acorn Funding Group and Jets & Capital. Having started his first business at just 17 years old, Warren has built decades of experience across industries including retail, manufacturing, automotive, debt collection, legal services, and business development. Known for his integrity-based approach and engaging storytelling, he helps business owners and investors uncover new opportunities, increase revenue, and make smarter financial decisions through practical, real-world strategies. Claire Wang is a pricing and influence expert whose career has spanned nearly two decades across multiple continents and industries. After years of mastering the technical side of pricing complex products and services, she realized that success often depends not just on having the right answer, but on gaining buy-in from decision-makers. This insight inspired her upcoming book, The Price of Influence, which teaches analytical professionals how to communicate more effectively, build influence, and turn expertise into action and results. Robert Siciliano is a cybersecurity awareness expert, private investigator, bestselling author, and CEO of ProtectNowLLC.com [http://protectnowllc.com/] who has dedicated his career to helping individuals and organizations protect themselves from modern digital threats. As the creator of The Strategic Human Firewall™, he focuses on the human side of cybersecurity, teaching leaders and employees how to recognize scams, avoid social engineering attacks, and strengthen organizational security. Through his media appearances, speaking engagements, and consulting work, Robert provides practical strategies for overcoming cognitive blind spots, protecting attention and decision-making, and transforming a workforce into a proactive first line of defense against cybercrime.

IG Live | From Job Loss to Millions: Beauty, AI Fashion & the 24-Hour Livestream Business Revolution

Karie Bonner is the founder of You Glow Girl by Karie, a fast-growing beauty and body care brand known for its fragrance-focused products that encourage confidence, self-care, and everyday luxury. Through body oils, perfumes, and skincare products, she has cultivated a loyal community of women who embrace scent layering and intentional beauty rituals. Her entrepreneurial journey began during the pandemic after she and her husband lost their jobs while planning their wedding. Inspired by her grandmother's skin care needs during an illness, Karie created a shea butter product that ultimately evolved into a thriving purpose-driven beauty brand. Lacey Cadieux-McLean is the CEO and founder of Rhubaia, an innovative fashion-tech company combining sustainable women's professional clothing with an AI-powered virtual closet app. Motivated by her own difficulty finding elegant, non-toxic, and environmentally conscious business attire, Lacey leveraged more than 15 years of technology project management experience to create a solution that helps women build healthier, more sustainable wardrobes. Her vision is to launch a global brand that addresses hidden toxins in clothing while reducing fashion waste through technology-driven wardrobe management. Joe Hollywood is a livestream creator and entrepreneur who has built one of the largest and most engaged audiences in live commerce through his high-energy, marathon-style broadcasts. With more than 350,000 followers on the Whatnot platform, Joe transformed a childhood passion for sports card collecting into a full-time business known for 24+ hour livestream events. Growing up in a financially challenged household in New York, he developed a love for collectibles through trips to local card shops with his grandfather. Today, he is recognized for his consistency, personality, and community-building skills, collaborating with former professional athletes, hosting charity-driven events, and turning entertainment and collectibles into a successful entrepreneurial brand.

IG Live | From Celebrity Smile Makeovers to Luxury Beauty Brands & Identity-Shaping Stories: The Power of Transformation

Dr. Tyler Hales is a nationally recognized celebrity cosmetic dentist and founder of Hales Aesthetic in Corona Del Mar, California. A graduate of the University of Southern California School of Dentistry, he discovered his passion for cosmetic dentistry early in his training and has since focused exclusively on designing natural, confident smiles. Specializing in porcelain veneers, he combines advanced dental technology with artistic precision to deliver highly transformative results that enhance both appearance and self-confidence. Kodai Takahashi is the co-founder of SILK THE RICH, a luxury haircare brand that blends Japan’s centuries-old silk craftsmanship with modern beauty science. Using silk proteins such as Sericin and Fibroin, the brand is designed to restore strength, softness, and shine across all hair types. What began as a small launch has rapidly scaled into a global success, selling over 2.3 million units in two years and expanding from Tokyo to Los Angeles, while gaining recognition from fashion platforms, celebrities, and international distributors. Antonio Michael Downing is an acclaimed author, broadcaster, musician, and speaker whose work explores identity, belonging, and cultural complexity through a multicultural lens shaped by his upbringing in Trinidad, Liberia, and rural Canada. He is known for his memoir Saga Boy and his novel Black Cherokee, both of which examine themes of displacement and self-discovery. As a host, musician (under the name John Orpheus), and storyteller, he uses multiple creative platforms to explore diasporic identity, ancestry, and what it means to belong in an evolving world.