Segment 1: Joe Pulizzi is founder of Content Marketing Institute, the leading education and training organization for content marketing, which includes the largest in-person content marketing event in the world, Content Marketing World. Joe is the winner of the 2014 John Caldwell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Content Council.

Segment 2: James Ontra is the CEO of Presentation Management company, Shufflrr. James calls himself a natural-born entrepreneur, beginning with his college career at the University of Houston where he published “Houston’s Hottest” calendars and managed and helped found the “Velvet Elvis” pub.

Segment 3: Margaret Reynolds is the Master Growth Catalyst at Breakthrough Masters Unlimited. She had a two decade career at Hallmark Cards where she quickly moved through the product development ranks to General Manager, and later became the lead strategic officer of the company.

Segment 4: Dave Hicks is the Director of Facility Solutions for OpenWorks, a leading national commercial cleaning and integrated facility services franchise. Hicks has more than 10 years experience effectively managing multi-site retail maintenance for 1,250 locations.

Segment 5: Caroline Thompson is a blogger for Brad’s Deals who just published “Chicago Hacks: 50 Tips for Enjoying City Life on a Budget”. 

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