Deborah Shane Metropolis

We welcome Elisa Camahort Page, founder, partner and evangelist for all things women in business is the Chief Community Officer for She Knows Media. We will discuss the ever changing and vital role women in business play in the small business landscape.Shifting her focus from integration to evangelism of the the big audacious Blogher events are, of course, one of the ways she will do this, as she produces fantastic events #BlogHerFood15 and #BlogHer16.Elisa also led the research/consumer insights division, as well as the company’s public relations and social media efforts. Prior to BlogHer, Elisa worked as a high-tech marketing executive and consultant.

Barry Moltz joins us to talk about how to  business owners growing again by unlocking their long forgotten potential.  With decades of entrepreneurial experience in his own business ventures as well as consulting countless other entrepreneurs, Barry has discovered the formula to get stuck business owners unstuck and marching forward.  Barry applies simple, strategic steps to facilitate change.

Anita Campbell, CEO and Founder of SmallBizTrends.com, an award-winning online publication for small business owners, entrepreneurs and the people who interact with them joins me with some insights for small business success in 2016! Small Business Trends is the premier source of information, breaking news and advice covering issues of key importance to small businesses.Small business success … delivered daily.

Welcoming my annual visit with head trend analyst Max Luthy, US Lead Trend Analyst. We will be discussing the top trends consumer trends for 2016 in a cross section of industries, products, services and technology.Trendwatching .com has been serving forward-thinking business professionals and businesses since 2002 in 180+ countries. Based in London, and now in the US, Trendwatching.com strives to understand the new consumer and subsequently uncover compelling, profitable innovation opportunities for them. 3000 spotters in 90+ countries, 260,000 subscribers discover and uncover the latest, greatest most innovative  comsumer trends of products and services that make life more fun, efficient and interesting.They offer tips, presentations, workshops, briefings, reports and more live and on the web.

Dustin Luther currently heads up an Engagement Team (Content, Events and Social Media) at Dun & Bradstreet, that develops and implement campaigns under both the D&B and Hoovers brands. They have put together award winning campaigns involving contests, youtube videos, influencer engagement and much more over the past four and half years. In the process of telling great stories, I’ve earned a few accolades (“Mr Social” from the San Fernando Business Journal, “Builder of the real estate blogosphere's infrastructure” from the LA Times.