Born in Iran, Made In 🇺🇸 Entrepreneur since 10 years old 📚 Author of #1 WSJ Best Seller “Your Next Five Moves” 🌳Lifelong Synergist

Dustin Gutkowski, owner and CEO. Focus on building people and they will build the business. Results Roofing $40+ million a year Results PDR $5+ million a year RR productions $2+ million a year RR claims management $2+ million a year Podcast host with UFC Superstar Kevin Holland Investor in Liquid Death Water, Goatfuel(Jerry Rice), Free rein coffee (Cole Houser), Tiffs Treats, Nomad Grills, and few others Was homeless at age of 14 living on a park bench, grew up in trailer park with troubled childhood. But I knew that wasn’t the life for me. Father to 3 kids Conor, Kobe and Gianna with my lovely wife Albana Great with building teams, growing companies, training, company culture, over coming adversity, sales and all things business related. How I can help you? I will tell you what you need to hear not what you want to hear. If you need advice in your business I will share best practices that helped me throughout my life. If you need help any of these please reach out. I work for my people they don’t work for me. I want to help you achieve your goals and dreams. Let’s grow Also offer advisor roles for companies in exchange for equity if you are interested in long term growth. Our team will help you grow your team, if interested in opportunities please let me know Most asked questions: - How do you grow your business? - What is best way to lead people, what is important in leadership? - If you could go back in time what is 3/4 things you would tell yourself day 1 starting your company’s? - What is most important things to focus on when running a company? - How to establish a company culture that cultivates growth? Advisory available on a long term basis as well. If you are a new company or existing in need of board help, growth, sales, or business planning please reach out we can take small equity stack to partner. .

As a trucking company owner and CEO, I have extensive experience in the logistics and transportation industry in the USA, with over 15 years in the field. I've transitioned from being a company driver to an owner-operator and have successfully built a company with over 300 trucks. Simple advice on the beginning stages of your trucking company can save you a lot of time and money. I've encountered many challenges along the way, but some could have been avoided with proper advice! Along with this, I've been a husband for 15 years and a father to 3 children. Between managing success in business and family, I've been able to achieve personal goals in sports like competitive bodybuilding, CrossFit, powerlifting, and I'm a finisher of multiple marathons, two of them being Chicago marathons. I've also completed multiple Ironman triathlons, with a finishing time of 10:48 in Panama City Beach, FL. Lots of goals still lie ahead, keeping me motivated to grow and grind through. I'm an immigrant, having come to the USA at the age of 20 with $500 in my pocket and a desire to succeed in life. This year marks 18 years of living and working in the USA. I'm only getting started, and my mission is to share my knowledge with those who also want to achieve big results!

Spent the first half of my life focused on helping myself. Did alright. Struggled. Felt empty. Spent the last 20 years focused on helping others. Authentically helping others. Life has never been the same. Living abundantly. Feeling fulfilled. It was 1999 and I was running/training and managing a sales team. I was very successful at sales and always had a knack teaching people how to close, sell and persuade people. One day, I noticed a very hard working individual that was making minimum wage. Decided to help him make more money and the for the first time authentically wanted to help someone else without expecting anything in return. Crushed it. Within 3 months he was making $10-15,000 a month and it literally changed his life...and his family's life. Nothing I had ever done felt so good. That was the first time I felt fulfilled and "worth" something. That started it all. I quit my job and decided to start a training company to help as many people as I could by teaching them how to sell, close and persuade. Within 6 months I realized I was failing miserably. I couldn't understand why I couldn't seem to get people to change their behavior and find success like I had so many times before. That is when I found the 4 Keys to effective training. Good content, repetition, practice and accountability. Through my research I found that most companies were making the same mistake, so I decided to build a technology to fix it. I quickly became a leading authority on web-based training. As the Founder of LightSpeed VT, my mission is to get the knowledge from the people who have it to the people who need it. I believe that people and businesses fail mainly because they don't have the right information. SO, I set out to revolutionize the online training world by creating the most advanced interactive training system on Earth. Since then, LightSpeed VT has set the gold standard for how training is delivered, tracked and measured ensuring maximum performance, accountability, retention and results. LightSpeed VT's online interactive video-based training and communication platform engages users to learn more quickly via patent pending technology that delivers interactive content, role-play simulations and various cutting edge testing methods with built in real-time reporting and notifications. Specialties: Sales, Closing, Brand Leverage, Training Technology, Idea Generation, Creative Vision, Marketing, Accountability, ROI, Production, Monetizing Content

Mary Ruddick is an ancestral nutritionist and experiential anthropologist who specializes in neuromuscular disorders, infertility, and disabling chronic disease. She can regularly be found endangering herself in the untouched corners of the world to learn from and distill the wisdom from the last remaining traditional cultures. She shares her findings and knowledge via her sought after keynote speeches, 100+ podcast appearances, her published articles, and her work both in front and behind the camera.

Questions I most often get: What’s it like being married to a man who is ultra competitive and ultra driven? How have I been able to balance being involved in our business and managing home life with four kids? How do you hire a Nanny? How did you attract a man like Patrick Bet-David? Since 2009, I have served as the lead project manager for multiple software solutions our companies have used to operate. I have extensive knowledge in CRM, Integration, & Standard Operating Procedures. I have held securities licenses Series 6, 63, & 26. Active Insurance & Real Estate license with an extensive background in Financial Services since 2002.

Right hand to CEO & Founder Patrick Bet-David. Currently Vice President of Sales and Distribution at PHP Agency, started in 2009 by Patrick with 66 licensed life insurance agents now nearly 50,000 nationwide. Over the last decade under PBDs mentorship, I’ve gained knowledge and expertise in areas of human nature, conflict resolution, processing issues, and most importantly sales, specifically the how to’s of driving sales executives build and scale their business ranging from $100,000 to over $40,000,000 in annual sales. 1. Processing issues - human nature. One of the areas most people fall short is in the area of conflict resolution. The faster you can deal and process issues the faster you can move on to scaling your business. 2. Identify key initiatives to help drive revenue for your business. Most business are only a couple of small changes away from getting to the next. PBD talks a lot about sequencing, happy to provide insights in the very important way of thinking. Your 10th move cannot be your first move. 3. How to create stronger relationships - both professionally and personally. This is key team building and driving leaders, always remember the strong the relationship the more you can challenge the person. 4. Balancing work and personal life as an entrepreneur. How I’ve witnessed PBD do this over the last 14 years with his family and how my wife and I both adapted to his philosophies by work together in our business as intrepreneurs. We are both Alphas, how to overcome the misconception of working together is difficult, and how to create a strong work life balance to fulfill our goals and dreams as a family. Looking forward to connecting with you here on Minnect to share ideas, bring value, providing insight from a #2 perspective and help grow & scale your business today.

Paul Gray is owner and CEO of several successful companies and an investor in great people. Starting from a humble background in his family’s construction firm, Paul has gone on to grow several accomplished companies in the construction and real estate sectors and has also ventured out as an investor in non-related industries. At age 26 he spent 8 years of civil service, becoming one of the youngest elected city Councilmen and Vice Mayors of Wichita, the largest city in Kansas. Recent accomplishments - 2023 Construction $25 million - new residential construction $15 million - new multi-family construction $8 million - commercial construction Real Estate and Development $26 million - multi-family developments with 134 doors 89 acres developed for single family 18 acres developed for mulit-family 19 commercial real estate properties(retail, medical, office, warehouse) Other Investments Crypto (BTC) mining and investing firm 4 successful restaurants (sports bars & gourmet pizza) Home Health & Hospice start up Bray Films - executive producer & actor (PPP Loan Gone, Buy Her, Joint Custody, and Unsurety) Most importantly, Paul has a loving wife, Adriana, who along with contributing to marketing and special projects for their family firms, she raises their four children who range from college to elementary school. Paul has mentored and guided many budding entrepreneurs and experienced business owners to greater success, as he has never overlooked the guidance he received from people he deems as ‘far more successful and important’ than himself. If Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Tom Brady have coaches, why don’t you! ‘I am here to help you, reach your fullest potential.’

I have worked directly with and been mentored by Patrick Bet-David for over 13 years. I helped take his insurance financial services startup from less than 10 employees to over 100 employees. From a few hundred agents to over 50,000 agents across the country. Created systems, infrastructure, payroll systems, employee benefits programs to operational efficiencies. Was part of the core team in developing our proprietary agency management system. From concept, business rules, UI/UX, etc. Led finance division for all payroll and responsible for the processing of a few hundred million dollars of commission. In private high level negotiation rooms with leading Fortune 500 companies in the insurance industry. Planned, negotiated, sourced, produced and executed events and incentives ranging from 50 to 15,000 people over the last 13 years. Hosted events at the MGM Grand Garden Arena and many prestigious venues both domestic and international. Honored to be recognized as the youngest female president of an insurance company of this size and caliber. I am passionate about helping other women achieve success. Share how I balance being a wife, a mother to my two young boys, being an intrapreneur, and an executive leading a team. You can have it all.. I look forward to providing you and your business with valuable insight in various aspects.

Laura Padrino is the Director of Sales and Marketing as well as a third generation owner of Padrino’s Cuban Restaurants, maintaining brand consistency throughout all locations, including their website, employee training, plating, menu development, and more.  Laura is responsible for securing contracts to help expand the business, such as catering, private events for large groups and building partnerships with local organizations and ministries. Included in them is Love Life South Florida where she serves as the COO, as well as Broward College where she’s an Industry Mentor for students in their Professional Enhancement Program. Laura designed the latest additions to the Padrino’s Restaurant collection which led to design consulting with a local family-owned contracting group. She serves her community as Vice Chair of the Midtown Advisory Board for the city of Plantation where she resides with her husband of 11 years and their 2 beautiful daughters. She was recently honored as Rising Star under 40 at the Prestigious Women’s Gala.  Laura aspires to create positive impact wherever she goes and relentlessly pursues excellence in whatever she does. She’s passionate about mentoring future leaders to invest and manage their time intentionally and train them in wise decision making skills.