EPISODES - ENTREPRENEUR STATE OF MIND (esom)TV

     Jo Colontonio is executive business coach with Ignite Business Partners, whose mission is to build extraordinary leaders, teams, and organizations from the inside out.    Ignite Business Partners supports leaders at all levels to drive individual and organizational excellence and achieve extraordinary results by partnering with each client using a customized approach, to explore possibilities and expand opportunities in every aspect of their work and their life..

David Essel, MS, OM of David Essel Enterprises on Entrepreneur State of Mind TV.   

David is a therapist who has helped clients from all over the world to learn how to deal with the stress of life: love, self-esteem, addiction, emotional confusion, finances, relationships, personal identity, career choices, attitude, the breaking of family cycles, codependency and more.  

Marshall Jones,  Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, on Entrepreneur State of Mind TV

Ben Morton, JD. Managing Attorney, Morton Law Group, on Entrepreneur State of Mind TV

Sara Sykes-Moore and Melissa Lanno of Sykes & Lanno Beauty on Entrepreneur State of Mind TV

   Lori Alhadeff sits on the Broward County, Florida Board of Education and has started "Make Our Schools Safe" as a result of her daughter being a victim of the Parkland school shooting in 2018 

Alana Barrett is the  designer of Beautifully Beaded and Baubled jewelry.

Christina Renna is president & CEO at the Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey. CCSNJ is the region’s largest, most active, and influential business organization. Started in 1873 as the Camden Board of Trade, the organization and has grown to represent the seven counties of Southern New Jersey, Greater Philadelphia and Northern Delaware.

Founded in 1989, the Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship supports, researches and promotes entrepreneurship with a special focus on family, veteran and urban businesses. Among our many programs are the Family Business Alliance, the national Veterans Launching Ventures (VLV) entrepreneurship course, Entrepreneur Zones and student case competitions. 

Before starting the Runway of Dreams Foundation in 2014, Mindy Scheier spent 20 years working in fashion on the design team for the INC collection and as a stylist for Saks Fifth Avenue.   Mindy was inspired to start Runway of Dreams after her son Oliver, who has Muscular Dystrophy, dreamed of wearing jeans like everyone else. After using her design skills to adapt a pair that met his needs and increased his confidence, she went on to conduct extensive research to develop modifications that would meet the needs of the largest minority in our world- people with disabilities. Following its launch, Runway of Dreams partnered with Tommy Hilfiger on the first mainstream adaptive clothing line for kids. Due to the overwhelming amount of requests Mindy received at Runway of Dreams from a multitude of brands and industries for connection to PWDs, in 2019, Mindy created Gamut Talent Management to represent people with disabilities and create a marketplace where businesses and industries can connect to this target audience.  

O’Neil Waters, Director of Sales and Marketing at Black Excellence Network

Bart Jackson is the quintessential curator of business guidance wrapped in a straightforward but humorous persona. Author, speaker, radio host, CEO of Prometheus Publishing, founder of the Prometheus Social Enterprise Awards, world traveler, environmentalist, literacy advocate, business humorist, winemaker, Princeton TV sponsor, Bart Jackson is founder of the Accomplished Professionals Breakfast, an active member of the New Jersey State and Princeton Regional Chambers of Commerce, the New Jersey Business and Industry Association and serves on the marketing committee of The Association for Corporate Growth.

A prolific author, Bart’s most recent titles include "CEO of Yourself", "The Art of the CEO", "Behind Every Successful Woman Is Herself", "So That’s How They Do It - Tactics of Business Masters", "Business Basics", "101 Best Business Quips – Take a Little Laughter to Work", "102 Best Business Quips" and "In the Words of My Wife’s Husband."

Hugh O’Beirne is the founder of Hawthorne Ave. Strategies, a consulting firm focused on optimizing business outcomes and strategic goals for US and international cannabis operators. Prior to founding Hawthorne Ave. Strategies, Hugh served as the President and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New Jersey Cannabis Industry Association (NJCIA). The NJCIA’s mission is to enhance the environment for the legal access to cannabis in New Jersey. 

Diane McElroy is CEO and Founder of High High, LLC, a consulting firm focused on the needs of new startups in the field.  She is a well-respected cannabis professional who had split her time between the Apothecarium dispensaries and the grow facility in Boonton Township, NJ. Her role within the organization was to be a bridge between the community and the company, as well as liaison with various media outlets.  Diana believes that education and open and honest conversations are the only way to remove the stigma and misinformation around cannabis so that qualified patients can find the right medication.

TrenLot, Inc., the creator of CrewBuilder, offers innovative solutions in the construction industry using innovations in data modeling that create advantages and reduce cost by automating accountability and profitability.  They wield a team of professionals with years of experience in business, design, big data, development, integration, IoT, data acquisition, analysis, mathematics, and predictive modeling – and building smart platforms that scale.

Marie Espinoza, President/Partner of 4insite which is revolutionizing facilities management by providing real-time data to facilities managers via cloud-based software.

R. Scott Livengood is a clinical assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the W. P. Carey School of Business’ Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University. He previously taught at the University of Texas at Austin as a lecturer of strategy and entrepreneurship and was the assistant director of the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Renewal. He also taught at Ohio State University’s Department of Management and Human Resources and at the University of Florida as an assistant professor of strategy and entrepreneurship. His areas of expertise include cognition, competition and entrepreneurship.

Bellaria Jimenez, President of MassMutual Tri State, is a Certified Financial Planner and Chartered Financial Consultant, and a member of GAMA, WIFS, FPA, and NAIFA. She has received several recognitions throughout her career, including the Hispanic Corporate Achiever of the Year, the Top 50 Businesswomen in New Jersey and the Prominent Woman Award.

Andrew Frazier, a trusted adviser for organizations and individuals serves as a mentor, connector, facilitator, strategist, and/or problem solver- basically, a personal advisory board all-in-one. Small Business Like a Pro has been providing entrepreneurs, business leaders, and organizational leaders with access to the expertise, tools, and resources they need to compete effectively in this fast-paced, technology-driven, global business environment for more than ten years. 

   Marta Sylvester Founder and CEO of NuGen Packaging of Hillside, NJ, on Entrepreneurial State of Mind (ESOP) TV Show, May 2021. The NuGen team came together with one vision, “Bringing Action to your Sustainable Packaging Idea”, and as a result a brand’s success in the marketplace and another step in the effort to save our planet. They create sustainable packaging solutions that make sense for the environment and elevate branding.   

Jim Barrood is the Founder and CEO of Innovation+ and Advisor, Tech Council Ventures.  Prior to that, Jim was Advisor to Tech Council Ventures; President and CEO of the New Jersey Tech Council and the Executive Director, Rothman Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Dave Tager, President and CEO of Tager & Company on Entrepreneurial State of Mind (ESOP) TV Show.  Tager&Co., which helps organizations by developing a more productive  positioning strategy and executing higher-impact communications —  sales, marketing, corporate and financial — to drive growth and achieve  other priority objectives.   

Glenn Best, founding member, serves as the Executive Director for the Black Entrepreneur Hall of Fame which is focused on honoring legendary Black Entrepreneurs and educating the public about the contributions of Black business founders. The Black Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame highlights entrepreneurs who have broken through barriers of race and class to achieve extraordinary success and permanently recognize black pioneers who have been overlooked in the history books because of their race.

Mike Ferraro is President and Founder of Bridging The Gap for Veterans Inc, a non-profit organization led by military veterans who fully understand how to help the military community.  They are military career transition coaches providing transition assistance and opening career doors directly to veteran- friendly hiring employers locally and nationally.