Growing your Business with Barefoot Wine
b'Jay Shaprio - Founder, AppMakr - "Serial entrepreneur, Global Philanthropist, Angel Investor, Adventurer, Burner, TED Speaker and all around nice guy." Born and raised in Canada, 13 years living in Asia, and now a Global Digital Nomad... Significant Ventures: 1999 - founded "BLUE", one of the first Digital Agencies in Asia, out of a third-floor walk-up apartment with $10k angel investment. Bootstrapped it from there to a global powerhouse with 6 offices on 3 continents, twice awarded Agency of the Year. Acquired by WPP in 2007 and today, known as Possible Worldwide is one of the Top 5 Digital Agencies in the World. 2011 - co-founded Infinite Monkeys as a drag-and-drop platform for small businesses to make their own mobile apps for iPhone / Android / HTML5 smartphones, with no coding. In 2013 we acquired our largest competitor and became "AppMakr". Today, we\'re the largest mobile app publisher on the planet, with almost 2 million new apps started on our platform - in 100 countries & 15 languages. OTHER Interesting Projects: EcoRoamer - Jay designed & built the world\'s first carbon-neutral, family sized 4x4 expedition vehicle called the "EcoRoamer" - He and his family are (slowly) driving it around the planet, It is the roaming global headquarters for AppMakr.
Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey co-authored the New York Times bestselling business book The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America\\u2019s #1 Wine Brand. The book, selected as recommended reading in the CEO Library for CEO Forum, chronicles Barefoot\\u2019s journey from its start in the laundry room of a rented Sonoma County farmhouse in 1986 to the board room of E&J Gallo, where the brand was successfully sold in 2005. Barefoot is now the largest bottled wine brand in the world.
Hector Garc\\xeda, the president of MBN Design Inc., has been in business for over 20 years and is the first in his family to venture into starting his own company. In the beginning their initial offering was design and Illustration services, they now specialize in high level branding, packaging and web design. MBN Design has become one of Orange County\\u2019s most-established and well-respected design firms as a result of Hector Garcia\\u2019s astute choice of employees and vendors. A team that\\u2019s big on talent, big on core values and big on results. \\u201cAt the foundation of our values is trust,\\u201d explains Hector, \\u201cthat resonates with every team member, client and vendor.\\u201d They\'ve had the privilege of being a preferred vendor of a Fortune 100 company for over a decade as well as successfully teaming up with NASCAR, the NFL, NBA and MLB. The brands and packaging they\'ve designed currently adorn the shelves at virtually every major chain of grocery, club, convenience, drug and office supply stores across the country,'