Executive Editors
.Joel Goldstein
Joel Goldstein, nominated at age 24 for SCORE entrepreneur of the year, is a professional speaker, author and consultant. He has been featured on television, newspapers and magazines as an expert in Internet marketing strategies. Specializing in online lead generation, his clients have been varied from the largest online swimwear e-commerce website to a local fishing charter. Joel works with international companies based out of Orlando Florida.
As an active philanthropist for education, Joel has dedicated his time to organizations such as Junior Achievement, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and DonorsChoose.org – an educational non-profit and winner at Fast Company’s 2008 Social Capitalist Awards. He currently sits on the boards of local not for profit organizations such as Orlando Young Professionals, Citrus Club Young Executive Board and he is an adviser to Everglades University.
Joel has been invited to the masters’ program at Harvard School of Business to pursue a higher education. With a certificate in management from the Wharton School of Business, Joel has been able to apply managerial principles from classroom to boardroom. Not the average ivy league student, Joel has pursued extraordinary adventures such as deep sea diving and hang-gliding. Joel’s drive for adrenaline has taken him to countries such as Thailand to fight with Muay Thai fighters and to Israel to spelunk ancient desert caves.
Joel published his first book “A Professional’s Guide to Social Media” at the age of 25 in 2010. The first in a series of professional’s guides the book became a “best seller” on Amazon within the first month. Joel speaks at conventions and universities around the world on developing effective online marketing strategies for business professionals.
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Dennis Crosby
Dennis Crosby has been called a natural born business man since his first business at age 9 called “Cologne-4-Less”. Never taking the normal path, Dennis has lived his life taking the road less traveled. From graduating college in three years with two degrees, to starting a successful consulting practice a year after graduating from college, Dennis is a right here right now kind of guy.
Referred to by many as a Marketing Hero, it is rare you will find him without his signature Batman belt and necklace. According to Dennis, it reminds him of what it takes to be successful; “unwavering commitment and dedication to a goal while constantly training yourself to be better”. As a marketing strategist, Dennis brings bold, effective strategies to businesses in need. To date, there has not been a business Dennis was not able to help increase bottom line sales.
When Dennis isn’t hard at work creating and implementing marketing strategies, he is working with his start-up non-profit PlayDate Foundation Inc. PlayDate Foundation is the first organization that works to promote social opportunities and interactions through connecting parents online. PlayDates will revolutionize the lives of special needs children by giving them the same social quality of life as any other child. To learn more about PlayDates click here.