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Jon Carter
Jon Carter is the CEO and Founder of Prado, an Austin-based technology platform that connects physicians, nutrition providers, and food businesses to make food function as medicine — unlocking $170 billion in pre-tax HSA/FSA dollars for medically tailored meals. Before Prado, Carter built a career spanning digital product leadership at Union Bank and Live Nation (where he ran eCommerce for 600+ artist brands including Jay-Z and Madonna), and CEO of Snap Kitchen. His father died from type 2 diabetes, and that loss transformed into a professional mission: eliminate the friction preventing food from operating as healthcare.
Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller is the CEO and founder of THE/STUDIO, the company behind TheStudio.com and SuppliedShop.com, a supply-chain platform that connects creators, brands and small businesses with vetted factories worldwide so anyone can make custom products - patches, pins, apparel, medals and more - without minimum orders or sourcing expertise. After more than a decade working with factories in China, he built a low-MOQ, on-demand manufacturing model and a fully remote, globally distributed team, raising an $11M Series A in 2018 after 18 months and more than 150 investor rejections. His through-line is democratizing access to manufacturing as a path to broad-based wealth creation.
Daymond John
Daymond John is the founder of FUBU, the streetwear brand he built from a $40 budget in his mother's Queens house into a $6 billion global empire. Known as 'The People's Shark,' he's been a main cast investor on ABC's Shark Tank since its debut in 2009, championing underdogs and minority entrepreneurs. A five-time bestselling author, cancer survivor, Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, and creator of Black Entrepreneurs Day, John proves repeatedly that being broke is not a limitation - it's a competitive advantage.