Henry Truc is an experienced financial writer and the executive editor of Equities.com. His work has appeared on Yahoo! Finance, Nasdaq.com, and many other publications. He has interviewed CEOs and Wall Street analysts, as well as investment fund managers and economists. His experience in financial reporting and coverage has ranged from blue chip equities in the U.S. to up-and-coming public companies in emerging markets like China. Previous to equities.com, Henry served as the managing editor for EQUITIES Magazine, which covered investment types of all categories. Follow him on Twitter at @henrytruc. and connect with him on LinkedIn.

Joel Anderson is a business writer who lives and works in Los Angeles. As a senior editor at Equities.com, he's responsible for writing and editing articles for the site. You can follow him on twitter @JoelAEquities.   Joel Anderson is not registered as an investment advisor. Ideas expressed within his work are the opinions of the writer, are for informational purposes, and are not to serve as the sole basis for any investment decision. References to specific securities should not be construed as particularized investment advice or as recommendations that you or any investors purchase or sell these securities on their own account. Readers are expected to assume full responsibility for conducting their own research pursuant to investment decisions in keeping with their tolerance for risk. Joel Anderson is invested in a total market index fund, the Guggenheim Solar ETF (TAN), the United States Oil Fun (USO), with much smaller holdings in AT&T (T), Wal-Mart (WMT), and Verizon (VZ).

Michael Teague is a staff writer for Equities.com. His previous experience includes three years as the associate editor of Los Angeles-based Al Jadid Magazine, a bi-annual review of the arts & culture of the Middle East, where he contributed many articles on the region in the form of features and book & film reviews. His educational background includes a BA in French literature from the University of California, Irvine, where he developed a startling proclivity for anything having to do with the 19th century.

Dennis Miller is the author of Miller on the Money, a free retirement resource website aimed to help people understand how to make their nest egg last. He works with some of the country’s top investment managers, authors and analysts to tackle the financial challenges faced by today’s retirees. Prior to retiring in 2008 Dennis ran a successful consulting business and authored several books on sales management. He was also a regular contributor to the American Management Association and an active international lecturer for 40 years. Dennis is featured regularly on several retirement blogs and is a frequent guest on radio shows throughout the country. You can track his exploits at Miller on the Money and on Twitter @DMonthemoney, or contact him at milleronthemoney@gmail.com.

Jeff Kagan is an Equities.com columnist. Over 30 years, as an influencer, Kagan follows wireless, wire line, telecom, Internet, pay-TV, cable TV, IPTV, Cloud, IoT, AI, Mobile Pay, Smart Cities, Smart Homes and more. Email jeff@jeffKAGAN.com. Web site www.jeffkagan.com. Twitter @jeffkagan

Business Rockstars (BR) is currently the largest producer of live, daily, audio and video content targeted to entrepreneurs. Wantrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs learn to make good decisions early, when to pivot, how to build the right team, and how and when to raise capital. BR provides efficient resources through a variety of mediums: a 2 hour live radio and streaming video program, podcasts, blogs, social media, and soon a new mobile app. These are all mediums that capitalize on strong trends such as exploding mobile app usage (growing at 115% in 2013 alone) accelerated video viewing over text (over 200%/year in the last three years). What CNBC is to the day trader, Business Rockstars will be to the entrepreneur. Similar to how VICE Media built its footprint, BR is building a 24/7 content channel with a range of programming, content, and products that are focused on a large unmet need in the market: tools and training for entrepreneurship. BR has a powerful advantage with its uniquely talented management team, and investors, and advisors who are all laser focused on building Business Rockstars into the leading content platform for Entrepreneurs across Mobile, Social and Broadcast.

Silvia Davi serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Equities.com, where she oversees marketing, corporate communications, PR, events, content and social media strategy. In her role at Equities.com she also serves as a broadcast contributor, interviewing CEO’s and experts on an array of business issues, innovation and market trends. Silvia is a seasoned global corporate communications, marketing and business development professional with over 18 years of experience developing external and internal communication programs, visibility, reputation management and brand campaigns, global public relations, advertising, events, and digital media. She has held key leadership roles at Nasdaq, Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), a global music rights management and royalty distribution firm, Marsh & McLennan, Instinet Group, and more. An expert in global communications and international affairs, Ms. Davi is fluent in English, Spanish, and Italian and has studied French and Modern Greek. Davi graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Arts and Media and minor in Business and Liberal Arts from Queens College, CUNY. She completed Executive Leadership Education Training programs from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania on Strategic Persuasion, Negotiation, and the Art and Science of Selling Ideas

Born in Roslyn Heights, Allen Shayanfekr, Esq. is the CEO and Founder of Sharestates. His legal expertise (currently admitted to practice law in NY and CT) in securities law is paramount to Sharestates' ability to promote and produce public and private offerings in a highly regulated space. Allen interacts regularly with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in addition to spearheading daily operations at Sharestates. Allen received his J.D. Magna Cum Laude from Touro Law Center where he graduated in the top 6% of his class and his B.A. in Political Science from New York University. Info on SHARESTATES: SHARESTATES is a dynamic company that focuses on seamless real estate investing. Through technology, the company allows people to build real estate portfolio, one share at a time. His company, SHARESTATES, offers investors direct access to real estate investments through their online marketplace – with net annualized returns between 10-20%. While property owners and developers (aka sponsors) can also gain access to capital at a competitive rate, closing a deal in a fraction of the time it traditionally takes through a bank.

John Livesay is known as a top sales keynote speaker that helps salespeople become magnetic storytellers with the ability to make irresistible offers to their ideal clients. He has been called "The Pitch Whisperer" by INC. John has captivated audiences in settings ranging from Gensler’s top management retreat to Coca-Cola’s CMO Summit. He is also the author of Better Selling Through Storytelling and the host of “The Successful Pitch” podcast, which is heard in over 60 countries. He is also the CMO of Quantmre.com which helps people get equity out of their home without taking on more debt by using the blockchain to create a token backed by real estate. John has appeared on TV as the expert on “How To Ask For What You Want And Get A Yes.” Audiences love him because they know he’s been in their shoes. During a 20-year career in media sales with Conde Nast, John worked across all 22 brands in their corporate division and was the recipient of the salesperson of the year honors.

Wanda Halpert is the Founder and President of Concord Business Plans. www.concordbusiness.com. She has researched and written over 850 business plans that have helped to raise more than $2.5 Billion in investment for her clients. Wanda Halpert's work helps to identify the strengths of a business model and portray it in a way that attracts investors. Wanda has over 20 years as a leader in business and is known to work in all industry sectors from tech, crypto currency, resources, real estate and others. Congratulations to our business plan client, BIG Blockchain Intelligence Group Inc. They just raised $17 million. Trading was good today as they are a new issuer and rose from $1.31 to close at $2.65.