Victor was born in the UK and his first job was in a men’s clothing store. He then started a new career by joining a publishing company selling advertising space in various trade and technical magazines. He became General Manager of the company and then started his own publishing company followed by another company that organized International Trade Exhibitions, Conventions and Conferences.

These companies became very successful and were sold some years later. Victor then started businesses in printing, marketing and PR, photography, finance, manufacturing, real estate, soccer clubs, web design and direct selling on the internet. He also manufactured a range of men’s shoes, managed a Rock Band and developed an APP for snow clearing services. During the past years he has devoted his time to business consultancy and mentoring, helping people, particularly younger people, develop their business ideas, both large and small, start-ups and entrepreneurs.

Dara is a 30-year veteran in the television production and entertainment industry. She has worked for the past 12 years coaching Entrepreneurs, helping them launch their businesses, speaking at tradeshows, podcasts and for large corporations promoting innovation and new product development by Entrepreneurs.

She worked for 15 years for the Walt Disney Company creating new concepts for theme parks, keynote speaking on innovation, as a company spokesperson, and assisted in the beginning seasons of Shark Tank where she selected products for the parks and brought them to fruition. Dara has also worked on Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Rosie O’Donnell Show, Ellen and GMA. She has been featured on The Travel Network, The Food Network, Shark Tank, and Disney TV during her time at Disney.

After leaving Disney, Dara joined The Home Shopping Network (HSN) where she developed new programming concepts and regularly appeared on the network alongside her friend, Editor and Chief of Good Housekeeping. In addition, Dara created the American Dream’s program focused on finding Entrepreneurs and giving them an opportunity to shine on air. She searched the country each year for new products and innovation to feature on HSN. She partnered with MSNBC and Good Housekeeping to recognize her finds. Dara assisted on the Pickler and Ben Show and worked with GMA’s Steals and Deals to showcase new inventors.

Most recently, Dara was a Producer on the USA Network Show-America’s Big Deal where she found contestants and all the amazing products that were featured on live network TV weekly.

Dara loves her relationship with SCORE and Range Me and knows each Entrepreneur has a journey and a story to tell. She likes to help them tell it.

Currently, Dara is the Executive Producer for Newpreneurs and is excited about viewing submissions and selecting contestants to help change their life.

Brehnen has combined serial entrepreneurship with education for the past 20+ years. With two undergraduate degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Psych-Bio, and two master degrees in International Marketing and Operational Management, he built a strong foundation for his passion to own and run his own companies.

He began his career in telecom, moving up the latter from equipment back haul sales, to leading a group of problem solvers that addressed multiple devices, supply chain, software, and marketing issues.

This experience allowed him to branch off into supporting venture capital companies as a change agent. Having a strong understanding of what works and does not work within enterprise, it was natural for him to branch out and own his own advertising company. He has owned 3 advertising companies in the past 15 years and is primarily focused on working with GenZ and GenA – targeted companies.

He has a passion for giving back and would love nothing more than to see some young entrepreneurs succeed with new and disruptive business ideas.