Alicia Chang

Growthink, Inc. provides services that enable entrepreneurs to start, grow, and exit their businesses. It offers services, such as strategic business plan consulting in the areas of business ideas, financing options, and growth opportunities; custom business intelligence dashboards; investment banking services, including raising equity and debt capital, as well as executing acquisition, divestiture, and merger transactions; exit strategy planning; market, industry, and competitive research in the areas of apparel and fashion, automotive, beauty and cosmetics, construction, e-commerce, entertainment, health care, hotels and hospitality, insurance, real estate, restaurants, retail, and video games; and private equity and venture investing. The company was founded by Jay Turo and David Kenneth Lavinsky in 1999 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

MedResults Network, Inc. provides services to medical spas to catering to the entire aesthetic industry, including plastic surgeons, dermatologists and non-core aesthetic physicians. It operates as a buying group in the aesthetic and medical spas markets. The firm’s members have access to deep discounts and rebates on thousands of products and services include injectables, skincare, merchant processing and supplies. The company was founded in 2008 by James Parrott and John Buckingham and is headquartered in Huntington Beach, CA.

Johnson & Wales University provides hands-on training programs and an 'upside down' curriculum that gives students experience early on with their chosen career (students take courses in their major during the first year). At the end of two years of study, students earn an associates degree and the opportunity to go on to earn a bachelor's degree

Pegasus Research Group LLC provides end-to-end marketing and sales solutions. The firm offers demand generation, sales pipeline solutions, data quality technology, marketing automation and teleservices. The company was founded by James H. Hooker in 1995 and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce is a local organization that aims to generate more business activity for the community. The non-profit company is based in Santa Monica, CA. It provides a platform for businesses to tap into an established community of business owners and entrepreneurs, with over 650 member organizations. The Chamber advocates and represents business interests and issues facing the community, and works in partnership with all levels of government and community organizations to achieve a healthy local economy and quality of life. The Chamber also offers a Green Business Certification program, which provides cost savings and other benefits for certified businesses.

Emerald Health Services, Inc. operates as a healthcare staffing agency specializing in placing travel nurses. The company was founded by Mark Stagen in 2002 and is headquartered in El Segundo, CA.

American Mensa Ltd. operates as non profit organization. It is an organization open to anyone who scores in the top 2 percent on an accepted, standardized intelligence test. The firm’s primary activity include identifying and fostering human intelligence for the benefit of humanity, encourage research into the nature, characteristics, and uses of intelligence and provide a stimulating intellectual and social environment for its members. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Arlington, TX.