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QuickBooks Connect Adds Five Business Pioneers to Main Stage
Intuit (News - Alert) Inc. (Nasdaq:INTU) has added five additional speakers to the QuickBooks
Connect main stage lineup: actress and entrepreneur Eva Longoria,
leading health and wellness expert Jillian Michaels,
critically-acclaimed fashion designer Christian Siriano, Drybar founder
Alli Webb and business visionary Derreck Kayongo.
QuickBooks Connect takes place Oct. 24-26 in San Jose, Calif., and will
unite thousands of small business owners, accountants, self-employed
individuals and developers under one roof to connect, learn and be
inspired. The event is designed to provide attendees with inspiration
from main stage speakers, complemented by hundreds of educational
breakout sessions on topics that range from financial management to
marketing and sales techniques.
The newly announced speakers join fellow business luminaries to share
their success stories paired with practical advice and insights. Many
are best known for their time in the public eye, and all have
demonstrated a unique entrepreneurial spirit and drive:
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Longoria is a Golden Globe-nominated, Screen Actors Guild and ALMA
Award- winning actress, producer, director, entrepreneur and
philanthropist. She was named Philanthropist of the Year by the
Hollywood Reporter and honored by Variety with a Lifetime Achievement
Award for Power of Women. She is founder of the Eva Longoria
Foundation, co-founder of Eva's Heroes and national spokesperson for
Padres Contra el Cancer. Longoria owns BESO Restaurant, production
company UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, fragrances EVA and EVAmour and a
home collection line. She also recently designed the Eva Longoria
Collection fashion line.
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Michaels, a fitness expert and life coach who's been using QuickBooks
for five years, has built an international community of followers from
her hit televisions shows, fitness DVDs and exercise streaming
platform FitFusion. Her company, Empowered Media, which she co-owns
with Giancarlo Chersich, is dedicated to providing people with
accessible and affordable solutions for all their wellness needs.
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Siriano, a Council of Fashion Designers of America designer, launched
his eponymous collection in 2008. A QuickBooks custmer since 2012 and
dubbed "the new king of old-school glamour" by Elle and "the next
billion-dollar designer" by Yahoo! Style, his designs have appeared on
the world's biggest stars and most prestigious red carpets. Siriano
partners with brands such as Payless ShoeSource, Lane Bryant,
Victoria's Secret, Best Buy (News - Alert), HSN, Disney, Nordstrom, Puma, Starbucks
and Spiegel. He is the youngest person to appear on Crain's "40 Under
40" list, was a member of Forbes' "30 Under 30" in 2015 and co-founded
accessories e-commerce retailer Send the Trend, serving as chief
curator until its QVC acquisition in 2012.
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Webb, a longtime professional stylist, founded Drybar in 2010 after a
lifelong quest for a great blowout at an affordable price. What
started as a mobile business quickly turned into the first Drybar in
Brentwood, Calif., and has since expanded to nearly 70 locations with
over 3,000 stylists across the country. Drybar also offers a full line
of professional hair styling products and tools, all of which were
created for the perfect blowout. Webb's accolades include the 2014 CEW
Achiever Award and being included in Fortune's "40 Under 40" and Marie
Claire's "16 Most Fascinating Women." Her first book, "The Drybar
Guide to Good Hair for All," will be released Oct. 18 by Abrams
Publishing.
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Kayongo, a sustainability expert and the CEO of the Center for Civil
and Human Rights in Atlanta, fled a civil war in Uganda and settled
with his family in Kenya. He later moved to the United States, where
he became a successful entrepreneur as the founder of the Global Soap
Project. The program recycles partially used soap from hotels by
turning them into new bars and redistributing them to vulnerable
populations in more than 90 countries. Kayongo has won several awards,
including CNN's Top Ten Heroes Award in 2011 and the MAXX
Entrepreneurship Award. He recently coauthored "The Roadmap to
Success" with Deepak Chopra and Ken Blanchard.
Registration Details
A two-day pass is available for $299, while a full three-day pass for
accountants - which includes all certification preparation courses, the
ability to obtain up to 15 CPE credits, access to more than 40 breakout
sessions and an accountant-focused event on Oct. 24 - is available for
$599. To register or receive more details, visit www.QuickBooksConnect.com.
About Intuit Inc.
Intuit Inc. creates business and
financial management solutions that simplify the business of life for
small businesses, consumers and accounting professionals.
Its flagship products and services include QuickBooks® and
TurboTax®, which make it
easier to manage small businesses
and tax preparation and filing.
Mint provides a fresh, easy and
intelligent way for people to manage their money, while Intuit's ProConnect
brand portfolio includes ProConnect
Online, ProSeries®
and Lacerte®, the
company's leading tax preparation offerings for professional accountants.
Founded in 1983, Intuit had revenue of $4.7 billion in its fiscal year
2016. The company has approximately 7,900 employees with major offices
in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India, Australia and
other locations. More information can be found at www.intuit.com.
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