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Get Your Hustle On! Business Mogul
Bethenny Frankel on Building a Successful Empire (One Skinnygirl Margarita at a Time)
Featuring Bethenny Frankel
1 – 2 p.m. | Building 3, Floor 2, Main Stage
This is one housewife who knows how to hustle. As the runner-up in The Apprentice: Martha Stewart and then the stand-out star of Bravo’s Real Housewives of New York City, it was obvious Bethenny Frankel knew how to get what she wants. Her entrepreneurial skills paved the way for Skinnygirl Cocktails, an entirely new product category (of low calorie cocktail mixers) leading her to be named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities by Forbes magazine. She expanded Skinnygirl into a
full lifestyle empire with products ranging from candy
to popcorn and a new jeans line. Active in many other businesses, she is currently a guest investor on ABC's Shark Tank, negotiating equity deals with a number
of budding brands, and often bargains when flipping multi-million dollar estates on her Bravo show
Bethenny & Fredrik. Not fulfilled with business alone, her life’s experiences have also inspired her to help other women find their own strength and resilience
by launching several charitable initiatives. Don’t miss this intimate, no-nonsense interview on how to build a brand and grow profits using our best assets—
wit, wisdom and humor.
ICON HONORS
Featuring Special Guest Keynote Arianna Huffington
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. | Building 3, Floor 2,
Main Stage
Join us for the home and gift industry's most coveted recognition, celebrated on its most anticipated and important night. International tastemaker Arianna Huffington will take the stage in an exclusive keynote presentation to mark the professional achievements of the ICON HONORS winners.
Open to all attendees. No tickets required.
KEYNOTE:
Redefining Success: The Third Metric That
Can Benefit Your Bottom Line
Can you achieve true success through a relentless
race to the top at the exclusion of all else? Arianna Huffington—founder of The Huffington Post, founder and CEO of Thrive Global—makes a compelling
case for a different approach. By redefining success beyond money and power, she urges attendees to consider a third metric in measuring success—one which is “based on well-being, health, our ability to unplug and recharge and renew ourselves, and to find joy in both our job and the rest of our life.” Mounting evidence, both scientific and anecdotal, confirms that the practices that make us less stressed also make
us more productive, and Huffington provides clear examples of how this is not only good for families' and employees’ health, but also good for a company’s bottom line. Even though the current male-dominated model of success isn’t working for either gender, Huffington acknowledges that women must lead the charge in changing the current ethos. Eloquent and engaging, Huffington shares how ‘leaning back’ makes for wiser leaders and how ultimately, success is not just about money or position, but about living the life you want—not just the life for which you settle.
Sponsored by Progressive Business Media, GHTA
EVENTS
Savor the South Cooking Demonstration 2 – 3 p.m. | Building 2, Floor 8,
Fiesta Dinnerware Demonstration Kitchen Sponsored by Atlanta Magazine
Afternoon Beats
3 p.m. | Building 3, Floor 2, Atrium
Recharge and enjoy a drink and entertainment each afternoon in the Building 3 Atrium.
*While supplies last.
Made To Merlot/Floor 15 Party
4 p.m. – Until | Building 1, Floor 15, Select Showrooms
The Kicker: Creative Commons Happy Hour
4 p.m. | Building 2, Floor 10, Creative Commons, 1090
Enjoy your daily dose of craft cocktails in Creative Commons. Sunday brings the Creative Commons "Kicker"—a champagne margarita.
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