Richard Laermer, Roland Frasier, Chris Yeh, Sarano Kelley on Money For Lunch

Richard Laermer  Punk Marketing coauthor, frequently-quoted authority on media culture and hype, Richard Laermer is a PR knowitall, former journalist, and author of six books including 2011: Trendspotting, Punk Marketing, Native’s Guide to New York, and Full Frontal PR. As a blogger he pens the infamous industry watchdog Bad Pitch Blog and does his best to combat insanity on Huffington Post. He founded his veteran tech public relations firm, RLM PR, in 1991 after a stint as PR Director at Columbia Business School; there he recognized companies' increasing need for effective media representation and saw clearly that publicists were not grasping the intricacies of their clients' businesses

Sarano Kelley Wall Street veteran, top performance coach and number one rated Wall Street speaker is author of the book, “The Game: Win Your Life in 90 Days”.  He is also the creator of the nation’s first Financial Services industry-wide international financial literacy campaign

Chris Yeh  co-author, along with LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and entrepreneur Ben Casnocha of the New York Times bestseller, “The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age.”  Chris is the co-founder of Allied Talent, the official provider of The Alliance Framework for helping organizations better recruit, engage, and retain entrepreneurial employees.  In addition, he has founded, advised, or invested in over 100 high-tech startups