Speakers

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  Paul Bartholomew

  Corso

  Co-Founder & Head of Growth

  See Bio
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  Brock Rasmussen

  Stele

  CEO

  See Bio
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  Shawn Nelson

  Lovesac

  CEO

  See Bio
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  Mikey Heward

  The Lovin Sisters

  See Bio

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Paul Bartholomew

Corso

Prior to co-founding Corso, Paul has held various sales and marketing positions at Podium, DealerSocket, and Alleva. He also has an extensive e-commerce background, helping scale e-commerce brands. Paul started his career working in third-party logistics, helping small to mid-sized brands develop an omnichannel approach, adding their products to Rakuten, Amazon, Shopify, and Overstock.Paul also serves as an advisor to local creative agency Bondir and music studio Pleasant Pictures Music based in Provo.He received his associate's degree from Dixie State and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Utah. Paul resides in St. George in the Desert Color community with his wife and 3 little boys. He’s traded in his surfboard for a mountain bike, enjoys restoring land cruisers and listening to music. 

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Brock Rasmussen

Stele

Brock Rasmussen is the Co-founder and CEO of Stele Hats. In conjunction with founding Stele with his wife, Julie, in early 2020, Brock has worked as an entrepreneur in the St.George area for the last 14 years. He currently owns and operates (with various business partners): Waldo Group--a medical office management company, Crossfit Dixie--a local Crossfit gym, Create Agency--a digital marketing agency, Loopsmart--a smart home installation and dealer for Control4 products, and Alpine Event Co--an event rental company. He holds a bachelors in economics from BYU and an MBA from Duke University. He and Julie have four boys.

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Shawn Nelson

Lovesac

Shawn Nelson founded Lovesac in 1998 and is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Nelson is the lead designer of the Company's patented products and leads sourcing, creative, design, public relations, investor relations and culture. In 2005, Mr. Nelson won Richard Branson's "The Rebel Billionaire" on Fox and continues to participate in ongoing TV appearances. Mr. Nelson has a Master's Degree in Strategic Design and Management and is a graduate-level instructor at Parsons, The New School for Design in New York City. Mr. Nelson is also fluent in Mandarin.

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Mikey Heward

The Lovin Sisters

Mikey Heward is the co-owner of Sisterly Market. Sisterly Market operates The Lovin Sisters and Threads Lovin under its umbrella. Mikey has previously started businesses in home décor, apparel and accessories and has a strong background in social media marketing. Mikey resides in Santa Clara with her husband, Chad and has three beautiful girls.