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Building a Brand: Internet Monetization
Louis Spagnuolo is a serial entrepreneur and currently serves as the Chairman of Illuminati Trust LLC, Chief Executive Officer for Don’t Look Media LLC, a highly recognized privately held Internet Monetization Holding Company.
During his career Louis Spagnuolo has worked with Professional Athletes, Entertainers, National Business Leaders, Heads of State and countless genuinely fantastic people, while sharing in the financial dreams of all his clients to the tune of over $884 Million Dollars in deal participations.
Mr. Spagnuolo has been recognized in over 278 major media publications such as Forbes Magazine, The South Florida Business Journal, The Palm Beach Post, The Sun-Sentinel, South Florida Business Leader Magazine, Fox Business News, BankRate.com, South Florida Opulence and The Associated Press. Louis Spagnuolo is a nationally sought after expert in Internet Monetization, with an emphasis on asset acquisitions that can be leveraged to generate future liquidity events.
Through DontLookMedia.com, Mr. Spagnuolo controls over 4,000 intellectual property assets throughout 47 unique verticals. These assets include domain names, technology patents, trademarks, copyrights, telephonic properties and exclusive licensing rights.
Mr. Spagnuolo is also actively involved in a broad range of offline holdings, some of which include commercial real estate, petroleum stations, equity investments, hedge funds and family office endeavors.
Mr. Spagnuolo is a graduate of the University of Miami, where he earned a degree in Finance and previously held a recognized tenure at both The Royal Bank of Canada as well as two Venture Capital companies before becoming an Internet Entrepreneur.
Agenda
6:00 pm Networking/Appetizers
7:00 pm Fireside Chat
7:45 pm Q & A
8:00 pm Networking
Speaker
Louis Spagnuolo – Illuminati Trust, LLC (Chairman/CEO)
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Managing Director and founder of Laspainc Consulting. A seasoned operator whose direct approach to problems and/or opportunities is fact-based, agile, and hands-on. With the natural ability of identifying win-win situations rapidly, coupled with knowing and understanding all aspects of the business consistently delivers results needed for an organization to be successful.
MBA from Texas Southern University in Energy Finance, MS in Environmental Policy, and a Doctorate of Education in Leadership and Management at St. Thomas University. Professor of Strategic Marketing, Strategic Planning and Internet Marketing at Carlos Albizu University. Business Management Entrepreneurship, Financial Management, and Marketing Management at Universidad Autonoma del Caribe School of Global Management in Miami Florida and in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Prior Program Leader of The Startup Challenge and CREATE Accelerator at The Idea Center of Miami Dade College. CREATE Miami is an intensive experience that guides students through the venture creation process drawing from the Lean LaunchPad methodology and principles of human-centered design. A program to incubate the creation of more than 100 startups a year. Miami Dade College is the largest institution of higher education in the United States with more than 170,000 students.
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