Curt Mercadante is a former PR/ad agency owner-turned-speaker, coach, and social influencer who speaks on the topics of strengths-based development, productivity, entrepreneurial freedom, and marketing/storytelling.

He recently named one of the 30 LinkedIn Influencers Who Built a Powerhouse Personal Brand, Curt is a powerful, dynamic public speaker whose motivational videos drew more than 2.5 million organic video views on LinkedIn in 2018 alone. He spent several decades working in the public relations and advertising industry, during which he founded and scaled a successful seven-figure agency. In 2017, he shut down the agency at peak revenue to pursue his love of coaching and speaking. He now coaches and speaks to audiences around the globe. He also hosts the Freedom Club Podcast available on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, and Google Podcasts, and his forthcoming book, The Five Pillars of the Freedom Lifestyle, is due to be published in Spring 2019.