ADAM WITTY is the founder and CEO of Advantage | ForbesBooks. Adam is a sought-after
speaker, teacher, and consultant on marketing and business growth techniques for entrepreneurs
and authors. He has shared the stage with Steve Forbes, Gene Simmons of KISS, Peter Guber and
Bobby Bowden. Adam has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, USA
Today and more. He is chairman of the not-for-profit Youth Entrepreneurship South Carolina,
where they teach entrepreneurial skills to at-risk youth in every South Carolina public school.
He also chairs the Clemson University’s Spiro Entrepreneurship Institute board and sits on the
College of Charleston Entrepreneurship Center board. Adam is a Clemson alumnus and is proud to
call Charleston, South Carolina his home.
RUSTY SHELTON first spoke at Harvard on the changing world of marketing and PR at the
age of 23. He is senior marketing strategist and publisher for ForbesBooks, founder of Zilker Media
and co-founder of the quiz marketing platform Catch Engine. He is a successful entrepreneur,
best-selling author, and noted marketing strategist whose commentary on marketing and
entrepreneurship has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, BBC and many other top media outlets.
A noted keynote speaker, Rusty has spoken to audiences at Harvard Medical School, SXSW, EO
Alchemy and beyond about how to build authority in the new media landscape. He sits on the board
of EO Austin and the Texas Exes PR Committee and lives just outside of Austin with his wife, Paige
and three children Luke, Brady, and Sadie, where he enjoys coaching their sports teams.
RUSTY SHELTON first spoke at Harvard on the changing world of marketing and PR at the
age of 23. He is senior marketing strategist and publisher for ForbesBooks, founder of Zilker Media
and co-founder of the quiz marketing platform Catch Engine. He is a successful entrepreneur,
best-selling author, and noted marketing strategist whose commentary on marketing and
entrepreneurship has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, BBC and many other top media outlets.
A noted keynote speaker, Rusty has spoken to audiences at Harvard Medical School, SXSW, EO
Alchemy and beyond about how to build authority in the new media landscape. He sits on the board
of EO Austin and the Texas Exes PR Committee and lives just outside of Austin with his wife, Paige
and three children Luke, Brady, and Sadie, where he enjoys coaching their sports teams.
