Become a More Valuable Partner
Learn what established entrepreneurs look for before recommending, promoting, or collaborating with another business—and how to position yourself as someone others want to support.
A LIVE 3-DAY VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE FOR ESTABLISHED ENTREPRENEURS
Turn the Right Connections Into
More Visibility, Enrollments,
and Business Growth
Discover how to become a valuable, promotable partner, connect with established entrepreneurs,
and build strategic relationships that can grow your audience and business long after the event ends.
Connect & Convert: The JV Accelerator
September 24 - 26, 2026
Main Event: 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM EST
VIP Session: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM EST
Unlock Your Full Potential with the JV
(Joint Venture) Directory
Your 3-Day Fast Track to Becoming the JV Partner
Top Leaders Want to Promote
A 3-Day Online Immersive Experience to Grow Your Income, Influence & Impact — Without Ads, Overwhelm, or Empty Partnerships
September 25 - 27, 2025
Main Event: 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM EST
VIP Session: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM EST
You Don’t Need Ads, Hustle,
or Luck — You Need Aligned Partners.
Too many mission-driven entrepreneurs struggle to scale because:
Their message isn’t landing with the right partners
They don’t have systems to support collaboration
They wait for the “perfect opportunity” instead of creating it
In just 3 days, you’ll walk away knowing exactly what to say, show, and share to get leaders excited to promote you — without cold pitching or chasing opportunities.
You Don’t Need More Random Contacts.
You Need the Right Partners.
Your Business Is Ready for More People to Know About It
You have something valuable to offer.
You know your product, service, program, or event can make a meaningful difference—but reaching the right audience consistently can still feel harder than it should.
You may be wondering:
How do I meet partners who serve the same audience without directly competing with me?
How do I become someone other entrepreneurs feel confident recommending?
How can I grow my list without relying entirely on paid advertising?
Why do some businesses consistently attract affiliates, referrals, and collaborative opportunities?
How do I turn introductions into genuine, mutually beneficial partnerships?
The answer isn’t sending more cold messages or collecting hundreds of business cards.
It is becoming a strong partner, entering the right rooms, and building relationships with people who are aligned with your work.
Connect & Convert
Your 3-Day Live JV Accelerator
Dates: September
24-26, 2026
Live on
Zoom
3 Days
of Training
Real-Time Partner Connections
VIP
Bonuses
Your 3-Day Live JV Accelerator
Your 3-Day Live
JV Accelerator
Dates: September 25-27, 2025
Live on Zoom
3 Days of Training
Real-Time Partner Connections
VIP Bonuses
Is Connect & Convert Right for You?
This Experience Is Designed for Established Entrepreneurs Who:
Have a quality product, program, service, membership or event
Want to reach a larger and more aligned audience
Want more affiliate, referral, visibility or collaborative opportunities
Want to create a more sustainable path to business growth
Are ready to scale your business through win-win partnerships
Is Connect & Convert Right for You?
This is for you if you:
Is Connect & Convert Right for You?
This is for you if you:
Have a transformational message, service, or offer
Want to grow your audience without paid ads
Are tired of shallow networking and want real collaboration
Want a visibility plan rooted in relationships, not hustle
Are ready to scale your business through win-win partnerships
Who Should NOT Attend Connect & Convert
We want you to get maximum value from this 3-day experience.
If any of these sound like you, this may not be your event:
You are still deciding what type of business to start
You do not currently have a product, program or service
You are looking for immediate access to someone else’s audience without building a relationship
You are searching for a shortcut that does not require follow-up or relationship-building
You are only interested in collecting contacts rather than creating meaningful connections
We are intentionally creating a room filled with entrepreneurs who have something valuable to contribute.
That is what makes the connections valuable for everyone.
Who Should NOT Attend Connect & Convert
We want you to get maximum value from this 3-day experience.
If any of these sound like you, this may not be your event:
Who Should NOT Attend Connect & Convert?
We want you to get maximum value from this 3-day experience. If any of these sound like you, this may not be your event:
You’re looking for a quick, transactional “pitch-fest” — this is about building real relationships.
You’re not willing to collaborate, share, or support others in the room.
You’re expecting partnerships to magically happen without taking action.
You’re closed to feedback, new approaches, or trying fresh strategies.
You only want to work in isolation and avoid connecting with new people.
If you’re here just to “get” without a willingness to give — this isn’t the right room for you.
But if you’re ready to collaborate, contribute, and grow alongside mission-driven peers… we can’t wait to meet you.
Your 3-Day Connect & Convert Experience
Over three highly interactive days, you will develop the relationships, positioning, and practical partnership strategy needed to expand your reach and grow your business.
This is not an event where you sit silently through presentation after
presentation. You will participate, ask questions, receive support, meet
potential partners, and begin identifying real opportunities for
collaboration.
During the Experience, You Will:
Clarify Your Partnership Opportunity
Strengthen how you communicate your offer, audience, results, and promotional opportunities so prospective partners can quickly understand the value of working with you.
Connect With Ideal Partners
Take part in guided daily breakout sessions designed to help you meet aligned entrepreneurs, explore potential collaborations, and have more meaningful conversations than traditional networking allows.
Learn What Is Working Now
Join interactive expert panels focused on list building, enrollment, and growing your platform. Ask questions, hear multiple perspectives, and gain practical ideas from entrepreneurs actively applying these strategies in their businesses.
Get Support With Your Current Challenges
Bring the real questions and obstacles you are facing. Through breakout conversations, expert guidance, and peer feedback, you will receive fresh perspectives and practical support.
Create a Practical Partnership Plan
Leave with greater clarity about who you want to connect with, what you can offer those partners, and the next steps needed to turn new relationships into sustainable business growth.
Choose Your Connect & Convert Experience
Both options include the complete main event. VIP adds three facilitated evening experiences, recordings of the main sessions, and additional opportunities to turn new connections into meaningful partnerships and real business opportunities.
General Access
The complete Connect & Convert training and main-event experience.
Complete Main Event Access
Attend all core training, expert panels, and main-event
networking opportunities.
Main Session Recordings
General Access is designed for live participation and does not
include the main-session replay library.
VIP Evening Experiences
Main-event programming concludes at the end of each day.
Facilitated Connection Labs
Connect through the general networking and community spaces.
Personalized Partnership Feedback
General guidance and support may occur during the main event as
time allows.
Partnerships Already in Motion
Leave with the strategy and tools to begin your own follow-up.
VIP Access
The complete event plus recordings and three facilitated evenings where connections become collaborations.
Complete Main Event Access
Attend all core training, expert panels, and main-event
networking opportunities.
Main Session Recordings
Revisit the core trainings and expert sessions after the event
with access to the main-session replay library.
Three VIP Evening Experiences
Continue connecting after the main event through three highly
interactive, facilitated sessions.
Facilitated Connection Labs
Meet aligned entrepreneurs through guided conversations designed
to uncover referral, affiliate, podcast, speaking, and
collaboration opportunities.
Partnership Feedback
Receive personalized insight on your partnership opportunities,
positioning, and the next steps that could strengthen your
collaboration strategy.
Partnerships Already in Motion
Leave with meaningful relationships, collaboration ideas, and
follow-up conversations already scheduled.
The VIP Experience
Where Conversations Become Collaborations
Most virtual events end with pages of notes and a long list of people you hope to connect with someday. VIP is where that changes. For three evenings following the main event, you’ll step into facilitated networking experiences designed to help you turn introductions into meaningful relationships and real business opportunities.
By the End of the Three VIP Evenings, You’ll Have:
Meaningful relationships with aligned entrepreneurs
who are actively looking to collaborate.
New partnership opportunities involving referrals,
affiliates, podcasts, speaking, summits, and more.
Personalized partnership feedback to make your
business easier to recommend, promote, and partner with.
Warm introductions to people who may be a strong fit
for your business, audience, or upcoming opportunities.
Follow-up conversations scheduled before the event
is even over.
Momentum already in motion so the relationships
continue long after Connect & Convert ends.
General Admission teaches you how to build strategic partnerships.
VIP gives you the opportunity to start building them while you’re still at the event.
Don’t Leave With More Notes.
Leave with meaningful relationships, collaboration opportunities, and partnerships already in motion.
Upgrade to VIP for $997
Includes everything in General Admission plus all three VIP evening experiences.
Learn from Industry Leaders Who’ve Built 6- & 7-Figure Businesses Through Partnerships
Learn from Industry Leaders Who’ve Built 6- & 7-Figure Businesses Through Partnerships
Hey, I'm David!
David Riklan is the founder of SelfGrowth.com, one of the top Self Improvement websites on the Internet, receiving over 100 Million unique visitors since it was created.
He is also the cofounder of the Joint Venture Directory, a top resource for finding Joint Ventures, affiliates and partnerships in the Self Improvement Industry.
He is an author, coach and speaker, publishing over 10 books on Self Improvement, Health, Marketing and Sales. Two of his books, Mastering the World of Selling and Mastering the World of Marketing were published through one of the top publishing companies in the world, John Wiley & Sons.
Hey, I'm Mark!
Known as “The Soul Connector”, Mark Porteous is a Joint Venture Strategist, Affiliate Concierge, and co-founder of the Soul Affiliate Alliance and the Joint Venture Directory.
He is also a #1 Best-Selling author of three books in the Soulful Leadership anthology series. Mark connects people to who they are at a soul level, why they are here, and the people who can help them THRIVE in their Divine Purpose.
Hey, I'm Rachael!
Rachael Jayne Groover is the Founder of The Awakened School®. This is a community that loves having an elevated conversation on spiritual awakening, human potential, and creating wealth.
Not only is Rachael Jayne a best-selling author of three transformative books, a TEDx speaker, and Inc5000 CEO – but she is also the creator of the Art of Feminine Presence® training, a revolutionary program that has been taught worldwide to over 13,000 women in the last 13 years.
Hey, I'm Jay!
Jay Fairbrother is a serial entrepreneur, business coach and mastermind guru with 30 years of experience starting, buying and selling 7-figure businesses.
Jay’s story includes losing EVERYTHING after the 2008 financial crisis and rising from the shame to shine as The Mastermind Guy. His mission is to increase human connection on the planet... one Mastermind at a time.
Hey, I'm Karen!
Karen Strauss, founder of Hybrid Global Publishing and a true visionary in the world of publishing. With decades of experience helping authors bring their stories to life, Karen has been instrumental in turning ideas into bestselling books—including our Soulful Leadership anthologies.
Her passion lies in empowering thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and change-makers to share their voices and create lasting impact through the written word. I’m excited to dive into her journey, the evolution of publishing, and the legacy of storytelling in leadership.
Hey, I'm Domingo!
Domingo Silvas is a “serial” entrepreneur. Besides being a very successful entrepreneur, he is a humanitarian, a supporter of good causes – a world traveler, great family man, and a good friend to many.
He specializes on Capital Strategy, Start-ups and is an expansion expert. He provides companies vision and strategic directions, including capital strategies. He has raised over US$ 200 million in over 10 years.
Your Connect & Convert Hosts
David Riklan
Co-Host, Connect & Convert
David is a longtime leader in the joint venture community, bringing entrepreneurs together to create meaningful partnerships, strategic relationships, and new business opportunities.
Mark Porteous
Co-Host, Connect & Convert
Mark is a community builder and relationship strategist focused on helping entrepreneurs create meaningful connections, collaborations, and opportunities for long-term business growth.
Jay Fairbrother
The Mastermind Guy
Jay is a serial entrepreneur, business coach, and mastermind expert with 30 years of experience starting, buying, and selling 7-figure businesses. Today, he helps coaches and thought leaders create high-impact programs that drive stronger implementation and deeper client transformation.
Suzanne Evans
Founder, Driven Inc. • NY Times Best-Selling Author
Suzanne is the powerhouse behind Driven Inc., a 5x Inc. 500/5000 recipient, and New York Times best-selling author of The Way You Do Anything Is the Way You Do Everything. After going from secretary to seven-figure CEO, she became known for her tell-it-like-it-is, no-fluff approach to business building. Today, she helps entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, increase revenue, and turn their expertise into sustainable growth.
Iman Aghay
Founder, Success Road Academy
Iman is the founder of Success Road Academy, owner of SpeakerTunity®, and creator of Marketer AI. His work helps entrepreneurs expand their message, increase their visibility, and amplify the impact of their expertise.
Jennifer Diepstraten
Founder & CEO, High Ticket Sales Success
Jennifer is the Founder and CEO of High Ticket Sales Success and creator of the One Call Blueprint. She helps entrepreneurs raise their fees, create irresistible high-ticket offers, and confidently sell premium services through authentic one-on-one conversations. A former biotech sales leader with more than $14 million in personal sales, Jennifer has built a million-dollar business while helping clients around the world scale their revenue, increase their impact, and become Rightly Rich™.
Ann Hession
Sales Strategist for Soul-Led Entrepreneurs
Ann is a soulpreneur whisperer, sales myth-buster, and energetic pattern-breaker who helps healers, coaches, and soul-led entrepreneurs confidently sell the work they do best. She blends intuitive strategy with practical guidance to help experts own their value, communicate it clearly, and get paid well for their impact.
Laura Berman Fortgang, MCC
Coaching Pioneer • Best-Selling Author • Speaker
Laura is a pioneer in the personal coaching field, a five-time best-selling author published in 13 languages, award-winning author, speaker, and TV personality. Her TEDx talk has nearly two million views, and she is known for her signature Now What?® career transition methodology and A-List Coach mentorship program.
Vaibhav “Happy” Nahata
Managing Director, Speakervideos
Happy is the Managing Director of Speakervideos, a video marketing company that has helped speakers and coaches generate 100M+ views and hundreds of engagements. Having spoken to audiences in more than 54 countries, he brings his trademark “JEEZ Syndrome” — Joyful Energy and Excitement Zest — to helping speakers spark conversations, grow their visibility, and expand their reach through powerful video content.
Ken Cook
Strategic Marketing Advisor • Co-Founder, The Prepared Group
Ken is a seasoned marketing strategist and co-founder of The Prepared Group, helping small businesses design and implement comprehensive strategies for sustainable growth. After managing top-performing accounts and training high-performing teams at a major internet marketing firm, he launched his own company to bring big-agency strategy within reach of small businesses. Today, he helps entrepreneurs adapt, innovate, and turn smart marketing strategy into measurable growth.
What Our Partners Are Saying
We’ve had the privilege of partnering with countless individuals and businesses over the past 20 years.
Here’s what they had to say about the impact of collaborating with us:
"I found that finding the right JV partners was excruciating. Without a relationship or intro, we just didn’t get great results. But working with Mark Porteous has been amazing!"
"After only a few short months working with David Riklan and SelfGrowth.com, I identified close to $4,000 in new monthly revenue."
"The JV’s I met through Mark Porteous enabled me to grow my community/email list from 2,000 to 5,000 in less than six months."
"I am amazed at the quality of the leads that have come from self-growth, which resulted in $64,000 in sales just yesterday."
"Mark and Renee were an essential part of my September Resonance Experiment launch. My first JV launch generated $65,000–$75,000."
Your Partnership Momentum Doesn't Have to End
When the Event Does
The relationships you begin during Connect & Convert
may continue growing for months or even years after the event.
Throughout the experience, we will help you think
beyond a single introduction or promotion.
You will learn how to:
Follow up without making the relationship feel transactional
Continue adding value after the initial conversation
Identify opportunities that benefit both businesses
Stay visible and relevant to potential partners
Build trust before asking for a promotion
Develop relationships that can lead to referrals, collaborations, speaking opportunities, and long-term growth
Three Days Can Open the Door.
The Right Relationships Can Last a Lifetime .
What Our Partners Are Saying
We’ve had the privilege of partnering with countless individuals and businesses over the past 20 years. Here’s what they had to say about the impact of collaborating with us:
"I found that finding the right JV partners was excruciating. Without a relationship or intro, we just didn’t get great results. But working with Mark Porteous has been amazing!"
"After only a few short months working with David Riklan and SelfGrowth.com, I identified close to $4,000 in new monthly revenue."
"The JV’s I met through Mark Porteous enabled me to grow my community/email list from 2,000 to 5,000 in less than six months."
"I am amazed at the quality of the leads that have come from self-growth, which resulted in $64,000 in sales just yesterday."
"Mark and Renee were an essential part of my September Resonance Experiment launch. My first JV launch generated $65,000–$75,000."
Your Partnership Momentum Continues
All attendees are invited to our Afterglow Session with Suzanne Evans on Monday, Oct 27 at
3:00 PM ET — learn the exact steps to become a 6-figure coach through speaking.
Your Partnership Momentum Continues
All attendees are invited to our Afterglow Session with Suzanne Evans on Monday, Oct 27 at 3:00 PM ET — learn the exact steps to become a 6-figure coach through speaking.
Suzanne Evans went from secretary to seven-figure CEO and is now known as the “tell-it-like- is”, no fluff boss of business building.
She provides support, consult, and business development skills to the over 30,000 entrepreneurs enrolled in her wealth and business building programs.
Try It Risk-Free
Join us September 25–27 for Connect & Convert and step into an ecosystem
built for purpose-driven collaboration.
Experience Connect & Convert Risk-Free
Attend Day 1, participate in the conversations, and experience the event for yourself. If, by the end of the first day, you don't believe Connect & Convert delivered on what we promised, simply let us know, and we'll refund your registration fee.
Partnerships Begin with Showing Up.
You cannot build meaningful relationships from the sidelines.
Join us September 24–26 for Connect & Convert for three live, interactive days of strategy, expert conversations, guided partner connections, and practical support designed for established entrepreneurs ready to expand their reach.
Leave with the clarity, connections, and opportunities
that shape your next stage of business growth.
Seats are limited. Secure your spot before it fills up.
