Ashley Carty is a seasoned entrepreneur who left ten years in the medical field to start her career in marketing. After a few years and notable experiences, she launched a highly acclaimed digital marketing agency – Carty Media in 2014.

Since the launch of her agency, she’s helped scale single location restaurants into franchises, e-commerce stores reach their first million in sales, authors hit the international best-sellers list, and startups reach their fundraising goals. More notably, she has worked on projects in collaboration with Coca-Cola and Lifetime Fitness to name a few.

Carty Media has since climbed the ranks as one of the top agencies to work within Orange County and beyond. In addition to working with Fortune 500 companies, Ashley has notched her belt with the success of several startups. One is a unique Los Angeles based wearables company, Lumativ. With Ashley at the wheel of their marketing, she planned their launch event at Surrender Nightclub inside the Wynn Hotel during CES where it caught the attention of celebrities such as Travis Barker and Steve Aoki. Lumativ surpassed their Kickstart goals and obtained additional private funding and went on to develop a custom patented snapback hat with a level of quality the competition could only dream of.

After five years of working with startups and watching countless clients miss vital steps, she knew she needed to do something. Information on how to plan, launch, grow, and maintain a brand was available, but the steps were inconsistent, disorganized, and weren’t taught by industry experts. So, Ashley set out to launch Action Mavens, a 30-step e-learning platform for aspiring entrepreneurs that covers everything from confirming idea viability and choosing the right business structure, to marketing, branding, SEO, and the last class ends with how to set your business up for a merger or acquisition.