Twenty years after launching a business based on his inventions, LifeWave Founder and CEO David Schmidt is still guided by an inventor’s heart. With 139 patents and counting, David has grown LifeWave from a patch company to a health technology company to its newest evolution—a life technology company with solutions for both people and planet. From its first products to last year’s record growth, LifeWave continues to be propelled by David’s passion for innovation, research and creativity.

DSN was honored to recognize that success with the Bravo Growth Award, accepted by LifeWave President Meredith Berkich and members of the Utah-based leadership team, at the Global Celebration in April.

In its largest gathering of direct selling executives to date, Direct Selling University (DSU) offered two days of education and training sessions from the experts and thought leaders behind today’s most successful brands and marketplace movements.

Direct Selling News held its 15th Global Celebration event on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 in Irving, Texas to recognize and celebrate the best of direct selling. Hundreds of people representing over 115 companies around the world attended in person.

At the DSN Global Celebration, Direct Selling News honored executives and companies for outstanding achievement and excellence in areas of innovation, impact, growth, global good and more. This year, the Global Celebration bestowed more Bravo Awards than ever before.

Revenue growth is the mark of a company that is doing something right. When a company can continue a pattern of revenue growth for two or three consecutive years, it signals healthy momentum and creates a new level of credibility among peers and customers. But four years? Four years of consecutive revenue growth tangibly illustrates that a growth mindset and resiliency is cemented into a company’s DNA.