Legendary Presents: Ideas Change Everything
An evening dedicated to the power of choice, the discipline of leadership, and purpose.
Four Authors. Four Books. One Conversation That Matters.
What if one idea could change the trajectory of a life?
On March 26th, Legendary Headquarters opens its doors for an evening focused on leadership, disciplined action, and the courage to turn ideas into reality.
Join us for an intimate book launch and networking experience featuring four authors — including Carlos Vasquez, Bruce Cardenas, Owen Hanson, and Brandon Hintz — as they share the ideas behind their books and the journeys that shaped them.
Some of these works are newly released. Others have already impacted readers across the country. Together, they form one powerful conversation about transformation, accountability, and growth.
Expect:
• Powerful leadership insights
• Candid conversations about adversity and purpose
• Live audience Q&A
• Book signings
• Meaningful networking
This event is free and limited to 150 guests.
Seats will fill quickly. Early arrival is encouraged. Metered street parking is available.
📍 Location: Santa Monica, CA (exact location to be shared after registration)
🗓️ Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026
🕔 Time: 6:00–9:00 PM (PST)
Meet the Speakers
Carlos Vasquez is a dynamic motivational speaker, accomplished author, and the visionary founder and CEO of HTB Consulting Group. Having transformed his life from homelessness, addiction, and a 20-year prison sentence into becoming a recognized authority on human potential and organizational transformation, Carlos brings extraordinary expertise in leadership development and change management. His signature philosophy, The PRICE Method™, developed during three years in solitary confinement, has positively impacted countless individuals and organizations. Carlos provides human-centered leadership programs, executive coaching, and transformational guidance for youth and formerly incarcerated individuals.
Bruce Cardenas journey spans from the United States Marine Corps (disabled veteran) to the LAPD, where he was awarded the highest award, the Police Medal for bravery. He still serves as a level one reserve for the LA County Sheriff's Department. Bruce then embarked on his entrepreneurial path by founding a high-level personal protection business. Protecting some of the biggest names in entertainment & business over the past 30 years. All while serving as a police officer. A serendipitous meeting with the founders of Quest Nutrition led Bruce to become an intrapreneur within the startup, ultimately rising to Chief Communications Officer. He played an instrumental role in the billion-dollar sale of Quest Nutrition. Bruce’s journey now continues with Legendary Foods, where he leverages his expertise and passion. Legendary is on track to be another billion dollar brand! And at Legendary, we spend millions of dollars a year, looking for answers in cancer, heart, disease, neuropathy, and other metabolic diseases, We started our own Bio Shift research foundation, 501(c)(3), nonprofit as we continue this battle
Owen Hanson, raised in a volatile home in Redondo Beach, California, found his identity in sports and eventually walked on to Pete Carroll’s 2003-2004 National Championship teams at the University of Southern California. Surrounded by privilege and influence, Hanson wanted the acceptance and lifestyle he saw others enjoy. What began with selling steroids and BetOdog, a high-stakes sports betting endeavor, quickly escalated into large-scale trafficking, money laundering and international ties to the cartel. By his twenties, Hanson was living a life of luxury, until millions in proceeds went missing and everything unraveled. With addiction, dangerous associates and federal investigators closing in, his world collapsed. After his arrest, Hanson served nearly a decade of a 21-year sentence. While incarcerated, he reflected on his choices and found an unexpected path forward. A makeshift protein ice cream made from commissary ingredients sparked the idea for California Ice Protein, the company he founded after earning his MBA in prison. Now the author of The California Kid and the focus of Amazon Prime’s Cocaine Quarterback, Hanson shares his story as one of accountability, redemption and rebuilding from the ground up.
Brandon Hintz is an entrepreneur, publisher, and leadership strategist known for helping high performers turn belief into measurable proof. As the founder of High Impact Coach™ and Impact Maker Publishing, Brandon has built authority ecosystems for speakers, authors, and entrepreneurs who are ready to move beyond inspiration and into disciplined execution. But High Impact Habits is personal. This book was born from Brandon’s own confrontation with misalignment—the realization that motivation fades, talent drifts, and faith without obedience produces nothing. Drawing from lived experience, psychology, philosophy, and Scripture, he presents a structured path back to alignment.