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Ari Rastegar
Ari Rastegar “The Oracle of Austin” in the real estate world. He built Rastegar Capital, a multibillion-dollar real estate investment and development firm, starting with just a $3,500 student loan. Ari has scaled his business from humble beginnings into a nationally recognized platform while navigating high-stakes decisions, market cycles, and the pressures of managing a complex organization.
He is the author of The Gift of Failure, a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, which shares practical lessons in resilience, leadership, and turning setbacks into long-term growth. Ari’s story combines real-world entrepreneurship with disciplined decision-making and accountability, making him an ideal guest for audiences seeking actionable insights on business growth, leadership, and scaling ventures successfully.
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Khalilah Shakir Lyons
Khalilah Shakir Lyons is a strategist, storyteller, and founder of Answer the Moment™, a leadership and culture firm redefining how individuals and organizations align purpose with performance. Known for transforming complexity into everyday breakthroughs, she equips leaders to answer critical business moments with clarity, confidence, and humanity.
A Mogul Top 100 DEI Leader and 2024 Corporate Woman of Achievement by NAWBO Chicago, Khalilah has partnered across industries including healthcare, finance, nonprofit, education, and consumer goods. Her frameworks—B_List Living™ and her book Prioritize Your Purpose Every Day™—help leaders move from proving to living and from chaos to clarity.
As a sought-after coach and speaker, Khalilah empowers leaders and organizations to replace exhaustion with purpose and turn awareness into sustainable action. Her message is clear: leadership isn’t a title; it’s a daily practice of remembering who you are before the world told you who to be.
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Sara Orellana
Sara Orellana is the driving force behind 3Raptor Consulting and Sincerely Sara O. She holds degrees in English Literature (BA, Rutgers University), Social and Community Services (MS, Capella University), and Epidemiology (MPH, Kaplan University).
With over 18 years of experience in grant writing and nonprofit consulting, Sara has helped secure more than $50 million in funding through a data-driven and analytical approach. She also supports small businesses, bringing strategic insights from over three years of teaching with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and the Small Business Administration (SBA).
A Certified Executive Mentor and Wellness Coach and the inaugural chair of the Oklahoma Healthy Brain Coalition, Sara helps nonprofits and businesses build strong donor relationships, strengthen operations, and turn ambitious ideas into funded, strategic growth.
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Jairo Borja
Jairo Borja is a 2X Amazon Best-Selling Author and real estate investor involved in over 500 multifamily units across North Carolina, Louisiana, and Ohio. He teaches founders and investors how to raise capital for real estate, tech, and health-tech ventures, while also advising on M&A, exits, and IPO strategies.
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Billie Aasen
Billie Jo Aasen is the CEO of The Festival Company and the owner and executive producer of Extreme Mudfest, Canada’s largest mud and music festival. With over a decade of experience in the live music and events industry, she has produced and marketed large-scale events across North America and collaborated with brands such as Canucks Alumni, Russell Brewing, and the Rick Hansen Foundation.
Named one of BC’s Top 30 Under 30 Entrepreneurs and featured by Billboard’s Amplify Magazine as a top festival professional to watch, Billie Jo is recognized for turning bold ideas into high-impact experiences. She also serves as President of LIFTED, a nonprofit supporting youth and mental health through music and community-driven events, and is passionate about using platforms and leadership to create meaningful change.
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Prassède Kemp
Prassède Kemp (prah-say-day) is a marketing strategist and coach who helps founders stop being the default marketer in their business and start showing up with clarity, confidence, and sustainable systems. She is the founder of Numinous, where she spent nearly a decade building a multi six-figure agency helping service-based brands stand out with bold, personality-driven content.
Prassède has worked with 300+ entrepreneurs and her work includes directing music videos, supporting national campaigns, scaling YouTube channels, and mentoring CEOs through the mindset and structure that make consistent marketing possible. Her core focus is embodied branding beyond performative “authenticity,” visibility fears and how they shape growth, storytelling as a real business strategy, and creating content rhythms that do not rely on burnout. She also teaches founders how to use AI tools like ChatGPT to post smarter without losing their voice.