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Rishit Shah is a blogger and an accountant. But more than that he is an entrepreneur who knows how to build up profitable business from scratch. He is also plays flute in his free time.

Ruthie is a US Army Veteran, wife, and mother to four. She is the founder and Chief Content Strategist of Defy The Status Quo, a B2B content marketing firm for consultants. Starting out as a freelance writer working for pennies, Ruthie now works with top tier clients creating website content, case studies, videos, and more.

After watching his father’s family-owned business struggle to succeed, Rich Allen made it his mission to turn failure into a legacy by asking one simple question: what makes a business work? The answer? It’s as easy as riding a bike. A high- energy speaker, recognized author, very successful entrepreneur, and sought- after advisor to business owners, Rich has proven time and time again that his bicycle model works. With experience in both large and small companies, including growing a small manufacturing business to well over $100M in annual sales, Rich has helped hundreds of business owners harness the power of their team – giving them the freedom, flexibility and profitability they deserve.

Ruth is an author, coach, mentor and teacher who works with female entrepreneurs to help them start and scale successful purpose driven businesses. She believes that success is down to a combination of mindset + strategy + action and works with her clients to help them in all of these areas. Ruth has worked with 1000's of women worldwide and been featured in national magazines and press.

Rita Kakati Shah is an award winning diversity, inclusion and career strategist, international speaker, and currently helms Uma - an International platform that empowers women looking to return to work, as well helps companies attract, retain and develop female talent in the workplace via diversity, inclusion and retention strategies. Rita started her career at Goldman Sachs in London where she was awarded the Excellence in Citizenship and Diversity Award during her 10 year career there. She is also a recipient of the King's College London Distinguished Alumni Award. Rita transitioned into the healthcare industry, relocated to New York City where she took an almost 4 year career hiatus to raise her two children and founded Uma in response to her personal journey. Rita is also a regularly invited speaker at various academic institutions, Fortune 500 companies as well as global diversity and inclusion forums, such as UNESCO in Paris, Woman Who Matters in Moscow, Women in Finance in London, Women in Politics in Los Angeles and High Water Women in New York.