Frank Barbella is a passionate Entrepreneur focused in the areas of Risk Management Advisory and Insurance Brokerage. His proven business acumen, acquisition experience, active leadership roles in industry association boards, coupled with his support of civic organizations makes Frank uniquely qualified to advise organizations on all aspects of leadership, organic growth, perpetuation, as well as mergers and acquisition.

A family-owned and operated local optical shop, Aristocrat Optix offers unique inventory, superior optical knowledge, experience and available state-of-the-art technology. Its in-house lab processes a small amount of jobs which allows Aristocrat Optix to dedicate the time necessary to make everything no less than perfect.

Taking years of experience in software and creating client solutions, Youssef Chaker fashioned himself into a fractional CTO and became an entrepreneur many times over. Currently, he is the founder of Bear & Giraffe LLC, a website development company which provides entrepreneurs, especially lean startups, with tech solutions that truly make a difference.

Jason Crawford is a founder multiple times over. Looking for a more holistic, nature-centric approach to health and wellness that would bring balance to both mind and body, Sovereignty was created to fill a need that was largely ignored by traditional Western medicine and conventional CBD-based products.

Little Cyclist teaches children how to conquer balance, coordination, and confidence on a balance bike in a safe and fun environment. A balance bike is a two-wheeled pedal-less bike that teaches toddlers as young as 18-months to balance on two wheels. Little Cyclist is dedicated to making sure that every child learns the skills to ride in a safe and secure environment while making friends along the way.

Robert Boland has worked as a commercial photographer shooting for clients such as Landmarks the public art program of UT Austin and Lora Reynolds Gallery. After a long history of working with various galleries, in conjunction with working alongside regional art collectors, handlers, and artists, Boland moved towards his vision of creating an Austin-based fine art services and storage business.

Dr. Chodavadia spent most of his life here in Texas, aside from the years he attended college in Pennsylvania. He earned his DDS from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Dental work offers the opportunity to talk to people all day while improving their smiles and their lives.

With over a decade of experience in the landscape design, construction and architectural lighting industries specializing in projects that require creative solutions to novel, challenging problems, Kellan Vincent enjoys working with his talented team to push the boundaries within the realm of possibility to create beautiful, inspirational places.

Khotso Khabele is the CEO of KoCentric and a Co-Founder of Flow Fund. For 17 years, he has created and built entrepreneurial ventures designed to transform how people learn and work. He specializes in making “mindfulness” and other emerging evidence based approaches accessible to individuals and teams.