Because You Can.
Gas station cashier to billion dollar CEO.
Inspiring impact through resilience in the face of adversity.
Shirin Behzadi
Keynote Speaker, Author,
Board Member and Advisor
Because You Can.
Gas station cashier to billion dollar CEO.
Inspiring impact through resilience in the face of adversity.

Shirin helps high-achieving entrepreneurs and executives dream, build and lead with resilience and self-reliance through adversity to become industry leaders.
From gas station cashier to billion dollar CEO, she organically grew her organization to nearly a billion in sales in just over 4 years.



Born in Iran, Shirin faced the reality of her beautiful country being taken over by an oppressive regime when she was 12.
After being arrested (and eventually released) for having a book, Shirin made the difficult move to the U.S., alone.
Working at a gas station at age 17, Shirin shared with a co-worker her vision was to some day run an organization like GM.

It was this vision that guided her to becoming a very successful entrepreneur and CEO, through a career that started as a CPA, business advisor and CFO of many organizations.
Joining a small team with a big dream, Shirin oversaw the financial growth of what would become Home Franchise Concepts.



In 2015, she successfully completed a private equity partnership and as CEO she shared a VISION with over two thousand franchise owners. Through well-organized execution of this vision, the company's growth skyrocketed in the next three and half years.
From the stage and in boardrooms across the world, Shirin now works with leaders to create and implement an Authentic Vision that inspires, informs and directs substantial engagement and growth in their entire organization.

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roth

yelp

ey

unitedway

junkking

scale

usc

trianglehomefashions

cherieblair

bomani

ACG

jpmorgan


Shirin distills lessons learned from 30 years of successful, real-world experience as the CEO, CFO and consultant into
Highly Actionable,
Engaging Keynotes:

Keynote 1
The Power of an Authentic Vision

Keynote 2
Advantage through Adversity

Keynote 3
Effective Leadership to Implementing Your Vision

Keynote 4
From Capital Investment to Successful Exit

Keynote 5
Leading Companies
To Growth
Shirin shares lessons learned from a career of success in business.