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Featuring Shirin

Shirin Behzadi
Keynote Speaker, Author,
Board Member and Investor

In the News

Recent Publications Featuring Shirin

The CEO Forum GROUP: Shirin Behzadi, former CEO, Home Franchise Concepts and Author, The Unexpected CEO

November 17, 2025
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2025 Good Business Book Award Winner: The Unexpected CEO

November 17, 2025
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Literary Titan Silver Book Award: The Unexpected CEO by Shirin Behzadi

November 10, 2025
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The Unexpected CEO Ranks #7 on USA TODAY BEST-SELLING LIST

November 5, 2025
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Chief Executive – The CEO As Conductor: How To Lead In Perfect Harmony

November 1, 2025
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Tribune: What Shirin Behzadi & Angela Duckworth Know About Building Resilience

November 1, 2025
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IVY: Important Business Learnings from The Unexpected CEO, Shirin Behzadi

October 31, 2025
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2025 PenCraft Book Awards Winner: The Unexpected CEO by Shirin Behzadi

October 30, 2025
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Forbes: Shirin Behzadi, The Unexpected CEO Featured In Entrepreneurship: The ‘Magnificent Seven’

October 30, 2025
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The Unexpected CEO has been selected as 2025 Four Seasons Book Awards Finalist!

October 30, 2025
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The Unexpected CEO has won 1st place in the 2025 BookFest Awards

October 27, 2025

The Unexpected CEO: My Journey from Gas Station Cashier to Billion-Dollar CEO received First Place Award in the 2025 BookFest Awards.

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Book Nerdection Review: A must Read – The Unexpected CEO is much more than a memoir. It’s a reminder that setbacks don’t define us, but how we respond to them does.

October 26, 2025
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Investors: How An Iranian Runaway Rose To Top Of A Home Franchise Company

October 23, 2025
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Nasdaq Celebrates the Launch of the Unexpected CEO by Shirin Behzadi

October 13, 2025
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Arthors Reading Review: Unexpected CEO is an essential read for anyone committed to both personal and professional growth.

October 8, 2025
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Take the Lead: Have No Fear: Leader Builds Success on Empathy, Confidence, Tenacity and Authenticity

October 6, 2025
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Indies Today: 5 Stars For the Unexpected CEO by Shirin Behzadi

October 2, 2025
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Book Below Review: This isn’t just a memoir or business book—it’s proof that where you start doesn’t determine where you end up.

September 25, 2025
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Entrepreneur: She Moved to the U.S. at 17 and Worked at a Gas Station — Then Became CEO of a $1 Billion Brand

September 11, 2025
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YFS Magazine: How One CEO’s Authentic Vision Built a Billion-Dollar Business

September 5, 2025
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Authority Magazine: Shirin Behzadi On How She Started With Very Little and Created A Highly Lucrative Business

August 26, 2025
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Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative: Adversity as a Building Block to Achieving Your Authentic Vision

May 7, 2024
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Local Women Setting the Bar High with Corporate Social Responsibility

August 4, 2023
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SCALE Global: Where Capital, Innovation, and Purpose Collide

March 25, 2023
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Guest on The Jim Bohannon Show w/Rich Valdes 

December 14, 2022

Shirin's Interview with Rich Valdes and Jim Bohannon

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Shirin Behzadi Wins Women in Business Award

November 3, 2022

Orange County Business Journal (Pg. 1 Feature on Shirin Bahzadi)

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Women Honored at Business Journal Awards

October 24, 2022

Orange County Business Journal

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She Worked Her Way to CEO

September 13, 2022

Welum (Women Who Inspire Profile of Shirin Behzadi)

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