Tim Sylvester is the founder and CEO of PaynPoint and the owner of Robots.nxt, a company devoted to monetizing internet bot traffic.

Adam Arredondo is a Kansas City community activator and connector. He co-founded Startland — comprised of Startland News and Startland Education — a nonprofit with a team of talented community builders driven to create a world where everyone has the confidence, skills, and opportunity to innovate and create, and ultimately, lead happier, more fulfilling lives.

Jaw Bats is a custom wood baseball bat manufacturing company based out of Baldwin City, Kansas. Jaw Bats specializes in top of the line professional grade wood baseball bats for youth to professional baseball players. The foundation for Jaw Bats was formed when owner Jacob Walters was just 16. He grew up with two passions in his life: wood turning and baseball. Those passions converged when Jacob turned out his first baseball bat during the summer of his sophomore year of high school. From that point on, his skill and zeal for creating beautiful, effective baseball bats grew.

Darryl A. Burton was wrongly convicted of a murder in St. Louis (near Ferguson, Missouri) in 1984. He was later proven innocent and fully exonerated August 29, 2008, after serving nearly 25 years in prison as an innocent man.

Kyle Hollins has traveled a road that is all too common for men and women that come from humble beginnings. He went through homelessness, the selling of drugs, and gang life which landed him incarcerated for more than 90 months. He is now a seminary student, attributed writer and the CEO/founder of Lyrik’s Institution. Between teaching, public speaking, and the science of Cognitive Behavioral Modification, he is now able to give back to a community from which he felt he took so much.