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Speakers
Every speaker at Illuminate has been vetted and most of them we've worked with directly, or continue to work with today. These are not household names in the photo booth world. They are something better: practitioners at the top of their game with practical, actionable ideas you can actually use.
Julius Solaris
Corporate Events
Julius will open Illuminate with where corporate events are heading, how brands buy, and where the money moves over the next few years. Widely called the most influential person in the events industry, he founded EventMB and sold it to Skift in 2019, sold Showthemes the year before that, and now runs Boldpush, a consulting agency for the events world. His research reaches millions of event professionals every year, and he keynotes on stages across five continents. He has the data most of us are guessing at.
Dr. Natasha
This woman was the VP of Executive Development at VaynerMedia — yes, that VaynerMedia (Gary Vee’s Company). She has been inside the rooms where real performance is the only currency. Now she works with top-performing leaders across industries and she is an absolute magician at helping you see what's missing — in your leadership and in your team.
https://www.drnatashajordan.com/
Leadership
Gemma is pulling back the curtain on the backend AI infrastructure that gives founders leverage, whether you're a solopreneur or running a team of 50. She'll walk through the AI employees running inside her own company, the systems and tools she sets up on Claude to move day-to-day productivity, and what to build in what order, starting with a brand book so your AI sounds like you. She built a multi seven figure company and runs it in about 25 hours a week, and every attendee takes home one of her courses.
AI Systems
Gemma
Bonham-Carter
Adrienne teaches a way to hand off work that holds up, so the job comes back done the way you meant it. If you've ever been frustrated by an employee getting something wrong, this session gives you the fix. Adrienne is an operational strategist and co-creator of the Clockwork methodology, and over fifteen years she has helped hundreds of CEOs design businesses that run without them.
Design Your Business To Run Itself
Adrienne Dorison
adrian salamunovic
Serial entrepreneur. Bestselling author. Co-founder of CanvasPop — which exited to HIG Capital. Adrian Salamunovic has built, scaled, and sold businesses and now he runs The EXIT Group, a community for founders doing exactly that. At Illuminate he's talking about the thing most founders never plan for — the exit.
Preparing for the exit
Aaron Stark
Business law. Contracts. Intellectual property. Litigation. Aaron is the founder of a law firm representing entrepreneurs, photographers, photo booth companies, and other creative businesses throughout the United States and internationally. Known for his practical, business-minded approach, he translates complex legal issues into clear, actionable advice that owners can immediately apply to their businesses.
Legal
Jayy Starzzz
Jayy will show you how to turn the moments you're already creating at events into content that builds trust, influences buying decisions, and leads to revenue. For six years he has helped entrepreneurs and business owners turn what they know into content that earns attention, building content studios from scratch and designing the systems that carry an idea from first shot to final post. Jayy and his team are also the official content team for Illuminate, capturing every activation and session and delivering it to attendees in real time.
Content Creation to Generate Revenue
Cash Flow Management
Hasia Glaim
Hasia will show you how to manage cash flow in a photo booth business and how to have CFO-level oversight on your numbers 24/7 without the cost of hiring one. Hello Frank is an AI accounting platform, and this session covers what that looks like in practice for a founder who is rich in revenue and wants to know where the profit is going.