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      <image:caption>It’s all or nothing, no matter how long I’m abstinent from the substance or behavior. Photo by Yoann Boyer on Unsplash</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>We acquire SME businesses (&lt; $10M) at relatively low EBITDA multiples (3x to 4x, typically). Our “secret sauce” is the pipeline of well-trained, motivated young people we’ve got to energize and staff our portfolio businesses.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Once acquired, we professionalize and scale businesses to improve labor costs and increase productivity. We significantly increase revenue while lowering operating costs by injecting bright young people at competitive rates, from entry level to management. Our program ensures a pipeline of skilled workers for every life stage of business. A portion of the business is employee owned, which leads to higher retention and higher margins.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>For investors - Our goal is to leverage capitalism to help people build worth in their Recovery.</image:title>
      <image:caption>STEPHEN DEASON CEO OF OPARASA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My name is Stephen Deason, and I am both a seasoned business executive and a person in long-term Recovery.     I took a traditional path to Recovery. Despite my training and experience, Recovery was difficult. In particular, finding a position that both paid the bills and allowed flexibility for the self-work I needed to truly engage in my Recovery was tremendously challenging.  At one point, I had the opportunity to lead a turn-around, I knew that – selfishly – I needed people in relatively early Recovery around me so that I could stay sober. What happened next surprised me. First, the young people I employed made tremendous employees – providing work far in excess of what I would have anticipated given their experience and rate of pay.  Second, every single one of them stayed sober – and so did I. There’s a “game-changer” in there somewhere. My lived experience both as a business executive and as a person in long-term Recovery tells me a few things: we may be onto something here, and  we can take two perceived “problems” and put them together into a workable solution that benefits both investors and our society. That’s our goal here at The OPARASA Group, LLC.  We leverage capitalism to build worth in Recovery for all our constituents. Love and Prayers, Stephen</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“OPA gave me a sense of purpose and a new direction in life when that’s what I was searching for. I received the gift of understanding, new purpose and meaning in my life. OPA helped prepare me for my new profession. I wouldn’t have gotten the job I did, nor would I have been successful, without the help of OPA.” – David B.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>For business owners - Our goal is to leverage capitalism to help people build worth in their Recovery.</image:title>
      <image:caption>STEPHEN DEASON CEO OF OPARASA</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Roy Sanders, MD Board-certified psychiatrist in adult and adolescent addiction medicine.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Rick Steingraber Seasoned Equity Capital Markets and Mergers &amp; Acquisitions Adviser</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Greg Block Entrepreneur and social enterprise.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>David Bloom Program graduate representative.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jennifer Stevenson, JD Sr. Assistant District Attorney for Cobb County, GA.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dean Andersen Multiple Recovery Nonprofit Board Seats.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tom Bennett Insurance, risk management, and large business project professional</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tony Fatouros communications, and product management</image:caption>
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      <image:title>About us - Stephen Deason, MBA, MSc.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Co-Founder &amp; CEO Prior Experience: ACS/Xerox, Lawson/JDE, ServiceSoft/Kana, Sage, ChikPea, Rally4, mGive, GRYYT, and OPARASA. Nonprofit Experience: CFO of Literacy Action; Board Member of Prison Scholar Fund, and Shatterproof Ambassador LinkedIn A letter from the founder “My name is Stephen Deason, and I am both a seasoned business executive and a person in long-term Recovery.     I took a traditional path to Recovery. Despite my training and experience, Recovery was difficult. In particular, finding a position that both paid the bills and allowed flexibility for the self-work I needed to truly engage in my Recovery was tremendously challenging…”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Co-Founder &amp; VP, Systems Prior Experience: Silknet/KANA, Onyx Software/Consona CRM, eGain, ChikPea, Rally4, mGive, GRYYT, and OPARASA Nonprofit Experience: Destination Imagination, Boy Scouts of America, and Girl Scouts USA. LinkedIn</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director, Inside Sales (Volunteer; Future Hire) Prior Experience: Harte Hanks, KANA Software, Servicesoft, and About Your Results Marketing Nonprofit Experience: Administrator for Massachusetts Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Director, Legal M&amp;A, (Volunteer; Future Hire) Prior Experience: Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett, LLP and Greenberg Traurig, LLP</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>VP, Finance (Consultant; Future Hire) Prior Experience: GE-Finance, Mometive, AMRI, 20 years of Deep FP&amp;A &amp; M&amp;A experience Nonprofit Experience: Fundraising Chair for O'Rourke Middle School. LinkedIn</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My name is Stephen Deason, and I am both a seasoned business executive and a person in long-term Recovery.     I took a traditional path to Recovery. Despite my training and experience, Recovery was difficult. In particular, finding a position that both paid the bills and allowed flexibility for the self-work I needed to truly engage in my Recovery was tremendously challenging.  At one point, I had the opportunity to lead a turn-around, I knew that – selfishly – I needed people in relatively early Recovery around me so that I could stay sober. What happened next surprised me. First, the young people I employed made tremendous employees – providing work far in excess of what I would have anticipated given their experience and rate of pay.  Second, every single one of them stayed sober – and so did I. There’s a “game-changer” in there somewhere. My lived experience both as a business executive and as a person in long-term Recovery tells me a few things: we may be onto something here, and  we can take two perceived “problems” and put them together into a workable solution that benefits both investors and our society. That’s our goal here at The OPARASA Group, LLC.  We leverage capitalism to build worth in Recovery for all our constituents. Love and Prayers, Stephen</image:caption>
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