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In this episode of the Just Grow Podcast, Niko Arapkiles sits down with Nery Gomez — Founder, President & COO of BlackSun Private Equity — for a conversation about what it actually takes to become someone who understands business at a level most people never reach.

At the center of it all is one truth: depth in your life is what produces depth in your work. You can't analyze a business at the level Nery does without first doing the inner work to become someone who can see clearly.

Nery shares his story of climbing the ranks, learning how to read businesses from the inside out, and the years of personal development that turned him into the kind of operator institutions trust with their capital. From a counseling background to founding BlackSun — a global alternative asset firm investing across sports, media, technology, and real estate — Nery's path is a case study in why becoming the person comes before building the empire.

Niko and Nery explore:

• What it actually means to "understand business" at an institutional level
• Why the ability to analyze a company is downstream of how deeply you've analyzed yourself
• How a counseling and wellness background became an unexpected edge in private equity
• The internal frameworks Nery uses to evaluate opportunities, leaders, and timing
• Why capital, when deployed with intention, becomes a force that shapes culture
• The kind of depth most entrepreneurs skip... and what it costs them later

This episode is for entrepreneurs, investors, and operators who suspect the real game isn't building a bigger business — it's becoming a bigger person, and letting the business follow.

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In this episode of the Just Grow Podcast, Niko Arapkiles sits down with Logan Jennings for a raw conversation about what really happens when you have everything you ever wanted... and then watch it disappear.

At the center of it all is one truth: the business you build is never the real thing you're building. The man becomes the asset. Everything else is the byproduct.

Logan shares the story of standing on top of the world, losing his identity along with everything he'd built, and what it actually took to go back home and start from nothing. By 26, he'd built multiple companies and quietly outgrown the person he used to be in the process — and that order matters.

Niko and Logan explore:

• What it actually feels like to lose your identity along with your success
• Why going "home" is rarely about geography... it's about who you have to become
• The internal work that has to happen before the external rebuild is even possible
• How identity becomes the real compounding asset behind every company you build
• Why the man (or woman) you become in the process is the only thing you actually keep

This episode is for entrepreneurs, creators, and operators who've ever felt the gap between what they've built on the outside and who they are on the inside... and want to close it.

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Your business isn't a problem to fix. It's a mirror.

And it's showing you exactly who you're being.

In this episode, Niko Arapkiles (https://www.instagram.com/nikoarapkiles/) sits down with Nick Komodina — founder of Impakt Industries and creator of the 4 Pillars of Abundance.

The theme: identity is everything.

Nick tells the story of Frodo and Sam stepping out of the Shire. The moment they go further than they've ever been. And from there? Every step is the furthest step they've ever taken. Every move forward is an adventure.

The leap isn't the hard part. Staying willing to keep stepping is.

INSIDE THIS EPISODE:

▸ Why your business mirrors your limiting beliefs ▸ How the world constantly confirms whatever you believe ▸ The "furthest step" — why every step past your comfort zone is new ground ▸ Why receiving a compliment well is a gift you give the other person ▸ Identity as the real lever for transformation

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