Wednesday, January 21 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Arcadia, California
Private Residence of Rudy Lira Kusuma
The Empire State of Growth™ Mastermind is a private, exclusive, by-invitation-only leadership experience designed for elite real estate team owners, brokerage owners, and top-producing agents who are building businesses at the highest level.This mastermind is a West Coast executive recap and strategic deep dive following the highly acclaimed Empire State of Growth Mastermind in New York City, where top leaders gathered inside institutions like J.P. Morgan Chase, NASDAQ, Deloitte, and Wells Fargo to architect the blueprint for billion-dollar real estate organizations.On January 21, a select group of industry leaders will convene in an intimate setting to translate those insights into real-world execution, scalable systems, and next-level growth strategies.
This experience is intentionally limited and curated for leaders who meet the following criteria:- Team Owners & Brokerage Owners
- Top Producing Agents with $50 Million+ in Annual Production
- Operators focused on scale, systems, leadership, and long-term enterprise valueThis is not a beginner event.
This is a room of peers building businesses of consequence.

This mastermind offers a private, behind-the-scenes look at how billion-dollar real estate organizations are architected, structured, and scaled. Drawing directly from the Empire State of Growth NYC Mastermind, the conversations translate proven market intelligence into real-world execution through disciplined systems for revenue growth, leadership development, and operational leverage. Participants are also exposed to global expansion strategies, luxury positioning, and capital-grade thinking—perspectives rarely shared publicly and essential for building enduring enterprises at scale.
“At a certain level, growth stops being about acquiring more information and starts becoming about clarity, structure, and decision quality.”"
- Rudy Lira Kusuma

Global operators. Proven architects. Closed-door insights from leaders building at scale.

Rudy Lira Kusuma
Founder & Team Leader
Partner Real Estate
Rudy Lira Kusuma is the founder of one of California’s fastest-growing, system-driven real estate organizations. He convenes this mastermind to create a high-trust environment for leaders focused on scale, clarity, and long-term enterprise value.

Michael Valdes
Chief Executive Officer, LPT International | Global President, Aperture Global Real Estate
Michael Valdes is a global real estate executive who has helped scale some of the largest and most influential brokerages in the world. His career blends institutional finance, luxury branding, and international expansion at the highest level.

Steve de Laveaga
Founder & CEO
The Revenue Firm
Steve de Laveaga is a revenue architect known for building predictable, scalable sales systems across real estate and title organizations. His frameworks turn vision into measurable, repeatable results.
This mastermind is by invitation only.
Attendance is limited and personally curated.If you have received this invitation, we look forward to welcoming you into a room where vision meets execution—and growth becomes inevitable
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