28 No’s. 2 Yeses.
What rejection teaches about performance and staying in the game.
Not “never give up” — how to extract information from rejection without letting it become identity, and how consistency and confidence are actually built.
Speaking
The work came first.
The talks came later.
I speak about commercial growth, partnerships, entrepreneurship, leadership and reinvention from more than two decades of operating experience.
Every engagement is shaped around the audience, the outcome and the one thing you want people to think or do differently when they leave the room.
Trusted by leaders at
Signature talks
What I bring to the room.
Each talk is grounded in operating experience and can be delivered as a keynote or adapted into a deeper working session. Every engagement is shaped around the audience, the desired outcome and the ideas most useful to the room.
Think Like a Founder, Scale Like an Enterprise
How to keep entrepreneurial thinking alive as organizations grow.
How organizations preserve entrepreneurial speed, ownership and experimentation while building the systems, discipline and operating rigor required to scale.
When the Playbook Stops Working
The Reinvention Advantage.
How leaders recognize when yesterday’s assumptions no longer work, determine which fundamentals to preserve, abandon outdated playbooks and build the next model before circumstances force them to.
Scaling Revenue and Commercial Ecosystems
How growth becomes a system, not a series of wins.
How leaders build repeatable commercial systems across revenue, partnerships, channels, teams and execution. Anchored by leading Dell Small Business’s Alternative Routes to Market vertical in the Americas as it scaled from $22M to $800M+.
Beyond Sponsorship
Building partnerships that create measurable business value.
Why too many partnerships stop at logos, visibility and announcements — and how to structure relationships around shared objectives, accountability, commercial value and measurable return.
Before the Title
How high-performance leaders are built before anyone calls them leaders.
Self-leadership, discipline, controlling the inputs, handling rejection and developing others — long before titles, large teams and big budgets arrive.
From the room
Stages, panels and classrooms.
Conferences and Summits, University lecture halls, Founder Communities and a Primary school in Lagos. The format changes; the reason for being there does not.
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JA Africa Company of the Year ConferenceAbuja, Nigeria December 2025 -
CES Startup World CupLas Vegas January 2025 -
Pegasus Tech Ventures Startup World Cup FinalSan Francisco October 2024 -
Black Founders Network MeetupToronto, Canada September 2024 -
New York Tech MeetupNew York City September 2024 -
“Women Who Startup Revival” · Denver Startup WeekDenver September 2024 -
Collision ConferenceToronto June 2024 -
SXSW International Founders EventAustin March 2024 -
SXSW International Founders EventAustin March 2024 -
U.S. Department of State YSEALI EventBangkok, Thailand February 2024 -
Atlanta Innovation SummitAtlanta August 2023 -
ALU Innovate for Good SummitKigali, Rwanda March 2023 -
Endeavor Demo DayMiami August 2022 -
Dallas Startup WeekDallas August 2022 -
StartupNation Small Business SummitDetroit December 2019 -
NAWBO ConferenceJacksonville October 2019 -
The 234 Project Tour · G.R.A. Primary SchoolLagos, Nigeria June 2018 -
Channel Futures MSP SummitLas Vegas March 2024
Engagements
Built around the room.
Speaking engagements are scoped around the format, audience, location and level of customization required.
Share a little about your event and I will help determine the right fit.
| Engagement | Fee | |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Keynote45–60 minutes, with optional Q&A | from $15,000 |
| 02 | Half-day workshopExecutive or commercial team working session | from $10,000 |
| 03 | Panel, fireside or moderationSeat or moderator | from $7,500 |
| 04 | Universities, nonprofits & mission-aligned eventsReduced rates — ask | on request |
US fees. Travel and accommodation additional outside Austin, Texas. Multi-session and multi-day rates on request.
Create something meaningful for your audience.
Tell me a little about your event, who will be in the room and what you want them to leave with.