Speaking

“Guy’s rules are simple yet he delivered them in a way that really engaged our organization in a memorable way. Unlike many presenters, he also made a tremendous effort to personalize the message to our organization.”
- Michelle Dauchy, SC Johnson

“Whether you are an entrepreneur in a start-up company or a seasoned corporate executive, you will find Guy’s business strategies right on the mark. Our top dealers were so impressed with Guy’s presentation in 2003 that we asked him back for a second session in 2004.”
- Nancy Ellis, Audi of America

“The feedback on Guy’s presentation was very positive. Our team found Guy’s content and style both informative and entertaining.”
- Lee Ray Massey, Hewlett Packard

I love to speak to people who want to change the world. Truth be known, I consider myself a better speaker than a writer, and a better writer than a doer. I’m very comfortable with large audiences, and two things separate me from other speakers:

• I am a business person who happens to speak. I am not a “professional speaker,” a “motivational speaker,” or a “guru.” (I wish I was a professional athlete who turned to speaking, but I’m not that either.)

• I customize each speech for the audience. I need at least one face-to-face or telephonic meeting before the event to make this work. A good speech requires understanding your business.

These are my favorite topics:

• Innovation and product development. This speech inspires and informs companies to innovate. I lay out the strategic steps to create new products and services by calling upon my experience with Apple as well as my study of dozens of world-class companies. This speech is ideally suited for events whose underlying purpose is to set new standards of innovation and change the world. Based on: Rules for Revolutionaries.

• Entrepreneurship. This speech provides the fundamental knowledge needed to start a new organization. It covers topics such as fund raising, positioning, branding, recruiting, rainmaking, and business planning. The intended audience is anyone starting anything-from two guys starting the next Google to social activists. Based on:The Art of the Start.

• Intrapreneurship. This speech illustrates the benefits of treating every company as a startup. It inspires managers to unleash entrepreneurial thinking at established companies while compensating for the unique challenges an internal entrepreneur faces. It fosters the pluck and creativity companies need to stay ahead of the pack. Based on: The Art of the Start.

• Evangelism, sales, and marketing. This speech enables companies to use secular evangelism to get customers, employees, and partners to believe in a product or service. I chart a complete course for the beginning evangelist that covers such topics as how to define a cause, how to identify good and bad enemies, how to deliver an effective presentation, and how to find, train, and recruit new evangelists. Based on: Selling the Dream.

• Technology trends. This speech explains the difference between building a business at the height of exuberance, and the depths of depression, in the recent business cycles. It features practical lessons to accelerate the success of companies in current conditions, and is based on my experience as an investment banker and venture capitalist. Based on: years of suffering.

• Competition. This speech provides companies with a blueprint for competing with other organizations for customer attention, dollars, and loyalty. It draws upon dozens of examples from technology and consumer companies to teach the audience how to ethically and effectively defeat their competition. Based on: How to Drive Your Competition Crazy

I have spoken for a diverse collection of organizations including Nike, Audi, Wal-Mart, Sprint, Hewlett Packard, IBM (believe it or not), Saturn, Stanford University, Haddasah, TIE, Calgary Flames, The Body Shop, MIT, Forbes, and Aveda.

Keynote Speakers of Palo Alto, California is my exclusive agent. Please send Keynote Speakers an email to arrange for me to speak for your group.

Demo Video

This is a demonstration video of my speaking ability. Keynote can also provide a VHS tape if you’d like one.