Keynote speaking
Founder talks for conferences, leadership offsites and founder communities. High on story and receipts, low on recycled LinkedIn wisdom. In English, tailored to your audience and what is at stake for them.
Keynotes
Each one has a long version you can read or watch before you book, so you know exactly what your audience will get.
How a company with no investors and no loans got from its first municipal deal to €9.3 million a year in four years: who pays you first, how one-off money becomes monthly revenue, and why every euro went back into the product instead of into ads.
Why we grew into more than 15 countries on a partnership spree instead of a hiring spree, how to find the first ten partners, what to ask them, and what the partner's own salespeople need before they will sell your product.
Running one company between Finland and Vietnam: why a partnership can close on the first call in Helsinki while in Ho Chi Minh City it is a relationship between two CEOs, and what it takes to lead a team across languages, time zones and expectations.
Five years against a government that changed the law: what the documents show, why ideology beats facts, and why a small company does not win against bigger players but outlasts them. With the receipts on screen.
More themes
If your event needs something adjacent, ask. Most of these bend to fit an audience.
Who books these
A keynote that tells one true story from start to finish, with numbers people can repeat in the hallway afterwards.
For teams deciding how to grow, where to expand or how to work across cultures. Shaped around the decision in front of them.
Accelerators, founder groups and business associations that want the operator's view, not the highlight reel.
Watch first
Three recent videos, each the long version of a talk.
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14:40The date, the audience and what you want them to leave with. I reply personally, usually within two business days.