As an event planner you likely have one major question.
Can this person provide valuable information to my audience.
I can IF your audience is filled with entrepreneurs, founders, inventors or employees who are trying to build a new idea, launch a new product/service or stuck in an endless loop of product development.
My Speeches
Creating a new product or service for the first time is not easy. You better prepare yourself for failure so you can enjoy success. Learn about how you can enjoy and manage the creation process without spending thousands of dollars and get help from people around you without begging.
You have to know when to quick your day job before starting your company. Learn how to communicate your vision with your life partner, business partner and banker. Enjoy the steps that can make you crazy.
Starting your first company is not be done alone. Learn how to find the smartest people you can find and have them help you even if you don't know them... YET!
My Workshops
Make your business idea a reality. How to go from idea to first paying customer
In the workshop you will learn
- How to fall in love the problem not your solution
- How to determine whether your idea is a winner or not before you spend real money
- How to build your version 1.0 with almost no resources
- When to start raising money
Time: 45 – 75 minutes
Handouts: Yes
Size: 20 – 40 attendees
Hello there and nice to meet you! I am honored you have continued to read. Let me share a bit more about myself.
- Topics:Entrepreneurship, Starting a business, Launching a new idea
- Length of talks:20 - 60 minutes
- Motivation to speak:Help others see a path
- Audience gets:Usable information, Enjoyment, Inspiration
- Special trait:Have organized over 100 events myself
- My Promise:Showing up on time, being professional
- Guarantee:Not happy? then don't pay
- Birthplace:Wichita, Kansas
- Favorite color:Yellow
Learning is what I do everyday. I ask questions and wonder why. I have interviewed over 100 leaders at a monthly live event over the last seven years. Although I am not perfect (9 months in prison clearly shows that) and have had both success and failure. I believe we learn the most through our own failures and hearing stories of others. Whether it’s a national conference, college campus, corporate meeting or private group gathering your audience will hear clear optimism. Also a feeling I have walked in their shoes and belief that if you have an idea, and it has some validity, you should attempt to make your dream a reality and get your idea into the hand of a paying customer.
Here is a excerpt from my signature talk.
“Being in prison for nine months taught me many things but patience, humility and empathy were the top for me. The memory of this is has clear as yesterday, The metal gate swinging open, me waving to a few friends as I walked through to the outside world… It was the day I left a pair of state issued boots very similar to these right beside the gate. It was the day that I committed to always providing value to people and never being unfair. It was the day I promised myself I could never rest on past accomplishments or dwell on past mistakes.”
Since I have started six companies and have had successful exits and horrible failures, your guests will hear first hand stories of how to get things done and how not to get things done when trying to get your new idea off the ground. The journey of launching a new idea and getting a paying customer is a long winding road filled with roadblocks, speed bumps and speeding tickets. Your audience will receive “real life” tools that can assist them along the crazy path to success.
If you would still like to learn more about me you can go here, visit my LinkedIn profile or follow me on Twitter or if its really important give me call 206 354 8751.
In case you didn’t watch my video I have a money back guarantee. Yes don’t pay me if you are not happy. Do I sound like a good fit for your audience? …..YES! Well that is stupendous…lets find a time to talk more. Please hit the Contact Mike or type mike@michaelgrabham.com button and I will get an email and will respond normally within 24 hours.
- "Starting a new Idea with Mike Grabham" Go here to listen.The 5 Minute Founder with Shawn Ketchum,
- "Getting off the Couch with Mike Grabham" Go here to listen. Folk Stories by Kevin Lin
- "Creating a Culture of Community with Mike Grabham" Go here to listen.Banzai Pipeline with Joe Davy
- "The Package Guard story with Mike Grabham" Go here to listen. Startup Spotlight™ with Steve Schwartz