Amplify Speakers
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Speakers
There's a difference between a speaker who studies entrepreneurship and one who has actually built something that had to survive contact with a market. The first gives you frameworks. The second gives you the version that includes the part where it almost didn't work, which is usually the part your audience actually needs to hear.
This category covers founders, operators, and executives who scaled something real — not motivational speakers with a startup anecdote bolted onto an unrelated talk. The distinction matters most with founder and small-business audiences, who can tell within a few minutes whether someone has actually made payroll under pressure.
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Matching the Speaker to the Event
Founder and small-business audiences. Jaime Taets built her own company rather than consulting on someone else's, which lands differently with a room of owners than a corporate executive's story does.
Corporate innovation and intrapreneurship programmes. Simon Luthi operated at Fortune 100 strategy level and personally scaled a business unit fivefold, which is the credibility a large-organization innovation audience actually tests for.
Growth-stage teams and marketing-adjacent audiences. Troy Sandidge works specifically on growth strategy and digital execution, distinct from a general innovation talk.
Rapid-scaling teams under real pressure. Jay Abbasi built inside Tesla during genuine hypergrowth conditions and now coaches teams at Google, Amazon, and TikTok through the same thing.
Innovation speaker or futurist — which do you need?
If your audience needs to understand what's coming and why it matters strategically, see our futurist speakers. This page is for audiences that need the builder's perspective — how something actually got made, scaled, or turned around — rather than a forecast of what's ahead.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What's the difference between an innovation speaker and a futurist?A futurist addresses what's coming and why it matters strategically. An innovation and entrepreneurship speaker addresses how something was actually built, scaled, or turned around, from someone who did it themselves.
Do you have speakers who've actually founded and run a company?Yes. Jaime Taets built and scaled her own company as an Inc 500 CEO, which gives her genuine standing with founder and small-business audiences.
What do keynote speakers cost for this category?Standard market rates apply, typically $7,500 to $15,000 for emerging voices, $15,000 to $35,000 for established professionals and $35,000 or more for high-profile names.
How far in advance should we book?Ninety days or more.
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