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    Speaking & Workshops

    KEYNOTES · WORKSHOPS · EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

    Help your people create what comes next.

    Eric Koester helps leaders and teams create the conditions for innovation from within. His work combines research, practical tools, and the energy of a live experience—so people leave with shared language, a visible project, and a next step they can actually take.

    2020National Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year
    2×Inc. 5000 founder
    2×Georgetown Entrepreneurship Professor of the Year
    40 Under 40Entrepreneurship & innovation leader

    THREE WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

    Choose the experience that fits the moment.

    KEYNOTE — DESIGN YOUR INFLECTION POINT.
    How ambitious people and organizations create the projects, relationships, and decisions that change what comes next. A research-based talk for leaders navigating growth, reinvention, and uncertainty.

    WORKSHOP — FOUNDER FACTORIES.
    A practical system for helping more people act like founders, owners, and creators inside the organization. Teams learn how to make ideas visible, build collaborative capability, and create momentum without waiting for a new lab or a perfect plan.

    WORKSHOP — SUPER MENTORS AT WORK.
    A modern approach to mentorship built around opportunity, collaboration, and action—not advice alone. Participants learn how to create the relationships that help ambitious work move forward.

    DESIGNED FOR ORGANIZATIONS NAVIGATING CHANGE

    Make innovation a capability people practice.

    • Innovation, strategy, and transformation teams
    • Leadership and talent programs
    • Mentorship and employee-development initiatives
    • Entrepreneurship and executive-education programs
    • Universities, associations, and professional communities
    • Organizations building new products, ventures, or capabilities

    THE RESEARCH

    From inflection points to Founder Factories.

    Eric’s research on more than 5,000 Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees examines what makes ambition compound: meaningful projects, visible proof, and the people who help carry work forward. Founder Factories applies that logic inside organizations—studying how companies create founders, builders, and innovation leaders at scale.

    Explore Founder Factories → · Watch the Science of Ambition lecture →

    BRING ERIC TO YOUR ORGANIZATION

    Start with the challenge in front of your people.

    Share your audience, goals, and timing. We’ll recommend the right keynote, workshop, or custom experience.

    Schedule a conversation →

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    STAY CLOSE TO THE WORK

    Choose your lane.

    Eric writes and teaches at the intersection of authorship, innovation, creativity, and meaningful work.

    • Modern Author
      Ideas for turning expertise into a book, platform, and authority.

    • Creative Capacity
      Field-tested insight for building innovation-ready teams.

    • Podcast
      Conversations with people building what’s next.