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The definitive annual gathering of game-changing founders, disruptors, and C-suite leaders.
Apply to speak / AttendFor speakers with a world-class message and nowhere to put it
You're not under-qualified. You're under-booked.
Every quarter without a stage costs you more than momentum — it costs you the fee, the proof, and the audience you already earned. We put your expertise in front of the rooms that actually pay for it.
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If any of this is familiar
The gap between you and a paid, sought-after stage is not talent.
A world-class message. An empty calendar.
You've watched someone less qualified take the keynote — not because they were better, but because someone was representing them. That's the whole difference.
Forty pitches sent. Silence back.
Cold submissions into a list you assembled from Google. It isn't your writing that's failing — it's that nobody in those inboxes was already looking for you.
Expertise priced like a favour.
You're charging for an hour of consulting what a keynote pays for an afternoon — then calling it modest, because asking for more feels like arrogance.
It's access, positioning, and a system that keeps working after you log off. That's the entire job — and it's the job we do.
See how it worksThree ways in
Three things stand between you and the stage. We run all three.
Most agencies hand you advice. Most event companies sell you a ticket. We build the whole engine — the positioning, the rooms, and the people who say yes — so your calendar stops depending on luck.
The Journal
Where your ideas find an audience before they find a stage. Essays and field notes that make you the obvious choice the moment a programmer goes looking.
Read the JournalEvents & Experiences
Rooms where the people who book speakers stand in the same room as you. Salons and summits built for introductions — not name tags.
See what's nextThe Agency
Research, positioning, and pitching, run by people who already have the relationships. We don't send you into the void — we bring you rooms with a fee attached.
See if you qualifyThe wall of results
Expertise, made impossible to ignore.
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SpeakingA Leadership Conference keynote at $7,000
A $7,000 keynote at a Leadership Conference for a pro athlete — she made back 3x her investment.
$7,000 keynote
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SpeakingA church engagement at $2,000 per week
A church engagement paying $2,000 per week.
$2,000 / week
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SpeakingA $1,500 engagement that opened doors
A $1,500 speaking engagement — which also opened the door to future collaborations.
$1,500 engagement
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VisibilityOn the same stage as Neil Patel
Mario was asked to host a workshop that placed him on the same stage as one of the top marketing thought leaders in the world, Neil Patel.
Shared stage — Neil Patel
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VisibilityOffered the same stage as Jennifer Lewis
Robin was offered a speaking slot on the same stage as actress Jennifer Lewis — she wasn't able to make the event, but the opportunity itself was secured.
Shared stage — Jennifer Lewis
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SpeakingA mental health conference stage
Tisse spoke at a mental health conference, sharing the event with Nicole Byer, host of Netflix's Nailed It!
Mental health conference
The speaker transformation matrix
See exactly what twelve months changes.
Four questions. An honest number for what your calendar is worth today — and what it looks like when the rooms start paying.
$0$35,000+
Today's stage revenue. Your 12-month projection. The next ninety days that close the gap.
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100 Stages ✦ The resource
You already know what you would say on that stage.
The room is the only thing missing. We did the searching: paid speaking opportunities with a name, a fee and a deadline attached — not another blank search bar.
- 200+ researched opportunities across 11 industries
- The fee, the deadline and the person to email
- Instant access — yours to keep
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Stages
From $75 one-time
Or $50 per quarter for every refresh — cancel any time.
See the 100 Stages directoryOn the circuit · Now accepting speakers
Rooms to be in.
Three stages worth the application — each one is taking speaker submissions right now. Apply directly, or let us help you get in the room.
Inc. MagazineOpen for speakers
Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala
Where America's fastest-growing private company founders and boldest CEOs gather to scale.
Submit speaker applicationSouth by SouthwestOpen for speakers
SXSW Conference
The global stage for tech innovators, marketers, content creators, and culture-shapers.
Explore PanelPicker & speakingEvents & experiences · 2026–2027 season
Rooms worth showing up for.
VirtualJan 21, 2027
Monetize Your Expertise — Live Workshop
A live, three-hour workshop that turns what you already know into paid engagements, partnerships and offers. You leave with the exact templates and resources to price, package and pitch your expertise.
Coming soon
In-PersonApr 17, 2027
The Visibility Summit — Spring 2027
Two days of keynotes, salons, and curated introductions for thought leaders ready to step onto bigger stages.
Coming soonToronto
The journal
Ideas that build influence.
Visibility
The 4 Red Flags That Prove Your Speaker One-Sheet Is Killing Your Bookings
Your one-sheet is your résumé, audition tape, and proposal on a single page. If it reads amateur, event directors managing six-figure budgets assume the presentation is too.
The B&B Editors· 4 min read
MonetizationHow to Transition from "Free Panelist" to "Paid Keynote Speaker"
The hardest pivot in a speaking career isn't finding a stage. It's getting organizers to stop treating your expertise as a favour and start putting it on the payroll.
The B&B Editors· 5 min read
MonetizationThe Exact Email Pitch Template to Secure a High-Ticket Keynote
Most speaker pitches are deleted in four seconds because they are entirely about the speaker. This fill-in-the-blank template opens on their event, names their pain, and asks for five minutes.
The B&B Editors· 6 min read
The stage you're not on yet is costing you the one you're ready for.
You've done the work. You've earned the expertise. What's missing is the system that turns it into invitations, fees, and proof — and that's the part we run for you. A single secured $7,000 engagement pays for a season of representation many times over.