Speaking
I'll tell you why Van Halen demanding brown M&Ms in their dressing room is actually genius. Then I'll tell you why the Prince scam emails are a masterclass in working smarter, not harder.
That's the kind of talks I give. Stories your audience will retell at dinner, attached to takeaways they'll use Monday morning. And I don't do guessing games. Before I start, your room will know exactly what we're covering, how long it will take and what they'll walk away with.
Everything I share on stage comes from the trenches, not a textbook. I've spent over a decade running Alpha Dog Agency and Point Guard University, putting real budgets behind real campaigns and building companies from a town the New York Times once called 'the literal middle of nowhere.'
The Signature Talk
My most requested talk, 30 to 35 minutes plus Q&A. It starts in a tiny Kansas town with no entrepreneurs and no roadmap, runs through the jobs I was bad at, my journey to New York and the agency I built after, then lands on the idea that what you think is your weakness might be your biggest advantage. Along the way I unpack three stories I love. The scam email that teaches you to work like a lion, the rock band that hid a genius quality-control system inside a candy bowl and the elite units that get calmer when things get real. It closes with a challenge tailored to your room, whether that's students reframing a weakness or entrepreneurs hunting for the brown M&Ms hiding in their own business.
Other Talks I Give
- Marketing That Actually Moves The Needle: This is for founders and business owners. I'll tell you what to prioritize, how to run Google and Meta campaigns that pay for themselves, how to track what matters and how to present yourself and your company.
- The Entrepreneur Mindset: This is an honest look at the pros, cons and turbulence of building companies, plus the mental models I lean on to keep a handle on it.
- Career Talks For Students & Teams: This is my path from small-town Kansas through minor league baseball and New York to agency owner, and what actually gets you hired. This option is heavy on Q&A.
- Winning Your Dental Marketing: This is drawn from my weekly newsletter Marketing Minute 4 Dentists and my decade plus experience of consistently growing dental practices. If your room is dentists or office managers, I have years of material.
Formats range from keynotes to workshops to panels, in-person or virtual. Past stages include WixCon, Startup Moxie, Dental Conferences, University courses and team locker rooms.
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