Alex Banayan

Alex Banayan's Speech Descriptions

Out-of-the-box thinker, Alex Banayan demystifies the scariest and most difficult steps we need to take to achieve our dreams. From start to finish, he fuels his presentations with accounts he received firsthand from dozens of industry leaders on how they made their big break. Furthermore, Banayan’s equally fascinating journey crafting his own career illustrates how he has lived the very framework he advocates for problem-solving and grinding your way to greatness and fulfillment.

Banayan’s keynotes have had far-reaching effects, acting as the catalyst for a new way of thinking. The Third Door™ framework has helped individuals discover unconventional routes to achieve their biggest dreams and has aided Fortune 500 companies to take new approaches to sales, marketing, and
exponential growth.

Since the publication of The Third Door, Banayan has brought his message of possibility to millions of people in more than one hundred countries. At the core of Banayan’s mission is his belief that, “When you change what someone believes is possible, you change what becomes possible.”

Banayan is the youngest bestselling business author in American history. A renowned expert on perseverance and exponential growth, Banayan has presented the Third Door™ framework to business conferences and corporate leadership teams around the world, including Apple, Google, Nike, IBM,
Snapchat, Salesforce, Delta Airlines, Mastercard, and Disney.

The Third Door chronicles Banayan’s seven-year quest to uncover the definitive mindset of success. The book is a #1 international bestseller, has been translated into more than a dozen languages, and has been acclaimed by the New York Post as “a joy to read.”

Named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list and Business Insider’s “Most Powerful People Under 30,” Banayan is his generation’s leading expert in high performance and personal development, having been featured in FORTUNE, CNBC, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Washington Post, MSNBC, Fox News, and NBC News.

Topics:

• • There’s Always a Way: How to Cultivate Resilient, Focused, and Energized Teams During Uncertain
  Times

• • Exponential Growth: How to Think Dierently, Transform Your Business, and Achieve Your Most
  Important Goals

• • Third Door Storytelling for Business Growth: How to Re-Energize Your Sales, Marketing, and Business
  Development Eorts Using the 5 Keys of Radically Compelling Stories

• • The Third Door For Sales: How to Re-Train and Re-Invigorate Your Sales Team to Find a Way Through
  Any Door

HOW TO DREAM BIGGER, ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS, AND TAKE THE THIRD DOOR (40 minute speech + 20 minute Q&A)
Named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list, Alex Banayan is the author of the highly anticipated business book, The Third Door, which chronicles his journey tracking down the world's most successful people to uncover how they launched their careers. Over the course of his seven-year quest, Banayan sat down with Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Jane Goodall, Jessica Alba, Maya Angelou, Pitbull, Quincy Jones, Larry King, Tim Ferriss, Tony Hsieh, Steve Wozniak—and had remarkable run-ins with Warren Buffett, Steven Spielberg, Mark Zuckerberg, and many more. After exclusive interviews and years of extensive research, Banayan uncovered the single trait every one of these leaders has in common: they all took the Third Door.

In Banayan’s most popular keynote, he takes the audience on an astonishing journey that leaves listeners inspired, empowered, and most importantly, transformed. Packed with practical business lessons—from Bill Gates’ negotiating secrets to Pitbull’s key to continued growth and reinvention—Banayan’s keynote changes the way organizations achieve their goals.

BILL GATES, WARREN BUFFETT, AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT: DECODING THE ART OF RISK TAKING (60 minute speech)
Drawing from his three most popular stories—his wild quest to interview Bill Gates, how he hacked Warren Buffett’s shareholders meeting, and how he funded his book by winning the iconic game show The Price Is Right—Banayan distills the three keys any organization can use to take better and smarter risks, which is essential to organizational growth.
In this widely celebrated keynote, Banayan’s framework will transform your view of risk taking from it being the enemy—to it being a friend. No matter your age, and no matter your stage, risk taking is the key to growth, innovation, and achievement—and we all need a better relationship with it. Banayan’s keynote shows us how.

THE 5 MILLENNIAL TRENDS THAT WILL TRANSFORM THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF BUSINESS (40 minute speech + 20 minute Q&A)

What will the world of business look like thirty years from now? And how will the nuanced, and often misunderstood, habits of millenials shape your company’s growth?

Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and “world’s youngest venture capitalist” Alex Banayan has the answers. In this wildly insightful and mind-expanding presentation, Banayan expounds on topics ranging from the pervasiveness of artificial reality to the automation revolution. Weaving in examples from Snapchat to Tesla, Banayan shows us how the products millenials are obsessed with clue us in to the habits his generation will perpetuate over the coming decades.

Whether you are a corporate executive looking to better understand your millennial employees or you are an investor searching for future market trends, Banayan’s keynote will provide you with the insights you want and the answers you need.