Business Development Speakers
Great Black Speakers wants to ensure the continual growth and development of your business by providing lectures that will guide you on formulating tasks and implementing strategies for effective results. Our business development speakers are experts in their fields and serve as specialists to better assist you in strengthening your business plan and expanding your marketability.
Dr. Will Moreland
Dr. Will is America's #1 Leadership Life Trainer, helping you LIVE GENIUS.
Dr. Will MorelandDr. Will is founder of Will Moreland International and author of the critically acclaimed book Genius Potential. He is also author of 10 other books that range from finances to relationships. Known as America's #1 Leadership Life Trainer, and noted as one of the top speakers under 40 in America. Thousands follow Dr. Will's wisdom from around the world, following him on Facebook, Twitter and attending his live events. Dr. Will hel...
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Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP Diversity and Inclusion is a full-time focus, not just one topic among many for Lenora Billings-Harris. Lenora Billings-Harris’s ability to transform multifaceted diversity and inclusion concepts into immediately applicable "how to's" have enabled her to help organizations intentionally create and sustain inclusive work cultures that challenge each individual to accelerate their efforts toward achie...
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Lauren Maillian Bias
CEO, Luxury Market Branding
Lauren Maillian BiasLauren Maillian Bias is the Founder and CEO of Luxury Market Branding™, a strategic marketing company.A serial entrepreneur, at age 19, Lauren founded a boutique winery that quickly became an internationally recognized award-winning wine brand, making her the youngest self-made winery owner in the country. She served as the Chief Operating Officer of the company from inception through the brand’s acquisition in 2011.Lauren is ...
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Dr. Laquita Blockson
Business Ethics and Entrepreneurship Expert
Dr. Laquita C. Blockson, also known as the “Business Renaissance Guru,” is a business/organizational ethics expert as well as an entrepreneurship and urban economic development scholar. She has extensive experience providing lectures for, facilitating workshops for, and providing guidance to small businesses, community development corporations, executive education programs, affiliates of national nonprofit organizations, and aspiring minority an...
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C. Thomas Gambrell
Your Business Success Coach, Time Management and Peak Performance Guru | Co-Author of "Success on God's Terms" | Founder of BlackLearningNet.com
C. Thomas Gambrell is an eminent speaker, trainer and business success coach. He provides success strategies coaching and learning management consulting services to solve training delivery, knowledge transfer and information exchange problems for business owners, member associations, corporations, not-for-profit organizations and public sector clients.As a professional success coach, C. Thomas Gambrell addresses audiences throughout the nation tr...
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Dr. Jason Johnson
Breaking down the tough issues with wit and common sense & bringing the people back into politics
Dr. Jason JohnsonDr. Jason Johnson is a professor, political analyst and public speaker. Fresh, unflappable, objective, and known for his ability to break down complex stories with wit and candor Dr. Jason Johnson is an up and coming voice in political and social commentary. Dr. Johnson is the author of the new book Political Consultants and Campaigns: One Day to Sell, which has been featured in Campaigns and Elections magazine and National Publi...
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Kaneisha Grayson
Founder of The Art of Applying and CEO of Crazy Girl Nation
Kaneisha Grayson is an entrepreneur, writer, and speaker who provides practical tips for achieving one’s dreams despite the odds. She founded her business “The Art of Applying” to coach non-traditional applicants as they apply to top MBA and other graduate programs. She uses the power of effective storytelling to propel people to achieve their most audacious goals and dreams. Kaneisha Grayson has been featured on MBAPodcaster as well as Vault.com...
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Robert L. Greene
Principal at Syncom Ventures
Robert L. Greene (Bob) is an accomplished business executive, investment professional, public servant, and philanthropist with deep expertise and broad experience at transforming opportunities into successes! Bob is a Principal with Syncom Venture Partners; a leading venture capital firm focused on multistage equity investments in high growth segments of the Media & Communications industry. Bob leads Syncom’s Investor Relations and Business D...
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Dezmon Landers
Startup Advisor at StartupExpert.us
Dezmon Landers is a startup entrepreneur, blogger and avid traveler. He specializes in the study and execution of startup businesses and is the founder of Startup Expert, an entrepreneurial advisory service in Atlanta, GA. Dezmon loves startups and has started 8 technology and service based companies since 2003. Along the way, he's gained an immense amount of knowledge on building startup companies. In 2005, he realized there were things he j...
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Lawrence Watkins
Founder of Great Black Speakers Bureau and Leading Entrepreneurship & Personal Achievement Expert
- 100 Black Men, Alpha Phi Alpha, Black Student Union , Business Development, Business School, College Orientation, College Success, Discovering your Passion, Entrepreneurship, NPHC Fraternities/Sororities, High Achieving Youth, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Networking, NSBE, Personal Productivity , STEM, Technology, Upward Bound, Young Black Men, Youth Entrepreneurship
- $2,500 - $5,000
- Georgia
Lawrence WatkinsLawrence Watkins is one of America’s leading entrepreneurship and personal achievement experts. His journey has taken him from an ultra-underachiever in high school to a graduate of an Ivy League business school as well as the Owner of Great Black Speakers, Great Pro Speakers, Co-Founder of Ujamaa Deals, and Principal of Sachs Technologies. Lawrence was born and raised in Louisville, KY to a police officer father and a mother who...
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Ash Kumra
Entrepreneur, public speaker, and "Dreamer" whose purpose is to make the world better.
Ash Kumra is an award winning entrepreneur and public speaker most recently recognized by the White House as one of the top 100 young entrepreneurs making an impact for America. Ash is a founder of DreamItAlive.com; an online community dedicated to guiding people to create, believe and live out their dreams using virtual dream boards. Ash has been recognized for excellence in entrepreneurship from institutions and luminaries such as the White Hou...
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Tiphani Montgomery
Learn how to STAND UP + SHINE with unshakable SELF-WORTH.
Tiphani MontgomeryWhen I was 12, they told me I was stupid — and prescribed ‘smart pills’ (aka, Ritalin) to wrestle my brain into a state of submission. I fed them to my Rottweiler. They worked like a charm. When I was 21, they told me I’d never amount to anything — so I took my baby daughter, moved to a new state, self-published a book of poetry, and sold 2,500 copies in less than a month…from behind the bar where I mixed drinks & hustled ti...
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Eon Lewis
No Grease! Changing the face of Business
Identical twin brothers Damian and Jermaine Johnson founded No Grease! Inc. in 1997. Since then they have been recognized as the leaders of the Hair Care Industry in the city of Charlotte NC. Together, with business partner Charlie Petty, they now own and operate three grooming lounges in Charlotte, as well as the No Grease! School for the Tonsorial Arts (Now called Park West Barber School Charlotte). Today they are eager to share their knowledg...
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Maisha Walker
Helping marketing executives and entrepreneurs understand how to leverage the Internet to build a brand and drive traffic and revenue.
Maisha is the president of message medium, a New York City Internet Strategy firm that uses Web site design, Internet marketing, and educational and strategic consulting to help small businesses create the greatest impact, the highest ROI, the biggest digital footprint and the most dynamic brand online. Maisha's firm has provided strategic, design, marketing and technical guidance for initiatives in every space of industry - editorial, political ...
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James Nemley
The Better Business Builder
James (Jim) Nemley, LPBC, CBP, CFLT, CEDP, CMA, CF, Chief Executive Officer "If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got." Jim is into Attitude Adjustment. He feels that it is important to change the mind of the individual in order to affect different results, especially in the case of business owners. For more than 25 years Jim has put entrepreneurs and business owners on the right track to success. As Chief Coach...
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Andrea Foy
Author, Speaker and Leadership Coach
Andrea Foy Andrea Foy Consulting (AFC, LLC) is a personal and professional development company design to provide a unique program of professional development keynotes, seminars and workshops for individuals, businesses, and corporations. She is also a Certified John Maxwell Speaker, Coach, and Teacher. As a member of the John Maxwell Team, she has personally been trained by her Mentor, John C. Maxwell and an elite team of world renowned coaches,...
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Jon Gosier
Self-made tech entrepreneur and human rights activist.
Jon GosierJon Gosier is a respected blogger, software developer, and designer working at the intersection of open data, human rights, and African development. He is the founder or co-founder of several organizations and initiatives including AfriLabs, Appfrica, Abayima, Hive Colab, MetaLayer and SeedCapitalAfrica. And has held a Executive leadership roles at others including Ushahidi and QuestionBox. In 2012 Jon founded Abayima, a non-profit or...
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