Co-Founder & CEO of PreMortem, 4x Exited Founder, 2x New York Times Bestselling Author, Super Angel Investor in 150+ Startups

David S. Kidder Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000

Q: What is David S. Kidder's speaking fee?

David S. Kidder speaking fee typically ranges from $20,000 to $30,000. The lower end usually applies to virtual engagements, while the higher end is for in-person events in the US. However, fees may exceed this range for a variety of reasons, like extended activities or international travel. Other factors such as popularity, career stage, and current demand can also influence the final fee. For an accurate and up-to-date quote based on your specific event details, please contact Gotham Artists. We will provide detailed information and assistance to ensure you have the latest fee structure.

Co-Founder & CEO of PreMortem, 4x Exited Founder, 2x New York Times Bestselling Author, Super Angel Investor in 150+ Startups

Speaking Fee:

$20,000 to $30,000

Travels From:

NYC - New York City

Primary Topic Category:

Leadership and Management

Secondary Topic Category:

Technology

David S. Kidder Speaker Profile: At A Glance

David S. Kidder is a 4x exited founder, 2x NYT bestselling author, and investor in 150+ startups. He has helped organizations turn uncertainty into lasting advantage and ignite resilient growth. David founded Bionic and the GrowthOS acquired by Accenture Song and deployed globally generating more than $10 billion in new revenue. His current venture PreMortem drives the successful execution of consequential growth initiatives. His books, including New to Big, have sold over a million copies in 18 languages, and he has keynoted and partnered directly with CEOs at Nike, Procter & Gamble, Citigroup, Microsoft, and 40 other Fortune 500s.

Known For His Radical Candor, David Helps Leaders See What Is True, Build Systems That Unlock It, And Turn Volatility Into Focus, Velocity, And Resilient Growth. David S. Kidder is a four-time exited founder, a two-time New York Times bestselling author, super angel investor in 150+ startups, and one of the most trusted voices in the world on igniting resilient growth for leaders and within enterprises. ‍As co-founder and CEO of Bionic, David built the GrowthOS™ and bootstrapped the company to $30 million in annual revenue, partnering directly with CEOs and leadership teams at Nike, Procter & Gamble, Citi, GE, and more than forty other Fortune 500 organizations. In 2021, Bionic was acquired by Accenture Song in what became one of their most successful acquisitions in history, catalyzing more than $10 billion in new revenue growth for partners. His methodology is captured in his best selling book, New to Big, and is taught as a matriculated Harvard Business Review case study on enterprise growth and innovation. David is now channeling that same conviction into PreMortem, which helps large enterprises deliver on their most consequential growth initiatives. Once the strategy is set, PreMortem accelerates execution and gets teams to real outcomes in weeks, not quarters. David was awarded Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award and received ID Magazine's International Design Award. His books, including The Startup Playbook, New to Big, and The Intellectual Devotional Series, have collectively sold more than one million copies across 18 languages. His work on growth, resilience, and reinvention has been recognized by Adam Grant, the late Clay Christensen, and founders and investors such as Marc Andreessen for shaping how a generation of leaders build and scale what comes next.

Ignite Resilient Growth

How established organizations find and build their next engine of revenue At some point every successful organization faces the same problem. The core business is doing well but the next chapter is unclear. The natural instinct is to double down on what already works. That instinct is what causes most companies to fall behind. David has spent two decades helping Fortune 500 leadership teams break that pattern. He gives leaders a proven process for looking outside their existing business to find the customer problems that actually create new opportunity, and for building toward them without disrupting what is already working. Leaders leave with a shared way of thinking about where their next growth comes from and a clear first step for going after it. This talk is right for your organization if: your organization is strong today but your leadership team is asking what comes next, or you are heading into a strategic planning cycle and need a fresh framework for identifying where real growth lives.

The Power of the PreMortem: How to Disrupt Before Being Disrupted

Twelve-month plans are expiring in twelve weeks. Every leadership team has set strategy, made commitments, and allocated resources against assumptions that can go wrong without anyone seeing it coming. A post-mortem tells you why it failed after the money is gone. A PreMortem asks the same question while there is still time to act: why did it fail? David Kidder, a four-time exited founder known for helping some of the world's biggest brands protect their highest-stakes initiatives, walks audiences through the process he built his newest company around. Teams surface every risk to their most consequential initiative, then pair human judgment with AI to separate the handful of factors that actually determine the outcome from the noise. It runs as a keynote, a half-day workshop, or a full-day intensive a leadership team can work through on a live initiative of their own. Audiences leave with a shared, evidence-based understanding of what will determine whether their biggest initiative succeeds, alignment on clear next steps, and a practical way to run the exercise themselves. Best for leadership teams heading into a merger, launch, turnaround, or planning cycle; executive offsites; and audiences skeptical of "AI keynotes" who want a framework grounded in real operating experience.

Custom Leadership Offsites

Most offsites produce energy and a document nobody opens. The problem is rarely the agenda. It is that the room never gets to the truth about what is actually working, what is at risk, and what the team has been avoiding. David builds each offsite backwards from the outcome the organization needs, drawing on the same systems he has run inside Fortune 500 leadership teams for two decades. Sessions range from two-hour executive workshops to full-day intensives, and can pair a keynote with facilitated work on the team's own live initiative so the room leaves aligned on decisions rather than on themes. Teams leave with decisions made, owners assigned, and a shared view of what has to be true for their plan to work. Best for executive teams heading into a planning cycle, a leadership transition, an integration, or a major launch.

What is David S. Kidder's speaking fee?

David S. Kidder's speaking fee typically ranges from $20,000 to $30,000. The lower end usually applies to virtual engagements, while the higher end is for in-person events in the US. However, fees may exceed this range for a variety of reasons, like extended activities or international travel. Other factors such as popularity, career stage, and current demand can also influence the final fee.

For an accurate and up-to-date quote based on your specific event details, please contact Gotham Artists. We will provide detailed information and assistance to ensure you have the latest fee structure.

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"David has the long awaited playbook for figuring out how to turn your bureaucracy into an innovation machine. He's full of smart ideas that are immediately actionable and immensely useful." Adam Grant Bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take "Once a big company makes the decision to grow, it has to learn how. David presents a unique roadmap for big companies looking to spark powerful growth engines from within." Clay Christensen Harvard Business School "David provides a raw insider's guide to the real playbooks behind some of tech's greatest successes and comebacks." Marc Andreessen Cofounder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz "David has created a culture of experimentation and speed. Combining his way of thinking with the strengths of a 181-year-old company is transforming the way we innovate at P&G." Kathy Fish Chief Research, Development, and Innovation Officer, Procter & Gamble "Deploying David's system at Citi was a game changer. His powerful and compelling case for change hit home. Our leaders stepped into the urgent need to learn new skills and new ways of working." Deborah Hopkins Former Chief Innovation Officer, Citigroup, and CEO, Citi Ventures "For change leaders seeking to drive scalable, profitable growth in big companies, David reminds us how to use deep questioning, masterful listening, and a learning culture to discover the commercial truth." Kate Johnson CEO, Lumen Technologies

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David S. Kidder Speaking Fee: $20,000 to $30,000

Travels From:

NYC - New York City

Primary Topic Category:

Leadership and Management

Secondary Topic Category:

Technology

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