Damon Brown

He goes deeper in his best-selling book series, popular keynotes, one-on-one coaching, long-running Inc. column, and daily live #BringYourWorth video series.

Damon Brown helps side hustlers, solopreneurs, and other non-traditional creatives bloom. As a best-selling author, two-time startup founder, and four-time TED Speaker, Damon co-founded the popular platonic connection app Cuddlr and led it to acquisition within a year, all while being the primary caretaker of his infant son. He now guides others through his one-on-one business coaching, Inc. Magazine column, and side hustle bootcamp.

Creatives often undervalue their services to the market, to their bank account, and to the world. In this inspirational and practical talk, Damon shares the best ways we can joyfully make a living off our craft, create business partnerships worthy of our skills, and truly be of service to others.

(Video courtesy of ASJA Austin: February 3, 2018)

What is the number one killer of innovation? Perfection. With perfection, the key motivation often isn’t having high standards, but being afraid of making a mistake. In this talk, I share the three powerful strengths you get when you let perfection go.

(Photo courtesy of TEDxToledo: September 20, 2018)

Believe it or not, we already have most of the skills we need to create our passion-driven business. So why aren’t most people pursuing their potentially profitable ideas? They are intimidated by the small gap in their skill set. In this immediately actionable talk, Damon shares how to easily traverse that gap and explains the three crucial strengths every successful entrepreneur possesses. It is an inspiring talk for both potential entrepreneurs and ambitious upstarts.

(Video from Bedroom Kandi V-Conference, August 2020)

Current Engagements

• #BringYourWorth Keynote at Mendel Center/Lake Michigan College (first 150 sign-ups get a free book), April 26th, St. Joseph, MI
• Show Me the Money: Banking, Taxes, Cash Flow and More at the Center for Independent Journalists conference, March 11 - 21, Washington D.C. (Off-Site)
• Using Journalism Skills to Master Your Manuscript at the Hippocamp Conference, August 14th, Lancaster, PA

• #BringYourWorth Keynote at the Authorpreneur conference (use special code "DAMON15"): May 1st - 2nd, Pittsburgh, PA (Off-Site)
• Revenue Goals as a Journalist at The Parenting Journalist conference: March 12th - 13th, Washington, DC (Off-Site)
• Surviving International Competition at N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, February 27th, Mumbai, India (Off-Site)
• How to Do a TED Talk at American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA): February 24th, New York, NY (Off-Site)
• Entrepreneurship for the Rest of Us at AfroTech: February 22nd, Los Angeles, CA (Off-Site)
• How to Build an Engaged Audience at Clubhouse (Featured Speaker): February 19th, Virtual.
• Build From Now launch/Instagram Takeover of Costco: January 28th, Kirkland, WA (Off-Site)
• Fireside Chat at McGill University's Speak to Lead: October 15th, Montreal, QC, Canada (Off-Site)

• TED Active (TED Conference, Second Stage, Whistler, BC)
• TEDxToledo keynote (Toledo, OH)
• Colombia 4.0 (Bogota, Colombia)
• Authors! Keynote at Sylvania Library (Sylvania, OH)
• American Society of Journalists and Authors keynote (Austin, Texas)
• American University keynote (Washington, DC)
• Adult Entertainment Expo keynote (Las Vegas, NV)
• Crowdsourcing Week (Washington, D.C.)
• American Underground (Durham, NC)
• Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
• TEDxJackson keynote (Jackson, MS)
• University of California Santa Cruz keynote (Santa Cruz, CA)
• American Society of Journalists & Authors keynote (Austin, TX)