George Andriopoulos
Management Consultant & CEO, Launchpad Five One Six
SPEAKER FEE RANGE: $6,500–$7,500 [FEE NOTE]
TRAVELS FROM: New York
George Andriopoulos is the award-winning founder and CEO of Launchpad Five One Six, a management consulting firm providing organizations with tools and resources to innovate and thrive. A creative disruptor and corporate turnaround artist, George inspires change for businesses and individuals stuck in the mindset of defining themselves by their mistakes. As self-proclaimed “Chief Inspiration Officer,” George’s mantra is to turn the weaknesses of who you thought you were into the strengths of who you want to become.
George Andriopoulos is the award-winning founder and CEO of Launchpad Five One Six, a management consulting firm providing organizations with tools and resources to innovate and thrive. A creative disruptor and corporate turnaround artist, George inspires change for businesses and individuals stuck in the mindset of defining themselves by their mistakes. As self-proclaimed “Chief Inspiration Officer,” George’s mantra is to turn the weaknesses of who you thought you were into the strengths of who you want to become. He’s taken his unique journey and experience to the stage as a keynote, motivational, and 2-time TEDx speaker, delivering talks that spark inspiration and change. George also owns a digital marketing agency, a private think-tank company, and most recently acquired a partnership in startup tech company Concierge 360. A co-founder of the non-profit Shannon’s Fight that provides financial aid to families in medical crisis, George volunteers with the speaker’s bureau at Ronald McDonald House Long Island, and is a coach and director for his local Police Athletic League.
George is an accomplished public speaker with credentials that range from being an elite member of the TEDx alumni club to multiple keynotes to an entrepreneurship roundtable with Daymond John of ABC's Shark Tank. George is a serial entrepreneur who also owns a digital marketing agency, a private think tank firm, and a tech startup company, along with his management consultancy.
Business acumen, inspiration, and motivation are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to George's public speaking abilities. George uses an honest approach to his public speaking that provides a thrilling mix of passion, humor, and knowledge to make his point. He is skilled at keynotes, breakout sessions, training, inspirational speeches, and can speak in lecture or conversational styles. Engaging, educational, charming, and honest talks that will reach and engage your audience.
He has received tremendous attention for his accomplishments in recent years including being awarded the Top CEO award in 2016 from the LIBN, 40 Under 40 Class or 2016, 2017's Most Innovative Management Consultancy from AI Magazine, and more.
George is an accomplished public speaker with credentials that range from being an elite member of the TEDx alumni club to multiple keynotes to an entrepreneurship roundtable with Daymond John of ABC's Shark Tank. George is a serial entrepreneur who also owns a digital marketing agency, a private think tank firm, and a tech startup company, along with his management consultancy.
Business acumen, inspiration, and motivation are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to George's public speaking abilities. George uses an honest approach to his public speaking that provides a thrilling mix of passion, humor, and knowledge to make his point. He is skilled at keynotes, breakout sessions, training, inspirational speeches, and can speak in lecture or conversational styles. Engaging, educational, charming, and honest talks that will reach and engage your audience.
He has received tremendous attention for his accomplishments in recent years including being awarded the Top CEO award in 2016 from the LIBN, 40 Under 40 Class or 2016, 2017's Most Innovative Management Consultancy from AI Magazine, and more.
- What We Do Matters
Every person has responsibilities and every responsibility has a price tag, which is we have to work to sustain our lives. The funny thing is, it doesn’t HAVE to be work. Work is a job if that’s what you make of it, but those of us that have made a CAREER out of helping others and being of-service have realized that work doesn’t have to be as one-dimensional as it sounds. Join keynote and two-time TEDx speaker George Andriopoulos as he discusses his unique view on work and business and how it all changed the day he had enough of the grind and was inspired to write his mission statement: The Things We Think and Do Not Say (yes Jerry Maguire fans, that’s the same mission statement). George discusses his journey over the last 20 years in the business world and interactively works with the audience on actionable takeaways to find inspiration in their work and become of-service to others. - Organic Business Growth: Why Less Advertising Budget & More Digital Creativity Will Change Sales
You’re building a house with a beautiful facade and luxurious amenities, but the material that your foundation was built with is questionable. What do you think happens next? The house collapses. Management consultant, corporate turnaround artist, and self proclaimed Chief Inspiration Officer, George Andriopoulos leads this informative session which outlays the principles of building a strong digital foundation for your business in order to maximize organic growth and minimize paid budgets. He’ll discuss organic strategy from conceptualization to execution in the following areas:
•Branding
•Website Development
•Search Presence
•Social Media
•Digital PR/Reputation Management
•Content Marketing
•Customer Relationship Management - Students vs. Professionals: Why Cultivated Creativity in K-12 Blows Away the Creativity of Adults
A 5th grader and a mechanical engineer walk into a bar (stop me if you’ve heard this one). They are tasked with building an efficient scale within 3 days, that can weigh items up to 1 pound using any materials they desire. They present their finished projects three days later. The engineer developed a digital scale with an internal processor that links to a mobile app and can measure down to the nearest ounce. The cost to build his project was nearly $400 and it took him the entire three days. The student built a balance scale using balsa wood, rubber bands, paper plates and a check weight set, which he borrowed from his science teacher. It measures to the nearest tenth of a gram and cost him $3.50 to build. He also coded a simple website in his spare time with a weight conversion chart, instructional videos on how to build this scale, and earned $23.75 in ad revenue from those YouTube videos. So how do we cultivate and harness the creativity of our students? - The Impact of Innovation via Disruption | George Andriopoulos | TEDxDeerPark
Organizations often search for answers within a self-imposed box, but what if they escaped the box? What if they changed the way their organization functions by turning that box on its side? Disrupting the "norms" that organizations impose on themselves is a tricky business, but once you change how the game is played, you create a brand new game. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. - How Growing Up Hindered My Creativity | TEDx 2019
Why is it that if you put a problem in front of my kids and the same problem in front of me, my kids will do a better job solving it? That’s because I went and did what a kid considers the worst thing imaginable…I grew up. We relate adulting to work and responsibilities, but the truth about adulting is that we develop reasoning that controls our thought process as we grow older. There is no box surrounding our ideas, there’s only reasoning telling us why our ideas won’t work. Kids, on the other hand, don’t have the baggage weighing down their ideas that we adults tend to carry. So how do we find the middle ground? How do we maintain our creativity while still retaining some semblance of adult responsibility? Better yet, how do we cultivate the creativity in our children so that they don’t go down the same predictable road that we did? - Embracing the New Business Culture: A Journey Onward and Upward
Business moves at the speed of a brand new sports car full throttle on the Audubon, but if you’re still driving an ’02 Taurus then you just don’t get it. The culture that is Business 2019 is smart, sympathetic, efficient, and oh…did I mention in the cloud? Join management consultant and speaker George Andriopoulos as he journeys through the landscape of business from yesterday through tomorrow and offers his actionable insights on how to scale your business using the gift of the new business culture as your primary tool. - Not Just For Profit
George closed the show at Speakers Who Dare 2019 with his powerful “(Not Just) For Profit” talk which took the audience on an 8 minute journey as he claimed responsibility for the part he played in corporate greed and introduced a solution that could revolutionize corporate good.
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