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Miki Agrawal        

Social Entrepreneur & Founder of TUSHY, THINX & Wild; Author of "Do Cool Sh*t" & "Disrupt-Her: A Manifesto for the Modern Woman"

Miki Agrawal is a social entrepreneur recognized for her innovation and disruptions in various industries. She has been recognized as one of Fast Company's "Most Creative People," a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum, and one of INC Magazine's "Most Impressive Women Entrepreneurs." She is also the founder of several social enterprises, including TUSHY, THINX, and Wild.

Agrawal's entrepreneurial journey has been marked by her ability to break taboos and change the status quo. THINX, her period-proof underwear company, and TUSHY, a modern bidet brand, are a testament to her innovative approach. She has also made a mark in the food industry with Wild, New York City's first gluten-free pizza concept. In addition to these ventures, Agrawal actively contributes to solving global sanitation issues by using her companies to bring clean latrines to underserved communities in India.

She is also the author of two #1 best-selling books, "Do Cool Sh*t" and "Disrupt-Her." These books detail her entrepreneurial journey and share practical advice for others seeking to disrupt industries and challenge societal norms. Drawing from over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience, Agrawal regularly shares her experiences in speeches, discussing the invention process, creative launching techniques, exponential scaling strategies, and handling unexpected setbacks. Her presentations are known for their authenticity and colorful revelations.

Outside of her business ventures, Agrawal has an interesting personal life. She is an identical twin, half-Japanese, half-Indian French Canadian, former professional soccer player, Cornell University graduate, and the proud mother of Hiro Happy. Her upcoming company, Hiro Technologies, aims to address the global plastic crisis with solutions like plastic-eating mushrooms and is set to launch in 2025.

Speech Topics


Innovation Talk: How to Innovate, Differentiate, and Create Relevance In a Noisy World

The only danger is not to evolve. This provocative, inspiring, funny, creative talk shares how anyone can disrupt their industry and evolve their business creatively so they can build massive brands and make game changing impact at the same time. Miki shares hard-won wisdom and best practices from her experiences in building $200+ million brands in seemingly immovable categories. She shares her strategies that motivated people to transform from skeptics to fans. In this talk, Miki also offers strategic insights on how she designs her brands to stand out in the noisy advertising and digital world, and where creative innovation has been stagnant for decades. She will also share how to navigate and manage PR using atypical creativity and design in an ever-changing, click-focused media world.

Innovation Talk: How to Get Your Company Thinking Like a Renegade Startup

The world is dynamic and ever-changing – and companies that don’t iterate and innovate fast enough are going to be left behind. But while disruptive innovation is easy to aspire to, it’s hard to actually do. THINX and TUSHY founder and start-up CEO and CCO Miki Agrawal will share out-of-the-box, creative and effective tips, tricks and stories drawn from her near two decades as a social entrepreneur that will help you make your company more responsive to changing conditions, regardless of your company’s size or industry.

Creative Marketing Talk: Storytelling for Business

Storytelling is the #1 business skill necessary to motivate, inspire, and influence people in today’s world. Stories compel us change our behaviors, try new products and start or join movements. Miki Agrawal brings her experience creating and launching multiple 9 figure social enterprises and provides practical strategies that teach and inspire people to connect more effectively with audiences on an emotional, and exciting level. Miki uses the power of storytelling to bridge the gap between business, art and heart, which create memorable selling tools for every person at every level of your company.

Creative Marketing Talk: Where Do Great Ideas Come From

Learn how this start-up founder turned her “taboo” ideas into game-changing business

How do you turn ideas into reality? THINX and TUSHY Founder and startup CEO & CCO Miki Agrawal will share countless out-of-the-box ideas, tips and stories drawn from her near two decades as an entrepreneur that will help you come up with show-stopping ideas. Equal parts inspiration, start-up stories, and practical tips, it’s a message that resonates equally well with students, early stage entrepreneurs, and any businessperson looking to bring innovation to their business.

Confidence=Action

In this keynote, Miki Agrawal empowers female employees with the confidence and real-life strategies they need to win respect from their colleagues.

Audiences will:

  • Learn Agrawal's "Just Ask" principles so they are comfortable asking for something when they need it
  • Learn to leave every interaction on a high note
  • Learn the "Five W's" of clear and concise communication so that colleagues understand what you mean and respect what you say
  • Learn how to make sure they get credit for their ideas and contributions
  • Learn how to disarm, deflect, and diffuse bullying in the office
  • Learn to accept, embrace, and leverage silence when it's appropriate

This presentation is ideal for women empowerment conferences, self-help seminars, colleges, and high schools.

Anyone Can Be an "Intrapreneur"

An intrapreneur is someone who operates with an FIO (figure it out) philosophy. An intrapreneur is someone who sees a problem, need, or opportunity and thinks, "Somebody should do something about that. I'm as much a somebody as anybody; I'll do something about that." Being an intrapreneur is a surefire way to rise up in the ranks of your company and get the respect and props you want for thinking outside the box and coming up with new and fresh best practices.

In this inspiring talk, speaker Miki Agrawl shares real-life examples of people who positively impacted their organizations by contributing more efficient and effective ways to do business. You'll be able to take her "Are you an intrapreneur?" quiz and see how many of the "five key characteristics" you have and discover how anyone can be more resourceful. You'll return to the workplace knowing that a "Don't Wait—Initiate" approach benefits you and everyone around you. Perhaps even more importantly, you'll have the confidence to voluntarily take on important tasks, instead of waiting to be told what to do.

This presentation is ideal for corporate audiences from front-line professionals to senior executives, women's groups, empowerment groups, and young leaders.

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What Do I Do Now?

Just because you have a degree doesn't mean you know what you want to do with the rest of your life. Many college grads are tempted to wear t-shirts under their college graduation gowns that say "I Don't Know!" You're supposed to feel relief, satisfaction, and a feeling of anticipation when you graduate. Most college graduates feel anxious, fearful, and apprehensive.

In this eye-opening keynote, Miki Agrawal argues that the best way to figure out what to do, now that you're out of college, is not to look for a job. Instead, ask yourself key questions that will get you a lot closer to creating what you want instead of looking for what you want. This inspiring talk will help you understand that your destiny is in your hands, that the locus of control is in your power, and that you no longer need to look to the outside world to give you a job, a paycheck, or a future.

This presentation is ideal for colleges, empowerment conferences, and self-help seminars.

Do Cool Sh*t: Creating Your Best Life

This motivating talk will convince college students, young leaders, and budding entrepreneurs that a cool life is closer than they think.

With 54 percent of college graduates currently unemployed or underemployed and 39 percent of people between the ages of 22 and 34 moving back to their parents' homes, entrepreneurship is not only a viable option, but the most vibrant option for an exciting future. In this presentation, Miki Agrawal shares her cool stories—from being the star midfielder on the W-USA women's soccer team, to opening WILD, a restaurant in New York City with no prior experience and being featured on the Food Network, to patenting an underwear solution for 2 billion women on the planet, to partnering up with her sister to launch Super Sprowtz, to writing a #1 bestselling entrepreneurship book, to setting a world record on NBC's Jimmy Fallon Show—and empowers her audience to believe that they can do cool stuff too… if they're willing to work hard, act on their ideas, stand up for their beliefs, and turn their creativity into reality.

You will laugh, reflect, and receive a refreshing jolt to your spine and spirit. Most importantly, you will walk out knowing that regardless of your background, income, or education, it is possible to wake up every morning looking forward to a cool, fun, rewarding, make-a-difference life, which you created yourself. This keynote is ideal for colleges, high schools, women's groups, empowerment groups, self-help seminars, and young leaders.

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