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Nic Haralambous          

Startup Entrepreneur, Author, Investor, Global Speaker

Nic Haralambous is an accomplished entrepreneur, global keynote speaker and bestselling author.

He has sold three businesses in the past decade and has a lifetime of startup lessons learned through failure and success over an intense and exciting twenty-year career as an entrepreneur.

His work focuses on helping people build incredible lives and businesses.

Haralambous taught himself to code at age 11, built his first website at 12 and started his first business at 16.

His speaking career spans more than a decade and includes speaking events across the world including SXSW in Austen, the Rutberg Conference in London, events for Liberty, Sasfin, Standard Bank, Vodacom, Old Mutual, Nedbank and many other global organisations.

Speech Topics


CREATING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION: How Curious Companies Outperform, Outmanoeuvre and Out-Think Their Competitors

THE FUTURE OF COMPANY COLLABORATION: Turn Your Team Into A Collaborative Powerhouse

BEATING THE BURNOUT BEAST: How Leaders Can Create a Culture That Celebrates and Prioritises Mental Health

NECESSITY BREEDS INNOVATION

Finding disruption in the most interesting places Innovation emerges from somewhere. Sometimes it’s the spark of an idea from a conversation. Other times it’s that shower moment when everything comes together but more often than not, necessity breeds innovation.

The world changes when needs arise and entrepreneurs invent solutions that would never have been imagined before.

In this talk Nic takes his audience on a journey through needs of the past that lead to some of the greatest innovations in the world and how we can adapt quickly to the needs we have today.

THE UNEXPECTED MAGIC IN THE MUNDANE

Discover the companies that make magic feel normal In this talk, Nic takes you and your team through a magical journey of technology advancements and the startups that have shaped the world as we know it.

If your business is struggling to find the magic in the world or just in your office then this talk is poised to send shockwaves through your team and inspire disruptive thinking.

Your team will leave this talk:

Feeling inspired to find the magic in their work

Motivated to engage with their colleagues to find the spark that ignites change in your organisation

Excited at the idea of discovering a new world around them

UNLEASH YOUR SIDE HUSTLE

Overcome your fears and control your financial future Everyone has an idea for a business, app or side hustle yet very few people take the leap and build a side income. Most people don’t know where to begin, are afraid of failure or have never thought about what makes a good business idea.

Over a career spanning 20 years, Nic has come to understand a clear path to unleashing the side hustle within everyone. Our careers are no longer safe and the only way to truly control your financial future is to own a diversified set of income streams.

This keynote is perfect for customers and clients who need to understand how to overcome their own fears and failings to build the financial future they deserve. In this talk Nic will explain:

The mindset required to start a side hustle.

The lifestyle changes needed to maintain a side hustle.

What good ideas look like & where to find them.

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CREATING A CURIOUS COMPANY

How Curious Companies Outperform, Outmanoeuvre and Out-Think Their Competitors The simple act of promoting curiosity in a company can grow profits, increase team retention and reduce group conflict. In this empowering presentation, Nic unearths the lessons, failings, and triumphs of the most curious and innovative businesses in the world.

Curiosity is the foundation used by successful startups to build disruptive businesses, hire the best people and solve the biggest problems we face in the world today.

In this revealing keynote, Nic unpacks the CURIOSITY CATALYST that leads teams and organisations towards the innovative outcomes they are looking for.

Audiences will leave this talk:

Understanding the role they play in finding innovative solutions to unique problems that your business is facing

Excited to discover their own curiosity and how it can change their working environment.

Motivated to engage with their colleagues and find new problems to solve in interesting ways.

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