Barbara Corcoran Speaker Biography
Legendary Entrepreneur, Real Estate Mogul, Shark Tank Investor & Self-Made Business Icon
As a celebrated shark tank speaker, Barbara Corcoran gained national recognition as one of the savvy investors on ABC’s popular TV show, SHARK TANK. On the show, this business speaker has invested her own capital in numerous ventures. She actively competes to secure deals and then guides these businesses towards success. For those seeking a dynamic woman speaker or an insightful entrepreneur speaker, Barbara stands out as an exceptional choice for any speaking engagement.
Career
Barbara Corcoran’s early credentials included struggling academically in both high school and college. By the age of twenty-three, she had already held twenty different jobs. However, her next endeavor transformed her into a leading entrepreneur. With a $1,000 loan, she established The Corcoran Group. Barbara Corcoran is not only a top woman speaker but also a remarkable innovator in business. She skillfully grew that initial loan into a five-billion-dollar real estate empire. In 2001, she sold it for an impressive $66 million. Furthermore, Barbara is a well-known real estate contributor for NBC’s TODAY Show. There, this accomplished business speaker offers weekly commentary on real estate market trends. In addition, she is a best-selling author, sharing her firsthand experiences and vibrant energy with every audience she addresses.
Best-Selling Author
Her latest book, SHARK TALES, provides a behind-the-scenes look at the life and business ventures of this prominent woman speaker and her experiences with venture capitalism as seen on television. Barbara is known for her direct and bold style. Moreover, she possesses a remarkable ability to identify opportunities and talent that others often overlook. She is also the author of If You Don’t Have Big Breasts, Put Ribbons on Your Pigtails, an engaging business book that achieved national best-seller status. Additionally, she penned Nextville: Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life.
Shark Tank Speaker
As a leading shark tank business speaker, Barbara Corcoran delivers her firsthand insights and contagious enthusiasm to every audience. Motivational, inspirational, and often refreshingly candid, Barbara’s straightforward approach to success resonates deeply. During her presentations, this experienced entrepreneur speaker shares her invaluable advice. Her expertise covers starting, growing, and scaling businesses, as well as effectively investing and transforming ideas into successful ventures. Therefore, for a compelling business keynote speaker with real-world shark tank experience, Barbara Corcoran is an outstanding selection.
Barbara Corcoran Speaking Topics
How She Built It!
Barbara didn’t start out as a success. Her credits include straight Ds in high school and college and 22 jobs by the time she turned 23. Thanks to a lucky break, she borrowed $1000, quit her job as a waitress and started a tiny real estate company in New York City. Barbara built The Corcoran Group into an empire worth $5 billion 25 years later. Barbara shares her unlikely story along with her best tips and tricks, navigating the toughest market in the world. A story of outrageous perseverance and business acumen will keep your audience laughing and learning the whole way through!
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
Leaders are increasingly recognizing the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) in building and managing teams, fostering collaboration, and building their competitive advantage. Barbara teaches you to meet the needs of the new employee and their new way of doing business. As remote and hybrid work models continue to be the norm, emotionally intelligent leaders must adapt their management styles to better support hybrid teams, focusing on flexibility, communication, and creative ideas. Barbara inspires today’s leaders to bring out the best in your employees, building cohesive and powerful teams.
How to Spot and Recruit Talent
Barbara knows how to make teams click. She’s hired (and fired) thousands of people throughout her career and repeatedly builds unstoppable teams. She shares her unique insights and the practical lessons that will make your leaders more effective and more able to build a powerhouse team that makes a habit out of winning.
How to Build Your Business Through Troubled Times and Prosper!
Barbara knows that bad times are the best times to move ahead. She survived and prospered amid 18% interest rates, the near-death bankruptcy of New York, subprime mortgage crisis and the tragedy of 9/11. Barbara built The Corcoran Group with a $1000 loan into NYC's #1 powerhouse. With her innovative, outside-the-box thinking, she continues to turn her Shark Tank companies into success stories every day. In this session, Barbara shares lessons from the trenches to demonstrate her leadership methodology on how to adapt quickly, pivot and turn every obstacle into the new opportunity it wants to be.
How to Bounce Back from Failure
Barbara has mastered the art of bouncing back and knows that resilience can be taught. It’s the most important skill that gets you through constant change, tough times and inevitably lands you on top. Barbara will motivate your team leaders with her no-nonsense methodology to overcome failure and move ahead. She'll teach your audience to overcome the obstacles that get in the way and how to master the art of the comeback!
Shark Tank Unfiltered
Ever wonder what really happens in the Tank? Do the sharks really invest their own money and how much money do they win and lose? How many businesses fail out right out of the gate, and which are the most successful? What are the traits that successful entrepreneurs have in common? What goes wrong, and what’s Kevin really like? What unexpected and ridiculous antics happen on set that the audience never gets to see? A fast-paced, photo-packed, fun-filled peek behind the scenes on Shark Tank with Barbara.
Barbara Corcoran Books
Shark Tales: How I Turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business
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Nextville: Amazing Places to Live the Rest of Your Life
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Barbara Corcoran Speaker Testimonials
“Barbara excites and inspires with her success stories. She is personable and energetic and our attendees thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to hear from her and meet her!”
- Dalls HR and The HRSouthwest Conference | Diane McClendon, Executive Director
“With her wit, wisdom and wild sense of humor, Barbara wowed the professional women at our 2014 NAPW National Networking Conference! An absolute major force in the business world, she is a bold, courageous, and brilliant identifier of opportunity and talent. Her business counsel left our conference attendees in awe and completely inspired. I am proud and honored to call Barbara my friend and colleague.”
- National Association of Professional Women & Professional Diversity Network | Star Jones, President
“Barbara brings a priceless level of charm, humor, and intelligence. She has the ability to inspire and connect deeply with her audience. Everyone left the session with great excitement to put Barbara’s takeaways into practice”
- Co-Communications, Inc. | Stacey Cohen, President & CEO
“Barbara was, of course, FABULOUS! She really set the bar high for our speaker series and we have no idea how we’re going to “top” her next year!”
- First Commerce Credit Union | Kimberly Howes, Brand Manager
