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Barbara Corcoran

Elevate your business game with Barbara Corcoran, a true entrepreneur who defied the odds. From waitress to the powerhouse behind The Corcoran Group, her insights inspire success.

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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!"<br>

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Executive director, Dallas HR and the HRSouthwest conference

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Reasons to book Barbara Corcoran

  • She is an expert in building businesses, growing teams, and surviving tough times. Barbara will inform, motivate, and bring your audience’s talents to the next level.
  • Our keynote speaker Barbara is the real estate contributor for NBC’s TODAY Show.  She’s also a Star on ABC’s reality hit show Shark Tank. In the first and second season, she acquired eleven young businesses that she’s shepherding to success.
  • Barbara brings her business and life experience and infectious energy to every audience she addresses.

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Shark Tank Maven's Guide to Unleashing Success
Unlock corporate triumph with Barbara Corcoran, a self-made mogul who turned a $1,000 loan into a $66 million real estate empire. As a Shark Tank star, bestselling author, and business podcast host, Barbara brings unmatched wisdom and infectious energy to elevate your event. Inspire your team with her tell-it-like-it-is approach to success!
Known for her Shark Tank appearance, Barbara seamlessly blends her real-world experience with infectious energy, offering insights that resonate with teams seeking inspiration and innovation. Her motivational talks are like personalized city maps, tailored for each organization's unique terrain.

From her humble beginnings – straight D’s in school to 20 jobs by 23 – Barbara's journey is a testament to resilience. With a $1,000 loan, she founded The Corcoran Group, a real estate empire later sold for $66 million. Barbara's motivational talks distill the essence of strategic entrepreneurship and leadership, providing practical tools for corporate triumph.

As a Shark Tank star and bestselling author, Barbara Corcoran isn't just a speaker; she's a strategic partner in your organization's success story. Her ability to shepherd businesses to success and invest in over 100 ventures speaks volumes about her strategic insight.

Barbara's influence extends beyond the stage. As NBC’s TODAY Show real estate contributor and host of the top business podcast, “
Business Unusual with Barbara Corcoran,
” she stays at the forefront of industry trends, offering your team a front-row seat to invaluable market insights.

So, when you book Barbara Corcoran for your event, you're not just reserving a speaker; you're securing a transformative experience. Elevate your organization, inspire your team, and navigate the corporate landscape with unparalleled expertise. Let Barbara guide your journey to success.

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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!"<br>

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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.

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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

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I've heard many speakers give tips for success, but Barbara’s stories are second to none. Thank you for affirming that fun at work really does work. A standing ovation well deserved!

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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!

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Keynotes

Keynote by Barbara Corcoran:

How She Built It! Barbara’s Rags to Riches Story

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!

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Emotionally Intelligent Leadership: Leading to Greatness

Leaders are increasingly recognizing the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) inbuilding 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 with her management technique to bring out the best in your employees building cohesive and powerful teams.

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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.

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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.

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Keynote by Barbara Corcoran:

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!

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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 outright 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.

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Fireside Chat: Ask Barbara Anything!

Got a question? Turn the tables on Barbara in this suped-up Q&A session of your choice! Invite your own company executive to lead the discussion and have your audience ask what's on their mind. Barbara's takes the hot seat, entertaining your audience with her unorthodox stories and her always candid, often unexpected answers.

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