Speaking

Ryan consults with Global 1000 companies to help them harness the power of innovation and create business value. He engages through a variety of channels, including company retreats, investor summits, and leadership trainings. Ryan also speaks at investor summits, business associations, tech conferences, and academic meetings.

Speaking Topics

RYAN KEYNOTES, MODERATES AND FACILITATES ON TOPICS INCLUDING

• Creating a Customer-Driven Accelerator 

• Lean Startup

• Business Model Generation / Business and Lean Model Canvas

• Customer Discovery

• Customer Validation

• What Is An Accelerator, and Why You Should Care?

• Follow the Money: Why Integrating Follow-On Funds is Smart  

• The Future of Accelerators: More Focus, More Verticals, More Funds

• Serving the Rejected: How to Create a Community of Practice

• How to Nucleate Local Startup Ecosystems

• Accelerators: More Jobs, More Investments, More Intellectual Capital

• How to Design and Create Positive Externalities

• The Pace of Innovation Must Increase Six-fold

• How To Get In On the Trillions created by Cleantech

• The Transition To 100% Renewables

• Becoming One of the Thousands of Cleantech Entrepreneurs the World Needs

• The Green New Deal

• Bipartisan Approach To Clean Energy

• Climate Change: Where Are We, What Do We Know, What Do We Do Now?

Selected Past Speaking

Free Electrons, Global Utility Accelerator @ San Francisco, Shanghai, Dublin, Lisbon

Guest Lecturer @ Duke University  

New Energy Nexus @ Manila, Shanghai 

Holistic Visions / La Ciel Foundation @ Barcelona, Spain

500 Startups’ VC Unlocked: Bootcamp For Accelerator Managers @ San Francisco, CA

Toniic Member Conference @ Skoll Foundation Headquarters, Palo Alto, CA

Google, Material Health/Sustainability @ Mountain View, CA

”Accelerate This” Book Launch @ Wells Fargo, San Francisco, CA

Blockchain for Social Impact @ Broadway Studios, San Francisco, CA

Alexander Golding’s Transformation2030: Blockchain Impact Investing Bootcamp @ San Francisco, CA

New Energy Nexus/ Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI) @ Long Beach

Agapolis Retreat @ Portola Valley, CA

SOCAP @ San Francisco, CA

Lightning In A Bottle @ Bradley, CA

University of California, Berkely @ Berkeley, CA

Burning Man @ Black Rock City, NV

Presidio Graduate School @ San Francisco, CA

Net Impact @ San Francisco, CA

SWSX @ Austin, TX

Singularity University Executive Program @ Palo Alto, CA

Honeywell @ Virtual

Abbot Laboratories @ Virtual