Kurt is a globally-recognized 10x marketer, operator, and speaker. He has built and run early-stage companies as well as those over $1B in annual revenue, assembled teams across six continents, been part of the small team leading an IPO ($880M), and participated in dozens of acquisitions. His unique experience being inside hundreds of high-growth companies with the opportunity to analyze, scale, make changes of leadership, and oversee operations has labeled him “the king of scaling companies”.
Known for being at the front lines for creating several of the marketing channels we all use today, including social media management, influencer marketing, and location-based marketing, with the last five years spent in real estate. In addition to his experience building and/or operating dozens of companies, he has advised hundreds more.
As a popular keynote speaker, podcast guest, and author on high-achieving servant leadership, Kurt wants to help people and create environments where people can flourish as themselves. He has appeared on national television shows and periodicals including Wired, TechCrunch, Thrive Global, USA Today, Business 2 Community, WGN Radio, NBC, ABC, and many more. Kurt’s public speaking experience includes hundreds of speeches across the United States and Europe, including presenting at prominent industry events such as PPAI, GDC, EXPCON, the White House, and private company/team workshops.
He has served as a Chief Marketing Officer, fractional CMO, strategy officer, Chief Operating Officer, and other roles. He is also the lead inventor of disruptive technologies in 5 industries, with 16 granted patents – demonstrating his ability to quickly understand and explain complex technologies to others. He recently finished a multi-year engagement as VP, Marketing & Operations for eXp Realty (a eXp World Holdings company) where he oversaw the growth of eXp Realty’s Integrated Platform of portals and agent tools, which drove lead generation, traffic, hyper-local content, and Enterprise SEO that reached millions of consumers every month and launching tools used by tens of thousands of eXp Agents.
Read more of his journey and helping scale companies here.
Whether it’s humor, information on modern digital marketing, innovation, or inspiration, Kurt is sure to deliver immense value. Reach out to him to hear stories that will move you and give your audience tactical next steps to unlocking success.
Sample Previous Podcasts
Suggested Interview Topics
- High Achieving Servant Leadership: The Unique Combination That Drives True Success
- How Thinking Like a Servant Delivers Gigantic Results
- How to Follow Up for Rapid Growth
- Influencer Marketing and How to Thrive in the Influence Economy
- Effective Digital Marketing for Companies in 2023
- Identifying the Inflection Point to Unlock 10x Company Growth
- Teaching How to Find and Lead With Purpose to All Ages
- The Benefits of Having a Small Group of Trusted Friends to Do Life With
- Navigating Disruption
- Resilience, Agility, and Problem-solving
- How to Leverage Being Wrong to Make Your Best Decisions
Sample Interview Questions You Can Ask Me
Feel free to come up with your own. If you are able to send ahead of time, that will help me prepare for your audience. No worries if not, as I’m always happy to have a conversation or fireside chat.
Servant Leadership:
- How do you define leadership?
- You talk a lot about High-Achieving Servant leadership. What is it, and why is it becoming the best way to scale companies of all sizes?
- As you’ve worked with teams of all sizes and cultures, how has your leadership style evolved over time?
- Why is servant leadership the antidote to quiet quitting and poor performance?
- How do you find your purpose, and how does it change how you “show up”?
- What does real success look like?
- What is the difference between resilience and motivation? Why do so many leaders get this confused?
- So many leaders feel overwhelmed. What do you wish you could tell them all 1:1?
- In a landscape filled with books, blogs and podcasts on leadership, why talk and write about high-achieving servant leadership?
- Does this apply only to those “in charge” or managing others? What does it mean to “manage up”?
- How do you mentor teams to develop their confidence?
- Many potentially great leaders deal with Impostor Syndrome and it holds them back. How can they overcome it to live up to their full potential?
- What is your approach to crucial conversations? How do you handle them with empathy and resolution?
- How is netweaving different than networking?
Marketing
- Even as marketing technology advances to make following up easier, many companies of all sizes find it harder to consistently follow up with clients and prospects in a meaningful way. Why is that?
- What is the difference between authority and influence? How should a company bring their customers into establishing either?
- How can you build more relationships with your dream customers?
- Many CMOs feel you have to have sales & marketing in the same office to create the required comradery to bounce ideas off of each other and explore new opportunities. Are they right? What have you seen with the massive shift to fully-remote marketing & sales teams?
- What is Enterprise SEO, and how does it differ from traditional SEO?
- How much should a company be investing in marketing & sales?
- What are the biggest mistakes companies make when planning for their go-to-market for their products and services?
- How should every professional think about their personal brand? How can companies leverage the personal brands of their team?
- In a world where anyone can be considered an “influencer,” how can somebody set themselves apart?
Disruption:
- What is disruption, and how does it differ from “change”?
- As a leader, what things can you do to help people stay focused during disruption?
- How do you get buy in throughout an organization during disruption?
- What is the biggest mistake companies make during disruption?
- You’ve been part of multiple companies that have unlocked hypergrowth. How do leaders set their companies up for hypergrowth?
My Wife Valerie
My incredible wife Valerie and I live in Roswell and are active members of Northside Church.
Intentional Rest
I’m a strong believer in taking time to recover. More often than not, my rest is “active” and if I have my preference strenuous.
