Tye Caldwell

Based on Tye Caldwell’s book, Mentored By Failure: A 5-Point Guide to Long-Term Success in the Beauty & Style Industry, Dr. Caldwell pulls from his personal journey to share five points that he believes are the basis for a long and successful career.

• From Salon Owner to Tech Founder: A One-Man Monologue on How NOT to Discount your Own Expertise
• Daily Intensity: The Mindset and Practices of Excellent CEOs
• How Do You Keep Stress From Crushing You as a Startup CEO
• Economic Mobility: How to Create Jobs and Wealth in Underserved Markets
• The Future of Work: 7 Ways Society Benefits When We Work Where We Live
• Leading with a Servant’s Heart: Best Practices for Building Remote Teams
• Lonely leadership: How to Operate in the Company’s Only Peerless Role

Fear is universal—whether you’re scaling a business, raising a family, or climbing a literal mountain. In this powerful keynote, Courtney and Dr. Tye Caldwell share how fear has been a constant companion on their journey—from navigating the build, scale, and successful exit of an award-winning startup to parenting with purpose an NFL athlete to pushing past physical and mental limits on the world’s toughest climbs as they summited Mount Kilimanjaro. Through real-life stories and hard-earned insights, they challenge the idea that fear is something to avoid. Instead, they show how embracing fear can be the key to achieving audacious goals. Whether you’re launching a startup, stepping into leadership, making a career pivot or life-changing decision, raising the next generation, or tackling a personal challenge that seems insurmountable, the lesson is clear: the greatest breakthroughs happen when you do it scared

Audiences will rethink fear, reframe risk, and take bold steps toward their biggest goals.

• Reframe fear as fuel: Learn how fear can be a powerful driver for growth, resilience, and success in all areas of life.
• Take decisive action: Develop strategies to push through uncertainty, take calculated risks with confidence, and make bold decisions in business, parenting, and personal challenges.
• Cultivate a resilient mindset: Gain insights from real-world experiences—scaling companies, raising a family, and conquering mountains—on how to keep moving forward even when the path gets steep.

Intended Audience: Executives, entrepreneurs, founders, tech professionals, parents, and ambitious leaders looking to break through fear-driven limitations and take bold steps toward their next level of success.

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