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I Didn't Hire a Speaker. I Built One.

Two bankruptcies. Three plants. Seventeen companies. One mic.

5Tracks
17Companies
200K+Orders Shipped
20YRFire Service
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Fees are $5,000 local, $10,000 standard, $25,000 half day. Direct booking, no agency markup.

Jeremy Barker on stage at a recent keynote
As Seen On· Inc. 5000 (7x)· Utah Business CEO of the Year 2026· EY Mountain West Finalist 2024· NAHB Best of IBS 2022, Best Indoor Product· Fortune 2025· HGTV

On Stage

GrowthCon. Book Awards. Same week.

Sharing the stage with Natalie Dawson at GrowthCon, named to the Book Awards lineup the same trip.

Jeremy Barker on the GrowthCon stage with Natalie Dawson, holding her book TEAMWORK at the Book Awards

GrowthCon · on stage with Natalie Dawson. Book Awards lineup, same event.

GrowthCon Book Awards screen showing Jeremy Barker, Murphy Door Inc.

Book Awards. Jeremy Barker, Murphy Door Inc.

Off Stage

Same caliber rooms. Different ZIP codes.

The reason Jeremy is on these stages is the reason he is in these rooms.

Jeremy Barker with Mark Cuban and Daymond John after hours

Mark Cuban · Daymond John. After hours.

Jeremy Barker with James Murr Murray of Impractical Jokers and bestselling author Brad Meltzer in Florida

Murr · Brad Meltzer. Florida.

Jeremy Barker with Glen Stearns at a black-tie event

Glen Stearns. Black tie.

Jeremy Barker with Grant Cardone and Jarrod Glandt

Grant Cardone · Jarrod Glandt. Deck. Late.

Keynote Reel

Sales Proformance. Full room. Full talk.

Recorded live. No reshoots. The exact talk operators book.

Who Hires Jeremy

I Don't Do Motivational. I Do Operational.

Most speakers sell you a feeling. I leave you with a checklist, a kill criteria, and the exact partnership clauses that saved my companies and ended others. If your audience is founders, operators, sales teams, or anyone who has to make a payroll on Friday, the talk fits. If they want a TED Talk, they want someone else.

Scar Tissue

Bankrupt twice. Slept in my truck. Lost twenty million dollars. Built it back across seventeen companies.

Field Manual

The 100-question partnership audit from Founder Fallout. The exact clauses that save companies before they need saving.

Factory Floor

Three American plants. Ogden UT, Lexington KY, Rigby ID. Murphy Door with 200,000+ orders shipped, anchoring seventeen American companies.

The Five Tracks

Five Talks. Zero PR Filter.

Every track is built from scar tissue, not slides. Choose the one that fits the room. Each can be delivered as a 30 minute keynote, a 60 minute extended talk, or a half day workshop with the leadership team.

Track 01

Broke Teaches You What Rich Forgets

The signature keynote. Two bankruptcies. A truck. A patent. A comeback.

Most success talks start at the win. Mine starts in a parking lot in Ogden with a $5,000 truck and a kid who needed dinner. The story of how desperation became the design constraint that produced Murphy Door with 200,000+ orders shipped and seventeen American companies.

  • Why optionality kills founders faster than failure
  • The 90 day cash discipline that pulled me out of bankruptcy twice
  • How to turn your worst chapter into a moat competitors cannot copy
30 min60 minWorkshop

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Track 02

The Partnership Field Manual

100 must-asks before you share the equity. The hard lessons from Founder Fallout.

Most founders die from partnership, not the market. This talk is the field manual I wish I had: the 100 questions every founder must ask before they sign, the five trip-wires that always show up in year three, and the exact operating agreements that have saved my companies and ended others.

  • The five clauses that make or break every operating agreement
  • How to spot a co-founder mismatch in week one, not year three
  • The buyout architecture that protects the company before you need it
60 minWorkshopFounder Roundtable

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Track 03

Made in America, Built to Outlast

The case for hard goods, real factories, and manufacturing as a moat.

Software ate the world. Then the world ran out of stuff. The blueprint for building a profitable American manufacturing business in 2026, the supply chain math that actually works, and why the next ten years will reward founders who can pour concrete and bend steel, not just ship code.

  • Three plants, three states: how Ogden, Lexington, and Rigby each pull weight
  • The unit economics that make American manufacturing competitive again
  • Vertical integration as defense, not just margin
30 min60 minIndustry Keynote

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Track 04

One Operator, Seventeen Companies

How to actually run a portfolio without burning the team or yourself.

Every founder gets sold the multi-company dream. Most of them die from it. The operating system I run across seventeen companies in manufacturing, aviation, software, real estate, and health, plus the four meetings, three dashboards, and one rule that keep the portfolio compounding instead of collapsing.

  • The portfolio cadence: what gets attention in 15, 60, and 90 day cycles
  • How to hire a number two who actually scales with you
  • The kill criteria that decide when a company gets fed and when it gets cut
60 minWorkshopCEO Forum

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Track 05

Discipline. Faith. Freedom. Legacy.

The four pillars I bet my life on. The personal keynote.

Firefighter, then founder. Two bankruptcies. A wife, kids, and a portfolio I would not trade for anything. The personal operating system that kept me sober, married, and dangerous, even when the business was burning. Jeremy has written the field version of the same argument in how to lead under pressure. For teams, conferences, and faith based events.

  • Why discipline is the only competitive advantage that compounds
  • Faith as a stress test, not a slogan
  • What I am actually building, and why legacy starts at the dinner table
30 min60 minFaith / Family Event

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Fees and Format

No Agency. No Markup. Straight to the Stage.

No 30 percent middleman. You work direct with our team. Travel and expenses billed separate. Final fees vary by audience, travel, and format. Below is the starting bracket for each engagement type.

Tier 01

Local
30 to 45 min

$5,000

Podcast, chamber, industry webinar, fund LP day. Local to Northern Utah.

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Tier 02 · Most Booked

Keynote
45 to 90 min

$10,000

One topic, one stage, one Q&A. Travel and expenses billed separate.

  • Pre-event alignment call, 60 minutes with your team
  • The First Five Questions PDF for every attendee, delivered day-of
  • Post-event Q&A recording, mixed and delivered inside 72 hours
  • Speaker Kit for internal promo, 12 pages, hi-res print and web

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Tier 03

Half-Day Workshop
Keynote + working

$25,000

Keynote plus working session with leadership. All travel expenses including food billed separately.

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Tier 04

Full Day or Long Distance
Keynote or roundtable

Quoted on a bid basis

Bid basis through the inquiry form. Expenses billed separate. No agency, no thirty percent middleman.

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International, multi-day, faith and family events, and fully virtual programs priced on request. Nonprofits and veteran service organizations: ask about the founder rate.

The Straight-to-the-Stage Guarantee

If your team rates the talk below nine of ten on your post-event survey, I refund the fee. No agency, no arbitration, no calls to make. You email the results, I wire it back.

Speaker Kit · PDF · 12 Pages

The Speaker Kit.
Everything Your Booker Needs.

Bio (short, medium, long). Headshots in three sizes, hi-res print and web. Talk descriptions, takeaways, and AV requirements for all five tracks. Recent venues and links to full-length stage video. Tech rider and travel preferences.

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Past Stages

Where I've Stood.

Corporate & Trade

Inc. 5000

7x Honoree · 2019-2026

Utah Business

CEO of the Year 2026

EY Mountain West

Finalist 2024

HGTV

Featured Product
Podcast & Media

Adam Carolla

Featured Guest

Sales Proformance

Summit Founder

90 Proof Wisdom

Host · 37 episodes

Full speaker history available in the Speaker Kit PDF.

Two Minutes From a Real Stage

See the Talk Before You Book It.

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Inc. 5000 seven-time honoree · Utah Business CEO of the Year 2026 · Fortune · EY 2024 Mountain West Finalist

Book a Date

Inquire Direct. No Agency.

Submit the form and the inquiry routes direct to speak@jeremybarker.com. Jeremy replies personally, usually within one business day. Discovery calls are offered for Tier 03 and Tier 04 inquiries in the reply.

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The Drop List

New Dates. New Tracks. No Filler.

Two to four emails a month. Open dates first. New keynote tracks before they hit the site. Occasional book chapter previews. Unsubscribe any time.

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Speaking FAQs

What are Jeremy Barker's speaking fees?

Local 30 to 45 minute programs are $5,000. Keynotes 45 to 90 minutes are $10,000. Half-day workshops are $25,000 plus travel expenses including food, billed separately. Full day or long distance keynotes are quoted on a bid basis through the inquiry form, with expenses billed separate.

What topics does Jeremy speak about?

Topics include entrepreneurship, bankruptcy recovery, American manufacturing, partnerships, and operator discipline.

Does Jeremy travel for speaking engagements?

Yes. Travel needs are confirmed during booking.

How far ahead should I book?

Request availability as early as possible. Lead time varies by event format and travel.

Schedule a conversation

Email speak@jeremybarker.com with your date and format. You get availability back the same week.