Keynotes · Panels · Fireside Chats

The global stage.
Ideas that scale.

Elena speaks from operator experience: Google, Uber, McKinsey, the founder seat. Every talk is built around one insight audiences can use before they leave the room.

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About Speaking

Elena has delivered 50+ keynotes across four continents. Her talks draw from a decade of building and scaling products at Google, Uber, and McKinsey — plus founding GROWEE and running communities of 300+ operators.

Every talk is custom-built. No recycled decks. No motivational filler. One actionable insight per talk, pressure-tested against real operator experience.

Recurring Topics
  • AI workflow design
  • Human amplification
  • Building at scale
  • The future of work
  • Founder decision-making
  • Change management
Selected Talks

Talks that stay.

Forbes Forum
The Human Case for AI
Why the companies winning with AI are the ones that start with people, not models.
Startup Grind
Your Team Can't See Their Own Patterns
The blind spots that kill scaling — and how to build systems that surface them.
Google Lead
10 Things Google Does That Your Team Doesn't
Operational principles from inside Google, translated for teams of any size.
SaaStr
Stop Automating Broken Workflows
The $2.3T productivity lie — and what to do instead.
AI Summit
How to Actually Pick an AI Model
A framework for enterprise AI selection that cuts through vendor noise.
Tech Week
The Future of Work Isn't Coming. It's Already Late.
What's actually changing about knowledge work — and what leaders are missing.

“We had 40 people ask how to book her for their own events.”

Google for Startups
Forbes Forum
FORBES FORUM
The Human Case for AI
Startup Grind
STARTUP GRIND
Your Team Can't See Their Own Patterns
Google Lead
GOOGLE LEAD
10 Things Google Does That Your Team Doesn't
SaaStr
SAASTR
Stop Automating Broken Workflows
AI Summit
AI SUMMIT
How to Actually Pick an AI Model
Tech Week
TECH WEEK
The Future of Work Isn't Coming. It's Already Late.
Digital Worker
DIGITAL WORKER
Redesign First. Automate Second.
AI Rabbit Hole
AI RABBIT HOLE
What Not to Do in AI: A Founder's Confessions
Digital Forum
DIGITAL FORUM
The AI Sourcing Playbook

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