Emil Barr
The Gen Z founder who built a $50M business in college starting with zero connections and sheer will
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Multi-million-dollar companies before graduation
$50M
Enterprise value created
$5M+
Revenue in college
23
Years old — same generation as your students
Dorm room drive. Proven results.
Two companies. Eight figures. One magnetic story that resonates with Gen Z audiences.
See him on stage
90 seconds of keynotes, student reactions, and national TV.
What our partners say
Real feedback from the colleges and organizers we’ve worked with
Emil delivered practical entrepreneurial insights from his experience scaling early-stage, high growth tech companies that offered students valuable insights into the challenges founders face in building early-stage tech companies with intended asymmetric upside potential.
Tim Holcomb
Director, John W. Altman
Institute for Entrepreneurship
Institute for Entrepreneurship
Having Emil speak to our students was amazing! Hearing from a successful entrepreneur of their own generation, they learned things that could never be imparted in the classroom.
Bryan Ashenbaum
Business Dean
NMSU
NMSU
Signature talks
1
Extraordinary Sacrifice
Mindset + prioritization
- Why students should embrace short-term discomfort for long-term freedom and extraordinary results
- The story behind Emil’s viral WSJ op-ed on why work-life balance can keep students mediocre, and his 54-text persistence story
- Emil’s time-blocking audit system specifically designed for students
2
The Relentless Founder Mindset
Resilience + execution
- Emil’s candid journey of turning constant rejection into success and pushing past “no”
- The framework Emil uses to stay persistent even during difficult moments
- Incorporates his $200k negotiation win and the 100+ rejections from investors before he raised $4.25M for Flashpass
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Ask and You Shall Receive $200K
Negotiation + advocacy
- Emil’s bold negotiation tactics, condensed into his 4-part negotiation framework to make big, confident asks
- The story that led to Emil turning his university into a paying client, ultimately covering his tuition and more
- How he landed clients like Hulk Hogan and Vivek Ramaswamy as a freshman with no connections
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Fees, full talk descriptions, and 2026 availability
