Robert Craven

Robert is one of the UK's best-known and sought-after speakers on entrepreneurship and innovation.

He is not full of theoretical rhetoric; he offers practical solutions - tangible business results.

Robert's work on marketing and strategy has been widely published and acted upon by thousands of growing businesses.

Robert has not one but two areas of international expertise:

He is the go-to expert on growing digital agency businesses – in Q4 of 2016 he spoke to over 4,000 agencies from Sarajevo to Singapore, Athens to Amsterdam

He is the go-to expert for planning and creating results in your business and your personal life with the launch of the acclaimed CheckIn Strategy Journal

A first-class, international Keynote business speaker, author and business growth consultant who enthusiastically shares his ‘free of nonsense’ approach with his audiences.

Testimonials

"… fundamental in improving our understanding of what it really takes to set up and run a business. In particular, it was great to see the customer satisfaction scores improve materially."

Jerry Blackett, Sales and Performance Director, Barclays Bank plc

“His animated action-packed style demands participation. Robert does not give his audience the option of sitting back and merely reflecting.”

Professor David Storey, Warwick Business School

“Robert Craven says that ‘your whole business hinges on what your customer gets from you’. I wholeheartedly agree.”

Sir Richard Branson

“One of the UK’s best-known and sought after speakers on entrepreneurship; anyone who has experienced one of his impactive presentations will know exactly why.”

Professional Consultancy Magazine

“… will turn your business into a powerhouse.”

Sir Richard Branson

“The Entrepreneurship Guru.”

Financial Times

“Inspirational Stuff.”

Christopher Browne, The Independent

Robert has worked on designing and implementing business strategy and marketing projects with household names such as Virgin, Barclays and BlackBerry and has contributed to success stories such as Nando’s, Mitie and Dickies.

Setting up and running his first business, age 21, and now advising PLCs and multinationals, Robert has seen almost every aspect of running and growing a business.

He now specialises in working with digital agencies but also uses this expertise to spread his message (“how to design and get the results you want in your business and personal life”) to all types of business audiences.

His books have been described as 'truly inspirational' by The Independent.

Robert Craven

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