The Speaker's Launchpad. Built by Marcus Bullock, founder of Flikshop and TED speaker.
You're speaking. You're not getting paid. Let's fix that.
The Launchpad is the system for turning a talk into a paid speaking business. It starts where every booking starts: knowing what your next talk is worth.
Speaking is a skill. Getting paid is a system.
Most speakers polish the talk and leave the business to chance. The Launchpad teaches the business: what to say, what to charge, and who to ask.
- Position
- One signature talk, aimed at the buyers who pay for it.
- Assets
- The reel, one-sheet and website a booker checks before they say yes.
- Pricing
- A floor, a quote and a walk-away for every request, and the words to hold them.
- Outreach
- Content that brings inquiries in, and a written pitch sequence for each kind of buyer.
- Network
- Introductions through Marcus and other Launchpad speakers when the fit is right.
Three steps, in order.
Each one is priced so the step before it pays for itself.
Start here
The Rate Card
Your floor, your quote and your walk-away for the gig in front of you.
Free
The Speaker Business Challenge
A 45-minute masterclass on the whole system. Taking it makes you a Launchpad member.
$27 one time
1:1 coaching with Marcus
One 45-minute call a month, your plan between calls, and Marcus in your corner on every negotiation.
$250 a month
1:1 with MarcusCoaching is $250 a month. One keynote priced right pays for a year of it.
Rather learn on your own?
The Speaker's Launchpad Bootcamp. Self-paced lessons on the full system. Start today, work on your own schedule.
$1,200
See the BootcampNeed a speaker website?
A site built for event bookers, at affordable member pricing. Tell us about your talk and we send you a full working prototype, with real visuals you can click through, within 48 hours.
Member pricingEmail us about a site How it works
Speakers who used this system to get paid.
This wasn't about helping me learn how to speak better. It was about how to create the business I need to create to stay booked.
Watch Silas tell it
It's a universe away from where I was before, when I was pretty much just winging it. I'm a professional speaker now. I have a business.
Watch James tell it
Marcus learned the business of speaking the hard way. You don't have to.
Marcus Bullock came home from prison at 23, built a construction company, then built Flikshop, the app that connects families with loved ones in prison. Telling that story turned into paid keynotes for Apple, Meta, Amazon and government agencies, and a talk at TED. The Launchpad teaches the system he wishes someone had handed him.
- 2004Comes home from prison at 23 with $200.
- 2012Launches Flikshop.
- 2019Speaks on the TED stage.
- 2024Starts the Speaker's Launchpad.
Common questions.
Who is the Launchpad for?
Founders, nonprofit leaders, experts and advocates who already speak and want to be paid for it. You don't need to be famous. You need a message buyers will pay for, and a system to sell it.
Do I need the Bootcamp before coaching?
No. Take the $27 Challenge, then start coaching. The Bootcamp is there if you prefer to learn on your own schedule.
What makes me a Launchpad member?
Buying the Speaker Business Challenge. Members get affordable member pricing on speaker websites from our studio team.
How does coaching work?
One 45-minute call with Marcus each month, a plan to work between calls, and help when a real booking is on the table. Three months minimum, then month to month.
What comes with a speaker website?
A site built for event bookers: your signature talk, reel, proof and an inquiry form. Email us about your talk and you get a full working prototype with real visuals within 48 hours. Our studio team builds and hosts it, you own it, and members get affordable pricing.