Youth Speaker University

Name

Youth Speaker University

Legal name

Brilliant Partners

Website

https://youthspeakeru.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Speaker Coaching and Training

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Online Public Speaking & Debate Programs (Live/Recorded) (EDAMAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Debate Academies & Speech Coaching Centers (EDAMAOAC), Corporate/Professional Public Speaking Training (Presentation Skills) (EDAMAOAJ)

Keywords

• Speaker coaching
• Online training membership
• Youth education speaking
• Speaker business training
• Motivational speaker coaching

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Operations

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscription: Monthly or annual subscription providing full access to training curriculum, community platform, coaching resources, and step-by-step methodology for building a speaking business. The subscription model provides recurring revenue with self-serve onboarding.
2. Speaking Gigs (for members): Members generate revenue through paid speaking engagements in the youth and education market. Reported income ranges from $2,500 to $15,000 per gig depending on audience niche. The ceiling for sustainable speaking is approximately 50 gigs per year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Youth Speaker University is an online subscription-based coaching and training membership that helps aspiring and established motivational speakers build, launch, and grow speaking businesses in the youth and education market. Members access a video-based step-by-step methodology (the "Empire of Impact Framework"), niche-specific instruction for K-5, 6-12, college/university, and educator audiences, an exclusive Skool-based community, and ongoing coaching from active practitioners in the field.

Product overview

Youth Speaker University is a coaching and membership program (not a software product) that helps individuals build careers as motivational speakers in the youth and education niche. The company offers a subscription-based membership platform with step-by-step training methodology, coaching, and resources to help speakers launch and grow their speaking businesses. The primary product is a membership community accessible via Skool.com, with free and paid content covering speaking to various audience segments (K-5, 6-12, college/university, educators/staff), business development topics (fees, booking, demo videos), and speaker interviews. The company also provides free video training series as entry-level content. No separate branded software products, modules, or digital tools were identified in the source data.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• YSU Membership (Monthly Subscription) A monthly subscription giving individual aspiring and established speakers full access to the YSU video-based training curriculum, the proprietary Empire of Impact Framework methodology, the exclusive Skool community, and ongoing coaching resources for building a speaking business in the youth and education market.
• YSU Membership (Annual Subscription) An annual subscription equivalent to the monthly membership but discounted to roughly $83/month, providing full access to all YSU training, the Skool community, and coaching resources for speakers building careers in the youth and education market.
• Free 7-Day Trial A no-cost, no-contract 7-day trial of the YSU membership that lets prospective speakers preview the training curriculum, community, and coaching resources before subscribing.
• 7 Steps to Speaking Success (Free Video Training Series) A free multi-step video training series teaching the steps to build a successful speaking business in the youth and education market, used as a top-of-funnel lead magnet to drive membership enrollment.
• How to Launch and Grow Your Speaking Business (Free Video Training Series) A free video training series covering how to launch and grow a speaking business, used as an entry-level funnel offering to attract aspiring speakers into the full YSU membership.

Quantifiable outcome

• Members report income increases from $100 to $5,000 per gig (50x increase)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FOLIO Literary ManagementcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJosh Shipp serves as a Strategic Partner at FOLIO Literary Management, which represents authors and speakers. This relationship provides a pathway for YSU members to access publishing opportunities and literary representation.
• Top Youth Speakers BureaucoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorJosh Shipp founded Top Youth Speakers (topyouthspeakers.com), a bureau representing youth and education speakers. The bureau books 5,000+ gigs annually and provides booking data insights that inform YSU's methodology.
• Think KindnessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrian Williams, founder of Think Kindness and YSU instructor, delivers kindness-focused assemblies to K-5 students. His 1,000+ assemblies and 1.5 million documented acts of kindness provide niche-specific expertise for YSU members targeting elementary schools.
• Book RockstarminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAryn Van Dyke's book launch consultancy helps authors develop marketing strategies, build their brand, and sell books. She spent five years at HarperCollins and has worked on 100+ book launches including multiple New York Times bestsellers.
• The Speak ShopminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEva Daniel founded The Speak Shop, a boutique speaker-coaching business helping thought leaders develop and deliver compelling content. She worked with top authors, speakers, pastors, and innovators for decades.
• Paper Raven BooksminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMorgan Gist MacDonald's publishing company combines traditional publishing benefits with self-publishing control and speed, helping authors navigate the publishing journey.
• NASA, Girls Inc., MPI, 60+ CollegesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNicki Joiner, featured speaker interviewer, regularly speaks with companies and organizations including NASA, Girls Inc., Meeting Professionals International, and over sixty colleges and universities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• John Lee Dumas (EOFire / The Common Path to Uncommon Success): Founder-driven online education business offering courses, communities, and premium coaching for entrepreneurs. Highly comparable founder-led, premium-course-and-coaching subscription model.
• Speaking Empire: Subscription-based training platform for speakers and thought leaders building business and stage careers. Directly comparable online coaching GTM, differentiated by a broader professional-speaking audience rather than youth/education focus.
• The Speaker Lab: Online coaching and training community that helps aspiring speakers build professional speaking businesses through paid courses and membership. Closely aligned with YSU's niche-agnostic speaker-business coaching model, though YSU specializes in youth/education.
• Ramit Sethi – I Will Teach You To Be Rich: Premium online personal-finance coaching program built around a founder brand, flagship course, and high-tier 1:1 offerings. Closely analogous subscription/flagship-course GTM, though the niche (personal finance) differs from speaking.
• Marie Forleo International (B-School): Founder-led online coaching program with subscription-style access, premium tier offerings, and a strong personal-brand-driven funnel. Highly comparable business model and content/community structure, differentiated by female-entrepreneurship niche.

Broad incumbents

• Toastmasters International: Global nonprofit membership organization offering structured public speaking training through local clubs. Represents the largest incumbent in the public-speaking training category — adjacent rather than directly competitive given its non-paid, club-based model.
• General Assembly: Large-scale adult education and professional training provider (now part of Adecco) offering courses, bootcamps, and corporate training. Represents a broad incumbent in the online professional training category where YSU operates as a niche specialist.
• Cardone Training Technologies: Large-scale sales, business, and speaker coaching empire offering subscription programs, events, and content at scale. Comparable online coaching subscription GTM, but operating across multiple business verticals rather than a niche.

Others

• National Speakers Association (NSA): Professional membership association for paid speakers offering certification, conferences, and peer networks. Provides industry infrastructure that overlaps with YSU's audience but operates as a paid-membership trade body rather than a coaching business.
• eSpeakers: B2B software platform serving professional speakers and bureaus with booking, CRM, and directory tools. Adjacent ecosystem enabler rather than direct competitor; YSU members could use eSpeakers to operationalize the gigs YSU teaches them to book.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@SpeakerUniversity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/youth-speaker-university

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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