Title: Speaking — Isaiah Steinfeld Purpose: Machine-readable overview of Neue Alchemy's speaking practice: who speaks, the four talks, where they have been delivered, what rooms they suit, and how to book. One-sentence summary: Isaiah Steinfeld, Founder & CEO of Neue Alchemy, gives keynotes, talks, and working sessions on technology, ventures, brands, and how new things make it into the world. Primary topics: keynote speaker, innovation, venture building, AI and execution economics, brand identity, automation and human judgment, leadership summits, offsites, sales kickoffs, universities, civic and economic development Human page: https://www.neuealchemy.io/speaking Booking: https://www.neuealchemy.io/speaking#inquire Related pages: /llms.txt, /about.md, /team.md, /engagements.md, /signal-noise.md Last updated: 2026-10-09 # Speaking Give the room something to work with. A question that changes the discussion. An idea people keep coming back to. A clearer sense of what to do next. Keynotes, talks, and working sessions with Isaiah Steinfeld on technology, ventures, brands, and how new things make it into the world. ## Speaker Isaiah Steinfeld, Founder & CEO, Neue Alchemy. Repeat founder and executive with 20+ years building inside AWS, Nike, Intuit, and Lyft. At AWS, led the global startup engine supporting 300,000+ startups and billions in cumulative investment. At Nike, helped establish Valiant Labs and launched digital ventures. Early at Lyft through hypergrowth. Serves on the AIGA National Board. Advises and invests across startups, accelerators, and venture funds. Full biography: /team.md ## Experience worth bringing into the room Isaiah has built companies, launched ventures inside global brands, and led startup programs at worldwide scale. His talks draw on the decisions, experiments, and hard lessons that come with that work. ### Speaking history Organizations that have brought Isaiah on stage include Nike, Amazon, AWS, Warner Bros., VF Corp, Lyft, SXSW (Austin and Sydney), AIGA, SVA, UC Berkeley, and the City of Portland. Representative appearances: - SXSW Sydney — Pitch, Enterprise, Big Data & AI. - Innovate on the Lot (Warner Bros. Discovery) — "Create What's Next: AI, Creativity & Media Transformation" panel. - AIGA Design Conference — Design Dialogue, "AI & Creativity: Unveiling Possibilities" (moderator). - LAVCA Week — "From Idea to IPO: Supporting the Next Generation of Latin American Startups." - Lewis & Clark Bates Center, Winterim — "Creating Ventures That Matter." ## Talks ### 01. We Build What's Next Subtitle: How new things actually make it into the world. Themes: ventures, innovation, transformation. An idea can survive the pitch and disappear somewhere between the budget meeting and the first customer. That distance is where much of the work happens. Getting a decision made. Finding the smallest useful test. Giving a new venture enough room to discover what it needs to become. Drawing on experience across startups, global companies, and venture studios, Isaiah explores how to move an idea through an organization and into someone's life. For people responsible for getting something new off the ground. ### 02. The Price of Done Subtitle: What becomes possible when execution gets cheaper? Themes: execution, economics, operating models. When something that took a year can be tested in a week, the economics change. So should the decisions. Which ideas deserve another look? What can a small team attempt? How much evidence do you need before committing more money, and how do you recognize an experiment worth stopping? This talk explores how AI is changing the cost of building, the scope of ambition, and the judgment required to turn faster execution into a better business. ### 03. The Consumer Can Be Everything. The Brand Can't. Subtitle: Choosing matters more in a world of infinite possibility. Themes: brand, experience, culture. The same person can buy running shoes, collect art toys, lead a board meeting, and spend the weekend sleeping in a truck. People have room for all of it. A brand earns its place in that life by knowing what it stands for. Every product, partnership, experience, and expansion makes that position clearer, or harder to recognize. A talk about identity, culture, and the choices that help a brand stay relevant as the people it serves keep changing. ### 04. Protect What Makes It Worth Visiting Subtitle: Knowing what to keep human. Themes: technology, humanity, judgment. Think about a place you go back to because someone there knows you. They remember what matters. They notice when something is wrong. You trust their judgment. Now imagine improving its efficiency until those reasons disappear. As technology takes on more of the work, organizations have to understand where their value comes from. Which tasks can they hand off? Where could technology give people more time to care? What depends on someone being present and accountable? A talk about building a more capable business while protecting the reasons people choose it. ## What stays with the room - A way to see the problem. A frame people can use when the slides are gone and the next decision arrives. - Language that travels. Ideas that find their way into product reviews, leadership meetings, and conversations weeks later. - A next move. A clearer sense of what to try, what to question, and where to put the effort. ## Built from the work At Neue Alchemy, we build systems, products, and ventures, and help organizations change how they operate. That work keeps the talks current. What we're testing, discovering, and having to rethink becomes material for the next conversation. Firm overview: /about.md ## Where we show up - Leadership Summits — Give senior leaders a shared frame for what's changing and what it means for the business. - Offsites — Get underneath the operating cadence and into the decisions that determine what happens next. - Innovation & Venture Events — Bring an operator's perspective to the distance between an idea, an experiment, and a scalable business. - Industry & Customer Events — Make complex technological and market shifts useful to the people navigating them. - Sales Kickoffs — Give teams sharper language for what is changing, why it matters, and the value they're actually creating. - Civic & Economic Development — Translate emerging technology and innovation into practical opportunity for businesses, ecosystems, and communities. - Universities & Creative Communities — Bring the realities of building, technology, design, entrepreneurship, and organizational change to the people shaping what comes next. ## Start with the room Who's coming? What are they wrestling with? What would make this time together worthwhile? Every engagement starts there. Research and intelligence help us understand the forces shaping your business. Where useful, simulations help us explore how different decisions could play out. The talk, examples, and discussion take shape around your audience and what you want them to leave ready to do. Formats: keynotes, executive conversations, workshops, and working sessions. ## How to book Use the inquiry form at https://www.neuealchemy.io/speaking#inquire. It asks for: your name, email, organization, and role; what you are planning (keynote, leadership summit or offsite, innovation or venture event, industry or customer event, sales kickoff, civic or economic development event, university or creative community, workshop or working session, or something else); the event or program name, location, approximate audience size, and whether it is in-person or virtual; the date or whether timing is still open; what you are hoping to create; which talk you are interested in (or "not sure / something custom"); a budget range; and anything else we should know. Inquiries go directly to the Neue Alchemy team. Email: hello@neuealchemy.io ## Contact Website: https://www.neuealchemy.io Speaking page: https://www.neuealchemy.io/speaking Email: hello@neuealchemy.io