Have Colin speak at your next event

The first rung of the career ladder is disappearing. Drawing on stories from his community, Colin explores how AI, a low-hire job market, and fewer opportunities to learn alongside experienced colleagues are reshaping the start of a career, especially for first-generation professionals. He offers a path forward for both sides of the hiring table: redesign entry-level roles and invest in apprenticeships and mentorship, while helping the next generation build visibility, pursue nontraditional paths, and create real-world relationships. A timely talk for leaders, educators, and early-career talent.

Decoded for first-generation professionals. Colin teaches audiences to identify the unspoken norms, values, and behaviors that actually drive company culture — the business-dinner etiquette, the managing-up instincts, the “subtle social skills they don’t teach” — drawing on his own path as a first-gen professional who never sat at a white-napkin restaurant until corporate life. This is his most-requested territory: practical, funny, and immediately usable.

Personal branding for the expert economy. Colin’s 3 C’s framework — Competency, Charisma, Conflict — shows professionals how to turn their experience into a platform: how to talk about yourself with precision, document your wins, and make your work visible to the right people. Drawn from his viral personal-branding content and his “One Page Brag Book” system for promotions and reviews.

Community building, taught by someone who does it monthly. As founder of NYC’s fastest-growing young-professional meetup series, Colin breaks down how he engineers real connection — the “no job titles” rule, guided networking formats, and the conversation prompts from his First Round card deck. Ideal for organizations that want their people to actually talk to each other, not just exchange business cards.