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Stefan’s Sharkonomics speech was presented in a very charismatic way. To draw parallels between corporate and sharks behavior created discussions and a new way of thinking. Stefan offered a lecture filled with energy, creativity, experience and participation from the audience. Something I can highly recommend for upcoming events! Christoffer BlombergMarketing Manager of The Swedish American […]

Stefan’s book Sharkonomics is blood for sharks and steel cages for their prey.David Charron, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley

President Obama’s re-election proves that being a successful “shark” in any industry doesn’t necessarily mean you need to take a bite out of weak prey. In the President’s case, his team simply did a better top-to-bottom job throughout the campaign of understanding how the water candidates must swim in has changed.  For Sharkonomics these changes […]

Thank you Stefan for a great evening with Sharkonomics, November 1. It was a true pleasure to see you interact with the top quality audience at Thunderbird School of Global Management. With the assistance from the American Marketing Association Phoenix, and the many representatives from Thunderbird, SACC-Arizona enjoyed the best event this year featuring a […]

In the world of Sharkonomics, the latest corporate shakeup at Apple is just another step toward the company becoming leaderless. That makes Apple very tasty prey for competitors. Sharks know that change to please others, which is what Apple did with its previously ‘unhappy” design team, is bad corporate defense. It muddies the waters, leaves companies […]

Stefan Engeseth ’rocked it’ at last nights lecture on his thought provoking Sharkonomics speech. I liked your combination of humor and directness when it came to looking at an opportunity or in your parlance, shark food.Eric SnelzPresident, The American Marketing Association, Phoenix Chapter

Stefan Engeseth brings Sharkonomics to life with quick witted-analyses, personal presence, and an uncanny talent for interacting with the audience.Maria BergmanPresident of Swedish American Chamber of Commerce Chicago Thanks also to Kerstin Nicholson and Ken Carlson and SACC Chicago.

In the business world of sharks and prey, Facebook has been self-inflicting wounds with multiple mistakes. But it can become a dominant shark with one product – The Facebook Tablet. Think about it. You walk into your local café and watch people in front of you, tablet in-hand with the big blue Facebook logo, getting […]

While analysts are treating Apple’s 4th consecutive week of losses on Wall Street as an investment issue, I think the company has bigger problems on the horizon. Apple is becoming a top prey in the world of Sharkonomics. Applying the principles of nature to business, sharks typically attack over-hyped companies with too many products, perceived […]

On behalf of SACC-NE, I wanted to thank you for an excellent Sharkonomics presentation. Not only were you able to captivate and entertain the fifty people attending, but I had several members reach out to me afterwards commenting on the great energy in the presentation. Your ability to distill core shark principles and apply them […]