Biography

As founder of The Corcoran Group, Barbara used her ingenuity, quick wits, and solid instincts to turn a $1,000 loan into a multi-billion dollar business. Barbara sold the company for over $70 million in 2001. In the 28 years Barbara ran the company, she honed her skills in marketing, negotiating, innovating, and surviving in the lean times and thriving in the good times - everything you need to know to establish, run, and grow a business.

After selling the company, Barbara put her entrepreneurial knowledge down on paper, penning the best-selling, unconventional business book IF YOU DON'T HAVE BIG BREASTS, PUT RIBBON ON YOUR PIGTAILS. The book is aptly sub-titled And Other Business Lessons I Learned From My Mom, as Barbara credits her mom's good sense and positive vision with giving her the tools she needed to succeed so fabulously in the notoriously cutthroat world of New York real estate.

As a much-in-demand motivational speaker, and now a best-selling author, Barbara transitioned from her role as head of The Corcoran Group to that of popular television personality. Today, Barbara is a regular contributor to the Fox News Network and ABC's Good Morning America and The View. Her informative and fun segments are produced entirely in-house at Barbara Corcoran Inc.

Barbara Corcoran Inc. was founded by real estate entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran in 2005 as the latest endeavor in her high-profile, multi-faceted, and highly successful career. This multi-media company builds on Barbara's growing television presence as well as her business experience, combining television production and business consultancy in a one-of-a-kind package that taps Barbara's many talents.

Program Descriptions

Topic 1: How I Got Here

How do you turn a $1,000 loan into a five-billion dollar business? According to self-made real estate empress Barbara Corcoran, you do it by learning how to fail well. Berbara tells the story of how, armed with a loan from her boyfriend and her own gritty determination, she quit her job as a waitress to start a tiny real estate company in New York City and turned that company into a multi-billion dollar business. A highly motivation and hugely entertaining success story.

Topic 2: Leading People to Greatness

Enterpreneurs, business managers, and salespeople alike benefit from lessons in how to get people moving on the path to professional and personal greatness. Barbara Corcoran, who led 1,000 + brokers at The Corcoran Group, New York's largest real estate company, is an expert in the art of leading a team to success. From hiring the right people and firing the wrong people to creating fun in the workplace and establishing an atmosphere that breeds innovation, Barbara shares her unique and winning strategies.

Topic 3: How to Create a Powerful Brand

Branding may be the single important key to success in today's highly competitive world of commerce. Barbara Corcoran is known for having build the most successful real estate brand in New York City, and now she reveals easy to follow tips on how she does it: how to create an image much bigger that reality; how to use the press to get free publication" how to turn yourself into the go-to expert in your field. Barbara shares her personal advice, insights and anecdotes on creating a powerful brand.

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