Dennis Geelen

After more than two decades in corporate leadership, Dennis Geelen faced an unexpected turning point. He was the victim of a corporate layoff at age 43, that changed everything. Instead of returning to the corporate grind, he bet on himself and built a new life as a solopreneur.

Today, as the founder of ZERO IN, he helps businesses become more customer‑centric and innovative. He’s the author of four business books including the bestsellers The Zero In Formula and The Accidental Solopreneur, creator of five online courses, the Happy Accidents newsletter, and podcast.

With nearly 20,000 LinkedIn connections, over 75 podcast appearances, and countless speaking engagements, he now shares his insights on reinvention, entrepreneurship, and thriving after corporate life. In this episode, he opens up about how aspiring speakers can get started, the story behind his journey to the TEDx stage, and even his most embarrassing moment on stage, all with honesty, humor, and practical wisdom earned through experience.

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What is The Resonance Report?

Real People. Real Journeys. Bigger Stages.

Nobody starts with the keynote, the packed room, the polished website, or the impressive bio. They start with absolutely zero.

The Resonance Report, hosted by Millian Quinteros, goes behind the finished product to find out how professional speakers actually built their careers. Not just where they are now, but where they started, what happened in between, what worked, what failed, what surprised them, and what they wish they had known when nobody knew their name.

Each episode is a candid conversation with speakers at different stages of the profession. We talk about the first opportunities, awkward beginnings, career pivots, breakthrough moments, bad decisions, unexpected wins, finding an audience, developing a message, getting booked, getting paid, and the long road between “I think I want to do this” and “This is what I do.”

There are no overnight-success stories here. We want the part that usually gets edited out of the bio.

Every episode ends by wiping the slate clean, at absolutely zero. Imagine you are starting today with absolutely zero: no speaking gigs, no network, no referrals, no impressive client list, no connections, and nobody waiting to discover you. What would you do first?

Our guests get specific. They share the advice, strategies, mistakes, experiences, and hard-earned lessons they would give someone standing exactly where they once stood.

For aspiring speakers, The Resonance Report is a look at the road ahead from people who have actually traveled it.
For established speakers, it is a chance to hear how other professionals built their careers, compare notes, steal a few good ideas, and remember just how strange the road to the stage can be. Because every speaker you know started as a speaker nobody knew.

The Resonance Report with Millian Quinteros, a ListenVegas Podcast Network production.