From courtroom battles to boardroom breakthroughs, Gabe Karp has spent three decades proving that conflict isn’t something to fear—it’s the hidden fuel that drives innovation, growth, and stronger teams.
A former trial lawyer turned startup executive, Gabe helped build ePrize into a global leader working with 75 of the world’s top 100 brands, leading acquisitions, negotiating multimillion-dollar deals, and steering over 13,000 promotions across 44 countries without a single legal challenge. Today, as Operating Partner at Detroit Venture Partners, Venture Partner at Lightbank, and bestselling author of Don’t Get Mad at Penguins: And Other Ways to Detox the Conflict in Your Life and Business, he shows Fortune 500 leaders and high-growth startups how to turn tension into competitive advantage. Dynamic, entertaining, and deeply practical, Gabe delivers keynotes that transform how organizations view conflict—unlocking collaboration, innovation, and bottom-line results.
- Make the Hard Stuff Easy: Accelerate Collaboration to Transform Challenges into Competitive Advantage
- Conflict is unavoidable—but when handled well, it becomes the catalyst for stronger partnerships, accelerated collaboration, and lasting competitive advantage. In his uniquely entertaining and insightful style, Gabe Karp reframes “the hard stuff” as a tool for collaborative growth rather than something to fear. Audiences learn practical, easy-to-apply strategies to detox unhealthy interactions, transform uncomfortable situations into opportunities for growth, and build cultures of psychological safety that fuel collaboration and performance. With a mix of sharp insights and real-world tools, Gabe leaves leaders and teams inspired and equipped to embrace conflict as their greatest untapped resource for success.