Co-Founder & CEO of ShearShare; Trailblazing & Award-Winning Tech Entrepreneur & Marketer
Courtney Caldwell Biography
Courtney Caldwell is the co-founder and CEO of beauty-tech startup ShearShare, the largest provider of on-demand salon and barbershop space rentals and the most affordable leases in the market. The ShearShare app gives licensed beauty and barbering professionals the freedom and flexibility to rent workspace by the day in cities all over the world, while salon and barbershop owners make money on unused space.
Prior to co-founding ShearShare, Inc., a 2022 Fast Company World-Changing Ideas App, Google Demo Day winner 2018, Tech. Co’s Startup of the Year, and a YC Fellowship and 500 Startups alum, Caldwell managed an award-winning salon with her husband and co-founder, which was the genesis behind ShearShare. Before that, she ran a boutique consulting firm where she fast-tracked international sales and marketing success for brands such as Zendesk, Zenefits, and Qualtrics.
Caldwell spent two decades building winning teams in tech marketing and has held leadership positions in both early-stage and late-stage technology organizations: vice president of marketing for Marketing Advocate, global director of Oracle’s worldwide digital marketing strategy and innovations group, head of digital demand generation and JAPAC field marketing at RightNow Technologies. Her leadership in demand and revenue generation at RightNow Technologies was instrumental in the $1.45B acquisition of the company.
She received an honorary doctorate degree from Miracle University and is the 33rd African-American female to raise $1 million in venture funding. She was named a 2022 Hype Hair magazine 30 for 30, first African-American female to be inducted into the 2021 Texas Military Institute Hall of Fame, Inc. magazine 2019 Female Founders 100 list, is the first African-American female to be named the SMU Cox School of Business Outstanding Young Alumna, the 2019 Ada Lovelace Female Tech Founder of the Year, is a 2018 Dallas Business Journal Women in Technology, and the 2017 L’Oreal Women in Digital NEXT Generation Award winner. Caldwell has her BBA in Honors Marketing from Southern Methodist University and an MBA in Marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas.
She volunteers with various children’s, education, and civic organizations, and serves on the Advisory Board for Ogle Cosmetology School, the Alumni Board for Southern Methodist University, the President’s Council at SMU, the Board of Trustees for Texas Military Institute, and the Board of Directors for the UT-Dallas Entrepreneurship Council.
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Courtney Caldwell Speaking Topics
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Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Thriving as a Woman in Tech
Success in tech isn’t just about skills—it’s about early confidence, measured strategy, and intentional impact. In this empowering keynote, Courtney Caldwell, a post-exit tech founder and startup entrepreneur, shares actionable insights on navigating new workplace dynamics, building a strong personal brand, and using resilience as a competitive advantage. From overcoming self-assigned syndromes to leveraging unique perspectives as women—especially women of color—Courtney provides a roadmap for early-career professionals to thrive. Attendees will walk away with practical strategies to advocate for themselves and to shape the future of tech on their own terms.
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Future of Work: The Experience Economy
Courtney Caldwell Videos
The Key to a Successful Co-Founder Relationship
ShearShare co-founders Dr. Tye and Courtney Caldwell are married co-founders who have found success in both business and their relationship. From...
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Courtney Caldwell is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Thriving as a Woman in Tech, Future of Work: The Experience Economy, The “Silver Rule”: How to Build & Manage Successful Remote Teams, Digital Marketing: How to Take Digital Deman Generations by the Horns & Win, The Riches are the Niches: How Solving Your Own Problem Leads to New Innovation and Unlimited Leadership: How Working in Full-Time Ministry and Being an Army Brat Prepared Me for Entrepreneurship. The estimated speaking fee range to book Courtney Caldwell for your event is available upon request. Courtney Caldwell generally travels from Buffalo, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Erik Qualman, Philipp Kristian, Mike Walsh, Alex Goryachev and Harish Shah. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Courtney Caldwell for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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