Kristen Hadeed

Entrepreneur Kristen Hadeed is widely known for being the founder of Student Maid and has forged a reputable name in the world of business. Now the owner of a highly successful cleaning business, Kristen prides herself on creating organisations that have humanity at their core. Kristen is passionate about helping people to become the best version of themselves, epitomising that in her keynote speeches covering topics such as working together to become stronger, weaknesses and helping workplaces to inspire their workforces.

Business has always been a keen passion of Kristen’s, first taking her steps into the world of industry as a sophomore studying at the University of Florida. After putting out an ad to clean houses, Kristen was recruited to clean a 4000 square-foot home and later went on to be hired to clean college apartments. Her workload soon became too great, thus hiring 60 other students to help her and founding Student Maid in the process. Since founding Student Maid, Kristen has spent years challenging the status quo and gives millennials a chance in the working world.

Today, Student Maid has hired hundreds of members of staff, with Kristen’s values of helping people to create the best version of themselves sitting at the heart of the business. Many of the past employees of Student Maid have gone on to be successful in their own business ventures, with Kristen’s values of trust, accountability and empowerment helping them to be so successful. Over the past decade, Kristen has gathered her business expertise to deliver a range of keynote speeches to business leaders across a multitude of industries, gaining a reputation for enthusiastic, optimistic and insightful keynotes.

Having previously performed to businesses from the health, retail, real estate, education and hospitality industries to name but a few, Kristen is a seasoned speaker. She has also previously delivered TED talks, such as her talk titled The Millennial Myth, which has racked up two million views. Kristen is also an igniter with Start With Why, working alongside several other individuals as part of Simon Sinek’s enterprise. Telling the story of her illustrious startup Student Maid, Kristen has also been sought to speak for various broadcasters, including the likes of TIME, Forbes, Fox and PBS. Passionate to create working environments that people of all ages are able to thrive in, Kristen covers teaching leaders to be more human, rebuilding trust, helping organisations to inspire their workforces, weaknesses and how to become stronger together. Providing audiences with actionable and practical tools, Kristen is guaranteed to encourage workforces to better themselves professionally and allow them to take away a unique perspective on organisational culture.