Stephanie Melodia
Entrepreneurship Expert · MBA Faculty · Creator of Hacking Luck™
Luck can be trained. Stephanie shows you how.
Top 20 UK’s Most Influential Female Founders
MBA faculty in Entrepreneurship with Oneday
Ex-CEO of Bloom, an award-winning marketing agency
4 regions: Europe, North America, the GCC and Asia
About
Stephanie Melodia is a keynote speaker, growth strategist and MBA faculty member in Entrepreneurship with Oneday. As former CEO of marketing agency Bloom, she was ranked one of the UK’s Most Influential Female Founders, and she now advises select scale-up clients.
Her signature topic, Hacking Luck™, combines research, real-world stories and practical frameworks to stack the odds in our favor. She has spoken at Web Summit, Collision and TechBBQ, worked with Soho House, Qatar Airways and WeTransfer, and guest lectured at King’s College London.
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“I’ve produced 1,000s of events, I’ve worked with 100s of speakers, and I can honestly say Steph is, without a doubt, the most accomplished, confident, engaging, professional and just easy-to-get-on-with speaker.” Michael Hughes, Conference Producer
“Steph was a fantastic MC at Web Summit Lisbon. She brought such great energy to the stage and really connected with the audience!” Todd Hansen, Executive Producer, Web Summit
SIGNATURE TALKS & WORKSHOPS
Keynote 45 to 60 min · Workshop 90 min to half day · Panel 30 to 45 min · In person or online
Hacking Luck™ in the Age of AI
As AI takes over execution, luck becomes a human edge you can train.
A research-backed talk on why the luckiest people aren’t always the most talented or the best connected.
Your audience leaves able to:
Spot the habits that quietly close doors
Use the ten percent network hack to create unexpected opportunities
Run low-cost, capped-risk experiments that improve their odds
Best for: leaders, founders, and sales, marketing and innovation teams
Hack the Hustle: How to Scale Without Breaking
Fast growth has hidden costs.
How smarter systems and clearer priorities keep a business scaling without burning through its people.
Your audience leaves able to:
Name the burnout and operational drag slowing them down
Build systems that carry growth without extra strain
Set clearer priorities while protecting people and culture
Best for: founders and scale-up executives
Speak So They Remember
Effective communication, straight from a professional keynote speaker and ex-marketer.
From nailing your ICP and learning “WIIFM” to mastering the art of storytelling and delivering with confidence, this session covers all you need to know for effective comms.
Your audience leaves able to:
Structure an effective presentation, from an elevator pitch to a full meeting presentation
Play with audience attention: grabbing it, holding it and being remembered
Present with confidence, using the secrets of public speaking
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The most unexpected room I’ve ever worked: [Stephanie to answer]
What I do in the last five minutes before I go on: [Stephanie to answer]
What audiences always ask me afterward: [Stephanie to answer]
What surprises people about me: [Stephanie to answer]
The best advice I ever got: [Stephanie to answer]
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