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Tony DiSilvestro
Business Growth
Business Strategy
Entrepreneurship
Tony DiSilvestro helps entrepreneurs and executives scale their businesses with proven, repeatable systems. A founder of 31 companies and a Forbes-featured author, he leads teams through business growth, leadership development, and franchise expansion strategies.
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Tony DiSilvestro is an entrepreneur, business consultant, and international keynote speaker who has founded more than 31 businesses across industries ranging from restaurants to software.
He currently leads a team of more than 450 employees, and his background spans real estate investment and franchise ownership alongside company building. Tony was featured on the Forbes Podcast and named a Forbes Author for his book, Business Scaling Experience, which he expanded into a national conference in 2023. In 2020, he won the Best Concrete House in the World award for one of his construction projects.
Tony's approach comes from firsthand experience building and scaling companies through both successes and setbacks. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Distinction Magazine and works with leaders to align people, processes, and purpose so that growth becomes predictable rather than accidental. That combination of operator experience and teaching ability shapes every session he delivers.
Audiences leave with practical frameworks for aligning teams, scaling operations, and turning setbacks into strategy. Whether the room is a startup, a franchise network, or an executive team, Tony's approach gives leaders clear next steps they can put into practice immediately.
Tony brings operator credibility to every stage, turning his own scaling lessons into tools leaders can use right away.
Topics, sessions and talks
Tony DiSilvestro walks corporate teams through the operational inefficiencies that quietly stifle growth, drawing on his experience founding more than 31 businesses across restaurants, construction, and SaaS. He shows how misaligned systems and underutilized talent erode return on investment, then lays out a practical path for streamlining operations. Leaders leave with a clearer view of where their organization loses time and money, and a framework for turning those operational gaps into scalable, sustainable growth.
Tony DiSilvestro addresses the disjointed marketing efforts and misaligned brand values that hold companies back from real growth. Drawing on experience building and scaling more than 31 businesses across industries including restaurants, construction, and SaaS, he shows how marketing decisions break down when they are disconnected from operations and leadership. Audiences learn how to bring marketing back in line with brand values and business fundamentals, so campaigns support growth instead of working against it.
Tony DiSilvestro draws on leading a team of more than 450 employees and founding over 31 businesses to show what leadership actually requires once a company scales past its founder. He unpacks how underutilized talent and unclear delegation quietly cap growth, and shares the habits that keep culture and performance aligned as teams expand. Leaders walk away with a clearer sense of where to delegate, where to coach, and how to hold a growing team accountable.
Tony DiSilvestro breaks down how to systemize the operations behind a growing business, drawing on his own experience founding and scaling more than 31 companies across restaurants, construction, and SaaS. He shows why inconsistent systems create the inefficiencies that stifle growth and diminish ROI, and lays out a repeatable approach to building processes that scale with the business rather than against it. Audiences leave with a clear starting point for turning ad hoc operations into structured systems.
Tony DiSilvestro shares what it takes to keep a team of more than 450 employees motivated while a business scales, drawing on his own path from humble beginnings to founding over 31 companies. He addresses how misaligned brand values and disjointed leadership sap morale, and offers practical ways to keep people engaged as roles and responsibilities shift. Audiences leave with concrete tools for building a culture where teams stay motivated through growth and change.
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Email tony.disilvestro@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Tony's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
Tony DiSilvestro structures sessions around a diagnostic framework drawn from his own experience founding over 31 businesses, identifying where misaligned systems, underutilised talent, and disconnected decision-making erode growth, then presenting a practical path for correction.
Tony DiSilvestro structures sessions around a diagnostic framework drawn from his own experience founding over 31 businesses, identifying where misaligned systems, underutilised talent, and disconnected decision-making erode growth, then presenting a practical path for correction.
Tony DiSilvestro structures sessions around a diagnostic framework drawn from his own experience founding over 31 businesses, identifying where misaligned systems, underutilised talent, and disconnected decision-making erode growth, then presenting a practical path for correction.
Tony DiSilvestro speaks on operational efficiency, marketing and brand alignment, and scaling leadership beyond the founder stage. He has founded more than 31 businesses across restaurants, construction, and SaaS, leads a team of over 450 employees, and was named a Forbes Author for his book Business Scaling Experience.
Tony DiSilvestro speaks on operational efficiency, marketing and brand alignment, and scaling leadership beyond the founder stage. He has founded more than 31 businesses across restaurants, construction, and SaaS, leads a team of over 450 employees, and was named a Forbes Author for his book Business Scaling Experience.
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