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Get Niched!
Micro-niche your business to serious success. Gone are the days of thinking big. Zooming in on one market will allow you to be known as an expert in your field and build a successful business. Rather than being all things to all people, focus on one niche and do it extremely well! Customers want to deal with an expert, not a generalist. Kyla Kirkpatrick has created an incredible career within the champagne industry focusing solely on this category. Learn how Kyla leveraged her niche and is now running a $390 million business in Australia alone.
Read lessInspired by the great Dames
Being successful is 80% mindset and 20% skill this keynote is a retrospective inspired by the great dames of champagne, looking back to the pioneering woman Madame Clicquot through to the incredible modern dames such as Floriana Eznack. Kyla focuses on how to master your mindset, exploring your determination, surviving adversity and executing with pride!
Read lessLove Money Turn Passion Into a Career!
The most popular keynote presentation, delivering valuable messages for entrepreneurs that are ready to make their passion their life. Kyla decided to quit her established career in finance to dedicate her life to champagne and is now at the head of two successful companies.
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The Champagne Dame: Turning Passion into Purpose
We live in a world where people are constantly trying to fit in, seeking fulfilment from their careers and happiness from their daily lives. But what if there was more? That was the question Kyla Kirkpatrick asked herself 15 years ago while living in London, with a successful career in finance already well established.
After reading a series of books on the history of champagne, Kyla became captivated by the romance of the region and its remarkable characters. It was a place where kings have been crowned for centuries and where Napoléon Bonaparte used to take his troops before any battle to invigorate them, forging a lifelong friendship with Jéan-Remy Moët. One letter to her favourite champagne author changed everything. He wrote back with an invitation to France, and Kyla followed her heart, leaving behind her career, her long-term relationship, and life as she knew it, to buy a one-way ticket to Paris and learn everything there was to know about champagne.
Immersed in the heart of Champagne, Kyla was welcomed into the world of multi-generational champagne families. She shared tables and stories with passionate winemakers, tasted some of the world’s rarest and most beautiful champagnes, and studied the traditions, artistry, and culture that define the region. It was here that she committed herself fully to champagne, inspired by Dom Pérignon’s famous words: “Come quickly – it’s like you’re tasting the stars”.
Returning to Australia, Kyla became widely known as “The Champagne Dame”. She has since carved out a thriving business in a niche industry, establishing herself as one of the world’s leading Champagne educators. Kyla travels the world as a speaker and regularly hosts masterclasses, corporate events, private tastings, and luxury experiences, working with both the most prestigious champagne houses and emerging boutique producers to share their stories with passion and authenticity.
Building on this success, Kyla launched her second business, Emperor Champagne, a premium online e-commerce destination offering an expertly curated selection of champagne, alongside education, personalised service, and bespoke corporate gifting. Through her work, Kyla inspires audiences to celebrate boldly, live curiously, and trust that sometimes, following your heart leads to the most extraordinary destinations.