"Our founders were raving about your talk!"

Matt Hanson
Sr. Partner, PAX Momentum
I’ve spent decades boiling it down. I love to get up and lay it out. Got a group of founders who need help telling their story? Contact me for high-energy and engaging keynotes, workshops, panel discussions, webinars, university lectures, and podcast interviews.



Small-group education
My educational webinars to many of the country’s top startup communities are regularly some of their highest-rated programming. I spend the time to review each participant’s company and materials to create popular topics including:
Conquering Startup Communications & PR
Let’s Talk About Your Pitch Deck
Startup Website Teardown (and build-back-up)

“Otto’s webinars and workshops are some of the most popular and most-requested programming we have. The amount of wisdom and useful feedback he packs into one hour is amazing.”

Anne Caillat
Head of Programming, Stanford StartX

“Otto’s webinars and workshops are some of the most popular and most-requested programming we have. The amount of wisdom and useful feedback he packs into one hour is amazing.”

Anne Caillat
Head of Programming, Stanford StartX

“Otto’s webinars and workshops are some of the most popular and most-requested programming we have. The amount of wisdom and useful feedback he packs into one hour is amazing.”

Anne Caillat
Head of Programming, Stanford StartX

“Thank you for your prep session at UT LifeSciences. Your input totally changed my approach.”

Alan Groves
Founder, Imagine Devices; Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Texas at Austin

“Thank you for your prep session at UT LifeSciences. Your input totally changed my approach.”

Alan Groves
Founder, Imagine Devices; Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Texas at Austin

“Thank you for your prep session at UT LifeSciences. Your input totally changed my approach.”

Alan Groves
Founder, Imagine Devices; Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Texas at Austin

"We offer insightful sessions to our founders during Hell Week. Otto's session is one of the highest-rated."

Agahuseyn Ahmadov
500 Startups

"We offer insightful sessions to our founders during Hell Week. Otto's session is one of the highest-rated."

Agahuseyn Ahmadov
500 Startups

"We offer insightful sessions to our founders during Hell Week. Otto's session is one of the highest-rated."

Agahuseyn Ahmadov
500 Startups

“That was flat-out the best pitch prep that I've ever seen. I come from a VC background and I’ve mentored and worked with hundreds of startups. It's not easy to do what you just did, and I appreciate all the value that you've just provided. Very awesome, very powerful.”

Ehab Gabr
CEO, Sigmatic AI, Director, Plug and Play, VP, Capital Factory

“That was flat-out the best pitch prep that I've ever seen. I come from a VC background and I’ve mentored and worked with hundreds of startups. It's not easy to do what you just did, and I appreciate all the value that you've just provided. Very awesome, very powerful.”

Ehab Gabr
CEO, Sigmatic AI, Director, Plug and Play, VP, Capital Factory

“That was flat-out the best pitch prep that I've ever seen. I come from a VC background and I’ve mentored and worked with hundreds of startups. It's not easy to do what you just did, and I appreciate all the value that you've just provided. Very awesome, very powerful.”

Ehab Gabr
CEO, Sigmatic AI, Director, Plug and Play, VP, Capital Factory

“By far the most engaging content on pitching & storytelling I’ve seen”

Gary Dolsen
Executive Coach

“By far the most engaging content on pitching & storytelling I’ve seen”

Gary Dolsen
Executive Coach

“By far the most engaging content on pitching & storytelling I’ve seen”

Gary Dolsen
Executive Coach

“Otto transforms the pitches of my startups, leading to an increase of investor and customer meetings!”

Melinda Wong
Director of Startup Programs, Start2 Group

“Otto transforms the pitches of my startups, leading to an increase of investor and customer meetings!”

Melinda Wong
Director of Startup Programs, Start2 Group

“Otto transforms the pitches of my startups, leading to an increase of investor and customer meetings!”

Melinda Wong
Director of Startup Programs, Start2 Group
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