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Who am I?

Portrait by: Shayan Asgharnia

Portrait by: Shayan Asgharnia

Nathan Gold, Chief Coach of The Demo Coach, at your service. I hail from the San Francisco Bay Area and travel the world speaking about and coaching people on how to prepare for high-stakes speaking opportunities and how to harness speaking anxiety. I do this through keynotes, experiential interactive workshops, live streaming, and 1:1 sessions, both in-person and virtually.

I have personally delivered innumerable presentations along with countless hours of coaching. I've personally worked in and with small and large companies, including Bill.com, GetAround.com, Kahoot, Netflix, Gluware, Education.com, Innovation Norway, SanDisk, Kaiser Permanente, Plantronics, and IBM — on designing, scripting and delivering more compelling and memorable presentations and product demos, especially in situations where you cannot afford to miss.

The Wall Street Journal called me an "elevator pitch expert" after coaching the Top 5 Finalists in the Startup of the Year award in the actual WSJ elevators in NYC! I'm the pitch coach for dozens of accelerators and incubators worldwide, an Industry Fellow at UC Berkeley and Hong Kong Baptist University, and a guest lecturer at Wharton Entrepreneurship. Recently, I've been coaching TED and TEDx presenters while also being featured on The Kauffman Founders School website in a video series called Powerful Presentations and Mastering Q&A.

 

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The SportsTech Program

One of the highlights of my coaching career was preparing the cohort of the Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech accelerator together with Claudio Sennhauser. It was an unforgettable 12-week program in which ten companies were featured in the grand finale: Demo Day 2022.

 
 

Harness Your Speaking Anxiety

Check out this quick read to hear about simple, effective, and proven ways to harness your speaking anxiety. It also covers ten ways you can connect emotionally with your audience. This is my newest book, published in June 2019. You can download a free copy, and it is available on Amazon as a paperback. Please #PayItForward.

What do I do for people?

I prepare people for high-stakes presentations, speaking opportunities and product demos by rehearsing them as if they were performing in a Broadway show.

The results of my coaching and training are guaranteed to give you more confidence and competence in any situation where you are required or expected to speak. I will help you harness your speaking anxiety and increase your enthusiasm factor so you speak with more impact and deliver more memorable presentations that receive thumbs-up, standing ovations and/or awards. Additionally, I will help you become more authentic in the way you communicate.

Executives

  • Keynotes

  • Board meetings

  • Town Hall meetings

  • Addressing questions

Speaker-Lineups

  • Conferences

  • Tradeshows

  • Demo Days

  • Panel moderation

Entrepreneurs

  • Investor pitches

  • Customer presentations

  • Product demonstrations

  • Mastering Q&A

 
 

Some of my clients:

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What people are saying...

"There’s an art around storytelling, but also a science. Nathan can explain the science, but he has an unrivaled eye for the art — an instinct about what works, and what doesn’t. That, together with his gentle way of providing feedback, can transform the lifeless into dynamic and engaging, with minimal pain. He worked wonders for me, while producing DEMO and our own events at VentureBeat. Before, I was a plodding, fearful, and impersonal public speaker. After, I went out there with more confidence, and to have fun."

Matt Marshall, Founder & CEO, VentureBeat.com

"Have you ever seen one of those presenters that just nails it, from content and delivery to audience engagement? Nathan builds that by taking ideas and very complex technical concepts and turns them into extremely compelling and engaging presentations. His style is warm and helpful as he teaches the compilation, techniques, and delivery methods to elevate any discussion into a true and compelling stage presence."

Michael Brady, SVP Infrastructure Management Group, Kaiser Permanente

More testimonials here.

 
 
 

Client Successes

Organizations & Accelerators

 
 

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Benjamin Franklin