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Jason Gore, MBA, MSC

Jason Gore coaches CEOs and technical leaders of fast-growth, frontier-tech startups and post-exit founders. He helps leaders focus their strategy, improve leadership capabilities, build their teams, and create routines for personal well-being. Jason brings a unique combination of business strategy, leadership, and psychology.

Startup coaching clients include the CEOs or founders of Skyryse, Heart Aerospace, Orbital Insight, DarwinAI, Kickstarter, Sonder, VSCO, Fundera, ApolloGraph, Halo, Deep Genomics, Prodigy Games, Ophelia, Creyon Bio, Sirona, Apteligent, Luzia, Earnest, and many others.

Jason’s work has focused on leadership and business communication for 25+ years and he previously worked with leaders at McKinsey, NASA, the US Air Force, Bombardier, Entergy Nuclear, ASML, Genentech, Novartis, Phoenix Nuclear, REI, CapitalOne, Disney, Starbucks, and even the Board of Burning Man.

Jason studied Persuasion at the University of Pennsylvania and Startup Strategy at the Haas School of Business at Berkeley. He taught Negotiations at Harvard Law School as a TA and is considered an expert in Business Communications.

STARTUP CEOS - Coached the CEO, Founder or key Executive at the following startups:

AI & Frontier Tech
OpenAI²
Darwin AI
Creyon Bio
Deep Genomics
Adaptyx
Luzia
Lavender
DataSift
Apteligent
Spredfast (Khoros)
Sirona Medical

Enterprise Tech
Odaseva
Flowroute
ApolloGraph QL
Everspin
PowerCatalyst
Gruntwork¹

Marketplace
Kickstarter
Fundera
Halo Investing
Building Connected
SeatGeek
Teespring
TripAdvisor*
Creative Market
Earnest
Kojo (Agora)
Ampere


Consumer
Sonder
Casper Mattresses
Harry’s*
Homejoy*
Zirtual
WineAccess
The Reformation
SOLS
Bus.com
KOR

Aerospace
Heart Aerospace
Skyryse
Epsilon3
Skycatch
Orbital Insight
Advanced Thin Films
Spiritus
Exia Labs
Senra Systems²

Consumer Tech/Gaming
VSCO
Prodigy Games
UpGrad
Saturn Technologies
Beyond Games
Maestro Conference
Run the World
Arcadia.tv

VCs/Investors*
A16Z
Khosla
Lerer Hippeau
FirstMark
Coatue
Inovia
Blank Ventures
NVP
IVP

Consumer Health
Oscar Health²
Ophelia
The CUSP
Mindbloom
Policy Genius*
Lark Health

¹Cofounder ²Senior Executive

CORPORATE - Worked with leaders at the following companies:

Aerospace
NASA
U.S. Air Force
Army & Air Force Exch
Bombardier

Technology
Cisco
IBM
Citrix
Blackboard
Xerox

Manufacturing
Honda
ASML
Ford
Georgia Pacific
Granite Construction
EagleBurgmann

Financial
CapitalOne
Federal Reserve Board
Mastercard
Merrill Lynch
Standard & Poor’s
Charles Schwab
SwissRe
RenaissanceRe

Media
Disney
ABC
Business Week
McGraw Hill
Aviation Week

Nuclear Power Plants
Entergy Nuclear
Phoenix Nuclear

Pharma
Novartis
Genentech
MedImmune
Merck

Consumer Retail
Starbucks
North Face
REI
GAP
Banana Republic
Lowe’s
Mountain Hardware
Wrangler
Lee Jeans
Target

Energy
ExxonMobil (Qatar)
Chevron
Mexico Inst. of Petrol

Consulting Firms
McKinsey
Deloitte
IBM
AMS

Telecom
AT&T
U.S. West
BellSouth
Qualcomm
QuantumShift


Healthcare
Cigna
Kaiser Permanente
U.S. Military Hospitals

Social Change
Burning Man
Integral Center
Assoc. Of Women MBAs
Awe to Action Research Team
Clinton Foundation

ACADEMIC TEACHING

Harvard Law School & Negotiation Project, 2007, Negotiations TA, Led leadership programs in 85+ cities worldwide.
Sofia Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, 2007, Organizational Psych, Adjunc
Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, 2000, Business Communications, GSI
USBC Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences: Research Affiliate in Consciousness, Leadership and Meta-Awareness

EDUCATION

UC Santa Barbara, Psych, 2025, Aff. Reasearcher in Leadership & Human Potential
University of Pennsylvania, BA Psychology, 1993, Persuasion and Social Psychology, Summa Cum Laude
U.C. Berkeley, Haas School of Business, MBA, 2001
Entrepreneurship & Organizational Behavior
Co-founded the Berkeley Business Plan Competition
Strozzi Institute, 2001-2018, Master Somatic Coach Certification

SPEECH TOPICS

Startup Leadership
Delegation, Negative Feedback & Holding People Accountable
Four Common Pitfalls in Challenging Conversations
Negotiations
Building & Maintaining Startup Cultures

PASSIONS

Competitive XC paraglider (100th in the US, 1100th worldwide).
Pilot: Single-engine fixed wing, taildraggers, and sailplanes
Professional whitewater rafting guide: rescue and medical team leader
High performance driving (M3)
Teach partner dance
Teach and perform improvisational comedy
Play piano and flute
Lakota vision quests, sweat lodges, and Sun Dance
Traveled or worked in 95+ countries