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