Strategic Communications that Accelerate Success

I work with exceptional health tech, climate tech, and deep tech founders to create narratives and messaging that achieve key business goals. 

Want to impress investors? Drive sales? Attract the best talent?

Strategic Communications that Accelerate Success

I work with exceptional health tech, climate tech, and deep tech founders to create narratives and messaging that achieve key business goals. 

Want to impress investors? Drive sales? Attract the best talent?

Strategic Communications that Accelerate Success

I work with exceptional health tech, climate tech, and deep tech founders to create narratives and messaging that achieve key business goals. 

Want to impress investors? Drive sales? Attract the best talent?

Strategy Drives Narrative.

Narrative Clarifies Strategy.

A smart conversation about communications is a conversation about strategy–who to reach, and when, and how, and why. I’ve been a journalist, a 4x founder with 3 exits, and Head of Communications, so I understand your journey from every angle. By reframing your startup to match story and audience, I bring a fresh perspective to help you create long term success.

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“Otto is an extraordinary guide and advisor. He makes me a better founder.”

Sravanth Gadikota

CEO, Carbon To Stone

“Otto is an extraordinary guide and advisor. He makes me a better founder.”

Sravanth Gadikota

CEO, Carbon To Stone

“Otto is an extraordinary guide and advisor. He makes me a better founder.”

Sravanth Gadikota

CEO, Carbon To Stone

“Otto helped us craft a really succinct, powerful story that he then placed into the top relevant publications in our industry. Together with the website he wrote for us, that generated a ton of inbound interest from the key partners and customers and put us on the great path we’re on today.”

Austin Hickman

Founder and CEO, Soctera

“Otto helped us craft a really succinct, powerful story that he then placed into the top relevant publications in our industry. Together with the website he wrote for us, that generated a ton of inbound interest from the key partners and customers and put us on the great path we’re on today.”

Austin Hickman

Founder and CEO, Soctera

“Otto helped us craft a really succinct, powerful story that he then placed into the top relevant publications in our industry. Together with the website he wrote for us, that generated a ton of inbound interest from the key partners and customers and put us on the great path we’re on today.”

Austin Hickman

Founder and CEO, Soctera

“We were going to a major conference with all the big shots in our industry. I was a new CEO and needed a pitch. Otto really helped me develop that story, which got us the critical traction we needed to accelerate our business plan.”

Alexa Schmitz

Co-founder and CEO, REEgen Inc.

“We were going to a major conference with all the big shots in our industry. I was a new CEO and needed a pitch. Otto really helped me develop that story, which got us the critical traction we needed to accelerate our business plan.”

Alexa Schmitz

Co-founder and CEO, REEgen Inc.

“We were going to a major conference with all the big shots in our industry. I was a new CEO and needed a pitch. Otto really helped me develop that story, which got us the critical traction we needed to accelerate our business plan.”

Alexa Schmitz

Co-founder and CEO, REEgen Inc.

“We have a great team of scientists but need help with storytelling. We took the pitch Otto developed to meet with VCs, and they’re enthusiastic about what we have to offer. We also won a $100k Air Force pitch competition. With Otto we’re on a roll.”

Jon McCandless

Co-founder and CEO, Gallox Semiconductors, Inc.

“We have a great team of scientists but need help with storytelling. We took the pitch Otto developed to meet with VCs, and they’re enthusiastic about what we have to offer. We also won a $100k Air Force pitch competition. With Otto we’re on a roll.”

Jon McCandless

Co-founder and CEO, Gallox Semiconductors, Inc.

“We have a great team of scientists but need help with storytelling. We took the pitch Otto developed to meet with VCs, and they’re enthusiastic about what we have to offer. We also won a $100k Air Force pitch competition. With Otto we’re on a roll.”

Jon McCandless

Co-founder and CEO, Gallox Semiconductors, Inc.

“Otto built a phenomenal foundation for our communications and PR. It was creative and insightful and drove a months-long marketing campaign that yielded substantial bottom-line growth.”

Brad Simmons

CMO Figure

“Otto built a phenomenal foundation for our communications and PR. It was creative and insightful and drove a months-long marketing campaign that yielded substantial bottom-line growth.”

Brad Simmons

CMO Figure

“Otto built a phenomenal foundation for our communications and PR. It was creative and insightful and drove a months-long marketing campaign that yielded substantial bottom-line growth.”

Brad Simmons

CMO Figure

"Amazing to work with! Otto perfectly captured our big ideas to build our thought leadership road map and write individual articles. The result was a crucial piece of narrative positioning for the long-term growth of our company."

Abby Schlatter

Co-Founder and CEO, Commonfont

"Amazing to work with! Otto perfectly captured our big ideas to build our thought leadership road map and write individual articles. The result was a crucial piece of narrative positioning for the long-term growth of our company."

Abby Schlatter

Co-Founder and CEO, Commonfont

"Amazing to work with! Otto perfectly captured our big ideas to build our thought leadership road map and write individual articles. The result was a crucial piece of narrative positioning for the long-term growth of our company."

Abby Schlatter

Co-Founder and CEO, Commonfont

“We are so grateful for Otto who provided an awesome framework and illustrative examples to get our point across. With his help we’ve been on a roll: 2 funding rounds in rapid succession at a valuation totaling over $20m led by top-tier VCs.”

Matthew Cheng

Founder and CEO, Kanvas Biosciences

“We are so grateful for Otto who provided an awesome framework and illustrative examples to get our point across. With his help we’ve been on a roll: 2 funding rounds in rapid succession at a valuation totaling over $20m led by top-tier VCs.”

Matthew Cheng

Founder and CEO, Kanvas Biosciences

“We are so grateful for Otto who provided an awesome framework and illustrative examples to get our point across. With his help we’ve been on a roll: 2 funding rounds in rapid succession at a valuation totaling over $20m led by top-tier VCs.”

Matthew Cheng

Founder and CEO, Kanvas Biosciences

“Otto created powerful messaging while learning a lot of deep industry information in record time. Highly recommend.”

Daniel Mason

EVP Sales & Strategy, Spring Labs

“Otto created powerful messaging while learning a lot of deep industry information in record time. Highly recommend.”

Daniel Mason

EVP Sales & Strategy, Spring Labs

“Otto created powerful messaging while learning a lot of deep industry information in record time. Highly recommend.”

Daniel Mason

EVP Sales & Strategy, Spring Labs

“Otto rewrote our website and the improvement was dramatic. The new site substantially improved our lead conversion rates. His work has paid for itself 10 times over.”

Matt Copenhaver

Founder and CEO, VisitorUS

“Otto rewrote our website and the improvement was dramatic. The new site substantially improved our lead conversion rates. His work has paid for itself 10 times over.”

Matt Copenhaver

Founder and CEO, VisitorUS

“Otto rewrote our website and the improvement was dramatic. The new site substantially improved our lead conversion rates. His work has paid for itself 10 times over.”

Matt Copenhaver

Founder and CEO, VisitorUS

"I'm a serial entrepreneur and have hired Otto for my last 3 startups. He listens. He adds a ton of value. He gets it done."

Ben Pfeifer

Head of Marketplace, Vendelux

"I'm a serial entrepreneur and have hired Otto for my last 3 startups. He listens. He adds a ton of value. He gets it done."

Ben Pfeifer

Head of Marketplace, Vendelux

"I'm a serial entrepreneur and have hired Otto for my last 3 startups. He listens. He adds a ton of value. He gets it done."

Ben Pfeifer

Head of Marketplace, Vendelux

Where Stories Come to Life

It’s not just about strategy. It’s about getting it done. Here are my most common deliverables:

Company Website

Thought Leadership & Speeches

Social Media Profiles & Strategy

The About Story and Founder Profiles

Press Releases & PR Strategy

Pitch Decks

Sales Material

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Otto Pohl helps startups accelerate success. As an expert in B2B storytelling, he has developed narratives for hundreds of companies to attract investors, customers, and industry partnerships.

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Join the Newsletter

Join my newsletter and I’ll send you my free e-book, Storytelling Secrets for Deep-Tech CEOs

Otto Pohl helps startups accelerate success. As an expert in B2B storytelling, he has developed narratives for hundreds of companies to attract investors, customers, and industry partnerships.

© 2024 Core Communications LLC

Join the Newsletter

Join my newsletter and I’ll send you my free e-book, Storytelling Secrets for Deep-Tech CEOs

Otto Pohl helps startups accelerate success. As an expert in B2B storytelling, he has developed narratives for hundreds of companies to attract investors, customers, and industry partnerships.

© 2024 Core Communications LLC