Education, Mentorship, and Training
Otto teaches the power of great startup storytelling across the entrepreneurship community.
Accelerators & Incubators
Otto is a sought-after advisor, mentor, and speaker at some of the country’s top incubators and accelerators. These include:
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The Otto Awards
Distilling a company’s story to its most powerful essence and telling it creatively is a startup superpower. The Otto Awards reward the best while providing a growing library of free resources to help all entrepreneurs improve their game. This industry initiative features a judge panel of top investors, entrepreneurs, and communications professionals, along with an amazing group of sponsors, to recognize and reward the startups representing the pinnacle of the craft.
Teaching
Otto teaches entrepreneurial communications at the graduate level at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism and Communications. His popular course “Communication Strategies for Innovators and Entrepreneurs” regularly features guest speakers from across the startup industry.
Webinars
Otto’s webinars are regularly some of the highest-rated programming to startup communities. Popular topics include:
- Conquering Startup Communications & PR
- Let’s Talk About Your Pitch Deck
- Startup Website Teardown (and build-back-up)
Interested in working with Otto for your startup community?
Reviews
“Your class was my favorite class I’ve ever taken at USC!”
Lexi Lee
CMGT 516, Communications Strategies for Innovators and Entrepreneurs
“Love your mentorship! You’re brilliant and I really appreciate your help.”
Katherine Divivier Olaksen
The Fasting Flamingo
“Otto provided valuable feedback on almost every slide, making us see it from a new perspective.”
Artyom Baghdasaryan
Co-Founder of HiCare
“Your presentation was outstanding – our companies were very engaged and appreciative!”
David Thurlow
Program Manager, LaunchNY
“Otto has offered us one of the most insightful opinions about our company’s website and made some really good points about our business presentation right on the spot.”
YiWei Qi
CEO & Co-Founder, AccuGPS