With a fascinating underpinning of Leadership Communication based in Human Evolutionary Biology & Human Neurophysiology along with his experience of raising hundreds of millions of dollars, failing hugely, nearly dying and also sometimes succeeding, John’s speeches are movingly authentic, genuine, insightful and always create a wonderful atmosphere and context for your event.
Leadership, communication and effectiveness in a fun, entertaining and moving speech with uniquely surprising and highly actionable insights.
A deep dive into one of the core components of great leadership, great TED Talks, and true connection: Storytelling, the most effective tool for communicating with Human Beings that Mother Nature has given you! This is a fun, exciting ride with lots of great stories that motivates people on multiple levels and gives them highly effective principles and paradigms for storytelling, leadership, effectiveness and communication.
In this exciting and authentic speech John shares his experiences raising hundreds of millions in Venture Capital in Silicon Valley and Beyond, the lessons he learned from his VC mentors in Silicon Valley as well as at places like Johnson and Johnson, and the National Institute of Health and beyong. He share the most important things to know about successful pitches that no one else is telling you!
This is applicable in any and all pitching scenarios, from raising capital to pitching clients or donors.
Having raised hundreds of millions of dollars and having failed in the harsh glare of the limelight after raising over $80M in Venture Capital with his company BIGWORDS.com, John has plenty of mistakes, heartbreaks and losses to share, along with the very important lessons and insights learned from them. John talks about everything that made a difference for him as he came back from the brink of death. From the importance of sleep to the practice of mindfulness and meditation, to the importance of context and fulfillment, John will make a fun, exciting, interesting difference for your audience.
Stories from the JLABS Incubator in Houston
John Bates understands communication on a very deep level. He knows how much importance it plays in being someone who has credibility and respect in the way that you want to convey your ideas.
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