International Coaching Federation

Global board advisory member responsible for helping to shape a human-centered, ethical future for coaching in an AI-enabled world

Member of the Board of Advisors

PureMatter

Founded and scaled three companies while coaching 500+ leaders to redefine how they lead through complexity. My private clients—founders, execs, and rising stars—consistently report deeper clarity, faster decision-making, and greater emotional agility.
I blend real-world strategy with human insight to help leaders:
	•	Navigate career pivots and reinventions
	•	Build emotionally intelligent, high-performing teams
	•	Grow without burning out or breaking trust

Executive Strategist & Business Coach

We energize business by humanizing marketing. CEO/President of digital, social and demand generation consulting firm based in Silicon Valley. Producing 100+ industry awards for integrated and new media marketing. Top 20 Fastest Growing Companies in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley Business Journal. Some clients included: NASA, Netflix, Mastercard, Charles Schwab, Cisco, IBM, Harvard, and Salesforce.

President + CEO

Bryan Kramer is an international marketing and business keynote/conference speaker, best-selling author and strategist who consults Fortune 500 clients such as IBM, Cisco, Bloomberg and Pitney Bowes on humanizing business through social media, content and digital marketing.

He’s one of the world's foremost leaders in the art and science of sharing, and has been credited with shaping the #H2H human business movement in marketing and social.

Bryan has spoken to audiences as large as 6,000. Notable events include TED, NASA, Charles Schwab, SXSW, IBM, Harvard, Bloomberg and the NFL.

He's been named "Top 25 Social Influencer to Follow"​ by Forbes, one of the "100 Most Influential Tech People On Twitter"​ by Business Insider, and one of the "Top 50 Social CEOs on Twitter Globally"​ by The Huffington Post.

Bryan's latest book, "Shareology: How Sharing is Powering the Human Economy" made USA Today's Top 150 Book List the week of its release, as well as #1 on Amazon in four categories including Business & Planning. The book explores the history, art and science of sharing and illustrates why sharing is what gives us a unique competitive advantage as individuals and brands.

His first book "There is No B2B or B2C: It's Human to Human #H2H" explores the many facets of why and how communication today needs to be adjusted to keep up with our ever-evolving and fast moving social and digital world. It rose to the #1 in Business Books on Amazon in its first week. 

Bryan’s Speaking Topics Include: 

Shareology: How Sharing Powers the Human Economy
Learn How to Speak, Market and Sell Human
Redefining Human in Machine Driven Age
Strengthen Your Business by Speaking Human-to-Human
The Secret to Activating Influencers for Your Brand
Breaking Through the Human Firewall: Creating Deeper Trust for Your Brand

Learn more at BryanKramer.com.

Keynote Speaker

Harvard Business Review

As a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council I help improve the content they publish and help chart their future direction.

Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

Fast Company Executive Board

Executive Board Member

Forbes Coaches Council

Ongoing Forbes columnist: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/people/bryankramer1

Council Member

Author

Lately, Inc.

Function as outsourced head of marketing, responsible for overseeing the planning, development, and execution of the organization's annual strategy, demand generation, and advertising initiatives. Since joining the company has received over 51% growth in revenue.

Investor and Fractional CMO

CBIZ

Grew the digital marketing and digital demand gen arm of the marketing team into 500% growth in revenue. Agency become one of the top 20 interactive agencies in Silicon Valley - Silicon Valley Business Journal

Managing Consultant

Carter Waxman

Sr. Account Executive

Fulfilling Executive Leaders' Ambitions | #H2H: Human-to-Human Author | 200+ Keynotes | TEDx Speaker | Silicon Valley, CA 🇺🇸 + Lisbon 🇵🇹

You’re not stuck. You’re just outgrowing the playbook that got you here.
High performers reach a point where the same tools stop working. The mask of certainty cracks. And what used to feel like drive? Starts to feel like depletion.

I know the signs because I’ve lived them—and coached through them.
Over the last two decades, I’ve helped thousands of leaders, entrepreneurs, and exec teams redefine how they lead—by shifting from performative perfection to aligned presence.
I started a global movement (#H2H), gave a TED Talk on why sharing redefines the future, built one of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing agencies, and wrote two bestsellers. But what matters more than the accolades is the ripple effect: helping humans lead better, live fuller, and build from clarity instead of chaos.

If you’re navigating a shift, personally or professionally, I coach high-performing executives ready to evolve their leadership, their business, or both. I also speak and advise on how to lead with trust, create high-impact cultures, and scale what matters.

Let’s talk if you’re:
	•	Leading a team that’s growing faster than your systems
	•	Reimagining your role, your brand, or your business
	•	Ready to stop forcing and start aligning

P.S. I’m based in Lisbon and Silicon Valley, speak globally, and still believe the most powerful thing you can be is human.

Bryan Kramer, PCC, CPCC

Startup Lawyer @ The Startup Gig |Investor| Business Strategist| Fundraising Advisor

Since founding The Startup Gig, my mission has been to demystify legal and investment complexities for entrepreneurs, fostering an environment where startups can thrive. Our comprehensive suite of services, ranging from legal guidance to venture capital, has empowered over a thousand startups and SMEs. The trust and relationships built with these innovators have been instrumental in driving their success and ours.

My role as a Mentor for Change with Atal Innovation Mission has allowed me to contribute to the growth of India's startup ecosystem, offering mentorship to budding entrepreneurs. Blending legal writing, M&A, and corporate law expertise, I've navigated startups through early-stage challenges and facilitated their entry into global markets, particularly in the India-Singapore corridor. Our team's passion for innovation and entrepreneurship continues to be the cornerstone of our accomplishments.

Pooja Terwad

Today, at a Starbucks India, I saw a man sitting comfortably with his shoes on the table.
Coffee in hand. Laptop open. Completely unbothered.

No, he wasn’t struggling.
No, he wasn’t unaware.
He looked affluent, confident, educated.
And for a moment, I felt irritated.
Then disappointed.
Then… thoughtful.

We often complain that India lacks civic sense.
That the government doesn’t do enough.
That systems are broken.

But moments like these make me wonder —
Is civic sense only a policy problem? Or a personal one?

Because no law teaches you that a table where someone eats is not a footrest.
No regulation teaches you that public spaces are shared spaces.
That comes from culture. Upbringing. Collective consciousness.

A few years ago, when I visited Japan, something stayed with me.
No one was watching.
No fines being imposed.
Yet people queued patiently, cleaned up after themselves, spoke softly in public spaces, and treated common areas with almost sacred respect.
Not because they feared punishment.
But because they felt responsibility.
In Japan, cleanliness isn’t outsourced to the state.
Manners aren’t dependent on wealth.
Respect isn’t optional.

And that’s the uncomfortable truth we don’t like addressing.
👉 Affluence does not automatically come with class.
👉 Education does not guarantee etiquette.
👉 Blaming the government is easier than correcting ourselves.

Civic sense is not something the government can inject into us.
It’s something we practice — daily, quietly, consistently.
In how we sit.
How we speak.
How we occupy space that doesn’t belong to us alone.
If we want better cities, better systems, better governance —
it starts with better citizens.
Because nation-building isn’t only about policies and politics.
Sometimes, it starts with something as small as keeping your shoes off the table.

Founder @The Startup GiG | Venture Scout for Investors- Growth & Pre-IPO Companies| Startup & VC Lawyer | Angel Investor

Yesterday reminded me why founders energise me more than any motivational quote ever could.

It was completely unplanned.
Post a long, exhausting day.
No agenda. No pitch decks. No “so what do you do?” conversations.

Just a table full of people who are building.
What struck me wasn’t just their achievements — it was the humility with which they carried them. People who have built successful brands, deep-tech companies, legacy businesses, creative practices, and investment careers — yet were curious, grounded, and generous with their stories.

We were a wonderfully mixed group:
• Gagandeep M., founder of the highly successful cosmetic brand Pilgrim
• Piyush Verma, IIT Delhi & MIT alum, now building a deep-tech startup, Neural Defend
• Vishal Gupta, from the iconic Shyam Garments — a businessman with a rare nation-building vision. 
• Shivani, a vibrant and accomplished architect
• Vipin Anand, entrepreneur and investment strategist. 

Different industries. Different journeys.

But the same spark — to build something meaningful, to learn continuously, and to stay human while doing it.

I realised something on my way back home:
This is a different kind of unwinding.
The kind that doesn’t drain you — it recharges you.
Grateful for conversations like these.

Every year, I take one spiritual trip. This year, it was to Benaras. 
Not as a tourist.
Not as a checklist destination.
But as a pause.

Varanasi is everything modern life tells you to avoid— crowded lanes, chaos, noise, unpredictability. And yet, it’s one of the most anchored places I’ve ever been to.

What struck me wasn’t just the spirituality.
It were the people.
In cities, success often looks loud—titles, growth charts, milestones, speed.
In places like Varanasi, ambition wears a different face.

Here, success can mean:
- Doing your work with dignity.
- Showing up every day without resentment.
-Being deeply rooted in faith, family, and routine. 

There’s no rush to “be more.”
There’s quiet confidence in being enough.
Being in such spaces forces you to internalize things you don’t notice otherwise. 
How much of our stress comes from comparison, how much ambition is borrowed, how rarely we ask ourselves why we want what we want.

Spiritually aligned places don’t magically fix you.
But they rearrange your thoughts.
They soften the ego.
They give perspective that no book or podcast can.

I returned not calmer—but clearer.

With fewer unnecessary urgencies.

And a deeper respect for the fact that growth doesn’t look the same everywhere.

Sometimes, the most powerful journeys aren’t about moving ahead.
 
They’re about realigning before you do.

#Growth #Ambition #Success

“I already got it checked on ChatGPT”— every second client, lately.
 A close friend of mine is a neurologist.
She once told me how exhausting it is when patients come in after diagnosing themselves on Google.

They don’t just ask questions.
They argue.

- “But Google says it’s definitely this.”
- “I read a forum where someone had the same symptoms.”
- “Are you sure? Because this article says otherwise.”

Lately, I feel her pain. Deeply. Professionally. Legally.

Clients now come to us with agreements saying:

“Just review this. We made it using ChatGPT.”
And by review, they often mean:
- “Please rubber-stamp it.”
- “Just check for typos.”
- “It’s mostly standard, right?”

Except…
• Clauses contradict each other
• Key protections are missing
• Jurisdiction makes no sense
• Risk allocation is vibes-based
• And my favourite: “This clause sounded very professional so we kept it”

- ChatGPT / AI is brilliant.
- Google is powerful.
- WebMD is… entertaining.

But none of them are liable when things go wrong.

They won’t:
- Sit across the table during a dispute
- Explain your intent to an angry investor
- Defend a badly drafted clause
- Or take responsibility when a “harmless” line costs you real money

Using AI to assist professionals = smart.
Using AI to replace professionals = expensive optimism.

By all means:
- Draft
- Brainstorm
- Learn

But please don’t walk into a lawyer’s office the way patients walk into a doctor’s clinic saying:
“I already know what it is. I just need you to agree.”
Because law, like medicine, isn’t about information alone.
It’s about judgment, context, experience — and knowing what not to say on paper.

End of rant.
Back to fixing AI-drafted agreements now. 

The Startup Gig
#AI #Startups #Entrepreneurship #ChatGPT

Founders have become addicted to templates.
- Term sheet template.
- Shareholders agreement template.
- ESOP template.
- Privacy policy template.
- AI-generated contracts.

Everything is about finding the fastest shortcut to look “startup ready”.
What most founders don’t realise is this:

-Templates don’t understand your business.

They don’t know:
- Who actually controls your company
- What risk you’re taking with investors
- How your revenue flows
- What happens if a co-founder walks out
- How a future acquisition will read this document

A clause that is harmless for one startup can be fatal for another.

Even worse is the new trend:
“ChatGPT drafted it, so it should be fine.”
AI is incredible — I use it every day.
But AI doesn’t carry liability.
You do.

When a dispute happens, no one will ask:
“Which prompt did you use?”
They will ask:
“Why did you sign this?”

I’ve seen:
-Founders lose control because of copied term sheets
-ESOPs that were legally invalid
-SHA clauses that blocked future funding
-Compliance disasters hidden inside boilerplate language

Templates don’t save time.
They postpone pain — and make it more expensive.

The real work of a founder is not filling blanks.
It’s making hard, specific decisions about:
control, risk, dilution, rights, and exit.
Shortcuts feel efficient.
But in startups, they are usually the most expensive choice you’ll ever make.

#Startups #Templates #Legal

The Startup Gig

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