Othman Ouenes is one of those foresighted tech entrepreneurs who not only realized early on how critical one’s speaking voice is to one’s business-world success, he also believes even more firmly that the way you speak is vitally important to the success of a startup. (And beyond that, to one’s interpersonal relationships—and even to oneself—as well.)
And just as critical to the success of these startup businesses—having already guided one startup to success, he’s now into his second digital startup, Fidari, a healthcare platform for cancer patients. Here he talks about his path from non-native English speaker to Stanford graduate to startup wunderkind—and how crucial his speaking voice has been all along the way.
Kyle Forster is intimately familiar with tech startups—and the importance of one’s speaking voice to the success of a startup, of a career in tech, in business, in board rooms, in pitches to venture capitalists, investors, potential shareholders, and just as critically: to the people on the startup team.
Now for a more personal take on speaking effectively on Zoom. As I’d said, one of my former voice clients, Richard Draper, agreed to speak to me about his experience on Zoom.
Before coming to me, Richard had already had years of training and time spent both in front of and behind the camera. As a longtime broadcast television reporter, former media manager for Intel and now the New Mexico state director for a nationwide health system nonprofit, Richard has trained plenty of others on how to speak well—with confidence and authority—on camera.
