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Austin Houser is a keynote speaker, executive coach, and founder who teaches leaders how to act when the path forward isn’t clear.
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Press Kit
Everything you need to introduce Austin: approved bios, headshots, logos, and the brand basics. Use the files as they are. For interviews, booking, or anything that isn't here, use the contact form.
Quick facts
- Name
- Austin Houser
- Titles
- Keynote speaker · Executive coach · Founder & CEO
- Credential
- Inc. 5000, No. 413
- Book
- Tools for the Unknown: A Problem-Solver's Field Guide (coming soon)
- Signature line
- Action over certainty. Progress over comfort.
- Website
- austinhouser.com
Bios
Three lengths, ready to paste into a program, an introduction, or an article. Please don't edit the facts; trimming for length is fine.
Short bio (~90 words)
Austin Houser is a keynote speaker, executive coach, and active founder and CEO. He was weeks into building a new company when he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and he led through surgery, complications, and a long recovery without pausing the business. One of his companies has since been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies at No. 413. Austin’s talks and coaching give leaders practical tools for making the next right move without waiting for certainty. His first book, Tools for the Unknown: A Problem-Solver’s Field Guide, is coming soon.
Full bio (~230 words)
Austin Houser is a keynote speaker, executive coach, and the founder and CEO of companies he still runs today. He didn’t learn leadership in a classroom. Weeks after starting a new company, and with everything bet on it, he woke up to a diagnosis: a brain tumor, sitting in about the worst place a tumor can sit. The surgeons’ instructions were to fly out for the operation and not book a return flight.
Every instinct said to pause until he knew how it would end. Certainty never came, so he chose to act instead: an operation, complications that nearly took everything, and a long road back, all while keeping a brand-new company alive. That season is where everything he teaches comes from. One of those companies has since been named to the Inc. 5000 at No. 413.
Today Austin speaks to conventions, leadership summits, and executive teams on problem-solving, readiness, leading without being needed, and scaling at the speed of AI, and he coaches executives one on one. His first book, Tools for the Unknown: A Problem-Solver’s Field Guide, is coming soon. His line for all of it: action over certainty, progress over comfort.
Headshots
High-resolution JPEGs, 2400px on the long edge (the stage shot is 1175px, the largest available). Free to use in coverage and event promotion featuring Austin. Please don't add filters, flip them, or place type over his face.
Logos
Transparent PNGs. The wordmark is the primary logo; the mark stands alone where space is tight. Vector files are available on request through the contact form.
Using the logo
- Two colours only. Ink on light backgrounds, white on dark. Never gold, never any other colour.
- Give it room. Keep clear space around the logo at least the height of the "A".
- Keep it legible. Don't show the wordmark narrower than about 120px on screen or 1.25 inches in print; use the mark below that.
- Leave it alone. No stretching, rotating, outlines, shadows, or effects, and no placing it over busy photography.
Colors
Three colors do all the work: ink, a white ground with warm off-white surfaces, and one gold accent used sparingly. The blue belongs to the book.
Typography
Action over certainty.
Progress over comfort.
Loos Normal Black · headlines, always in capitals, tight letter-spacing. A licensed typeface from CSTM Fonts; it isn't distributed here.
I help leaders and teams build the mindset to make better decisions, solve bigger problems, and take action when the path forward isn't clear.
Inter · body copy and interface text, weights 400 to 700. Free and open source.
The book
Tools for the Unknown
A Problem-Solver's Field Guide · coming soon
You can't make life certain, but you can become the most certain thing in it. A problem-solving field guide for leaders who can't wait around for certainty: a true story and hard-won frameworks for making the next right move.
Download cover (PNG, transparent)
Speaking topics
Solve anything: The Art & Science of Problem-Solving
Sharpen your axe: Ready Is the Advantage
Strengthen your team: Lead Without Being Needed
Speed up growth: Scale at the Speed of AI
Keynotes run from industry conventions to leadership summits, and each topic can be tailored to the room. To check availability, use the contact form.