About Bruce Kasanoff
Bruce Kasanoff helps entrepreneurs double their business through greater clarity, focus, self-awareness and relatability.
A naturally born guide and synthesizer, Bruce excels at helping entrepreneurs get to the very essence of what matters most… and then remain focused on those elements.
He is followed by more than 800,000 professionals on LinkedIn.
Bruce is the founder of Bend Reality, which brings together expansive people from around the world. The center’s first major initiative has so far attracted over 79,000 professionals who have pledged to meditate on a daily basis for peace.
Bruce is the author of How to Self-Promote without Being a Jerk—which has helped tens of thousands of professionals who don’t like to brag—and Never Tell People What You Do. His 2001 book, Making It Personal, predicted many of the personalization practices that have become mainstream today.
He reaches a total of over 350,000 subscribers through his three LinkedIn newsletters:
Mountain Minute offers quick tips on how to succeed by doing good
Distill the Real You helps you get closer to the person you are meant to be
Bend Your Reality is a monthly deep dive into more growth and meaning
Bruce is a member of Marshall Goldsmith's 100 Coaches community, which brings together the world’s premier leadership thinkers and provides them with the opportunity to learn from his practiced and proven methods, plus share ideas and inspiration with one another. Bruce fully embraces its mandate to be of the greatest possible service to others.
A Wharton MBA, Bruce has taught at Babson College and has been invited to speak at Wharton, Yale, NYU and Wesleyan. Over a five-year period, he was the “marketing guru” for 250 entrepreneurs through EO’s Birthing of Giants program.
The Chartered Institute of Marketing named Bruce one of the 50 most influential thinkers in marketing and business today. He was part of the Ogilvy & Mather team in the mid-90s that helped transform the IBM brand from arrogant to approachable.
He has raised or helped raise $20 million for start-up and entrepreneurial ventures. Bruce was an original partner of the Peppers and Rogers Group, and helped grow that firm from ten to 150 employees in three years.