Will Gayle - English Coach for Startups

09/08/2023

How do you manage conversations in English at startup ecosystem networking events?

This video will get you started!

07/08/2023

You don't need fancy vocab & idioms to communicate clearly in English.

🎙 In her pre match news conference, 's brilliant Dutch Head Coach Sarina Wiegman was asked if the "cat was out of the bag" about one of her players.

It's fair to say she hadn't heard that expression before, despite having a very high level of English. 😂

The lesson from this is that you don't need fancy idioms to communicate clearly in English, especially when it's with other non native speakers.

It doesn't matter if it is:

- a pitch
- a networking events
- current or prospective investor meeting
- any other situation where you speak English

Keeping it simple, clear and concise makes it easier for everyone.

FYI "The cat's out of the bag" means a secret has been revealed.

As I write this the Lionesses have just won a penalty shootout against Nigeria to advance to the quarters. COME ON ENGLAND!!

------------------------------------------------

CONNECT 🔗 | Will Gayle
FOLLOW🚶|
NOTIFICATIONS 🔔​| Ring the 🔔​ on my profile!

04/08/2023

A short clip from my guest podcast appearance on Ana's podcast.

Check it out at https://open.spotify.com/show/33KGqTJFyzpBBRzuTAhFCS?si=015008e566be4bcc

03/08/2023

Miss our LinkedIn live on Networking in English?

No worries, you can watch the recording whenever you want on my YouTube channel.👇

In this free masterclass on networking in English, two experienced coaches specialised in helping entrepreneurs talk about how you can network better in Engl...

03/08/2023

💡 Traetupoliza is an insuretech startup designed to protect families by helping them contract the right life insurance plan easily.

Víctor got in touch with me as he recognised he needed to improve his English communication skills as a Founder to help build relationships with potential investors and improve his pitching in English.

We have worked closely together during the program in order to help him network, deliver his pitch and hold his own during investor meetings in English.

Eres un crack, Victor!

📩​ If you are a founder and relate to the challenges that Víctor had, message me today to have a chat!

21/05/2023

Founders.

Great English communication skills are essential to have in your toolbox.

Don't leave it until it is too late.

If you feel I can be of assistance to you, don't hesitate to drop me a DM, email me at [email protected], or call/whatsapp +34 644 249 482.

20/05/2023

After my "𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟* #% 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛?!" post yesterday.

Here are 5 perfectly normal verbs you can use straight away.

19/05/2023

"𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟* #% 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛?!"

Not what I was thinking in this pic, I was just hangry (angry because of hunger), and waiting for the young man behind me to barbecue my lunch.

But it is what I thought when I came across phrasal verbs in my TEFL course 11 years ago.

I had absolutely no idea what a phrasal verb was as a native speaker.

Not a scooby.

Nada.

And identifying what was a phrasal and what wasn't was a little tricky.

Was "look at" a phrasal verb?

No, that's just a collocation.

The truth is, I have no recollection as a native English speaker of even studying them at school.

We learned them as with every other piece of vocabulary, by using them. They were not phrasal verbs, just another verb.

And this, in my opinion, is where teaching English as a foreign language has it wrong.

Why do we teach normal verbs first and then consider phrasal verbs as a seperate topic?

And a seperate topic that sends shivers down the spine of every English learner.

It just doesn't make sense.

My advice to you is not to see phrasal verbs as a complicated, advanced topic on your English learning journey.

For example, "Get up" is easy for you to use as you learn it as a normal verb right from the start.

𝐒𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛.....
....𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦...
..𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐞-𝐣𝐞𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬.

Having this mindset will help you a lot when it comes to expanding your phrasal verb, sorry I mean, verb, vocabulary.

What do you think? Let me know in the comments below.

19/04/2023

𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬?

Then this will be of interest to you...⤵️

I am delighted to invite you to join my Connect with "𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 - 5-𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 & 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙋𝙞𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨"
..to build better connections, gain investment and expand your business.

The challenge offers a comprehensive learning experience:

📹 5 Daily Videos
📒 Personalised assignments
📩 Email reminders and encouragement
🗣️ Interactive community with other founders to put your skills to the test
💬 2 live sessions with me and other challenge participants during the challenge
..to help you feel more comfortable speaking in English at networking events in just 5 days.

🚨The first 20 people to enroll in the next challenge will receive it for just €37 (IVA incl.).🚨

That's a €100 discount on the normal price of €137!!! 😲

Any questions?

Feel free to send me a DM or visit the challenge page on my website: https://englishwithwill.com/landing-page-5-day-networking-and-elevator-pitch-challenge/

17/03/2023

𝟓 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡

⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

1️⃣ 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 "𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙥" 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝.

Have a conversation in English (with your English coach, maybe) to warm-up and change the chip prior to the meeting, rather than in the first 5 mins.

2️⃣ 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙙.

And practise them. See link in comments below for some ideas of questions you might be asked.

3️⃣ 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮.

You'd be amazed how many founders forget how to say large numbers in English. Metrics need to roll off the tongue or they will cause doubt in the investor.

4️⃣ 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.

If they ask you a question you weren't expecting or don't know the answer to, you'll need to know how to approach that situation in English. See link to "dealing with difficult questions" post in the comments below.

5️⃣ 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛.

ONLY focus on vocab that is essential, you don't need to be a walking thesaurus.

-------------------------------------

Do you have any other tips for warming up for your investor meetings in English? Let me know in the comments below!

17/03/2023

Luis Fernando of Rocket-U International Incubator and Will Gayle, English Coach for Startup Founders, are delighted to offer you a free webinar with advice on how to improve your English as a startup founder, specifically when it comes to pitching your business in English. The event will leave you w...

15/03/2023

➡️ 𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒 - 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨?

In this video I talk about what this expression means and show you some real life examples of how it is used.

👇🏻 Have you ever "cut corners"? How did it go for you? Let me know in the comments below!

-----------------------------------

✂️​ When it comes to pitching your business and meeting with investors in English, be sure not to cut corners! Why not drop me a message and see how I can help you with your startup challenges in English? I'd be delighted to hear from you!