HOLOCENE ORIGIN
You can’t write your own story. You’re standing inside it.
A done-for-you origin story and a full set of bios, About-page copy, and hooks — pulled out of you in one good interview. For founders who are great at the work and terrible at talking about themselves.
You know the moment. Someone asks for your bio. You open the last one, cringe, and start editing — again. You paste it into the speaker form, or the podcast intake, or the new website, and none of it sounds like you. It sounds like a LinkedIn profile wearing a blazer. You’ve built something real, and the story of it keeps coming out flat.
Why you can’t just write it yourself
It’s not a writing problem. You’re standing inside the story, so you can’t see it. The parts that would make a stranger lean in — the actual moment it turned, the thing it cost you, the sentence someone said that you never forgot — those don’t come out when you sit down to “write your bio.” They come out when someone who knows what they’re listening for asks the right question and then shuts up. That’s the whole job. The writing is the easy part.
Who’s asking the questions
I’m Nathaniel. I’ve been interviewing people for a living since 2014 — hundreds of long-form conversations, most of them with The Travelers, where the whole point is getting someone to say the true thing instead of the practiced thing.
That’s the skill you’re hiring. Not writing — interviewing. I know how to find the part of your story you’ve been skipping over because it’s too close to see. Then I turn it into words you’d actually be proud to put your name on.
What you walk away with
One clean document. Everything you need to introduce yourself for the next year, all in your voice:
Your one-liner
The sentence you say when someone asks what you do — the one that finally lands.
A bio suite
Three lengths — 20 words, 50, 150 — so you’re covered for a speaker intro, a byline, or an About blurb.
Your About page
The one people actually read before they decide to work with you.
Your origin story
The full thing, 600–900 words, told the way you’d tell it to a friend at dinner.
A LinkedIn About
Formatted and ready to paste — the line breaks are on purpose.
Five social hooks
First lines that open a real story, so you’re never staring at a blank post.
Book the Session and you also get a Narrative Bank — every good quote, moment, and phrase we surface that didn’t make the final cut. It’s a year of content ideas, in your own words.
How it works
Origin Spark
- Buy it. Quick intake, about 10 minutes.
- A written interview you do on your own time — around 25 minutes.
- Your finished bundle lands in 3 business days.
About 40 minutes of your time, total.
The Origin Session
- Buy it. Quick intake, then pick a time.
- An hour with me, live. I do the digging.
- Your bundle plus the Narrative Bank in 5 business days.
You just show up and talk.
Two ways in
Origin Spark
$497
- A guided written interview (~25 min)
- The full bundle, minus the Narrative Bank
- One round of factual corrections
- Delivered in 3 business days
The Origin Session
$1,249
- A live hour with me
- The full bundle, plus the Narrative Bank
- One full revision round
- Delivered in 5 business days
The one to pick if you’ll ever be on a podcast, a stage, or in front of investors.
Book the SessionNot sure yet?
Answer four questions and I’ll show you the story you’ve been sitting on. Free, takes a few minutes.
Try the free toolA few honest answers
- How fast do I get it?
- Spark: 3 business days from when you finish the interview. Session: 5 business days from our call.
- What if something’s off?
- The Session includes a full revision round. Spark includes a factual-correction pass — just reply and tell me what to fix.
- Is the call recorded?
- Yes — recorded and transcribed so I can draft from your actual words. I delete it after delivery if you ask.
- Is this just AI writing my bio?
- No. The interview is the product, and I read and edit every word before it reaches you. AI helps me draft faster — that’s why this costs a few hundred dollars instead of a few thousand.
- Who owns the final writing?
- You do. All of it. Use it anywhere, forever.