About me.

Hi there! I’m Scott Rose, The Inspirational Nerd. I’m a motivational speaker, transformational coach, and inspirational storyteller.

I encourage people to become the best version of themselves by helping them to think independently (often contrary to mainstream advice), and by guiding them on how to make magical transformations happen in their lives.

My business began with public speaking for Apple. I was professionally trained in the art of masterful public speaking by Steve Jobs and the marketing team at Apple. I traveled around the United States for 6 years with Steve Jobs and the Apple Executive Team as one of Apple’s top public speakers at all of their major events. I also helped Apple open up their first 21 retail stores by speaking at all of their grand openings.

As other public speakers reached out to me for guidance, I began coaching other public speakers on their talks as well. And as my passion & enthusiasm grew beyond technology into different realms that could help transform people’s lives, I expanded my own talks to other topics that I was passionate about.

I now give motivational & inspirational talks on a variety of different topics at several major events every year, and I coach other public speakers (such as TEDx speakers) on how to give their own incredible, memorable speeches.

I also coach individuals from all walks of life on how to make healthy lifestyle changes based on the keto lifestyle & intermittent fasting, which has now become the fastest-growing part of my business.

The keto lifestyle is what enabled me to reverse a long list of chronic health issues that I previously had myself. Once I figured out the path to becoming fully healthy & symptom-free, I needed to share my knowledge with the world.

I started by offering keto health coaching privately to my friends. After seeing similar miraculous health transformations with my friends, I decided to officially open up my keto health coaching business to the world.

So many people are eager to become healthy, energetic, and reverse their own health issues, and I am absolutely thrilled to be able to help them on their health journey with my keto health coaching programs.

One of my favorite things in the world is helping someone transform (over a few short months!) from chronically ill to fully healthy again — all through simple dietary changes.

All of my coaching techniques are based on the methods that I have successfully used for myself in my own life to achieve my own personal successes.

“A life well-lived is a life where you have positively impacted others.”
— Scott Rose

Some fun facts about me.

• I traveled around the country for 6 years with Steve Jobs and the Apple Executive Team as one of Apple’s top public speakers nationwide.

• I’m probably most famous for creating a viral hit comedy video series on YouTube with almost 4 million views: Shit Apple Fanatics Say (Part 1) and Shit Apple Fanatics Say (Part 2). These videos have been talked about extensively in technology news. I was featured in The Huffington Post, Fortune Magazine, The Washington Post, Mashable (twice!), Gizmodo, Ken Segall's Observatory, 9 to 5 Mac, and many more sites across the web.

• My mom, Esther Glickstein Rose, named the Big Mac for McDonald's in 1967. A few links about this: How the McDonald’s Big Mac Got Its Name, Woman Who Named Big Mac Finally Recognized, and The Food That Built America: The Kings of Burgers.

• I appeared on 7 different game shows when I lived in Los Angeles, and I won almost $50,000 in cash & prizes. (Due to inflation, this would be the equivalent of almost $100,000 in 2022.) Some of my game show videos are available to watch online.

• I love traveling & experiencing new cities, and I consider myself a world traveler. I have visited 40 countries and 47 U.S. states. I currently live in Jacksonville (Florida), and I have previously lived in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Austin, and Vancouver (Canada).

• I acted in the first 15 minutes of the action film “High Voltage” in 1998, which starred Antonio Sabato Jr., Amy Smart, and William Zabka. (Links: High Voltage on IMDB, High Voltage streaming on Amazon.)

• The paparazzi chased me around Los Angeles for many months in 2003, because I look very similar to Clay Aiken of American Idol fame.

• I am a member of MENSA International, the high IQ society.

• I graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Psychology.

• One of my all-time favorite college jobs was being a tour guide for the World-Famous Studio Tram Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood.

• Ever since I was 12 years old, I have been running my own software development company named ScottWorld. I am an expert consultant in both Airtable & FileMaker. If you know any businesses who could benefit from an expert FileMaker developer or expert Airtable consultant, jump over to my other website ScottWorld.

• I was a contributing editor of Mac|Life Magazine for 3 years, back when it was a real magazine that actually showed up physically on people’s doorsteps and people could hold it in their hands! ;) I wrote cover stories, feature articles, and even had my own monthly column where I answered technical questions from readers around the country. Yes, I was essentially the "Dear Abby" of computer geeks!

• For 3 years, I performed narrative comedy improvisation onstage at The Hideout Theatre in Austin Texas, which is where improvisers such as myself perform fully-improvised, full-length, narrative plays to the audience. In my opinion, improvisation is one of the greatest life skills that I have personally learned — I feel that improv helps keep me present in the current moment (similar to the practice of meditation), and I feel that improv has tremendously fine-tuned my public speaking skills & working with large audiences. My most recent improvised play, Small Town Girl, was performed to fully sold-out audiences in February & March of 2019. You can watch one of my Small Town Girl performances here.

• I worked closely with Richard Kline (of “Three’s Company” fame), who directed my one-man comedy stage show “Computer Geek: One Nerd’s Search For His Soulmate” that toured around the country in 2006, and I also presented my show to Comedy Central executives for possible consideration in a future comedy TV series.

My “short biography” for media insertion.

Scott Rose is The Inspirational Nerd — a motivational speaker, transformational coach, and inspirational storyteller who helps people make magical transformations in their lives. Scott was professionally trained in the art of masterful public speaking by Steve Jobs and the marketing team at Apple. He traveled around the United States for 6 years with Apple’s executives as one of the top public speakers for all of Apple’s major events & retail store openings. Scott now gives motivational & inspirational talks on a variety of different topics every year, and he coaches other public speakers on how to give their own memorable speeches. You may even recognize Scott, because he is probably most famous for his viral hit comedy video series on YouTube with almost 4 million views: “Shit Apple Fanatics Say”. More recently, Scott has shifted his attention towards the world of health. After Scott was able to reverse a long list of his own chronic health issues with the keto lifestyle, he started offering keto health coaching privately to his friends. After seeing similar miraculous health transformations with his friends, he decided to officially open up his keto health coaching business to the world. He is thrilled to be able to help people reverse their health issues, and he loves seeing people transform from chronically ill to fully healthy again — all through simple dietary changes. Scott is also a member of MENSA International, and he is currently working on his first book, “Butter Is A Health Food”. You can learn more about Scott at theinspirationalnerd.com.