Today I’m excited to share with you something that’s been frustrating the begeezus out of me, which is that most people would rather be entertained than educated! It seems like it’s a subtle thing, because you’re like, “Dan, you are entertaining and you are teaching me stuff… what are you
Over the last 25 years, almost all of the private sector jobs have been created by businesses less than 5 years old. It’s because of this fact, that I believe most economic development strategies are broken. They focus on convincing bigger, established companies from outside of the region to open
If you owned a restaurant and I asked you to suggest a restaurant for me to host an event at – wouldn’t you be pissed? Well, here’s the deal… If you email me asking for business advice and you haven’t tried Clarity – then I’ll take it as a personal
In San Francisco, being an Entrepreneur puts you at the top of the food chain and failing is worn like a badge of honour – so most people can’t wait to jump into a pool full of startup Kool-Aid. Even the non-swimmers.
A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. ~ Will Rogers The other day I was talking with my mom – who owns a delivery service – and she asked, “Dan, you know a bit about business, what can I do
As a teenager I was a “skater.” One of those kids who hung out downtown and annoyed the pedestrians. Skateboarding is how I spent my teenage years. Was I any good? I like to think so. Towards the end of my skating days, I almost got my 360 flips dialed
This morning I went for a run with a good friend and we were talking about online businesses. He’s an amazing teacher and gets asked all of the time to speak and help others due to the success he’s had in his classroom. So I said, “You should just publish
Today I want to honour the entrepreneurs in our world. I know I’m super biased, but let’s put that aside for a second. Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, gets better without someone standing up and deciding to make it better. I believe most people go through their day and take
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