Author: Dan Martell (Best Selling Author, Investor & Coach)

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Dan Martell

Dan Martell is the bestselling author of “Buy Back Your Time” and the #1 executive coach for founders and CEO’s in the world. He was named Forbes Top 10 Business People to Follow on Social Media and is a highly sought-after speaker, including events by Tony Robbins and John Maxwell. He’s a husband and dad of two boys, and when he’s not in family mode, he’s competing in Ironman races and supporting troubled youth.

7 Questions That Will Give Your Startup Some Clarity

Roy Williams once said, “The risk of insult is the price of Clarity.” I truly believe that. Below are 7 questions that I’ve answered on Clarity using our Answers feature and I thought my responses could provide some Clarity (pun intended) for your startup.

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Why I’m Doing a 30 Day Blogging Challenge

In the past 12 days I’ve blogged every single day and I plan to continue for a total of 30 days. My approach to blogging is very similar to how I start companies. I get inspired, write something down, hit publish and then fix the typos and issues as I

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No Excuses

The world is riddled with people and their excuses. They always have a reason for something not going their way. I choose to take a different approach. I believe that I own 100% of my outcomes. I either win or I lose because of my actions. Some might blame circumstances,

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How Saying No Allows Me To Do More

The challenge in todays world is that almost anyone can be reached via email. You can either guess their email using a tool like Rapportive, or just find their public Facebook page and message them directly. In some ways, your inbox is filled with everyone else’s to-do lists.

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Mr. Rogers (1969) And The $20M Dollar Story

Wow. What an amazing speech. I had no idea. What I love most is the passion, the story and the way he told it. This video should be shown in every business class because it represents the power of story and passion. Here’s a guy that devoted his life to

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Motivation
Dan Martell

7 Step Framework For Starting a Company

Starting a full blown company is a scary endeavour… that’s why I’ve always started very small. My approach is very iterative. At each step I’m trying to prove if there’s a “there, there.” Or better yet, “Will the dog hunt?”, “Does anyone want this?” I also start off with a

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Entrepreneurial Needs

“It isn’t normal to know what we want. It is a rare and difficult psychological achievement.” ~ Abraham Maslow All great entrepreneurs have this in common. They know what they want. But they didn’t always know what they really wanted. Most of them went through what I call Maslow’s Hierarchy

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