Daniel Priestley started out as an entrepreneur at age 21 and built a multi-million-dollar event, marketing and management business before the age of 25. A successful entrepreneur, international speaker and best-selling author, Daniel has built and sold businesses in Australia, Singapore and the UK. Having a passion for global small business, Daniel is the co-founder of Dent Global which runs world-leading business accelerators and events. Dent has teams in the UK, USA, Singapore and Australia, and they work with over 1000 entrepreneurs and business leaders each year to develop their businesses. As an active fundraiser, Daniel has helped to raise over £350,000 for various charities, and is connected to some of the world’s most known and celebrated entrepreneurs and leaders. In 2016, he was listed in the Top 25 of the Smith & Williamson Power 100 which shines a spotlight on the influence’s who champion and most impact the lives of entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“We had to scale up without funding, we had a lot of stress, in 2005 I spoke at 174 events that we put on and it was always the same talk so I was literally disgusted by the sound of my own voice. We were hiring people and firing people and all of that sort of stuff, so funding was an issue, team was an issue, being taken seriously as a young person was an issue”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Entrepreneur Revolution: How to develop your entrepreneurial mindset and start a business that works Book by Daniel PriestleyKey Person of Influence (Revised Edition): The Five-Step Method to become one of the most highly valued and highly paid people in your industry Book by Daniel Priestley
Oversubscribed: How to Get People Lining Up to Do Business with You Book by Daniel Priestley
What’s Your Business Worth?: The entrepreneur and advisor’s guide to discovering, monitoring, and optimizing business valuation Book by Michael M Carter, Daniel Priestley, Scott Gabehart
Favourite Quote:
“You get what you pitch for and you’re always pitching”
Recommended Online Resources:
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Build a really good product eco system, the product is greatly important. Great companies have great products. Innovate, do more product development. Focus on training yourself and the people around you, and really stay ahead of the product”…[Listen for More]
More About Daniel Priestley:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.” Albert Einstein
Other Quotes From the Chat with Daniel Priestley:
- “It’s not a bad thing to go and work at an entrepreneurial company. A lot of people think they have to go from working at a big corporate job to working by themselves and there’s a big halfway step which is a really great step which is to go and do a year or 2 working within an entrepreneurial company, a company that might have 5-15 employees and to join a team that inspires you”
- “Secrets to success are knowing what to focus on at any given time”
“The book that absolutely changes your life is the one you write not the one you read” - “Its acts of creation not acts of consumption that change peoples lives
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