David Feinman began his online career marketing concerts in high school on Facebook. He took a 200 person monthly concert and turned it into a 1600 person monthly event through Facebook Advertising. David went on to start The Zombie Run which grew from 0-35,000 participants in 9 months in 16 major markets. The race was featured in Wired, Anderson Cooper and is known nationally throughout the USA. David Co-Founded Viral Ideas Marketing which creates video content for clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 Brands.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Just coming from a place of really not knowing anything about the world of business other than having a desire to create something so I actually think this difficulty worked to my advantage, hearing all these entrepreneurs talk about difficulties including reflecting on myself, the fact that I didn’t know what It meant to keep books or negotiate or sell, I didn’t know all those were things in the world”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the deal Book by Oren Klaff
- Elon Musk Biography
Favourite Quote:
“Do what makes you happy”
Recommended Online Resources:
Hubspot‘s Blog for marketing, sales, agency, and customer success content, which has more than 400,000 subscribers and attracts over 2 million monthly visitors
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Do what’s right for you, I know a lot of people will say just do it, but do what’s right for you meaning is it really right for you to start a business and if you’re doing it, are you doing it in a way that’s right for you. Maybe you have a family and kids but you want to start a business but you have a mortgage and a house and you have to pay for college, is there a way that you can start a business that’s a little bit on the side that you’re doing something that you’re getting started with. Once that income starts to build up you could potentially start to divest your relationship with your employer and keep them both going” …[Listen for More]
More About David Feinman:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Asking great questions that help people move into their own strengths and access their priorities might be called the front piece or the engine of the coaching conversation.” Marilyn Atkinson
Other Quotes From the Chat with David Feinman:
- “It’s not work to me, I come into the office and it’s just my day, it’s not like I go to work or I go to the gym, this is what I’m doing today, I’m going to my company’s office and I’m doing some stuff there”
- “What I’m doing makes me happy and that to me is the secret to success, happiness”
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