“Dan possesses both vision and the ability to motivate others to turn the vision into reality. I have worked for him at two organizations (as have many others) and can vouch for his ability to build and grow a sales oriented organization.”
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Dan is an independent consultant focused helping companies drive step change growth. He…
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I spent years looking for travel writing built for experienced travelers, people who know what they want from a trip and are long past going…
I spent years looking for travel writing built for experienced travelers, people who know what they want from a trip and are long past going…
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Excited to share that the paperback edition of How to Score in Hollywood is coming December 8, 2026. And right now, there’s a great opportunity to…
Excited to share that the paperback edition of How to Score in Hollywood is coming December 8, 2026. And right now, there’s a great opportunity to…
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Thank you to the team at James Lovell Federal Health Care Center! We are truly honored to serve you and our veterans! Special thanks to Alan Bradley…
Thank you to the team at James Lovell Federal Health Care Center! We are truly honored to serve you and our veterans! Special thanks to Alan Bradley…
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Dragonfly Operating Partners
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More Universities Need to Teach Sales
Harvard Business Review
The world of selling is changing and driving organic growth now more than ever requires individuals that are skilled at this discipline. However, academia largely still graduates students who are not suitably equipped with a critically important business and life skill. This needs to change.
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2016 Best Companies for Leaders
Chief Executive Magazine
Chief Executive Magazine's 2016 Best Companies For Leaders Survey has been published. This is the sixth year that GrowthPlay’s Talent Analytics Center has conducted the research and selected the company rankings. See what you can learn by looking at the results.
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The Best Way to Hire Salespeople
Harvard Business Review
The costs of hiring the wrong salespeople and the benefits of getting it right. Some suggestions for avoiding the former and instead accomplishing the latter.
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Building the Right Team to Scale a Startup
Kellogg Insight
The article discusses the importance of instilling rigor and discipline into human capital decisions when scaling a business from early stage to a much larger business.
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How an Entrepreneur Came to Work with Richard Driehaus
Crain's Chicago
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Second Stage Entrepreneurship, Ten Proven Strategies for Driving Aggressive Growth
Palgrave/Macmillan
See publicationThis book takes the reader through the most complex and challenging phase of the entrepreneurial journey. By covering topics from leadership to business strategy to smart hiring, Dan explains how to transform a successful start-up into an enterprise that can succeed past its early days into a much larger, sustainable business.
This book analyzes how notable companies have employed one or more of these strategies to become the successful businesses they are today. Each of these…This book takes the reader through the most complex and challenging phase of the entrepreneurial journey. By covering topics from leadership to business strategy to smart hiring, Dan explains how to transform a successful start-up into an enterprise that can succeed past its early days into a much larger, sustainable business.
This book analyzes how notable companies have employed one or more of these strategies to become the successful businesses they are today. Each of these companies has unique attributes, but they share fundamental principles that apply to any business. Creativity, the right staff, unique corporate culture, proactive management practices, smart governance, strong leadership and new capitalization—all these tools are needed to steer businesses toward future growth and continued prosperity.
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Thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey for the last 30 years. We truly appreciate it. Thank you one and all.
Thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey for the last 30 years. We truly appreciate it. Thank you one and all.
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Thank you indeed. We truly value your partnership! Excellent work Courtney (Ingram) Trebing!
Thank you indeed. We truly value your partnership! Excellent work Courtney (Ingram) Trebing!
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Indianapolis CFO Leadership Council Presents: Building and Leading a High Performance Team | Thursday, May 21, 2026 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm…
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Most annual plans are dead on arrival by March. Not because the strategy was wrong. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿…
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Thank you to the team at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center! It is truly an honor to serve our veterans! Excellent work Beth Boyer Kollas, MS, PhD…
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What a Journey – 17 Years Advising Exact Sciences Abbott's acquisition of Exact Sciences is closing today! It has been the highlight of my career…
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