Dan Daly knows what it takes to build — and rebuild — a business. He spent 20 years in automotive retail, scaling a startup dealership group to $600M in annual revenue. Then, “late to the game,” he pivoted into investing and in less than five years built a global portfolio across real estate, crypto, and lifestyle ventures through his firm, Global Investment Partnership.
Dan also founded Aim High, where he helps entrepreneurs sharpen customer experience and unlock hidden profit centers. His story proves that entrepreneurial success isn’t about when you start, but how you adapt, execute, and lead.
I wrote my first line of code at 5 and started my first company at 16. Since then, I’ve been a CEO for over 5,578 days – long enough to learn that “being nice guy” doesn’t pay the bills, outcomes do. As a dev I’ve authored three apps that hit #1 in the US App Store, created the biggest @parseapp based product, and was featured by Mark Zuckerberg on stage at #F8.
Today, I build my UX Design agency and scale products with the same bias for action: ship, measure, iterate. I mentor founders and funds as a @techstars and other VCs, where my advice tends to be blunt: focus the roadmap, kill vanity metrics, and design around activation, retention, and revenue.
Damon Darnall, aka the Drone Boss, is the founder of theSky Eye Network. The Drone Boss has over 25 years of experience flying Drones and has logged over 10,000 Drone flight hours. He has set 2 world records and competed in numerous National and World competitions.
He is currently hosting “Drone Command Live ” seminars all over America, helping new Drone Operators start successful and profitable businesses using their drones.
Nikita Vakhrushev has spent the last 7 years immersed in the digital marketing world. After starting his own ecom brand and quickly pivoting into the agency model, he found his place in ecommerce advertising services.
After amassing all the marketing skills needed to scale brands, he found great success in email and SMS marketing, which is what he specializes in today!
Now after working with over 100+ DTC brands, having the knowledge behind all marketing channels, but sticking with email as his bread and butter, Nikita has a unique perspective on how to get the most out of a brand's retention channels.
