event, you have probably heard that it was a great experience for all —audience and speakers alike.
Given the founders’ extensive nonprofit work, LEAN is likely to be an enduring source of success for the company and the clients it serves.
“I came from a family that was very much into risk mitigation,” Dan explains. “My father was the head of human resources at the largest bank in Delaware. And my first job out of school was as a financial advisor, which at that time, you got paid an $18,000 base salary plus 40% commission on any products that you sold.” Dan’s father couldn’t understand why he would want to do sales. Dan couldn’t imagine pushing paper in an office all day. “I've always kind of had a drive to involve myself in ventures that had a little bit of risk,” Dan says. He wanted to be a part of something that “builds things, builds businesses, and helps build people.” Throughout his life, and now in his own ventures, he is fulfilling that purpose.
On the App
On His Own
One of Dan’s current projects was created with the nonprofit powerhouse Theresa Huff. They co- founded LEAN: Leadership Excellence Academy for Nonprofits LLC, designed to raise the bar for leadership, training, technology, and fundraising in the nonprofit sector. As part of its multi-generational approach, LEAN has created an app called G ive ALA tte (GALA). This app incentivizes young people to defer consumptive behavior in order to donate to a nonprofit. It helps remind those who have a desire to give but have a tendency to forget to do so. The app reminds them to choose between having that expensive coffee at the local shop and giving it to an organization instead. Once a donation is made, the app sends a social media post that shares news about the donation. The app builds the value contribution over consumption.
While these projects are exciting, it is the first time in thirty-five years that Dan has not received a paycheck from someone else. Many of us know this feeling of cutting ties and relying solely on our ventures to carry us through. Dan has always been a serial lifestyle entrepreneur. But he has had a job that covered the dimes while having side hustles to feed investments, multiple ventures, and his lifestyle. The hustle with a paycheck has been with Dan since childhood. Beginning around eleven years old, he had a newspaper route, then he was a stock boy at a drugstore, and he washed dishes at a retirement home. When he was in college, he had a marketing and promotions company.
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