Dan Martell

15 statements across 2 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 23, 2020 by Dan Martell · said 64 times in 30 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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2018 1 mention in 1 episode
2016 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode

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Oct 23, 2020
Disclosure
Martell: Introduced to drugs at 13, joined motorbike gangs at 15
“I got introduced to drugs when I was 13, but what happened at 15 was meeting people that were in motorbike gangs and dealing quantities of drugs”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 3:57 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020 positive
Insight
Martell: At-Risk Youth Develop Unusually High EQ to Survive
“Some of the smartest kids, and I have the privilege of working with them today, these at-risk youth their EQ is off the charts because they've just, you know, they've really had to develop that muscle just to even stay alive.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 5:05 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Martell: Mark Cuban thoughtfully replied to every Clarity investor update
“Every six weeks I send an investor update and he's one of the only investors I can say has always replied to everyone with something thoughtful. Very short, but always replied.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 42:41 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020
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Martell: Made $7,000 per Month Selling Drugs at Age 15
“I was making around 7000 a month.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 6:41 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Martell: Mark Cuban invested $250K in Clarity after 13 emails
“It was literally 13 email questions. And then the last one was like, I'm in for 250.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 41:57 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Martell: Clarity.fm acquisition by Startups.co featured a zero-day earnout
“A zero day earn out. So I got to give Will props on the negotiation. I still remember the moment I was sitting, standing in my pacing in my driveway and he goes, Hey, I just want you to know, I don't expect you to stay more than a day.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 44:02 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020
Disclosure
Martell: Sold receivables at a 27% discount to meet Spheric's payroll
“So I ended up having to sell my receivables to a factory company for like, I want to say, 27%. I gave them for like 90 days.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 29:20 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020 bullish
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Martell: Spheric did $1M first year, grew 150% annually for four years
“We ended up doing about a million the first year and then just kept doubling every year for four years, a 150% year over year.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 30:16 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020
Assertion Not publicly verifiable
Dan Martell: Served 5–6 Months in Adult Jail Before Rehabilitation
“I ended up doing five to six months in an adult jail due to the severity of my crime. I got released out of there for good behavior to finish off my sentence at a rehab center called Fortage New Brunswick, which was in the middle of nowhere as an old church ca…”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 8:10 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Martell: Maritime Vacation made $50K before losing to AttheCottage.com
“And I did that probably made 50 grand building the site cause I opened up the size of it. But after about a year, I got crushed by the guy who had at the cottage.com who obviously had a better domain focus was all of Canada, more features.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 15:26 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020
Disclosure
Martell: At 16, led police on high-speed chase with a handgun
“When I was 16, I had a backpack with a handgun because the police were looking for me and I decided to steal a car. And while I was making my way out of the province, I figured I'd go to Montreal. I pulled off the highway to get gas and a routine roadblock and…”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 2:55 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020 neutral
Disclosure
Martell: Clarity.fm required an enterprise expert-network pivot to reach $1B
“Couldn't figure out the business model at scale to be a billion dollar company. Knew what it would have to take, which would be totally different than what we were doing. Essentially, we would have to go more enterprise and start selling licenses to like big h…”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 43:03 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020
Disclosure
Martell: Bought back 21% equity from initial partners before Spheric exit
“A hundred percent. And when I started it with three initial guys, yeah, I gave them 21% each, seven, seven each and 21% total. And then over the first two years, I ended up buying their equity back because I learned there's a difference between being a founder…”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 33:49 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 23, 2020
What-if
Martell: Would have kept Spheric Holdings and hired a CEO instead of selling
“That's probably the one decision I would have done differently. Like now that I know what I know about business and assets and scaling teams, I would have kept it hire a CEO because it was a great business.”
Dan Martell Oct 23, 2020 ▶ 32:25 Cocaine, Coding, and Cashflow, The Truth about Dan Martell
Oct 12, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Prados: Invested ~$250k in executive masterminds over the last decade
“I've spent probably a quarter million dollars in the last 10 years on my education, so I didn't go to college college, but, you know, I've joined, you know, masterminds you know, everything from Dan Kennedy to Frank Kern to Dan Martell”
Matt Prados Oct 12, 2022 ▶ 20:51 $100m Deck Builder: Bootstrapped to $100M Valuation
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