I’m that rare breed of person who’s both left and right brained at the same time. I’m an artist AND I’m an entrepreneur.

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I’ve loved art since I was old enough to hold a crayon and spent my entire youth drawing on any flat surface I could get my hands on.

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I was first bitten by the entrepreneur bug at 14 when I decided I wanted to save for a car. I was still too young to legally work so, thinking outside the box, I came up with the idea to build a fleet of lemonade stands. You know, like the ones you see in the old black and white movies, all old boards and bent nails. I placed them all over town and with the help of some friends, it turned out to be a huge success! I was hooked!!!

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College led me down many academic rabbit holes including, fine art, psychology, design, photography, marketing, and even landed me in a mentorship program for comic book artists hosted by Marvel comics.

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After looking at my options and deciding which would allow me to best feed my need to be creative as well as be my own boss, I settled on my dream career, “photography”. Months after graduating from photography school, I created what would become a successful award-winning portrait and commercial photography studio which I ran until I retired from photography 35 years later. 

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So how do you go from photographer to business coach, you might ask… It’s actually not as big a leap as you might think. A successful photographer has to have strong people skills and a huge passion for people. You learn how to listen to a client’s needs in order to easily connect with them. You work with people’s strengths and use empathy to put a client at ease in order to help them develop confidence in themselves.

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Add to that a few years as a teacher at a local university, starting a few businesses on the side, and having survived just about every kind of economy there is, and you pick up a thing or two about how to run a business.

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As the years went by, it seemed natural to connect with other entrepreneurs who wanted to create their own successful businesses as well. I became a coach because I believe everyone has something powerful to contribute to the world but often they find themselves in a place in life where they're not seen, heard, or appreciated. I wanted to change that!

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I’ve had many amazing mentors over the years who have radically changed my life for the better and now, I’m in a place to do the same for others.

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My journey has been a unique experience, and my goal is to pass along that experience to you so that you may do the same.

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Are you ready? Let’s get started!

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Dave