How this Tech Savvy Military Leader Became an Entrepreneurial Titan
Dan Ashburn was always destined to be a leading entrepreneur. While the average 13-year-old might be head down playing video games, he had a laser focus on achieving the goals that would set him up for the future.
Amongst other entrepreneurial ventures, Dan’s journey started with building websites and ranking them, long before Google was a household name. He says, “I saw early on that success comes from providing a service that others appreciate”. A quick search shows his very first website still brings in revenue today.
Asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he’d reply “I want to run a successful business by the time I’m 30”. He became an Amazon entrepreneur with a team responsible for 8 figures long before that birthday, but like any industry leader, Dan’s achievements didn’t come easy.
While he taught himself the basics of digital marketing and business management in his spare time, Dan’s home life became challenging. His parents divorced, and he moved out of the UK to the Spanish island of Tenerife, where the responsibility to take care of his mother and his younger siblings shifted to him. Although life had its challenges, by becoming head of the household, Dan learned resilience, foresight and leadership skills that would continue to serve him throughout his career.
