My #1 passion is teaching.

#2 is building AI businesses.

I’ve built and exited 3x tech companies.

Invested in 100+ others.

Spend 98.2% of my time building AI startups at Martell Ventures (AI Venture Studio)

Wrote a WSJ best selling book www.BuyBackYourTime.com

Play life full out (wake surfing, snowboarding, mountain biking) at the highest level…

… and I love people and travelling the world with my family training and speaking on the biggest stages.

Oh, and did all that after ending up in jail and rehab at 17 years old.

It’s been a journey to say the least.


Dan Martell

Keep showing up until your courage becomes contagious.

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1 day ago | [YT] | 2,463

Dan Martell

The way you talk to yourself matters. Be kind. Be patient. Be the voice you needed when you were younger.

You're not falling behind. You're not doing it wrong. You're not broken.

You're becoming.

And becoming takes time. Give yourself that time.

You're going to be okay.

-DM

3 days ago | [YT] | 4,351

Dan Martell

There's a resentment building in you that you haven't named yet.

Toward the team. Toward the clients. Toward the business itself.

You don't say it out loud because it sounds ungrateful. You built this. People would kill for what you have. So you swallow it.

But it leaks out. In the way you snap at your kids. The way you stop returning friends' calls. The way Sunday night feels like a countdown.

That resentment isn't a character flaw. It's a signal.

A signal that you've outgrown the version of yourself that built this - and you're trying to operate the new chapter with old wiring.

That's the exact problem the 5 Daily Non-Negotiables solve.

I'm working with a few founders who are ready to listen to the signal instead of muting it.

If that's you, click this link and I'll reach out to see if it’s a fit 👊

go.danmartell.com/connect-youtube-2026-10-05

-DM

5 days ago | [YT] | 836

Dan Martell

Build the business around your life.

Not the other way around.

Most founders are treating their business like the goal instead of the thing that's supposed to fund the goal.

I know because I did it too.

"Once revenue hits a certain number, I'll get my life back."

Revenue hit the number, but I didn't get my life back.

The problem was never the number.

It was the story I kept telling myself, that more growth automatically meant more freedom.

It doesn't.

Growth without redesign just means more pain, at a bigger scale.

So I stopped asking how do I grow this faster, and started asking what is my business supposed to give me.

Now I am able to have dinner with my family every night.

Remember, your company should give you your time back.

Not consume all of it.

-DM

6 days ago | [YT] | 988

Dan Martell

Money follows the people who chase hard problems.

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Dan Martell

The only person who needs to believe in you...

is you.

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1 week ago | [YT] | 1,511

Dan Martell

You can't stay loyal to one AI model forever.

But switching AI shouldn’t mean starting from zero.

At the moment, ChatGPT is now one of the most powerful AI tools.

So this is how to move from Claude back to ChatGPT:

STEP 1: THE ASK

→ Load up Claude and give it this exact prompt:

"Analyze everything you know about me and write a portable system prompt I can paste into any AI: my communication style, personal context, active projects, goals and standing preferences."

This pulls everything Claude has on you, not just the basics.

STEP 2: THE OUTPUT

→ Claude hands you back a system prompt.

Detailed instructions that tell any AI exactly how to work with you.

Skim it before you use it anywhere.

If something's off, fix it now.

STEP 3: THE TRANSFER

→ Go to ChatGPT, settings, then Personalization.

Turn on "Enable Customization."

Paste the system prompt into custom instructions.

Use this with any AI out there.

The model isn't the differentiator.

Your context is.

If you want the AI Operating System with everything I use to run AI across all my companies, click the link below:

go.danmartell.com/aios-youtube-2026-09-29

-DM

1 week ago | [YT] | 26

Dan Martell

Here’s the hardest thing for ambitious entrepreneurs to admit:

The business is “successful” on paper…

But you know it’s coasting.

Revenue’s flat.

The same problems keep coming back.

You’re solving bigger fires, but not building bigger opportunities.

And that gap between where you are and where you KNOW you should be?

That’s the part that eats at you.

And I get it.

I’ve coached hundreds of founders through that exact phase.

They think it’s a new course, a new tactic, a strategy that will unlock momentum again.

But here’s the truth:

The version of you that got here… won’t be the version that breaks the next ceiling.

That’s why my private clients always begin with the “5 Daily Non-Negotiables”.

A system to upgrade your identity. Get focused.

If you're ready to step into your 10.0 version that can finally scale again...

Hit this link and I'll reach out to see if it’s a fit 👊

go.danmartell.com/connect-youtube-2026-09-28

- DM

1 week ago | [YT] | 18

Dan Martell

To be in the 1%, you can't act like the 99%.

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1 week ago | [YT] | 161

Dan Martell

The limits are imaginary. Go get everything you ever wanted 👊🩵

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