Dan Martell
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
Your circle is either an anchor or a flywheel.
Holding you down or propelling you forward.
There’s no between.
Audit your circle. Do a Friendventory.
Those who add rather than take earn their place.
Those who take rather than add lose theirs.
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Dan Martell
If you’ve been too busy running your business to really learn AI…
That’s exactly why you NEED it.
After spending the last 2 years heads first in AI and helping entrepreneurs, I realized:
Most people think they need to be a techie to use it.
They need hours and hours to learn new software.
So they wait… And they fall behind.
But what I’ve learned:
You can literally buy back hours every week, with a few skills you can learn in minutes.
Which is why I’m doing this:
Nov 12–15, I’m running a free AI CEO Challenge
To help you buy back hours every week using simple systems.
4 days. 4 easy challenges. No tech skills required.
Each morning, you’ll get a short video, template and steps you can implement in 10 minutes.
Tactics that will change how you do business for the next 10 years.
Ways to get hours back to finally create again. Lead again. Live again.
I care about you too much to let you sleep on this.
You in with me? Join the challenge here:
go.danmartell.com/aichallenge2
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Dan Martell
At some point, you stop chasing impressive and start chasing meaningful.
The shift is quiet. Nobody announces it.
You just wake up one day and realize the things you were working toward don't matter as much as the things you already have.
The people who know you.
The work that fills you.
The peace you feel when nothing's happening.
That's the wealth most people miss because they're too busy looking ahead.
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Dan Martell
Nobody owes you success.
Not your parents. Not your boss. Not the world.
The second you take ownership, everything changes.
But the truth is most people stay stuck.
They’re too busy blaming others for where they’re not… instead of doing the work to get where they want to be.
Take ownership. Build your skills. Create your opportunities.
No one’s coming to save you.
And that’s the best news you’ll ever hear.
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Dan Martell
There are two types of businesses in 2025:
1. Businesses that are installing AI.
2. Businesses that will go out of business.
While you're trying to figure out how to leverage AI...
Your competitors are already using it to:
- Buy back time you're still losing
- Close deals faster
- Scale with leaner teams
And every week you wait, they pull further ahead.
I'm not saying this to scare you.
I'm saying it because I see it happening in real time with the entrepreneurs I work with.
The ones who get it? Buying back 15-20 hours per week.
The ones who don't? Still stuck at 60 hours wondering why growth feels so hard.
That’s why I decided to do something I've never done:
AI CEO Challenge. Nov 12.
4 days where I'll give you exactly what the first group figured out.
How to build AI systems that buy back your time.
In plain English.
With zero coding.
For free.
The gap between AI CEOs and everyone else is becoming exponential.
I wanna help you close that gap.
Sign up here: go.danmartell.com/aichallenge2
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Dan Martell
My EA decides what I do every day… NOT me.
I follow my calendar, but I don’t create it.
This freaked me out at first
But after building a simple playbook for my executive assistant to follow…
I got HOURS back every week.
Hours to spend building the business instead of playing tetris with time blocks.
But here’s what I didn’t expect:
It’s not about just making it all fit or optimizing to get more done…
It’s about protecting you time.
I decide my priorities. What’s IMPORTANT. Then my assistant holds me to it.
No more “I’ll do it later”.
No more “I’ll squeeze it in” and then run out of time.
When you have the right calendar system, you stop trying to just keep up, and start moving the business forward.
Want a copy of my internal EA playbook?
Grab it here 👇
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If you’ve been hovering around the same revenue for months… or years…
You’re not missing a new tactic.
You’re stuck in the Capacity Trap.
When the business depends on you, more growth = more pain.
So you push harder… and stay flat.
I lived there for years.
Reading the books. Taking courses. Trying every new hack to get free.
But the fix isn’t actually better tactics. It isn’t even more leads.
After 28 years building companies, I’ve learned...
It starts by rewiring the limiting beliefs that keep you stuck as the operator.
This is exactly why I give my private clients my “5 Daily Non-Negotiables.”
It’s how I got out of the Capacity Trap and now run multiple businesses while travelling the world with my wife and kids.
This simple system has helped thousands shift from operator to owner and make growth inevitable.
If you’re ready to own your business AND your time…
Text me "Coach" @ 1-778-652-8414 and I'll send you all the details.
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Dan Martell
Every legend looked “average” first.
455 uploads. 300 rejections. 9,000 missed shots.
Keep swinging until consistency makes you dangerous.
Your job isn’t to be perfect, it’s to keep going.
The work compounds. The world catches up.
So, why not you?
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Doesn't matter how good the company. How impressive the title. How competitive the salary.
If your boss isn't making you better, you're getting worse.
A bad boss makes you question if you're good enough.
A good boss makes you realize how much further you can go.
One makes you desperate to leave. The other makes you dangerous to lose.
If you have a great leader right now, stay longer than you planned.
If you don't, leave faster than you think you should.
Choose the person who makes you better, not the title that "looks" better.
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Dan Martell
You're tougher than your circumstances.
Keep going.
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