Dan Martell - July 04, 2016


FOUNDER DINNERS ｜ Dan Martell Original (Micro-Doc)


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In this episode, I talk about the importance of founders' dinners and how you can start hosting them in your own city or small town. It's a great way to get to know other entrepreneurs and get a chance to connect with them on a deeper level.

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00:00:00.000 When I think back, you know, I read an amazing book by a guy named Keith Ferozzi called Never Eat Alone.
00:00:08.580 That really shaped my life in regards to getting people together to just break bread.
00:00:14.220 When I was starting off, I didn't feel like I had much value to give, but I knew them meeting each other was the value.
00:00:22.620 I saw it as something that I wanted to do for the rest of my life, and it's been 10 years now that I've been hosting founders' dinners and organizing events
00:00:29.620 and bringing people together because it's probably the most high-leverage use of my time.
00:00:34.620 As an entrepreneur, one of the biggest things you can do to really grow your business,
00:00:39.100 to grow yourself, is to be around other people that are on that journey.
00:00:46.200 What I tell people is like, hey, we're going to do these dinners, everybody goes Dutch. 1.00
00:00:50.720 I always suggest that people go to a place that they personally love.
00:00:54.420 Many people also get stuck in the details.
00:00:57.320 Oh, what restaurant do I host it in?
00:00:59.140 and who should I invite, or how should I introduce people?
00:01:01.900 It's all the mechanics, and I'm telling ya,
00:01:04.640 if you come from a place of pure giving,
00:01:07.200 and that is your intent, and you screw up everything else,
00:01:10.460 if you book a loud restaurant,
00:01:12.720 or you forget to do introductions,
00:01:14.920 or you even forget to send a reminder email
00:01:16.600 that people show up.
00:01:18.320 If you come from that place, 0.82
00:01:19.540 it's gonna be an incredible experience.
00:01:21.960 The coolest part, especially if you come from a small town
00:01:24.640 or a city that doesn't have compression,
00:01:26.900 when you start organizing these dinners,
00:01:29.020 they start creating these micro-communities.
00:01:33.060 And here's the other thing,
00:01:34.060 is many people know other people on a surface level.
00:01:39.220 If you want to have a deep conversation,
00:01:41.960 the biggest thing is for you to go first.
00:01:44.060 So if you want people to be open sharing their challenges,
00:01:46.520 you gotta go first.
00:01:47.720 That'll help break the surface.
00:01:50.300 To me, what is more powerful is the deep connection.
00:01:53.540 There will never be a replacement for in-person,
00:01:56.520 human to human, not B to B, right?
00:01:58.460 not business of business, H to H.
00:02:01.700 And just let magic happen, serendipity happen.
00:02:04.340 Do not force it, do not do it from a place of
00:02:06.560 what do I get out of this?
00:02:08.000 Just give, give, give and trust me,
00:02:10.140 if you just set that as a new behavior,
00:02:13.240 a new thing you do as you travel
00:02:15.280 and maybe every month in your own city,
00:02:17.120 it will transform your life.
00:02:19.640 Just know that everybody at this table's here for a reason.
00:02:23.260 When I looked at the other people
00:02:24.460 that accepted my initial invites,
00:02:26.080 I brought some other folks in here.
00:02:27.820 So I'm not going to tell you who you should meet but there's somebody else that I thought you should meet at this table and we're going to stay as long as there's food and conversation and drinks and thanks for coming out guys.