Dan Martell

  • Local entrepreneurs give inaugural Big Kansas City a lift

    Midwestern hospitality takes many forms, like a home-cooked meal or a “What can I get you?” Our inaugural Big Kansas City event last month was welcomed into the community by a group of entrepreneurs who wanted to get the local Big Series event off to a rousing start. Weeks before the event, Claude Aldridge (right),…

  • Clarity founder Dan Martell credits his success to motivation, hustle

    The importance of hustle and motivation in the making of a successful entrepreneur was central to Dan Martell’s talk Wednesday at our Big Kansas City event. Martell is the founder and CEO of Clarity, a community of more than 7,000 entrepreneurs that offer advice over the phone to users across the world. Motivation trumps knowledge…

  • Big Season Pass now on sale, first Big Kansas City speakers revealed

    Registration for the Big Season Pass, a golden ticket to attend all three of The Big Series events, is now available. This pass provides an exclusive 20 percent discount and guarantees a seat to Big Kansas City, Big Omaha and Big Des Moines. The Big Season Pass is on sale for a general admission price…

  • Big Omaha Backstage Pass – Dan Martell: Work on something bigger

    “I guess the one piece of advice I would give anybody,” Dan Martell, co-founder of Flowtown, said, “is that no matter what you’re gonna to decide to work on – whether it be a million-dollar idea or a 10-million-dollar idea or a 100-million-dollar idea – you’re gonna spend the same amount of time doing it.…

  • Big Omaha Video Series: Extended Speaker Q&A

    Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the 14th video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features an extended Q&A panel with Dan Martell of Flowtown, Shervin Pishevar of Menlo Ventures, Mark Eckō of Artists & Instigators, Sarah Lacy of TechCrunch and Ben Huh of Cheezburger…

  • Big Omaha Video Series: Dan Martell of Flowtown

    Today, we’re pleased to share with the you the eighth video in our Big Omaha 2011 Video Series, brought to you by CoSentry. The video features Dan Martell, co-founder of Flowtown, a social marketing platform focused on helping small businesses achieve real results in the world of social media. An award-winning entrepreneur at age 25,…

  • Big Omaha – Dan Martell: ‘I realized it’s not about not failing. It’s about not dying.’

    Dan Martell lives and breathes entrepreneurship. In fact, Martell is pretty sure his parents believe he is un-hirable. Martell is the co-founder of Flowtown, a serial angel investor and on the board of Startup Weekend. As Dan says, “If you’re an entrepreneur, I’m your biggest fan.” He’s also very proud to be Canadian. The topic…

  • Big Omaha: Thursday speakers in the spotlight

    Haven’t had time to do your homework on all of this year’s Big Omaha speakers? Not to worry; we can help you cram. We’ve combed the world wide interwebs to come up with a couple of stories, interviews, videos or otherwise noteworthy nuggets on each of our Big Omaha presenters so that you can brush…

  • A visit with Big Omaha 2011 speaker Dan Martell of Flowtown

    We’re just two weeks away from Big Omaha 2011, and we want to share a conversation we recently had with Dan Martell, co-founder of Flowtown, a company focused on providing web-based tools that allow small businesses to measure their online marketing efforts. In November, Silicon Prairie News contributor John T. Meyer wrote a Tools for…