Damon Brown

📍Las Vegas
Helping Non-Traditional Creatives Bloom
4x TED Speaker / Entrepreneur & Coach / Inc. Magazine columnist

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Who is Damon?

Damon Brown helps side hustlers, solopreneurs, and other non-traditional creatives bloom.

He co-founded the popular platonic connection app Cuddlr and led it to acquisition within a year, all while being the primary caretaker of his infant first son.

He now guides others through his consulting, his Inc.com column, and public speaking on platforms like TED.

Damon’s latest book is Build From Now: How to Know Your Power, See Your Abundance & Nourish the World, the follow-up to Bring Your Worth: Level Up Your Creative Power, Value & Service to the World and his best-seller The Ultimate Bite-Sized Entrepreneur: 76 Ways to Boost Time, Focus & Productivity on Your Big Idea.

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"The belief that you have to sacrifice yourself to leave your entrepreneurial mark is a myth."

After co-founding and selling his popular startup, Cuddlr, within a year while taking care of his infant, Damon Brown discovered that you can pursue your passion within your current lifestyle.
He calls it Bite-Sized Entrepreneurship.

He goes deeper in his best-selling book series, popular keynotes, one-on-one coaching, long-running Inc. column, and as executive producer and host of the #BringYourWorth show every Monday/Wednesday/Friday.

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"The implications of his work are quite profound and will cause you to really do some deep thinking."

-Srinivas Rao, best-selling author and co-founder of The Unmistakable Creative

Your Three Steps to Your Full Potential

How you can be an effective side hustler, creative or solopreneur within your current life

1. Know Your Strengths

TEDxToledo

"How to Build Power Wherever You Are"

September 2020

2. Let Go of Perfection

TEDxToledo

"Why You Should Strive for Good Enough"

September 2018

3. Prepare for Success!

ASJA Austin keynote

"How to Create Your True Worth!"

February 2018

Entrepreneurship,Consulting & Thought Leadership

Startups, Journalism & Books

Cuddlr: Co-Founder
(Acquired July 2015)

Cuddlr: Social connecting in real life

Apple Top 10 app
200,000x users
Cover of WSJ & NY Times

So Quotable (SoQuo):
Founder, Developer

So Quotable: Capture quotes in real life

Featured in TED Book "Our Virtual Shadow"
Quotes shared by TED, Al Jazeera America & other media organizations

Inc. Magazine columnist

Developed the Sane Success column, exploring how ambitious entrepreneurs can thrive without destroying their personal relationships or sacrificing their health.

Also contribute to:

Playboy Magazine
New York Post
AARP Magazine
Family Circle
CNN
Four Seasons Magazine

Consulting & Guidance

"His talk changed our thinking!"

Organizer of Colombia 4.0, Bogota, Colombia

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Damon Brown Keynote Speaker | Sizzle Reel

Damon Brown helps side hustlers, solopreneurs, and other non-traditional creatives bloom. As a best-selling author, two-time startup founder, and four-time TED Speaker, Damon co-founded the popular platonic connection app Cuddlr and led it to acquisition within a year, all while being the primary caretaker of his infant son. He now guides others through his one-on-one business coaching, Inc. Magazine column, and side hustle bootcamp.

PROFIT: How to Create Your True Worth

Creatives often undervalue their services to the market, to their bank account, and to the world. In this inspirational and practical talk, Damon shares the best ways we can joyfully make a living off our craft, create business partnerships worthy of our skills, and truly be of service to others.

(Video courtesy of ASJA Austin: February 3, 2018)

PRODUCTIVITY: The Power of Good Enough

What is the number one killer of innovation? Perfection. With perfection, the key motivation often isn’t having high standards, but being afraid of making a mistake. In this talk, I share the three powerful strengths you get when you let perfection go.

(Photo courtesy of TEDxToledo: September 20, 2018)

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Why Your Side Hustle Matters More Than Ever

Believe it or not, we already have most of the skills we need to create our passion-driven business. So why aren’t most people pursuing their potentially profitable ideas? They are intimidated by the small gap in their skill set. In this immediately actionable talk, Damon shares how to easily traverse that gap and explains the three crucial strengths every successful entrepreneur possesses. It is an inspiring talk for both potential entrepreneurs and ambitious upstarts.

(Video from Bedroom Kandi V-Conference, August 2020)

PREVIOUS & UPCOMING EVENTS

Current Engagements

#BringYourWorth Keynote at Mendel Center/Lake Michigan College (first 150 sign-ups get a free book), April 26th, St. Joseph, MI
Show Me the Money: Banking, Taxes, Cash Flow and More at the Center for Independent Journalists conference, March 11 - 21, Washington D.C. (Off-Site)
Using Journalism Skills to Master Your Manuscript at the Hippocamp Conference, August 14th, Lancaster, PA

Previous Events

#BringYourWorth Keynote at the Authorpreneur conference (use special code "DAMON15"): May 1st - 2nd, Pittsburgh, PA (Off-Site)
Revenue Goals as a Journalist at The Parenting Journalist conference: March 12th - 13th, Washington, DC (Off-Site)
Surviving International Competition at N. L. Dalmia Institute of Management Studies and Research, February 27th, Mumbai, India (Off-Site)
How to Do a TED Talk at American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA): February 24th, New York, NY (Off-Site)
Entrepreneurship for the Rest of Us at AfroTech: February 22nd, Los Angeles, CA (Off-Site)
How to Build an Engaged Audience at Clubhouse (Featured Speaker): February 19th, Virtual.
Build From Now launch/Instagram Takeover of Costco: January 28th, Kirkland, WA (Off-Site)
Fireside Chat at McGill University's Speak to Lead: October 15th, Montreal, QC, Canada (Off-Site)

Speaker at American Society of Journalists & Authors (ASJA) Conference: September 29th, New York, NY (Off-Site)
Speaker at TEDxToledo: September 17th, Toledo, OH (Off-Site)
Speaker at Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Conference: September 12th - 13th, Washington, DC (Off-Site)
Keynote at Bedroom Kandi V-Conference: August 15th, Atlanta, GA (Off-Site)
Moderator at Inc./Salesforce's The Big Shift: July 16th, New York, NY (Off-Site)
Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Toledo Main Library: October 9th, 16th, 23rd & 29th, Toledo, OH
Morning Keynote at Maumee High School (Maumee, OH)

TED Active (TED Conference, Second Stage, Whistler, BC)
TEDxToledo keynote (Toledo, OH)
Colombia 4.0 (Bogota, Colombia)
Authors! Keynote at Sylvania Library (Sylvania, OH)
American Society of Journalists and Authors keynote (Austin, Texas)
American University keynote (Washington, DC)
Adult Entertainment Expo keynote (Las Vegas, NV)
Crowdsourcing Week (Washington, D.C.)
American Underground (Durham, NC)
Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
TEDxJackson keynote (Jackson, MS)
University of California Santa Cruz keynote (Santa Cruz, CA)
American Society of Journalists & Authors keynote (Austin, TX)

Join the Side-Hustle Boot Camp

The wisest, most productive people know a secret:

The belief that you have to sacrifice everything to make your mark is a myth.

I was told this myth repeatedly working in Silicon Valley, but I stumbled upon the secret later when I became an entrepreneur myself and I launched two apps, So Quotable and Cuddlr, the latter of which became the number one Apple app and was acquired within a year. Throughout this time, I acted as the primary caretaker of our first infant son. Somehow I was able to be a fully-present father, an active co-founder, TED Speaker, and prolific author. I went on a quest to learn how the most prolific creators, from Brene Brown and Steven Pressfield to Pema Chodron and Seth Godin, managed to follow their path within the limitations of their lives. And, beyond my curiosity, I wanted to serve you.

Here, for you, it became the daily Inc. column, leading to the best-selling The Bite-Sized Entrepreneur series, and conversations around the world.

Today, by popular demand, I offer the boot camp.

6 Steps to Following Your Unique Business Path crystalizes the insights from conversations with top performers, dialog sparked from the long-running Inc. column, and keystone methods from the four Bite-Sized Entrepreneur books into a solid, actionable series of classes. The first one goes live in late January 2018, with the next class going live every week thereafter.

You can join at any time. You can go through the course as many times as you like.

Each class has one key focus supported by discussions with me, videos from amazing creators, and interactive material you'll only find here.

It includes:
Important discussions only available here
A community of people also developing their passionate business
*Deeper insights well beyond the best-selling books and popular Inc. column

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