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EPISODE · Feb 12, 2025 · 23 MIN

Self-Awareness and Imagination are the Keys to Joy and Business Growth with Coach Dillon Barr

from Scary Calm · host Lisa Lacy

Dillon's background is in business. He ran a door to door business in college that focused on an educational suite of resources. He sold, recruited, trained, and managed a team of 35 college students that did over $1M in business in 5 summers. He then became a transformational sales consultant for socially minded businesses in developing countries for 3 years, working with 15 clients in 12 countries in industries ranging from micro-finance to solar energy to sanitation. His last two business ventures have been scaling two online education companies past $10M and $15M a year, and in one of those companies he coaches new entrepreneur clients to make their first $10k, $100k, and $1M.Dillon has written and published 9 books, two of them hitting best seller status on Amazon and 4 more being independently distributed and Kickstarted to over $35k in just 4 months time. His current venture is creating an interactive comic world for parents and young kids to create within and better understand themselves and the gifts they have to give to the world. He's a new dad of a 1 1/2 year old (his favorite job) and a husband to his college sweetheart. He recently moved back to his hometown and lives with his wife, child, and two dogs. Still an avid hockey player, boater, and lover of cartoons.https://linktr.ee/unfoundadventures

Dillon's background is in business. He ran a door to door business in college that focused on an educational suite of resources. He sold, recruited, trained, and managed a team of 35 college students that did over $1M in business in 5 summers. He then became a transformational sales consultant for socially minded businesses in developing countries for 3 years, working with 15 clients in 12 countries in industries ranging from micro-finance to solar energy to sanitation. His last two business ventures have been scaling two online education companies past $10M and $15M a year, and in one of those companies he coaches new entrepreneur clients to make their first $10k, $100k, and $1M.Dillon has written and published 9 books, two of them hitting best seller status on Amazon and 4 more being independently distributed and Kickstarted to over $35k in just 4 months time. His current venture is creating an interactive comic world for parents and young kids to create within and better understand themselves and the gifts they have to give to the world. He's a new dad of a 1 1/2 year old (his favorite job) and a husband to his college sweetheart. He recently moved back to his hometown and lives with his wife, child, and two dogs. Still an avid hockey player, boater, and lover of cartoons.https://linktr.ee/unfoundadventures

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