Dan Weber

Father, Business Consultant, Investor

Los Angeles, CA

 

 

1983
1983

Born and raised near Pittsburgh, PA

1999
1999
Received the BSA Heroism Award for “Saving Life at Risk to Self”

Received the BSA Heroism Award for “Saving Life at Risk to Self”

White water rafting is fun, but dangerous!

2000
2000
Became an Eagle Scout

Became an Eagle Scout

…with a Bronze Palm, because I’m an over-achiever like that.

2005
2005
Earned a Bachelors degree in Business Management – Grove City College, PA

Earned a Bachelors degree in Business Management – Grove City College, PA

2005

Moved to LA to play Professional Paintball (yes, it’s a real thing)

Kingman International (Spyder) hired me and moved me to California straight out of college. I was their Marketing Coordinator for 2.5 years and attended/ran dozens of events around the world.

2008
2008

Became the VP of Marketing at Versa Products Inc., a furniture manufacturer

Grew their revenue about 4x in 4 years, not easy in the furniture business!

2012
2012

Visited all 50 United States

My childhood goal was to do this before I turned 30, and I did, with 9 months to spare!

2012

Promoted to Chief Product Officer at Versa Products, Inc.

Ran most of the company as the Owner’s “right hand man”. Launched over a dozen new products.

2013
2013
Founded AirbnbHell.com

Founded AirbnbHell.com

After suffering a bad experience as an early Host on the Airbnb platform, I personally built and ran AirbnbHell.com from 2013 to 2020. It was featured in dozens of publications including Vanity Fair, Forbes, Business Insider, The New York Times, The Guardian, USA Today, and I was flown to Canada for an interview by their largest news station.

2013
Had emergency brain surgery

Had emergency brain surgery

It wasn’t fun. It took about two months for me to make a full recovery. During this time, I decided I needed to travel more (also, my employer laid me off!)

2014
2014

Consulting, Startups and Investments

Got involved in consulting for a variety of companies, and made investments in Bitcoin, TheGrid.io, CloudPCR, AirbnbHell, a trucking business, several movies, real estate, etc.

2014

Visited about two dozen countries

Including Cuba, Thailand, China, Belize, Peru, Australia and a bunch of European countries.

2015
2015
Had a baby boy!

Had a baby boy!

And he was 10 POUNDS!

2016
2016

Started work at Endertech as the Director of Ecommerce Division

Loved it! Learned a lot about web development and Magento. Increased quarterly profits for my division over 4x by managing teams of devs and expanding product offerings with outsourced labor to reduce costs. Stayed for almost exactly 1 year, then my old company lured me back…

2017
2017

Became the Chief Strategy Officer at Versa Products, Inc.

Went back to Versa to basically save the company, which had drastically declined by almost 70% in the four years I was gone. I immediately doubled profits by identifying and killing unprofitable products and laying off about 20% of the bloated workforce. Next, I restructured the Sales and Marketing departments and rapidly established 42% YOY revenue growth within 6 month of returning.

2017

Published a book

My Editor and I wrote a book called Airbnb Hell, which has been selling on Amazon since 2017.

Amazon.com

2018
2018

Became Executive Director of LOCI Nexus

Lead teams with the goal of disrupting the US Patent industry using Blockchain technology. Flew back and forth between DC and LA every 2 weeks for about 9 months.

Loci Nexus

2019
2019

Launched The Scenario Studio as Co-Founder and CEO

Probably the most fun I ever had at a job! We ended up securing a gorgeous space on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills where over 15,000 visitors came from around the world to experience our extremely elaborate and interactive photo sets! Then just as we were about to expand to Las Vegas, Covid-19 hit and we had to close.

TheScenarioStudio.com

2020
2020

Got trapped in the Philippines for 3 weeks when Covid hit

I was supposed to be there for 3 days, for business… but Covid hit and everything shut down very suddenly, so I was trapped for over 3 weeks, and narrowly escaped a kidnapping attempt.

2020
Sold AirbnbHell.com

Sold AirbnbHell.com

After 7 years of consistent monthly advertising profits, I sold the website.

2020

Helped Launch Axis Point Solutions

Used past experience to help company staff bid on government contracts and fulfilling bids using a variety of suppliers

2021
2021
Bought a Boat!

Bought a Boat!

I wanted something fun to do outdoors with my son during Covid, so I purchased a 28ft Cabin Cruiser using Bitcoin and called it the Crypto Cruiser!

2021

Became the Operations Advisor for AMTIL

AMTIL is a very forward-thinking company working on building a virtual 3D training environment for aircraft mechanics, with a massive library of parts.

https://www.amtil.co/#aboutus

2021

Launched UtiliSource

Helped to launch a new company in the clean energy space, primarily focusing on managing the installation of charging stations for electric vehicles in the Southern California area.

UtiliSource.com

2022
2022

Visited all 7 Wonders of the World

Completed another goal that I had set as a child, including visiting The Colosseum in Italy, Petra in Jordan, Chichén Itzá in Mexico, Christ the Redeemer in Brazil, Machu Picchu in Peru, Taj Mahal in India and The Great Wall of China.

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