entrepreneur on fire episode 226 welcome to entrepreneur on fire dot com where remarkable entrepreneurs share their inspiring story let their journey illuminate your path to success and now your host

John Dumas

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Okay fire nation let's get started. I am simply thrilled to introduce my guest today David Hassel David. Are you prepared to ignite?

Yes, I am. All right. David is founder and CEO of 15 5 15 5 helps organizations address the most common communication challenges that stand in their way

Helping to surface problems celebrate wins discover great ideas and stay in tune with morale

I've given fire nation just a little overview David, but take a minute tell us about yourself

We want to get to know you and then tell us about your business

All right. Yes, so I've been an entrepreneur gosh for as long as I can remember right most recently

I started a company right out of college in 1998 doing internet advertising technology based in New York City

and

I got into that business because

I was really interested in the dynamics of online advertising

Entrepreneurship starting a business etc

But realized after about five or six years, you know, I had just no heart in it so

Kind of as an interim thing. I started a kite surfing travel company down in northeast Brazil in 2004

And ran that for a bunch of years and then found myself in the Bay Area

Yeah, so kind of opposite end of the spectrum

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