Serial Entrepreneur Who Turned Down an Offer From the Sharks, Youngest Regional Vice President at AT&T & Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of Global Class

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Aaron McDaniel is a renowned corporate manager, serial entrepreneur, and author, who notoriously turned down an offer from the Sharks to acquire one of his companies. Through his many business ventures, Aaron has accumulated valuable knowledge on how to innovate and attract, engage, and retain top talent, which he now shares with leading clients, such as Ritz-Carlton, Microsoft, Deloitte, Wells Fargo, and the UnitedHealth Group. He also presently serves as the youngest faculty member at the University of California, Haas School of Business, where he teaches a course on entrepreneurship. As such, Aaron is highly qualified to speak on innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership, generational workplace, and talent acquisition.

An alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley, Aaron earned a business degree before joining AT&T’s flagship Leadership Development Program. He rapidly rose within the ranks, becoming one of the youngest Regional Vice Presidents at AT&T, at 27 years of age. During his time there, he attained the rank of the top 1% of regional sales managers worldwide and became a Diamond Club honouree for his efforts. Over the next few years, Aaron would go on to start several businesses, including Pong360, Tycoon and Access, all of which have now been acquired. One of those ventures was featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, receiving offers from the Sharks, which Aaron turned down, demonstrating his astute business knowledge and confidence.

Recently he Co-founded 10X Innovation Lab, an educational, entrepreneurial innovation company, helping aspiring entrepreneurs and founders leverage emerging technologies and adapt to the shifting workforce. He is also the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Velocity Capital Group, a multi-family real estate fund. Translating his vast entrepreneurial knowledge into distinguished books, Aaron is The Wall Street Journal and National Bestselling author of Global Class, which was also compiled from 300 interviews of the world’s leading executives. He is also the proud author of The Young Professional’s Guide to Managing and The Young Professional’s Guide to the Working World. Moreover, Aaron has been featured in prominent publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Forbes, and Bloomberg Businessweek.

A truly distinguished business expert who has successfully scaled and exited multiple businesses, Aaron is always at the forefront of entrepreneurship and innovation. Combining his business knowledge with his academic work, he now shares his valuable insight into entrepreneurship, innovation, and leadership to inspire and educate the next generation of founders in his speaking engagements, which offer practical takeaways for audience members.

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Aaron McDaniel's official speaking topics include:

The Global Class Mindset

Building the right mindset, team, culture and structures to enable your business to thrive at global scale

Attendee Benefits & Takeaways

Understand how global business has changed and why today's best opportunities are in global markets
Gain key insights into how the world's fastest growing company succeed at scaling globally (based on extensive research with 400+ executives from top brands)
Learn WHO Global Class teams are made up of, Interpreneurs, and why they are the catalysts for scaling globally
See HOW Global Class companies localize their business to find traction in new markets
Learn the Global Agile Methodology and how to foster two-way innovation within your organization
Implement flexible frameworks to navigate all aspects of global growth from market selection to effectively launching to ongoing management
Understand and apply the 3 Pillars of Effective Global Growth Relevant case studies from top brands to lend context to core concepts

The INTERpreneur - Nurturing Globally Minded Leaders

Identify and nurture the next generation of global business leaders to be a catalyst for your company's growth

Attendee Benefits & Takeaways

Learn how a new breed of business leader, The Interpreneur™ can be a difference maker in your company's growth
Better understand the importance of a cultural mindset in scaling your business in new markets
Get practical strategies to help manage a diverse and distributed workforce
Master effective cultural conscious management tactics
Implement the Global Class Team Building Framework to activate top talent and ensure you have a strong balance of local market and company knowledge
Gain strategies for training and building cultural conscious leaders
Activate innovative and entrepreneurial/agile thinking within your team
Capitalize on differences in culture to localization and achieve growth

Rapid Global Growth:

How to effectively expand into to new global markets and penetrate your existing international footprint

Attendee Benefits & Takeaways

Learn how to balance the need to localize with the complexity created by these changes to your business
Understand the 10 biggest mistakes companies make when scaling globally, and how to avoid them
Hear case studies from the world's fastest growing companies, unlocking key insights to apply to your business
Learn how to create a culture with universal appeal and build a best-in-class global team
Get a playbook for how to uncover local market insights ("Localization Discovery"), build an ideal global strategy, and implement your internal expansion initiative - progressing from market entry to growth and global scale
Gain strategies for how to capture and communicate best practices, creating internal structures and processes to support scale
Implement the management model that unlocks global innovation

Ignite Your Innovation

Building an agile culture and processes to harness your organization’s entrepreneurial spirit and thrive in a rapidly changing marketplace

Attendee Benefits & Takeaways

Make your organization and team more successful and adaptive in today's fast-changing business world
Develop a culture that fosters growth, collaboration and intelligent risk-taking
Understand how the most successful companies leverage new working models and strategies to engage employees
Study emerging trends and technologies relevant to your business, and learn how to best integrate with innovation ecosystems
Create an engagement plan that delivers measurable results
Establish effective lines of communication through to create frictionless collaboration
Implement frameworks that allow for stakeholder buy-in and participation in innovation initiatives
Learn how organizations large and small can implement innovation strategies to grow their business

Thriving in a Multi-Generational Workplace

Amplify your ROI by engaging your younger employees and learn how to inspire Multi-Generational collaboration

Attendee Benefits & Takeaways

Gain insights into how to empower a multi-generational workforce and inspire cross-generational collaboration
Understand how to engage members of the youngest generations (Millennials & Gen Z)
Learn how to improve the return on investment (ROI) from the resources put into top talent, improving retention and bolstering succession planning
Make your product/service irresistible to the next generation of customers
Get a deeper understanding of how to revamp your employee engagement methods to appeal to and leverage the best traits of employees from all generations
Master techniques to leverage your younger employees to drive innovation and your organization's future vision
Gain strategies to remove obstacles and maximize the value high performers provide

Aarons' delivery opened my eyes to how I need to change! Aaron is the Stephen Covey of his generation! - Frank, President, ICA North America

I saw Aaron speak at a conference I attended and immediately knew he would be perfect for an event I was hosting. Based on the 100% positive feedback we received, it turns out I was right - Aaron was perfect for our conference. I can recommend him to you without reservation. - Ron, Managing Director, Greenwich Assoc

Aaron did his homework & customised his presentation to be relevant to the industry and my company specifically. - Al, Sr. Vice President, Provident Bank

In these days after I have heard Aaron quoted AT LEAST 6 times, from the CEO to HR to Engineering. Thanks for making a difference! - Beth, VP of Marketing, Truck-Lite

At WBA, we value speakers who can deliver dynamic content; that’s why we’ve booked Aaron for THREE events, speaking to three different audiences. If you’re looking for a speaker who commands the stage, engages the audience, and offers the practical and tactical tools necessary for sustainable success, Aaron is the speaker for you. - Gina, Vice President, Western Bankers Association

Aaron was amazing to work with from start to finish. He worked with me to customize his talk for our group and really focused on what would be interesting and relevant for the audience. His session was really dynamic and engaging with multiple people coming up immediately to me after the talk to compliment the session. We would love to bring Aaron in again to speak to our group! - Jenna, Chief of Staff, Deloitte Consulting

As a professional speaker and workshop facilitator myself, I take a much more critical and unique view of speakers I hire for events. I have found few that can top Aaron McDaniel. His topic around hiring, coaching and nurturing millennial talent is most timely and he executes on stage with style and grace. From the initial meeting to his post-session follow up, Aaron is world class. He beats deadlines and provides outstanding and easy to understand materials that are customized to the audience. In front of the group he provides practical insights. He knows his subject inside and out. He lands relevant stories into the lives of the audience. He does it all with humor and an easy to listen style that keeps people engaged regardless of age. If you are looking for someone to discuss how to blend millennials into the workplace, hire Aaron McDaniel, hire him now. - Jack, Chairman & Chief Sales Officer, St. Meyer & Hubbard

Aaron was very collaborative in preparing his keynote for our agency conference. He stayed in touch in the months leading up to his session and interviewed a few key stakeholders in advance to customize his remarks. He was very professional and personable, and his presentation was engaging and informative. If you’re looking for someone who knows the Millennial generation well and brings a lot of enthusiasm to a presentation, Aaron is a strong choice. - Peg, Market Development Manager, Sentry Insurance

In his session “Redefining Age in the Workplace: Diversity is More Than Just Ethnicity and Gender,” Aaron McDaniel provided workable solutions... Participants learned tips that would be beneficial throughout their careers. McDaniel helped them understand the importance of being patient, stepping outside their comfort zones, making careful decisions and being open to career coaching. Attendees also left with a clear understanding of the value of collaboration among different generations in the workplace. In his session, McDaniel inspired millennials to become engaged and empowered to succeed and helped prepare them to lead those who will eventually follow in their footsteps. - Sheron, Vice President, Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce

We had the opportunity to feature Aaron McDaniel at one of the Young Professional Networking events. Our members left feeling inspired to enact the strategies he presented during the event. His strong communication and facilitation skills were impressive. He provided invaluable insight and we look forward to collaborating in the future. - Perrine, President, Wells Fargo Young Professional’s Network- San Francisco

Outstanding! Thank you for taking part and being a part of our leadership conference. [Aaron’s] thoughtful presentation hit the minds and the hearts of all assembled. Clearly [his] message added the dimension to our gathering that was at the center of our vision for the organization. - Donn , Rotaract District Manager