My name is Dan Shipper. In 2012 (my sophomore year of college) I started a company called Firefly with some friends. Since that time we bootstrapped our way to the mid-six figures in revenue and are used by thousands of SMBs, financial advisors, and a few huge companies. In July we sold the company to Pega. Read more about the experience here.
This blog has attracted over a half a million readers since I started writing my freshman year of college. You can read about me in:
The New York Times, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Inc Magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine and PandoDaily among others.
Articles that I post here are frequently syndicated on PandoDaily and Lifehacker.
You can find me on Twitter at @danshipper. Or send me an email.
I maintain a list of books I've read recently.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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