Daniel Hartman

Greater Chicago Area United States

Manager, Sales Development

Technology / Software / Internet

I started my career practicing law. After three years at a firm, I decided "this is not for me." I knew I wanted to run my own business one day so figured I'd better learn how to sell. I went to Costa Rica for 6 weeks to learn Spanish and go surfing every day. While on the beach I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," in which Robert Kiyosaki says that everyone should go into sales to get over their fear of rejection. In 2005 I got a sales job at a boot-strapped internet startup in L.A. doing search engine marketing. I quickly moved into a business development role while handling all the legal work as well. That company was eventually acquired by Deluxe Corp. Meanwhile, I moved back to Chic...