Dan Martell - Serial Entrepreneur | $100M CEO Explains How to Create Real Success

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Dan Martell - Serial Entrepreneur | $100M CEO Explains How to Create Real Success

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Published on Jul 11, 2025, 7:00:00 PM
Total time: 00:59:52

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Dan Martell is a 5x founder, award-winning angel investor, and the bestselling author of Buy Back Your Time. Recognized as one of the top SaaS mentors in the world, Dan has built and exited multiple companies, including a multi-million dollar exit to Adobe, and has coached over 1,000 founders. He’s also invested in industry giants like Intercom, Udemy, and Unbounce. Through his high-performance coaching and SaaS Academy—the #1 coaching program for B2B SaaS founders—Dan empowers entrepreneurs to scale faster, regain their freedom, and build businesses they don’t want to escape from.


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➡️ Talking Points

00:00 – Intro

01:35 – Dan’s First Wake-Up Call

11:02 – Avoid Entrepreneur Burnout

15:55 – Dan’s Business Blueprint

19:48 – The Key to Scaling Right

24:30 – Sponsor Break

26:27 – Do You Really Want to Play Big?

32:04 – Balancing Life Beyond Business

41:08 – Toughest Relationship Lesson

44:13 – Sponsor Break

45:50 – Separate to Elevate

54:20 – The Power of Being First

57:36 – Dan’s Legacy for His Kids

More about Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Welcome to the Success Story Podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, business executive, author, educator & speaker, Scott D. Clary (@scottdclary). On this podcast, you'll find interviews, Q&A, keynote presentations & conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. Scott will discuss some of the lessons he's learned over his own career, as well as have candid interviews with execs, celebrities, notable figures and politicians. All who have achieved success through both wins and losses, to learn more about their life, their ideas and insights. He sits down with leaders and mentors and unpacks their story to help pass those lessons onto others through both experiences and tactical strategy for business professionals, entrepreneurs and everyone in between. To get more of the Success Story podcast, go to www.successstorypodcast.com.