Aaron McDaniel

About

Aaron McDaniel is a serial entrepreneur (3 exits), teacher (BerkeleyHaas faculty), author (3 books, Wall Street Journal/National Bestseller), former corporate manager (AT&T LDP grad, Diamond Club Honoree - top 1%), real estate investor (commercial/multifamily), company advisor (incl. Copilot Labs, acq. by Open Table/Booking.com) and professional speaker (global business growth, innovation, engaging a multi-generational workforce, rep. by CAA). “We don’t live in an either/or world, we live in an AND world.” - AM"Seek first to learn and understand and nothing will be 'foreign.'" - AMLearn More: https://www.aaronmcdaniel.com/Speakers Bureau: https://www.caa.com/caaspeakers/aaron-mcdanielBook Website/Podcast: https://www.GlobalClassBook.comAaron is currently a member of the faculty at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business where he teaches entrepreneurship and international business, is managing partner of Global Class, a management consulting firm supporting executive teams expanding their businesses globally, and is the author of the WSJ bestselling book Global Class. Aaron is also managing director/founding partner at Grow Scale, a real estate private equity firm investing in multi-family properties.Previously, Aaron was the co-founder & CEO of Access Invest, at the time the nation's largest mobile aggregator of private investments (acquired in 2017). Prior to this, Aaron co-founded Tycoon, the first real estate crowdfunding platform to be acquired (Nov. '15) and Pong360 (acquired in 2012). He was also a partner and CMO of IP Shark, an online brand protection service. Aaron is an alumni of AT&T's flagship Leadership Development Program (LDP) and was one of the youngest ever to serve as Regional Vice President (at age 27), leading a multi-state organization. Aaron has worked in business development, strategy, sales, customer care, operations & marketing, and was part of AT&T's Diamond Club (top 1% of sales managers worldwide). Aaron is a sought after speaker on the topics of international business, innovation and multi-generational workforce dynamics, and is also the author of "The Young Professional’s Guide to the Working World" and "The Young Professional’s Guide to Managing" and has been written about in Forbes, Inc., The Washington Post, Entrepreneur, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek. He has also been heard on NPR & CBS Radio, seen on ABC and has spoken to groups of executives & young professionals at top companies and organizations like: Microsoft, The Ritz Carlton Leadership Center, Deloitte Consulting, Wells Fargo and UnitedHealth Group.