About Dave VanHoose
Built it. Lost it. Rebuilt it.
I’ve done this at every level — built it, lost it, rebuilt it. Now I open the doors to the inner circles most people never get into.
3,000+
Stage Talks
8-Figure
Inc. 500 Business
#35
Inc. 500 Rank
15+
Years Coaching
Personally Trained, Mentored, and Shared the Stage With
And as you read these names — recognize the lineage Dave is offering you access to.
Les Brown
World’s #1 Motivational Speaker
Russell Brunson
ClickFunnels Co-Founder
Dan Kennedy
Godfather of Direct Response
Daymond John
FUBU · Shark Tank Investor
Jairek Robbins
Performance Coach · Author
Kevin Harrington
Original Shark on Shark Tank · As Seen On TV Pioneer
Robert Allen
NYT Bestseller · Nothing Down · Multiple Streams of Income
Dave Seymour
A&E’s Flipping Boston · Real Estate TV Personality
Forbes Riley
TV Host · QVC & HSN Personality · Bestselling Author
Dustin Mathews
Master Speaker Trainer · Best-Selling Co-Author
And thousands of speakers, coaches, and entrepreneurs across 15+ years.
Chapter One
The Build.
A 100-employee, 8-figure business by 30.
Inc. 500 — #35 in America.
50 to 100 live seminars a month at peak.
Built on one weapon: the ability to communicate, influence, and close from stage.
Pure platform-sales firepower.
8-Figure
Revenue Peak
100
Employees
50–100
Seminars / Month
#35
Inc. 500
Chapter Two
The Crash.
2008 happened.
The market collapsed.
The business that was everything — was gone.
Mass layoffs. HQ closed. A career-ending default judgment.
Ground zero.
And in the middle of all of it…
temporary full paralysis at 29.
Stripped down to nothing.
Physical rebuild. Mental rebuild. Spiritual rebuild.
Chapter Three
The Rebuild.
No shortcut. No bailout. No outside savior.
Just the work.
And the same weapon that built the first company built the next one —
the ability to stand in front of an audience and move people.
Speaker Trainer of the Year. America’s Trainer.
Platform Closer of the Year — NSA.
Trained the trainers. Wrote the books.
Built the methodology thousands of speakers run their businesses on.
3,000+
Live Talks
15+
Years In
Thousands
Speakers Trained
National
Stages
Legacy & Lineage
The Names He’s Built Alongside.
The PowerDay methodology — the same proprietary system Dave teaches — has been used to build the signature talks of some of the biggest names in modern speaking and entrepreneurship.
Les Brown
Iconic motivational speaker · 300M+ inspired worldwide
Russell Brunson
ClickFunnels co-founder · Built a 9-figure SaaS
Dan Kennedy
Godfather of Direct Response · Advisor to 100K+ entrepreneurs
Daymond John
Shark Tank · Founder of FUBU · Billion-dollar global brand
Jairek Robbins
Performance coach · Tony Robbins’ son
Dustin Mathews
Master speaker trainer · Best-selling co-author · Decade-long training partner
Awards & Recognition
Decorated by the industry he helped build.
Speaker Trainer of the Year
2010
America's Trainer
2011
Platform Closer of the Year — NSA
2011
Inc. 500 Founder — #35
ForeclosuresDaily
Books
On the Shelf.
Winning Now!
Turn Your Job Into Your Joy
Author
Sell More
The Forbidden Secrets to Mass Persuasion
Co-author
New Rules of the Game
Speaking, persuasion & influence
Co-author
Success Tweets for Speakers
For Speakers & Information Marketers
Co-author
Chapter Four
Now He Opens the Doors.
There’s a difference between teaching someone how to climb…
and opening the door to the inner circle they’re trying to climb into.
That’s the work now.
Building the Inner Circle.
Connecting visionaries.
Putting celebrity speakers, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, influencers, and high-level connectors in the same space —
and watching what unfolds.
Because the future doesn’t belong to the loudest voice on the stage.
It belongs to the people in the right inner circles.
The Mission
Empowering Leaders to Impact the World.
Your story matters.
Your message matters.
Your voice matters.
What He Stands For
The Filter.
The work — and the inner circles — are built on this:
- ◆Integrity over image
- ◆Collaboration over competition
- ◆Contribution over consumption
- ◆Mission over ego
- ◆Real relationships over surface networking
- ◆Long game over short hype
The Doors Are Open
Want a seat at the table?
The next Celebrity Speakers Mastermind is July 16–18, 2026 in Clearwater Beach. Application-only Inner Circle. For high-level leaders, speakers, and visionaries.
Application only · Limited seats · Inner Circle