David Nilssen

David Nilssen

ID, US
Inspire your audience to think differently about their teams by listening to a CEO who transformed their business and culture by going fully remote and leveraging offshore talent.

David Nilssen is the CEO of both Guidant Financial and Doxa7. Guidant Financial has helped 25,000 entrepreneurs access 4 billion dollars to start or buy a business. Doxa7 partners with businesses build and scale up high-performing, global teams.

In 2007, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) named him the National Young Entrepreneur of the Year and he was recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal's Top 40 business leaders under 40.  In 2011, SmallBizTrends named him one of the top 100 influencers in Small Business. His businesses have been recognized as one of the "Best Places to Work" seven times. They have also been included on many Inc 5000 lists, including the Inc 500 in 2008.

As an investor, David has provided funding to companies in neuropharma, online travel, personal financial management, transportation, digital administration, healthcare tech & more.

Today, he is serves as the Global Learning Chair for the Entrepreneurs Organization. David is an avid cyclist, travel addict and a food and wine snob. He lives in Boise, ID with his wife and two daughters.

David Nilssen is the CEO of both Guidant Financial and Doxa7. Guidant Financial has helped 25,000 entrepreneurs access 4 billion dollars to start or buy a business. Doxa7 partners with businesses build and scale up high-performing, global teams.

In 2007, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) named him the National Young Entrepreneur of the Year and he was recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal's Top 40 business leaders under 40.  In 2011, SmallBizTrends named him one of the top 100 influencers in Small Business. His businesses have been recognized as one of the "Best Places to Work" seven times. They have also been included on many Inc 5000 lists, including the Inc 500 in 2008.

As an investor, David has provided funding to companies in neuropharma, online travel, personal financial management, transportation, digital administration, healthcare tech & more.

Today, he is serves as the Global Learning Chair for the Entrepreneurs Organization. David is an avid cyclist, travel addict and a food and wine snob. He lives in Boise, ID with his wife and two daughters.

Scaling Up with Offshore Talent

Hiring talent abroad has been long used by large-scale organizations with a high volume of repeatable tasks or small businesses leveraging virtual assistants. But the opportunity to leverage skilled labor and scale companies, big or small, is an opportunity most entrepreneurs fail to take advantage of. The question is, where to start, how to assess, and where to find the right people? These were questions David Nilssen found himself asking.

After the Great Recession and facing a...

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An Emcee Who Doesn't Suck

David Nilssen has emceed many conferences across the world in education, entreprneuership and human resources. David is a masterful facilitator, and agile conversationalist who brings humor to every interaction.  He has tangible expeirence running large scale events and conferences making him uniquely qualified to Emcee your event. David served as the Global Learning Chair for the Entrepreneurs Organization for three years which provided in-person learning events to thousands of business...
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