VanHoose AcademyDAVE VANHOOSE

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.

Dave VanHoose

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.

  • 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

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.

Legacy & lineage

The names he’sbuilt 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

    Les

    Brown

    World's #1 Motivational Speaker

  • Russell Brunson

    Russell

    Brunson

    ClickFunnels Co-Founder

  • Dan Kennedy

    Dan

    Kennedy

    Godfather of Direct Response

  • Daymond John

    Daymond

    John

    FUBU · Shark Tank Investor

  • Kevin Harrington

    Kevin

    Harrington

    Original Shark on Shark Tank · As Seen On TV Pioneer

  • Robert Allen

    Robert

    Allen

    NYT Bestseller · Nothing Down · Multiple Streams of Income

  • Jairek Robbins

    Jairek

    Robbins

    Performance Coach · Author

  • Dave Seymour

    Dave

    Seymour

    A&E's Flipping Boston · Real Estate TV Personality

  • Forbes Riley

    Forbes

    Riley

    TV Host · QVC & HSN Personality · Bestselling Author

  • Dustin Mathews

    Dustin

    Mathews

    Master Speaker Trainer · Best-Selling Co-Author

Awards & recognition

Decorated by the industry he helped build.

  • Speaker Trainer of the Year2010
  • America's Trainer2011
  • Platform Closer of the Year, NSA2011
  • Inc. 500 Founder, #35ForeclosuresDaily

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

The mission

Empowering leaders toimpact 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

Want a seat at the table?

The Celebrity Speakers Mastermind is an application-only Inner Circle for high-level leaders, speakers, and visionaries.