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Admiral Games and Sri Lanka: Interview with Dave Chesson


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After living in five countries, selling US weapons through the Office of Defense Cooperation, speaking fluent Mandarin, and with businesses in Sri Lanka, Dave Chesson now leads Kindlepreneur, top-rated by Amazon to teach people how to self-publish and market their own books. His Navy experience is full of stories of power plays with admirals, “brutally honest” comments inappropriate in other cultures, and drinking and eating games to psych out and neutralize the opposing side. His exciting podcast also presents the pros and cons of doing business in Sri Lanka, the critical role of competent and capable middle managers, how paying in dollars there attracts the best talent for his ventures. 


Highlights:


{02:15} Dave’s journey

{11:00} Etiquette for international meetings

{16:03} Cultural issues that may emerge 


Dave Chesson bio:

Dave Chesson is the creator of Kindlepreneur.com, a website devoted to teaching advanced book Marketing which even Amazon KDP acknowledges as one of the best by telling users to “Gain insight from Kindlepreneur on how you can optimize marketing for your books.” Having worked with such authors as Orson Scott Card, Ted Dekker and more, his tactics help both Fiction and Nonfiction authors of all levels get their books discovered by the right readers. He is also the creator of Publisher Rocket, a book marketing software and Atticus, a writing and formatting software.


Dave has lived in six countries, speaks fluent Mandarin, and has worked in the Office of the Defense Cooperation which sells US armaments to allied governments.


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Website: www.kindlepreneur.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KindlePreneur

Instagram: (Dave doesn't use IG much for business, his Twitter is better for that) @DaveChesson

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