Daniel is the founder of Young Mother, a pop-up experience in Richmond, Virginia. In this episode, we follow Daniel through his early career and his personal and professional choices he made that ultimately lead him to The Big Brunch.

0:55 Intro

1:28 How He Got His Start

3:38 Self Taught

6:01 10,000 Hours

6:57 Barriers Entry

9:17 Pursuit

10:09 Early Patrons

11:17 Chef Kiss

12:21 Creating Vs. Response

13:17 Failing Forward

17:26 Young Mother

20:29 Implementing

23:32 Getting Started

24:52 The Waiting list

29:47 The Pop-up Experience

31:21 Feedback

33:18 Being Discouraged

35:57 Not Stopping

38:34 The Big Brunch

43:35 Opportunities From Anywhere

45:28 When Preparation Meets Opportunity

46:38 Thinking He Wouldn’t Make it

48:34 Being Critiqued

51:51 The Big Brunch Tone

53:56 Winning

56:55 Emotions

58:28 Have People Treated You Differently

59:53 What's Next?

1:03:51 The Last Gem