Prologue Profiles

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Steve / Actor & Writer / 38th & 8th, NYC.

"Don't ever compromise on your dreams."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Brandon / Education & Tech Specialist (@brandonlyfe_) / 37th & 8th, NYC.

"Be your own #1 fan."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Paco / linguistics grad student / Culture 36, NYC.

"Don't stay in bed and pull open the curtains."

“I’ve always strived to look up to people that are better and smarter than me.” – Ilya Pozin

Ilya (@IlyaNeverSleeps) arrived to the US from Russia at 8 years old not knowing how to speak English.

The discovery of the world of computers set Ilya on a high velocity path of entrepreneurship where he’s now building his third tech business. The first being the web design agency, Ciplex, which he started in high school and has been featured in the Inc 500 list, the social greeting card company, Open Me, which currently has millions of users, and his latest project, Pluto TV, is the closest thing we have here on Earth of a TV version of internet video and recently raised $13 million in funding.

You’ll hear Ilya discuss his journey of non-stop business growth, the importance of surrounding yourself with the highest quality people possible and that there’s never been a better day to start a project than today.

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Jonathan / dancer (@jojodanzer) / 39th St and 8th Ave Starbucks, NYC.

"The ones who succeed are the ones who stick with it regardless."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews DanDan / Senior Experience Designer at R/GA (dandan-i-design.com) / 39th St and 8th Ave Starbucks, NYC.

"And then I realized, 'Maybe I can do more than just make graphics and websites...'."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Kevin, fashion designer, at the 39th St and 8th Ave Starbucks, NYC.

"Don't hesitate. If you know what you want, go for it."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Renato, photographer (RenatoDagostin.com), at 144 Spencer St, Brooklyn.

"Are you doing this full-time?"Yea of course. If I had more time I would use that, too."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Ricardo, architecture grad (@solaric), on the Downtown R train, Brooklyn.

"It's really hard to get to build something, you have to go through so much stuff, it's a difficult goal that drives me to get there to say, 'Huh, maybe one day I'll finally draw something up and then it gets built.'"

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Michelle, aspiring FBI agent, on the Journal Sq PATH Train, NYC.

"It's never too late."