John Dahl

First contiguous VoIP long distance network in the country. Negotiated partnerships with internet video conferencing firms and secured exclusive use of unused bandwidth on their POP networks. Secured Financing and sold with another business leading to a profitable exit.

Telemarketing services firm that delivered inbound/outbound telemarketing solutions to clients nationwide. Sold in a combined transaction with another business.

Did car stereo sales, and installations. Learned many valuable lessons, including how to close and wind up a business.

I work with growing businesses to help them with business and legal needs including negotiations, strategy, contracting, and advice related to all aspects of growing businesses.

<p>The hardest part of launching <a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-brand-600 underline" href="http://pushstartgo.com">pushstartgo.com</a> has not been the building. It has been the first sentence.</p><p>Nine versions of the homepage headline so far. None of them land.</p><p></p><p>It does the work of jobs that already exist. A coach. An incubator. The consultant you call about pricing, and the different one you call about compliance. All legitimate, all a few hundred an hour, and you would need most of them in one year of building.</p><p></p><p>Leading with that just makes a feature list, and information was never the scarce part. The gap is action. Knowing where you actually are on the map, which direction is next, and having the work in front of you so you can move when you are ready.</p><p></p><p>You hit a milestone. The next step is not obvious. So you guess, and you lose a week. A lost week feels like a normal Tuesday. That is what makes it expensive.</p><p>Map and compass, on your own timetable.</p><p></p><p>Ever launched something that did not fit a category people understood? I would take any advice you have.</p>

<p><strong>Where PushStartGo stands right now</strong></p><p>I tell founders a plan is worthless until it drives action. Easy advice to give, harder to live with when the plan is your own.</p><p>The venture wizard and AI plan builder now do what I set out to build: answer questions about your business, and get back a project with real work in front of you, not just a document to admire.</p><p>The community is live at <a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-brand-600 underline" href="http://pushstartgo.com/groups">pushstartgo.com/groups</a>. Small on purpose. I would rather have a few dozen people who talk to each other than thousands who never come back. I built the social side to avoid what frustrates people about other platforms, not to chase engagement.</p><p>Honestly, the hard part is switching between product, legal, and marketing in the same hour, now as both the non-technical co-founder and the one running the codebase. "Ship at 80%" has become the mantra.</p><p>Thanks to early users, real feedback has already reshaped the plans, the projects, and the onboarding.</p><p>Try it: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-brand-600 underline" href="http://pushstartgo.com/ventures/new">pushstartgo.com/ventures/new</a>. If it falls short, tell me.</p>

<p>Big day. Push Start Go is live. 🎉</p><p></p><p>Not a waitlist. Not a "beta coming soon." Live!  Right Now!  A platform built for founders ready to turn their ideas into an actual business.</p><p></p><p>Everyone is dreaming about owning a business. Few are actually running one.</p><p></p><p>Today, I hope that gap gets smaller.</p><p></p><p>I built this because starting a business shouldn't require a law degree, a business-plan template from 2009, and a hundred open browser tabs. (I'd know… I've got the law degree…and the open tabs.)</p><p></p><p>This is my very first post on my platform, which feels right. I am truly looking forward to seeing every founder on this platform writing theirs too and excited to see what businesses get built here. </p><p></p><p>Starting this week, I will be inviting founders in personally to help shape what this becomes.</p><p></p><p>If you know someone who's been sitting on an idea, Send them here: <a rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-brand-600 underline" href="http://pushstartgo.com">pushstartgo.com</a></p>

Just activated Push Start Go and moved into the Launch phase! 🚀 Time to stop planning and start building. Here we go.