Academic
Teaching
Since 2006, I have taught the See Solve Scale Entrepreneurial Process, which the Critical Review recognized as the highest rated course at Brown University and the same course in the Tel Aviv University MBA program—Israel's #1 business school. As a member of the Yale School of Management faculty, I have also taught the See Solve Scale Entrepreneurial Process for MBA and other graduate students and based on popular demand another section for Yale College undergraduates.
“Sneaking into Danny’s famous course at Brown was one of the best entrepreneurial investments I’ve ever made.”
Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb and Chairman of Airbnb.org
“It’s hard to teach someone to be an entrepreneur, and Danny has mastered the process. I know—my company, Premama, is just one of many companies launched from his classes.”
Dan Aziz, CEO and founder of Premama
“Taking Danny Warshay's seminar on entrepreneurship was the best decision of my life, as three years later, I operate a successful business with booming sales, a creative brand, and a solid team.”
Sadie Kurzban, CEO and Founder, 305Fitness.com
“While I thought I had a big vision for what I wanted to do, Danny urged me to think bigger. With this support grew to sell our products in over 8,000 stores, support over 3,000 farming families in Ecuador, and raise over $25 million for our for profit and nonprofit organizations.”
Tyler Gage Co-Founder & Co-CEO, RUNA
“From the moment we started writing our business plan, I was overcome with a sense of purpose, determination, and pure joy that blossomed throughout the class. The things I learned in Danny’s class will continue to inspire and shape my career for many years to come.”
Julie Sygiel, CEO and founder of DearKate
Individual
Coaching
Like in sports, in entrepreneurship, excellent coaching can mean the difference between success and failure.
To my coaching interactions, I devote my my wealth of curated resources from my structured See Solve Scale Entrepreneurial Process teaching, my career's worth of entrepreneurial experience (my "gray hair"), and my professional networks.
We set clear expectations for which milestones of the See Solve Scale process we will achieve over the following week, and I hold us accountable.
If you are an entrepreneur or executive who will commit to a regular training regimen—roughly an hour a week, in person, by phone or by Zoom—I would love to hear from you.
“A major challenge for most CEOs is that sooner or later we get stuck in the trenches of day-to-day operations. I recommend Danny to all executives and entrepreneurs looking to develop their companies and to develop themselves.”
Rok Ursic, CEO, Instrumentation Technologies, Solkan, Slovenia
See Solve Scale workshops
In interactive workshops (in person and remote), I teach participants the structured See Solve Scale Entrepreneurial Process. I lead these in a wide variety of established organizations that need to innovate and learn new ways to solve consequential problems: corporate, nonprofit, military, governmental, among others.
Here are some of the workshops I lead:
☐ See, Solve, Scale Essentials
☐ Benefits of Scarce Resources
☐ Entrepreneurship in Established Organizations
☐ Bottom-Up Research: Finding and Validating Unmet Needs (“See”)
☐ Mindset Guidelines for Creating an Initial Small-Scale Solution (“Solve”)
☐ Techniques for Creating an Initial Small-Scale Solution (“Solve”)
☐ The Landscape Exercise: Thinking Big to Achieve “Scale”
If your organization knows how to “sustain the fortress" but does not know how to “invent the future,” let's discuss whether these workshops are a fit.
“Our teams are incorporating the frameworks and principles we learned in Danny's workshops into our work to continue to create and deliver best-in-class pharmacy innovation services.”
Jonathan Shaw, VP of Product Innovation and Management, CVSHealth
“Danny created a dynamic and collaborative environment for the 2,400 online participants, renewing a sense of passion for entrepreneurial problem-solving among our team. Danny's ‘See Solve Scale’ process has equipped our Deals practice with new ways to help our clients grow.”
Alex Baker, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
“Danny's workshops helped all of us appreciate that successful innovation and creating new business models do not come about by unbridled brainstorming, but rather via a disciplined process that focuses on the customer of tomorrow.”
Joe Nagle, CEO, Delta Dental of Rhode Island
“Through Danny’s interactive discussions, including two Harvard Business School case studies, we learned to think critically and creatively and to make breakthrough discoveries whether in resource-constrained or resource-abundant environments.”
COL Matthew J. Scher, U.S. Army Pacific
“Danny’s emphasis on bottom-up research taught us how to open our eyes to new possibilities and unmet needs in our dynamic landscape, inspiring new and valuable insights for the Air Force.”
Bart Barthelemy, Founding Director, Wright Brothers Institute
“Danny's workshops helped us develop a deeper and shared understanding of the most pressing needs of the people we serve.”
Donna Bruan, Executive Director, Center for Leadership & Educational Equity
“Danny’s workshops across different audiences—university students, university faculty, established business leaders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and government officials—helped alter hardened ways of thinking and fostered confidence in participants.”
Daniel Stoian, US Diplomat, US Embassy Bahrain
“Danny’s use of Harvard Business School case studies and his attention to detail made the experience unforgettable for our executive participants. We had a testimonial from an Ericsson executive, for example, stating that it was the best learning experience in his life!!!!”
May El Batran, Member of Egyptian Parliament
If you would like to learn more about See Solve Scale coaching or workshops, I would be happy to hear from you.