I’m Dan Ahn 👋

I’m a former 2x President’s Club winning tech salesperson for Series B-IPO’ed(ing) unicorns like Udemy and Navan/TripActions. Now I’m a QuarterLife Coach helping high achievers in their 20’s and 30’s live a 10/10 life.

Over the past twenty years, I’ve had a few personal transformations. Some include:

  • 8th grade: I went from slaying virtual cows on Runescape as a scrawny computer nerd to starting on the State Championship Football team as an offensive guard and defensive end, alongside 2 NFL recruits and several D1 players.

  • 24-years-old: I took 15 months off to travel across South America, bike across the US, raise $25K for charity, and started in tech sales at a LinkedIn Top Startup. Before that I was living at home with my parents commuting 4 hours into NYC, earning a base of $35K/year.

  • 29-years-old: I adopted a puppy, ran my first 100-mile ultra, explored creative projects and solopreneurship, and went all-in on personal development. Before that I was a burnout tech salesperson who became a mercenary with no soul.

My 20’s were tumultuous — I jumped from tobacco into tech, recruiting into sales, worked at 5 different companies with 13 different managers, moved from NYC to Denver, and had 2 major existential breakdowns.

Throughout it all, I struggled with mental health, social anxiety, dating, unhappiness with finances and career growth, and health routines and habits. I know the challenges of QuarterLife firsthand.

I left my $200K tech sales job in 2023 and invested over $150,000, on coaching, therapy, courses, books, communities, and experiences to improve my mental health, create a better relationship with money and people, and reconnect with my purpose.

Now I want to share the lessons I’ve learned to help you navigate your QuarterLife. I’ll be writing personal essays about my experiences here to help inspire change so you can create your own version of a 10/10 life. Subscribe below so you don’t miss your next breakthrough.

Other Fun Facts About Me:

  • I’ve ranked in the Top .01% of Wild Rift, the mobile version of League of Legends, as a GrandMaster

  • I volunteer(ed) as a business coach for a non-profit in Denver, and as a Crisis Counselor for Crisis Text Line

  • I am the youngest of three sons to Korean-American immigrant parents

  • My grandparents from both sides escaped North Korea during the war and were raised devout Christians

  • I’m currently living in Denver, Colorado, with my ~2-year-old pup June

If you’d like to explore 1:1 coaching, you can learn more about my approach here. You can also book a 45 min Strategy Session below.

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personal essays, on life and work, while navigating your 20's and 30's

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former tech salesperson turned writer and coach. biked across the US once and ran 100 miles.