From Childhood Trauma to Tech Genius || Guest: David Willams

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From Childhood Trauma to Tech Genius || Guest: David Willams

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62 minutes

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Feb 21, 2023

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David Williams, watched his father take his life at the age of 8. Hear his dynamic story of how he beat all the odds to become Engineer of the Year, a tech genius, a best-author, speaker, and multi patent holder at such a young age.

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Feb 21, 2023

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Welcome to The Dash Podcast!!!The Dash is that seemingly insignificant line between your birth date and your end date… IT’S YOUR JOURNEY (your story)!!!Here is where you will hear the REAL STORIES from REAL PEOPLE about their failures & setbacks that led to their success!!!

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From the Streets to the Suites | Guest: Keidrian Brewster: Keidrain Brewster left his neighborhood for the first time at the age of 18 on a prison bus. After serving 13 years, he stopped pushing weight and built a multi-million dollar trucking company and is now teaching other second chancers how to do the same. by The Dash Podcast
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Ep 2: How Attorney Brittany K. Barnett helped free 35 people serving life sentences w/ the support of Kim Kardashian, Diddy & others: Attorney Brittany K Barnett had a mother in prison, became an attorney and later helped free 35 people serving life sentences, but she did it with the help of some of the most famous celebrities in the world. Find out who those celebrities are, how... by The Dash Podcast
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Ep 9: How a small town Mississippi girl, Sheena Allen, founded her own bank (fintech company), CapWay, and made her first million by age 32.: Sheena Allen created her first tech company in 2011 while in college and is now the founder and CEO of CapWay, a fintech company that connects underserved millennials and Gen-Z to todays cashless society. by The Dash Podcast
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From Childhood Trauma to Tech Genius || Guest: David Willams

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