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Kahlil Ashanti has one amazing and unique journey. Starting with a challenging childhood, to the Air Force, to performing in Caesar’s Palace, to an award-winning show on Broadway…and even to Hollywood.

In this episode Dan spoke with Kahlil about his startup weshowup – a company that works with venues and artists to serve event audiences the option to “pay what you want.” The conversation ranged across many topics, including the origin story of weshowup, which includes an experiment with Kahlil’s own show – netting 82% more revenue than with a fixed price!

What else did they cover? Listen in and find out!

“So I rolled into Iowa at age eleven and people are like, where did this brother come from? ”
~ Kahlil Ashanti

Kahlil and Dan talked about his startup journey, as well as:

• The Air Force as “the family business”
• A military version of American Idol
• Doing a one-man show on Broadway
• His adventures in Hollywood
• Leveraging the network

“There was nothing online, nothing like that. And so I built it.”
~ Kahlil Ashanti

MORE on KAHLIL AND WESHOWUP

Kahlil:
twitter.com/kahlilashanti
kahlilashanti.com
TED talk

weshowup company site:
weshowup.io

“…comparison is the thief of joy”
~Kahlil Ashanti