Todays guest is a man with many strings to his bow, and literally it seems a midus touch to success in business. But he wasn't always driven to be in the entrepreneurial environment, as during college he focused on a very different path......Theatre and Musical Theatre. This was his passion, his dream, his future. But what happens to a man who realises that the future he had planned for, and majored in college actually was a future that filled him with dread. What can he do to start again, when he has no experience, knowledge or connections other than in the world he had frequented previously. Well, he went back to basics, but this time focused on the things that could stimulate him in business, marketing and entrepreneurial ventures. He started on a new path at the age of 24, and is an entrepreneur, international keynote speaker, and bestselling author of Shark Tank Jump Start Your Business—the official book from ABC’s hit show Shark Tank on how to successfully launch and grow a business from concept to cash. So with a fascinating story, of one mans struggle to find work that really mattered, let's bring onto the show to start Joining Up Dots the one and only Michael Parrish Dudell.