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Dane Short

CEO
Zymbol
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Languages 
English
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During my senior year of College something serendipitous happened…my mother randomly doodled the phrase 'LOVE IS ALL U NEED', stacking each letter on top of the next with a peace sign. After having it cast as a pendant my family and I later uncovered all letters of the alphabet and every number hidden within the design! I was getting my degree in Marketing I decided to create a business around her doodle. We developed a line of inspirational jewelry called Zymbol (www.zymbol.net). 3 years into the business I was able to get Zymbol on QVC where we became a bestseller. I’ve had over a dozen live appearances on QVC and have been featured on FOX, NBC, CBS, PEOPLE and the Huffington Post.

We think of Zymbol as a ‘gift’ to our family and wanted to pay it forward. Inspired by social entrepreneurs like Blake Mycoskie of TOMS, I developed a BUY + GIVE Program where we pick out a Children’s hospital or organization to gift Zymbol pendants each quarter.

I recently transitioned Zymbol into a Social Selling business model that allows like-minded entrepreneurs to start their own Zymbol business by signing up as a ZYMBOLOGIST.

Our company’s mission is to impact people’s lives in a positive way though Zymbol. My personal mission is to impact people’s lives in a positive way by sharing my story on stage.

Current position (1)

CEO

Zymbol

Degrees (1)
BS, Marketing
UNLV
2005 to 2009

Presentations

Presentations (2)
Inspiration Through Perception

In this talk, I take the audience through my entrepreneurial journey of starting a jewelry company in college based on a random doodle my mother created. We eventually became a best-seller on QVC but there were a lot of ups & downs along the way. This inspirational talk has a lot of takeaways that people can apply to their lives.

5 Reasons to Consider Social Entrepreneurship

Inspired by social entrepreneurs like Blake Mycoskie of TOMS, I developed a BUY + GIVE Program for my company, Zymbol Jewelry. Each quarter we pick out a Children’s hospital or organization to gift Zymbol pendants. With the pendants, kids receive a workbook that has them TRACE out inspirational messages. In the past we've had kids trace out things like NEVER GIVE UP and YOU ARE A WARRIOR. In this talk I outline the top 5 reasons people should implement 'giving' into their business model.

1) Word of mouth
2)vBuilding your brand
3) Influence the buying decision
4) PR
5) It feels good!

Past talks (1)
Inspiration through perception
South by Southwest
Austin
January 10, 2017
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Media & Marketing
Business
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PR & Communications
Marketing Strategy Online Marketing Being an Entrepreneur Business Business Entrepreneurs Social Entrepreneurs Direct Sales leader
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Why choose me? 

I took a random doodle created by my mother and turned it into a QVC best-seller.

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Public Speakers’ Association
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