Dave Baldwin is a nouveau serial entrepreneur who started out as a computer programmer and electronic technician. His withdrawn, introverted nature kept him out of the business arena for most of his life.

As a child, his creativity often got him into trouble and he had a hard time making friends in school. His early teachers noted that he marched to the beat of a different drum, and didn't readily...

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Dave Baldwin is a nouveau serial entrepreneur who started out as a computer programmer and electronic technician. His withdrawn, introverted nature kept him out of the business arena for most of his life.

As a child, his creativity often got him into trouble and he had a hard time making friends in school. His early teachers noted that he marched to the beat of a different drum, and didn't readily fit in with the other students. His largely isolated childhood led him to develop a vivid imagination, and he took to various forms of art. He also found that he could amuse himself by taking things apart to see how they worked inside. He soon became fascinated with computers and electrical circuits, and began teaching himself to write computer code at age 10.

Baldwin attended technical school and learned to repair electronic circuit boards. He took a job at a factory for the next four years, until the dot-com bubble of the late nineties burst and the facility closed down. He noticed how comfortable he had grown with a steady paycheck, and how it had dulled his urge to explore new realms. It was around this time that Baldwin began to notice the allure of entrepreneurship and read Robert Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad, Poor Dad."

Baldwin returned to school to complete his bachelor's degree in 2001. He found himself drawn to creative writing during this time, and developed a fondness for developing new ideas on paper. He began to see a possibility for simulating new ideas by imagining them into existence in writing and using this as a means of communicating them to others. Soon after finishing his degree, he took a field engineering job traveling full-time to newspaper facilities all over the Continental U.S., and spent some time overseas as well.

Soon, Baldwin became frustrated and decided it was time to throw his hat into the entrepreneurial ring. A year and several failed ventures later, he observed that his job was taking away his energy and focus, and that being a true entrepreneur meant the willingness to risk total failure. In July of 2007, he quit his job to start a full-time network marketing business.

Since mid-2007, Baldwin has been writing, leading focus groups, and helping small business owners brand themselves in the Raleigh, NC area. He currently helps network marketing professionals build unique, attraction-based businesses. He is the author of The Professional Network Marketing Blog.