DREAM RALLY
Learn more & get involved: https://www.okanagandreamrally.com/

DAN MARTELL
Dan's YouTube: @danmartell
Dan's Instagram: @danmartell

Dan Martell built and sold three companies, became a multimillionaire
before 30 — and then realized he wasn't happy.

In this episode of Area 27, we sit down with entrepreneur, investor,
author of Buy Back Your Time, and one of the most impactful voices in
the business world — Dan Martell — for one of the most honest
conversations we've ever had on this show.

We're not talking about business tactics or AI hacks today.

We're talking about what actually matters. What money will never be
able to buy you. And why Dan Martell — a man who has coached
thousands of founders and built a $100M+ empire — believes that
sitting in a supercar next to a struggling kid is the greatest thing
he's ever done.

Dan opens up about growing up in a broken environment, the days he
didn't feel like he deserved to be alive, and how one caring adult
changed the entire trajectory of his life. That experience is exactly
why he's been running youth programs for nearly 20 years — and why
he's the title sponsor of this year's Dream Rally.

Dream Rally is the Okanagan's most powerful charitable event — 250
of the world's most incredible supercars drive with children who need a
special day through a full police-escorted route, lined with thousands
of fans waving checkered flags. What looks like a car show on the
outside is something far deeper.

We've had parents tell us this event gave their child — who had
attempted suicide multiple times — something to look forward to every
two years. Something to live for.

Dan gets it. Because he was that kid.
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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Welcome to the Race Track & Introducing Dream Rally
01:26 – What Is the Dream Rally?
02:05 – Why Dan Martell Joined As Title Sponsor
03:28 – A deep-rooted story of a Kid Who Chose To Live
04:44 – What The Kids Experience Beyond Just The Cars
05:32 – "Every Kid Is One Caring Adult Away From A Success Story"
07:36 – What Would A 12-Year-Old Dan Martell Have Felt At Dream Rally?
08:09 – Growing Up Broken: Dan's Darkest Days
09:00 – Selling His Company At 28 & Feeling Completely Empty
10:43 – The Mentor Who Changed Dan's Entire Philosophy
12:31 – "The Ultimate Flex Is Not The Cars"
13:50 – Why Dan Has Run Youth Programs For 20 Years
14:28 – How To Give Back Before You Feel Ready
15:01 – "Start With Your World Before You Try To Change The World"
15:45 – Why Time & Presence Matter More Than Money
16:05 – See You On The Start Line

What does it actually take to build a life with someone?

Not the Instagram version. The real one, with near-death accidents, broken bones, a brain bleed, fertility struggles, and the kind of storms that either break a couple apart or make them unbreakable.

In this episode, Matthew sits down with his wife Adria for one of the most honest conversations we've put on record. They go back to the beginning: six years of friendship before anything romantic, the moment everything shifted at the Dream Rally, and what it actually felt like to choose each other.

Then they get into the hard stuff.
Ryder's snowboard accident, which left him with a broken neck, bruised organs, and a lost kidney, and the moment Adria stood at the bottom of the ski hill wondering if her son was still alive. Months later, within the same year, Adria's own near-fatal horse accident: 14 crushed bones, a brain bleed, a punctured lung, and being dragged through the forest. Matthew flying through a lightning storm in a helicopter to reach her.
The long road back, and the small wins that rebuilt her, from passing her real estate exam when everyone said she'd fail, to the day she swam across the lake and sold her first home.

Through all of it, they talk about what they learned about love, vulnerability, community, and what it really means to choose the right person to walk through life with.
This one will stay with you.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 – The accidents that tested everything
3:19 – The Dream Rally that changed how she saw him
8:56 – The test begins: Ryder's snowboard accident
11:05 – "Is he dead?" — the moment at the ski hill
18:58 – Adria's horse accident: 14 crushed bones and a brain bleed
20:40 – Flying through a lightning storm to reach her
31:40 – Passing the exam everyone said she'd fail
35:12 – One day: the swim and her first home sale
44:57 – Full circle: 23 weeks pregnant
59:00 – What it all comes down to: Community

1:00:53 – The most important decision I ever made

Donate: augustafterdark.com
Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon: rmhbc.ca
Register for the Okanagan Dream Rally: okanagandreamrally.com

What happens to a family when their child is airlifted to BC Children's Hospital with nothing but the clothes on their back?

In this episode of August After Dark, Matt sits down with Richard Pass — CEO of Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon for nearly 20 years — the man who transformed a small charity serving 13 families into the largest Ronald McDonald House in the world.

But tonight, Richard isn't just here to celebrate what's been built. He's here because there's a fight happening — and it might be the most important conversation we've had on this stage.

Right now, 700 families a year are being turned away from Ronald McDonald House BC & Yukon. Families who have left their jobs, their homes, and their communities to be beside a critically ill child. Families who have slept in cars. Families who have lost everything.

A new 12-story, $100 million timber house is ready to be built — one that would serve 150 families at a time, with private suites, a healing centre, a rooftop space, and the kind of dignity every family in crisis deserves.

The federal government is in. The Yukon is in. The City of Vancouver is in.

BC still hasn't committed.

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