Husband to Megan. Father to Grayson, Maggie, and Mila. Investor. 3x entrepreneur and exits. Passionate about small businesses, innovation, new business development, and customer experience.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andydenton

Topics That Interest Me

• Parenting, fatherhood
• Future of... retail, commerce, payments & marketing
• Brand building
• Alternative Energy: solar, batteries, ESS, VPP
• Small business
• Beach erosion
• Compassion
• Building the Kingdom of God “on Earth, as it is in Heaven”.
• Why I Volunteer
• Clemson #AllIn 🐾🐯, Charlotte #Hornets 🏀, and Carolina #Panthers 🏈

Interesting Facts About Me

• Although I come from a long line of entrepreneurs, I graduated with a Civil Engineering degree and worked as an engineer for the first 7 years of my career.
• I helped rebuild the US Embassies in Tanzania & Kenya that Bin Laden infamously bombed in the late 90's. I was involved as a project engineer for 7 embassy builds in total.
• Built my first house myself before I was 30. (I was the contractor, not hammering nails). It was a 4,000 SF, 3 level house, using precast concrete. And I lived there for 10 years.
• I was the president of our HOA for several years. I don't recommend it.
• I'm a visual learner, but I process thoughts verbally.
• Much like one of my childhood heroes, Homer Simpson, I worked at a power plant in college.
• Met my wife in a bar. (See, we're not so different after all.)
• My first two kids experienced rough deliveries and spent a week in ICU (for different reasons). Both are completely normal, happy and healthy, praise God! #miraclebabies
• I'm one of five boys. I'm the middle kid. The thinker.
• I LOVE to play ultimate frisbee and disc golf.
• I grew up and live in the Lowcountry, SC.

How to Reach Me

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• Email

Posts & Faves

• LinkedIn Posts
• Favorite Tweets

Inspiration

Quotes

• "But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness" - Hebrews 3:13
• "I can finally build something of my own, something I can be proud to give you." - Life as a House
• "Most people use statistics the way a drunkard uses a lamp post, more for support than illumination." - Mark Twain

Videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ttG4kdPA9I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_efo3Np1EzY

https://vimeo.com/48005500

What I'm Reading

Notable Reads