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David Hilton, MBA, M.Ed.

David Hilton

David is president of Strategic Vision Business Development Corp., a management consultant company working with firms in a variety of industries. 

He has experience building businesses, guiding owners to higher profits and greater freedom and has helped family businesses to successfully transition ownership to the next generation or to successful sales of the businesses.  

David Hilton is the author of two books on entrepreneurship: SPARK, Taking Your Business from Struggle to Significance and The Ultimate Success Secret with co-author Dan Kennedy.

As president of Hilton Photography, a business that he recently successfully sold, he grew and managed multiple locations and recruited, hired and trained over 500 people.  He developed this company to operate profitably without his day to day involvement.

Workshops with David Hilton

David Hilton’s Workshops with the Bay Area Mastermind include:

  • SCRUM: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
  • SCRUM: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time
  • Spark: Take Your Business from Struggle to Significance
  • Spark: Take Your Business from Struggle to Significance
  • Achieving True Business Class
  • Achieving True Business Class
  • From Struggle to Significance
  • From Struggle to Significance
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Spark by David Hilton

Books by David Hilton

David is the author or two books including SPARK, Taking Your Business from Struggle to Significance and The Ultimate Success Secret with co-author Dan Kennedy.

SPARK is a fast-paced allegorical non-fiction. The hero of the story is about to learn all the lessons of business the hard way so that you do not have to.

His story is a combination of a fast-paced novel with compelling, impactful and eminently executable business lessons.

David Hilton’s Story

David Hilton, MBA, M. Ed., DBA, started out working in his family’s “mom & pop””” business, and soon realized that the business wasn’t fulfilling his dreams, yet he saw potential for growth in that business.

Over the next thirty-five years and many struggles, he grew the company to a multi-location, multi-million-dollar business where he recruited, hired, and trained over 500 people.

As a business advisor and CEO coach, he has helped more than 250 other business owners reach significant success in their businesses.

More important than the financial wealth he has helped owners create is the freedom he has helped them gain to enjoy their lives apart from their business.

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