Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
I'm building two digital businesses, growing an audience to 200K+ with 140M+ impressions, and partnering with founders and creators - generating millions in revenue. How I got here: 2015: Graduated with no connections, no network and no one who looked like me in the rooms I wanted to be in. 2017: Joined BT (£20bn company) as a graduate. One of 200 selected from 26,000 applicants. 2019: Started posting on LinkedIn. Built Gradvance on the side. Began placing graduates at Google, TikTok, Amazon and more. 2023: Moved into BT's innovation team. Launched first in-house digital marketing agency. Scaled start-ups and SaaS businesses with Meta Ads and Google Ads (£100K+/month paid media spend). 2024: Became Chair of BT's Ethnic Diversity Network. Won multiple awards for DE&I and leadership across a business of 100,000+ people. 2025: Left corporate to go all in. Co-founded Launchpad Creators and scaled fast. And on the 1st January 2026, I welcomed my first-born son into the world. A very special time. What I've built: Gradvance is a UK leading graduate career academy. 450+ placements, £12.4M+ in salary outcomes. (6 figures) Launchpad Creators is a growth marketing partner for founders and creators. Full funnels, paid ads, creative execution and everything in between. Partners include some of the world's leading founders and creators. (7 figures) 🚀 Interested in partnering with us? Visit launchpadcreators.com If you want to learn more or you're building something of your own, I'm documenting the full journey in my newsletter - growing a personal brand, running paid ads without burning cash, operating and scaling digital businesses. The lessons, failures, frameworks and insights. And if you're not ready for any of that yet, welcome anyway. I share actionable tips on entrepreneurship, marketing, leadership, careers and personal growth 🌱 📩 Subscribe to my newsletter: dan-mian.com 📩 For sponsorships or brand partnerships: [email protected]
Partnering with creators to build and scale digital products.
Gradvance Career Mentoring Program Personalised mentoring program which walks you through our proven framework to land your dream graduate job. 1. Gain Clarity - Go from feeling lost and confused with your career, to super focussed and clear about what you want. We’ll help you built a target list of ideal companies and dream jobs. 2. Get Visibility - No more applying online and never hearing back. We’ll teach you strategies to become unforgettable and market yourself to your dream employers, from networking to growing your profile, we’ll get in front of the right people. 3. Interview like a pro -Learn how to tell your unique story, skills and potential to hiring managers at interviews. With our interview prep frameworks, you’ll be more confident than ever and get into the top 1%, leading to job offers! We’ll also help you get the best deal with effective salary negotiation. What you’ll get by joining the program: Gradvance Academy - 30 unique video lessons - covering topics such as job search strategies, networking, LinkedIn, CV’s, cover letters, interviewing, and more... Weekly live coaching - Dan goes live on a Zoom call to review the week's lessons and to answer any questions that you may have regarding your journey. All the templates you need - Access a suite of high quality templates and examples you need to land your dream job, which can be implemented quickly and easily! We've helped hundreds of people land jobs at: Google, TikTok, BT, Vodafone, Amazon, EY and more. To learn more, visit gradvance.co.uk
Leading the committee to drive strategic change at Ex-Co level and create long-lasting change to positively impact our ethnic minority colleagues across BT Group (87,200 employees in UK).
Working in BT's innovation team, managing the digital marketing and go-to-market strategy and execution across 4 start-up businesses, disrupting industries including: Health Care, EV Charging, Fintech and Drones.