David was born in Dublin, Ireland. After graduating with a master’s degree in business in 2003, he moved to San Francisco, where he worked for the Irish government helping startups expand rapidly. He has been involved with startup companies ever since. David is the founder of FunnyBizz, a community, conference series, and writer platform helping content creators tap into the power of storytelling, comedy, and improv to create better content. He has performed stand-up comedy at California’s leading clubs including Cobb’s, the Comedy Store, the Improv, and the Punchline even though he strongly denies being a comedian and is well aware most people don’t understand his accent. His learning, taken from one year’s intensive experiments in comedy, performed on someone from the business community with a huge initial fear of public speaking (i.e., him!), has been featured in Inc., Lifehacker, and Forbes, among others. He loves sharks, still dislikes public speaking, and calls San Francisco home when immigration officials permit.