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I am Dafan the ProfessorZ

HBCU Professor, Entrepreneur, Attorney, Dreamer 
Amazing Journey from Homeless to Ivy League 

Passions: Education, Fairness, Champion for Underdogs
Focuses: EdTech, Blockchain, Digital Access

3 Important Resources You Need for Starting Your Own Business

1. Money The first most useful resource you can have to start a business is money of course. You need money to do everything: you need money to register your business; you need money to buy inventories; you need money to buy supplies; you might even need money to gain a skill. Whichever way you …

5 Most Crucial Skills You Need to Start a Business

You can never have enough skills but you don’t have enough time to get all of them. So which are the most crucial skills to have as an entrepreneur? I will tell you! I’ve always said I want to have as many skills as possible because you never know when you’re gonna need them. But …

3 Crucial Ingredients to Entrepreneur Success

KungFu Panda says there is no secret ingredient. So why are we looking for it??? There is hard work and some things that you really need on a practical basis for entrepreneurial success. These things are resources, skills, and idea. 1. Resources (Money) First off, you must have resources. By resources I really just need …

Penn Law EJF Auction 2020 + quick tour

Last week I visited my law school – University of Pennsylvania Law School to attend the annual EJF (Equal Justice Foundation) charity auction. I donated some items from my motorsports business to benefit the public interest students! Also took an impromptu tour of the wonderful Penn Law campus that brings back great memories. Enjoy a …

Three Simple Ways to Come up with a Million Dollar Business Idea

I previously discussed how to make $1,000,000 as an entrepreneur by determining the appropriate price for your product or service and the number of customers you should aim for. After determining how you want to make a million dollars, you next need to develop a product or service. I have three simple ways to help …

How to Make a Million Dollars – A Simple Approach

One of the most asked questions in my entrepreneurship workshop, sessions and courses is: how do you make 1 million dollars? That’s a natural question to ask for entrepreneurs. For someone with a job, a six-figure salary is something to look forward to. For an entrepreneur, bringing in 1 million dollars is an important milestone. …

ProfessorZ is on YouTube!

Years in thinking, actually only took 2-3 days to complete. It goes to show, if you want to do something, just go do it! Please visit and subscribe! I will be posting entrepreneurial, business and legal content, with a mixture of how-to, tutorials, as well as discussions. Something for everyone! Enjoy! Let me know if …

Blockchain Tech Accelerator Completed

It was an awesome experience this past month with the Consensys Tachyon II (2019) Blockchain Tech Accelerator as a blockchain Startup CTO. In Berlin and SF, I met a group of great minds who are poised to do big things in Web 3.0. Very honored to have been a part!!! Look forward to building a …

DCCC International Alumni Panel – Journey to Success

It was a great pleasure to visit Delaware County Community College as a proud alumnus to serve on a panel for international students. I recounted my journey from a wide-eyed young immigrant to a strange land to finally figuring out this “American Dream” thing, starting with a visit to the admissions office to DCCC (too …

Would you deposit $145 million into a bank run out of the back of an unmarked van with a lone driver?

We shouldn’t be surprised anymore when something in the cryptocurrency world goes wrong. So when news broke this week that $145 million worth of cryptocurrency is lost by an exchange, I was not shocked at all. However, as more details were disclosed by various news reports, I became more interested and concerned. I hope you are too.