Dan Young, founder of PC Laptops and Xidax
More revenue.
Lower costs.
More free time.
I help people and companies run leaner, make more money and get their time back. I've been doing it in my own businesses since 1992, and I post what actually works, for free.
Inc. 500 multiple years, Utah Business 40 Under 40 and Utah Best of State. 130K+ people follow along.
We've built computers for teams at
- Intel
- AMD
- NVIDIA
- Amazon
- DreamWorks
- Lucasfilm
- NASA
What I help you do
Everything I teach comes back to four things. It's what I've used to build my own companies for more than 30 years.
- Make more moneySales and marketing that bring in more customers and more revenue from the ones you already have.
- Cut operating costsFind where money leaks out of the business and plug it. Less waste, better deals, fewer wasted hours.
- Run more efficientlyClear priorities, simple systems and AI that handles the busywork, so your team gets more done with the same people.
- Get your time backBuild a business that doesn't need you in every meeting, so you have time for the people and things that matter.
Start here
Some of my most watched videos on Instagram.
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47K viewsStop renting AI. Own it.
Right now the fastest way for a company to cut costs and get hours back is AI. Xidax builds AI workstations and servers that sit in your building, on your network. Your team gets AI that knows your business, and you own the machine.
- Get hours backYour team asks questions across all your company's data and gets answers in seconds. No more digging through four or five systems.
- Stop paying by the questionCloud AI charges every time someone uses it. With a whole team on it, that can hit tens of thousands a month and it keeps climbing. Buy the machine once. The next question costs electricity.
- Your data never leavesDocuments and customer records stay on your network. No outside company sees them, and it keeps working when the internet goes down.
Our operating costs are running $2.8 million a year lower, with AI driving it, including the staffing changes it recommended. It's automated work in just about every department we have.
Every department, not just one
Most people think AI means a chatbot. Here's the kind of work it handles across a whole company:
- MarketingWrites ads, emails, posts and product descriptions. Shows what's working and where the money's getting wasted.
- SalesWrites quotes and follow-ups, preps reps before calls and flags deals that are going cold.
- AccountingCodes expenses, catches duplicate and wrong charges and has the reports done before you ask.
- PurchasingCompares vendors and prices, tracks every subscription and contract and finds what to cut.
- LogisticsTracks shipments, catches carrier overcharges and spots problems before the customer calls.
- WarehouseWatches inventory, flags what's running low or sitting too long and catches order mistakes before they ship.
- Websites and complianceChecks the websites, pricing and compliance every morning and catches the expensive mistakes people miss.
- LeadershipShows where the money's going, where you're over or under staffed and what to change. Every day, not once a quarter.
Serious AI doesn't mean a rack that costs millions. For most companies one workstation does the job, and Xidax builds them. See the machines at xidax.com
Want to see where it'd cut costs in your business? DM me "AI" on Instagram and we'll set up a free 30-minute call. No need to send me your numbers. If it doesn't make sense for you, I'll tell you.
DM me on InstagramFree tools. Run your numbers.
The same math I run in my own businesses and my own life. Pick one. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
- Hours lost a year 6,250
- That's full-time people doing nothing but searching 3.0
- Get back even half $125,000
Estimate. Based on 50 working weeks and 2,080 hours per full-time person. Your numbers will be different.
- Per year $211,200
- Over 3 years $633,600
- Per question on your own machine $0
Estimate, not a quote. About 40,000 tokens in and 8,000 out per task at cloud list prices, 22 working days a month. Caching and volume deals can lower a cloud bill. At low volume the cloud is cheaper, and if that's you, I'll tell you.
- You put in $0
- Growth did the rest $0
- After tax, if you hold and pay when you sell $0
- After tax, if your gains get taxed every year $0
- Holding instead of trading keeps you $0
- You hit $1 million at age —
- Cost of waiting 5 years to start $0
Estimate. Compounded monthly, before fees and inflation. The big number is before tax. The tax rows use one flat rate on your gains and leave out state tax, so check the real numbers with your CPA. Not financial or tax advice.
Run your house like a business. Top half is your monthly profit and loss. Bottom half is your balance sheet. Round numbers are fine.
- You keep this much of every dollar 0%
- Months you could live on your cash 0
You turn into the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Rate yourself first, then rate them. Physical, financial and spiritual, 1 to 10. Be straight with yourself.
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What leaders say about Dan
“He gives straight feedback, challenges you to think differently, while always offering ideas. He is a proven business leader in the industry and a sought after coach and mentor.”
“Dan is one of the greatest people on this planet. Extremely genuine and driven Dan will always exceed your expectations.”
“… Dan Young was riding in the back seat of my truck and said, ‘John, you know at one time … my company was the largest cryptocurrency mining operation in Utah.’ I then tipped down my sunglasses, looked at him in the rearview mirror and said, ‘You’re the man I’ve been looking for.’ From that moment, Dan became my mentor for all things in technology.”
“Dan is always focused on solving the customers problems … I would buy from Dan any day!”
“His knowledge and dedication to his business and the technology industry is second to none.”
“… a very thoughtful cloud centric leader who can develop and implement new business models … while capitalizing on existing strengths and developing new competitive advantages.”
“Dan gets things done. … He does not waste time and he excels in all that he does.”
“He brings an amazing energy and creativity to everything he does that is contagious, and makes people want to reach beyond what they think is possible.”
47 recommendations on LinkedIn and 100% recommend on Facebook from 19 reviews. Quotes are excerpts from LinkedIn recommendations. Titles come from each person's LinkedIn profile. They're personal recommendations, not company endorsements.
People I've met along the way
Athletes, authors, actors and the guys who ran Intel. I picked up something from most of them.
Shaquille O'NealNBA Hall of Famer
Tony RobbinsAuthor and speaker
Jackie ChanSigned for me, 2005
Gary VaynerchukCEO, VaynerMedia
George W. Bush43rd President of the United States
Steve ForbesChairman, Forbes Media
Robert KiyosakiAuthor, Rich Dad Poor Dad
Chris VossAuthor, Never Split the Difference
Pat GelsingerFormer CEO, Intel
Paul OtelliniIntel CEO, 2005 to 2013
Dean GraziosiCo-founder, Mastermind.com
Antonio BanderasActor
Emmitt SmithNFL Hall of Famer, Dallas Cowboys
Chuck NorrisSigned for me
Steve AokiDJ and producer
Tito OrtizUFC Hall of Famer
Penn & TellerOne half of the magic duo
Gary ColemanActor, Diff'rent Strokes
John PestanaCo-founder, Omniture
John & Bridger PenningtonInvestors and entrepreneurs
Dr. Jerry ChidesterPlastic surgeon
Brandon FugalReal estate investor
Scott KellerReal estate investor
About Dan
I opened PC Laptops in 1992 and never stopped building. Today that's five PC Laptops stores in Utah, plus Xidax, which builds custom PCs in Salt Lake City and ships them all over the world.
I've served 16 years on Intel's Board of Advisors and I'm on AMD's Gaming Advisory Council. PC Laptops has been an Intel Platinum Partner and a Microsoft Gold Partner. Back in 2014 I built one of the largest crypto mining facilities in South Jordan, way before anybody cared about crypto.
Why I do this
Mentors gave me a lot for free. This is how I pay it back. All I ask:
- Actually do something with what you learn.
- Share it with someone who needs it.
How it started
My parents left China to get away from communism and started over in L.A. with nothing.
I grew up there. A lot of my friends went the wrong way, and I was headed there too. More than once I watched my mom cry over an empty fridge. I promised myself my family would never go through that again.
At 16 I got sent to Utah to live with my sister. That lasted about 30 days. I got a job at a Radio Shack in the mall and sold Ginsu knives at swap meets on weekends.
One day an older guy brought in a broken radio. I swapped a fuse and it worked. Turns out he'd sold his company for over a billion dollars. He offered me lunch every week if I'd keep his computers running. Best deal I ever made.
Later I was a top computer salesman at an electronics store. Then the boss told us they were closing. I'd made promises to my customers, so I got the list, called every one of them and gave them my pager number. That was the start of PC Laptops.
- Year one−$27KIn debt, credit cards maxed
- Year two$1M+In sales
- Year three~$5MIn sales