A dedicated dot connector in branding and strategy is detailing his rise from small-town beginnings to shaping some of today's biggest cultural moments. Source: The Resource Guild Before Daniel Dickey was negotiating multimillion-dollar brand partnerships or orchestrating culturally impactful campaigns, he was a 12-year-old entrepreneur pushing a lawnmower through his Wilmington, North Carolina, neighborhood. But even then, his gift was not the grass cutting; it was actually in dealmaking. "I had a 55, 56-year-old man who was actually cutting the grass for me," Dickey told BOSSIP with a laugh.