Speaker

Dan Kieran

CEO & Co-Founder of Publishing Platform Unbound | Do Radio Guest, Where To Next with Dan & Miracles Happen Here with Cat Preston

Catch Dan on Do Radio: Where To Next with Dan & Miracles Happen Here with Cat Preston 13-19th October

Dan Kieran has worn many hats: writer, founder, CEO, lecturer, wanderer. As the co-founder of Unbound, the pioneering publishing platform that gave power back to authors, Dan helped reshape how stories are brought into the world. But three years after stepping away from the company, he received the news that Unbound had gone into liquidation - a moment that triggered deep reflection.

In this special episode of Where To Next, Dan turns the microphone inward.

He shares the emotional aftermath of watching something he once helped build come to an end, the complex relationship between identity and achievement, and how it feels to grieve - not just a company, but a version of yourself.

Drawing on the conversations he’s had so far on Where To Next, Dan weaves together insights from his previous guests - all of whom are navigating their own questions of transition, purpose, and what comes after. The result is a deeply honest reflection on failure, growth, and the space where real change begins.

Talks

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You Think You Have Ideas But Ideas Have You

Dan Kieran•Business

An impassioned talk from Dan on the greatest idea that's ever had him. That idea struck in 2011 when Dan was sat on his lunch break from his minimum wage job, on a beach in Bognor Regis. An author and travel writer, he had spent ten years writing bo...