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Ep. 20: Magician Dan Chan Performed for Elon Musk, Plans to Build Magic Mansion in the Bay Area
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Dan Chan is a magician that has performed at corporate events at fortune 100 companies and lavish parties hosted by celebrities. He recently got to perform for Elon Musk at the PayPal 20-year reunion party, hosted by Peter Thiel.
Prior to his illusionist career, he was an employee at PayPal, where he met Thiel.
Dan has also been grooming his 14-year old son to become a magician, who has been doing his own $1000 shows in the San Francisco Bay Area.
We talked about how Dan decided to become a magician, how he received his training, his experience of tiger-parenting his son to learn magic tricks, how he found success in Zoom-based magic shows after Covid dropped all his bookings, his plans to build a private VIP magic mansion in the bay area, and his plans beyond magic.
0:00 Dan's magic
2:24 Dan at Paypal
05:13 Starting out performing magic at local libraries
08:47 Dan studied at a clown conservatory
09:24 Dan disliked studying but enjoyed magic
11:58 Teaching his son to reverse-engineer his success
13:49 Dealing with flops
14:42 How Covid made him pivot into Zoom magic
16:28 Plans to make a private magic club in the Bay Area
20:42 Tiger-parenting his son for the career of a magician
23:15 Plans to become a better speaker, do a TED talk and write a book
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Manage episode 347137878 series 3382655
Dan Chan is a magician that has performed at corporate events at fortune 100 companies and lavish parties hosted by celebrities. He recently got to perform for Elon Musk at the PayPal 20-year reunion party, hosted by Peter Thiel.
Prior to his illusionist career, he was an employee at PayPal, where he met Thiel.
Dan has also been grooming his 14-year old son to become a magician, who has been doing his own $1000 shows in the San Francisco Bay Area.
We talked about how Dan decided to become a magician, how he received his training, his experience of tiger-parenting his son to learn magic tricks, how he found success in Zoom-based magic shows after Covid dropped all his bookings, his plans to build a private VIP magic mansion in the bay area, and his plans beyond magic.
0:00 Dan's magic
2:24 Dan at Paypal
05:13 Starting out performing magic at local libraries
08:47 Dan studied at a clown conservatory
09:24 Dan disliked studying but enjoyed magic
11:58 Teaching his son to reverse-engineer his success
13:49 Dealing with flops
14:42 How Covid made him pivot into Zoom magic
16:28 Plans to make a private magic club in the Bay Area
20:42 Tiger-parenting his son for the career of a magician
23:15 Plans to become a better speaker, do a TED talk and write a book
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