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David Trotter
Speaker & Transformation Coach
Inspiration Rising
• At 25, I helped start one of the fastest growing churches in Orange County, California, which grew to over 1,000 people in a year.
• Co-founded a website that was a central resource for new-fangled churches in the ’90’s. In 1998, I left ministry in order to raise $1 million to fund a massive launch, and the economy tanked. No money, but the website exploded with growth.
• Founded a church with a dozen people, and it grew to 750 people, three locations, and dozen staff within 5 years.
• Spoke to crowds of over 20,000 people in India and to thousands of others on topics of business, marketing, leadership, and personal growth.
• Started a furniture store to benefit a lower socio-economic community in southern California. We sold used hotel furniture at a massive discount
• Over a decade ago, I crashed, burned, and destroyed the relationships with my family and had a mental breakdown. I hit rock bottom, and thanks to grace, therapy, and second chances, I was able to come back stronger than ever. I carry this experience with me as I teach entrepreneurs how to cultivate a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable.
• For the past 15 years, I've owned six-figure marketing business helping companies and non-profits clarify their existence and communicate it clearly.
• Co-founded a plush toy manufacturing company that benefited non-profits.
• Directed and produced three feature-length documentaries on social justice issues. All gained distribution, and the first was on Netflix for two years. Here’s the info on my IMDB.
• Directed and produced a scripted feature film that came out in 2018. The reviews are pretty good.
• Wrote eleven books. Ten self-published, and one with a publisher. Does it really matter these days? Maybe, maybe not.
• Produced three photography books. They are self-published and available on Amazon.
• Travelled to India a dozen times for humanitarian projects. Picture orphans getting food and education while remote villages get water wells instead of walking through snake-infested fields to a nasty water hole where a cow is bathing.
At 25, I helped start one of the fastest growing churches in Orange County, which grew to over 1,000 people in a year.
Co-founded a website that was a central resource for new-fangled churches in the ’90’s. In 1998, I left ministry in order to raise $1 million to fund a massive launch, and the economy tanked. No money, but the website exploded with growth.
Founded a church with a dozen people, and it grew to 750 people, three locations, and dozen staff within 5 years.
Spoke to crowds of over 20,000 people in India and to thousands of others on topics of business, marketing, leadership, and personal growth.
Started a furniture store to benefit a lower socio-economic community in southern California. We sold used hotel furniture at a massive discount
Over a decade ago, I crashed, burned, and destroyed the relationships with my family and had a mental breakdown. I hit rock bottom, and thanks to grace, therapy, and second chances, I was able to come back stronger than ever. I carry this experience with me as I teach entrepreneurs how to cultivate a healthy lifestyle that is sustainable.
For the past 12 years, I've run my own six-figure marketing business helping companies and non-profits clarify their existence and communicate it clearly.
Co-founded a plush toy manufacturing company that benefits non-profits. It still exists today…they are so cute.
Directed and produced three feature-length documentaries on social justice issues. All gained distribution, and the first was on Netflix for two years. Here’s the info on my IMDB.
Directed and produced a scripted feature film that came out in 2018. The reviews are pretty good.
Wrote nine books. Eight self-published, and one with a publisher. Does it really matter these days? Maybe, maybe not.
Produced three photography books. They are self-published and available on Amazon.
Travelled to India nine times for humanitarian projects. Picture orphans getting food and education while remote villages get water wells instead of walking through snake-infested fields to a nasty water hole where a cow is bathing.
MA in Cross Cultural Studies
Fuller Theological Seminary (1998)
MA in Church Leadership (abt)
Vanguard University (1995)
BA in Pastoral Ministries
Vanguard University (1994)
I'm an only child. People ask if I missed having siblings? How am I supposed to know?
I started dunking the basketball as a freshman, but not anymore.
Built launch ramps and quarter pipes long before a skate park was a reality in Kentucky.
Moved from Kentucky to California when I was 16.
Photo editor for my high school yearbook and newspaper. I won first place at the Fresno State University high school photo competition two years in a row.
Worked as a sports photographer at the Lodi News-Sentinel during high school. Yes, real film and developing prints in the darkroom.