After getting kicked out of school twice, Astawa took his education to the proverbial streets by building DxM Creative– an innovative web design agency.

Astawa’s story exemplifies success against the odds. By traditional standards, he shouldn’t have succeeded. Today, Astawa has led DxM Creative to boast a roster of clients including award-winning entrepreneurs, international non-profits, and (ironically) large universities.

Astawa’s unconventional path against the grain taught him many lessons. The most impactful of these lessons being that you don’t need permission to start building a business. Astawa shares these lessons regularly with business students and aspiring entrepreneurs through actionable content and personable keynotes

In this episode, we discuss

• Astawa’s distaste for the education system, and his journey through several obstacles in his post-secondary education 
• His career in entrepreneurship, including launching a start-up, joining the Brampton Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
• The slow-drip method for creating content, and using that content within different platforms

 

Check out the latest episode for an exciting conversation between Astawa and I

 

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education. – Mark Twain