David Samuel Straus is a Father, Poet, former Tech CEO and accomplished Transformational Leadership and Executive Coach, working with clients globally helping them achieve their most desired dreams and reminding them who they truly are deep inside and how miraculous of a world they can create for themselves, their organization and the community around them.

 

He began his executive coaching practice in 2011 with a focus in connecting “Heart Thinking” with “Head Thinking.”

 

After selling his first company to Amazon in 2008, he created and headed up the Los Angeles office of IMDb (a division of Amazon). In 2013, he formed, along with his partners, his next company, Critical Mass Studios Inc. (CMS). In that same year CMS acquired Rightsline Software (Rightsline.com). Today Rightsline is the go-to SaaS platform for managing rights in the entertainment industry. Their clients are among the largest entertainment companies around the world including Disney, Universal, Amazon and Sony Pictures.

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In 2016, Straus began a professional transition from spending the majority of his time as CEO of CMS to focusing on coaching, leadership development and speaking publicly on those subjects.

 

Straus’ clients are often members of the C- Suite of public and private companies. He has worked with teams in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.

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When not coaching he invests in social entrepreneurial ventures and advises entrepreneurs on best practices for raising capital and building customer and shareholder value. Straus lives in Los Angeles with his family. In his free time he can seen hiking one of the local trails, writing and discussing the unknowns of the universe, or leading a free community call on one of the Third_Eye_Thirst Publishing platforms.