To succeed in business you must do more than take a step in the right direction. You have to take a Quantum Leap .

DAN PEÑA

THE TRILLION DOLLAR MAN

Who is Dan Peña?

Dan Peña, known globally as the “Trillion Dollar Man,” is a high-performance business success coach, entrepreneur, and former oil executive who built his empire from scratch. Born in East Los Angeles and raised in a tough, no-excuses environment, Peña rose from humble beginnings to create hundreds of millions in personal wealth. He is the founder of the Quantum Leap Advantage (QLA) methodology, a business strategy that has helped his mentees generate over trillions of dollars in equity, deals, and value.

From his historic Guthrie Castle in Scotland, Peña hosts elite seminars where he mentors driven individuals to achieve explosive success. His approach is unapologetically direct, rooted in military-grade discipline, personal accountability, and bold action. Peña is not for the faint of heart—his methods challenge conventional thinking and demand absolute commitment. Those who follow his teachings are pushed beyond their limits to achieve results they never thought possible and as fast as humanly possible!

QLA focuses on building generational wealth by acquiring businesses using Other People’s Money (OPM).

Skip the startup phase—buy existing, cash-flowing companies instead of building from scratch.

QLA emphasizes speed, bold action, and high accountability—there is no room for hesitation.

Based on Dan Peña’s decades of personal experience on businesses and doing deals

Time management, daily structure, and ruthless focus are cornerstones of the system.

QLA demands mental resilience and the ability to push through fear, rejection, and failure.

What is QLA?

QLA (Quantum Leap Advantage) is Dan Peña’s proprietary system for creating explosive wealth through business acquisitions using Other People’s Money (OPM).

What to expect from the QLA Castle Seminar?

A WEEK LONG CASTLE EXTRAVAGANZA IS NOW UPDATED TO THE 21ST CENTURY – BUT AS THEY SAY, “IT WILL BRING BACK THE FIRE AND BRIMSTONE I BECAME FAMOUS (OR INFAMOUS) FOR WHILST GIVING SEMINARS FROM 1993 TO 2000 AND IS ONLY PARTIALLY EXHIBITED IN ALL MY PRODUCT.

THIS UNIQUE EVENT FOCUSES ON EXPONENTIAL BUSINESS GROWTH IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME. THE INTENSIVE COURSE INCLUDES DETAILED NOTES, LETTERS, SCRIPTS, AUDIO/VISUAL AIDS AND INDIVIDUALIZED BUSINESS PLANS OF PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS.

Fundamentals QLA Methodology 7 Steps to Super Success Raising Capital Deal Making & Acquisitions Leadership & Selling Your Dream QLA Castle Seminar Schedule
  1. Pay Price to Action
  2. No free lunch, but super success can be accomplished at a discount
  3. Quantum Leap Advantage Action War Plan
  4. The business investment “RED FLAG” Check List
  5. 114 Penaisms
  6. Sample Letters
  7. Sample Phone Scripts
  8. Sample Meeting Interview Scripts
  9. Redefine goals and vision
  10. Building Self Esteem, Self Confidence and Self Worth
  11. Emotional Bank Accounts and how you build up a Reservoir
  12. Getting comfortable with high performance
  13. Leadership and its importance IN QLA
  14. Your doubts are not products of accurate thinking, but habitual thinking
  15. Super success – not for everyone
  16. Conventional wisdom – the losers crutch
  17. What it means to be super successful
  18. Laser Beam Focus VS Ferocious Focus
  19. Five Credos for success
  20. Preparing for your Quantum Leap (15 keys)
  21. Achieving your Quantum Leap (8 power strategies)
  22. Cashing in on your success. Doing it again.
  23. Take Action NOW or Never!
  1. Your Quantum Leap Advantage
  2. Building Perception to become a Reality
  3. Creating Your Dream Team for Success
  4. 11 Steps that make a Deal
  5. The Plan with no Escape

Step 1 – Creating your Personal Foundation for success:

Get comfortable

Passion – do you have it? Selling your dream

Beyond Common Sense

5 Credos for Success

New Rules – there are no rules

Leadership and you in 21st century

Focus on Ends not the Means whilst overcoming obstacles

Step 2 – Clarify your Vision – are you crystal clear?

Step 3 – Building the Perception – perception is reality

Step 4 – Creating Your Dream Team for business and life

Step 5 – Your Quantum Leap Action Plan:

Growth – arithmetic, geometric, exponential, quantum

Working Capital (Raising Capital) – OPM

Financing – Internal Growth (Raising Capital) – OPM

Acquisitions – External Growth (Deals and Acquisitions)

Step 6 – Pay Yourself (Directors, employees) first through all cycles and why?

Step 7 – Creating Your Exit Strategy (Selling, Franchising, Going Public)

  1. Dispelling myths about raising capital
  2. Financing your dream
  3. Rules of the Game – there aren’t any!
  4. How the internet has made the process easier and harder.
  5. Role playing financial presentations
  6. Forms of Finance
  7. Fundamentals of finance
  8. How to locate successful financing
  9. How to interview financial institutions
  10. Business Plans – Do’s and Don’ts
  11. How to create/project the right perception
  12. How to create an instant track record
  13. How to present to the financial institutions?
  14. How and why to always position to go public – even if you don’t
  15. How to leverage banks against each other?
  16. How to choose between IPO’s and Private Placements
  17. When to use Investment Banks, Venture Capitalists, brokers, private equity providers, and others?
  18. How to understand the various tools of finance
  19. Unsecured vs. secured debt
  20. How to see the red flags early
  21. Advanced role playing
  22. Evaluation of business plans of attendees
  23. How to avoid subsequent litigation by positioning yourself for it
  24. Analytical model for calculating debt required
  25. Most common financial follies
  26. How not to take rejection from bankers, investors too seriously
  27. Financial misconceptions
  1. How to find an industry
  2. How to find targets within your industry
  3. How the internet has made the deal making process easier and harder
  4. How to make a first impression
  5. How to expand your Dream Team
  6. How to set up a system to get paid
  7. How to structure professional fees
  8. How to set up and conduct the first, second and consecutive deal meetings
  9. How to proceed to reviewing financials
  10. Role play interviewing professionals
  11. How to create deal flow
  12. How to determine if the deal is hot
  13. How to conduct due diligence
  14. How to make an offer
  15. How to tie up the deal
  16. How to finance the deal
  17. How to do the next deal
  18. Role play using attendees own deals
  19. And all personal Deal questions answered.
  1. What is leadership
  2. Leadership past, present and future
  3. Why is leadership more important now than ever
  4. Can’t lead without first understanding what it is to be a follower
  5. What do all great leaders know
  6. All great leaders are great salesmen first
  7. What is the most important part of the sales process
  8. How to make your selling process the same as their buying process
  9. What all great ideas have first.
  10. What is the easiest dream to sell
  11. How to get good/great at the sales process
  12. What all of your dream team must know and believe
  13. And all personal, leadership and obstacle questions answered

The event starts with a welcoming dinner the first night where all get acquainted.

DAY 1 (ARRIVAL NIGHT)

Arrival from 3pm onwards for Arrival Drinks at 7:30 pm (unless you are scheduled to have your 1-1 meeting with Dan earlier than 3pm)

Night 1 Welcome Dinner (Business Suit)

Night 2, 3, 4 & 5 Dinner in the Pavilion (Business Suit)

Night 6 Graduation Dinner (Black Tie with Kilts)


DAY 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 (SEMINAR SESSIONS)

8:00 am Continental & Cooked Breakfast

9:00 am Course Begins at the Pavilion (Business Suit)

10:45 – 11:00 am Morning Break

1:00 pm Lunch

2:15 pm Course Resumes

3:45 – 4:00 pm Afternoon Break

5:30 pm Course Ends

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Arranged one-on-one appointments with Dan

7:00 pm – Drinks

7:30 pm – Dinner

9:00 pm – Videos/Movies selected by Dan


DAY 7 (DEPARTURE)

9:00 am – 10:00 am Continental & Breakfast in the Pavilion

Departure from estate by 10:30 am (Unless you are scheduled to have your 1-1 meeting with Dan)

Special meal requirements need to be requested 15 days in advance

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