Born and raised in Southern California, Dale Partridge always had a passion for business. Whether it was picking up cans and bottles, selling lemonade, or selling airheads from his backpack at school. It was from the influence of his father that sparked the work ethic in him and by age 25 he had five businesses. But, even with large dollars of income pouring in he was not satisfied and soon realized that the value of profit was not going to fill anything. His success story was a slow process that included him switching jobs multiple times and figuring out that he wanted to make a positive impact in the business world. There is diversity in Dale Partridge’s entrepreneurship experiences ranging from CEO of Sevenly, establishing a Rock Climbing facility, a conference company to a branding agency and a multi-million dollar e-commerce business. He has since then written three books, People Over Profit, Launch Your Dream, and  Saved From Success. 

What makes Dale’s story even more of an inspiration is his failures never set him back, they only pushed him to work harder. He was not a millionaire by the age of 20 years old, in fact he had debt, bills, and an average salary. In the middle of his development he ran into hardships such as losing large sums of money and getting fired from one of his own companies that he started. However, these did not defeat him, but fueled him.

It was as if a light switch went off when Dale asked himself the question, “If Jesus ran a business, what would it look like?” From then, he launched Sevenly, a company with a mission to give $7 to a worthy cause for every product he sold. His sights were set on feeding the hungry, rescuing people in human trafficking, caring for the orphan, and spreading the call to be generous. This is not an easy task to achieve considering how culture today is very individualistic and profit over people.

Sevenly’s main purpose is  a ‘cause art’ movement and that established  7-day cause campaigns, inviting customers to buy “advocacy art, apparel and accessories” that donate to non-profits. Each purchase and every product would also create conversations. Questions that would be asked like, “Hey where did you buy that shirt? What is the context behind it?” Now widely recognized as one of the world’s leading ‘social good’ companies, Sevenly activates its signature 7-Day Campaigns and curates ongoing, cause-themed Collections created to change lives by raising funding, awareness and followers for the world’s greatest causes.