If You Wished Me a Happy Birthday on Facebook, This is a MUST READ: Birthday Wish Superlatives

Yesterday I received an amazing amount of warm Birthday wishes from friends via Facebook. So, as the week winds down, I’d like to hand out some Birthday Wish superlatives….because I can.

So here it goes:

1.    Most brownie points with me for mentioning “my girls” Tracey Wells Daly, Kay-Lynn Ryan Jacobellis, Tricia Casale Dessi,  Melissa Macksam Singlak
2.    Best “switch it up” wish – Angelo Notaro
3.    Funniest – Greg Roth, Joseph Carricato, Michele Berke
4.    Best non English Bday Wish – Brendan Sammon
5.    Best “all caps” bday wish three way tie – Holly Walters, Paola Floro, Michael Morlang
6.    Best “stroke of my ego” bday wishes: T.J. Gillespie, Joseph Madio, Deidre Daly Markowski
7.    Best use of” Chrissy” – Lauren Lucie Paccione
8.    Best “what the hell is he smoking” Bday wish – Kevin Reilly
9.    Best  “inside joke” Bday wish – Greg Roth, Celso Berison, Rachel Crognale, Alexis Katzowitz
10.    Most “girly” bday wish – Jennifer Lee
11.    Most “self-promoting” Bday wish – Lou Cardillo
12.    Best “Dessi nick-name” bday wish – Jennifer Cerami
13.    Best Bday song – Lisa Levy Margolis
14.    Most “unique” bday wish  – Michael Wolff
15.    Earliest, bday wish – Bill LaRosa
16.    Most creative way of working Mahopac into the bday wish- Mark Ribaudo
17.    Matt Walker gets his own superlative, for a combined WTF, Funny, random and silly all in one
18.    Most clueless Bday Wish Jason Hartelius
19.    Most conspicuously absent wishes – Pat Dessi, Adrian Dessi, Mark Dessi Laura Dessi (I’m watching you)…
20.    Most self serving bday wish ? My What I’ve learned” blog post

All winners get to buy me a beer the next time I see them. For everyone else, thanks for playing – better luck next year.

Seriously, thanks for sending me so much love everyone.

Over and out.

Who’s the Coach?

I’m Chris Dessi.

Tech entrepreneur. Author. Talking head.
But before any of that—I’m a builder.

I’ve spent the last 20+ years helping companies grow:
From dot-com chaos to SaaS scale-ups to AI-powered everything.
I’ve sold software across continents. Closed $32M in deals using AI.
Built and exited businesses. Bombed a few too. All of it made me sharper.

Today, I run Torque AI, a marketing automation platform built for the 99%.
Small business owners. Solopreneurs. Operators with too much to do and not enough support.
We give them AI superpowers—without the hype, the jargon, or the BS.

I’m also the founder of AI Summit NYC, where real business owners come to learn how to actually use AI to drive revenue.

When I’m not building, I’m writing books, speaking on national TV, and coaching execs through reinvention—with a baseball bat in one hand and a meditation app in the other.

I believe reinvention is our greatest asset.
I believe AI isn’t the threat—it’s the test.
And I believe if you’re not adapting, you’re eroding.

Let’s build something that matters.

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