Light that sparkfire nation, a JLD here and welcome episode 1728 of EO Fire, where I am

chatting with today's most inspiring entrepreneurs a seven days a week.

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And I'll show it today's featured guest, Christopher Lockhead.

Christopher, are you prepared to ignite?

I absolutely am ready to light myself and everybody else on fire.

Christopher is the co-author of Play Bigger, how pirate dreamers and innovators create

and dominate markets.

And he's a co-host of the Legends and Losers podcast.

He is a former three time public company CMO in entrepreneur.

Christopher, take a minute, fill in some gaps from that in show and give us a little glimpse

to your personal life.

Well, first of all, John, thanks, of course, for having me, a big fan of the show.

And I'm someone who got thrown out of school at 18 for being stupid.

I found out at 21 that I'm dyslexic.

And so the alternatives I had in life were work a manual labor job.

I was an orderly at a hospital.

So I could either shave old guys, you know what's for a living, or I could start a company.

And so with my friend Jack, I decided to start a company.

And today I'm a retired CMO living in beautiful Santa Cruz, California.

And I surf a lot and I married you an extraordinary woman and I live with an amazing tribe of people.

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