On this episode of the playbook, I have the Senior Vice President and Global GM of Hydroflass,

Scott Allen, and he's going to talk to me about the role of failure as a teacher.

And most importantly, we're going to learn how sacrificing your intended career path

could prove to be the most rewarding thing you can ever do. Join me for all of that and more on The Playbook.

This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional

playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and

in the board room.

I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing, David Melzer.

This is Dave Melzer with Entrepreneurs The Playbook.

I have Scott Allen, the Global GM of Hydroflass, one of my favorite companies.

I had to have you on the Playbook.

Thank you. And part of the reason I wanted you on the playbook

is that I teach something called

Don't Limit Your Point of Entry.

And you started your career as a serious engineer.

You went to Berkeley.

You're no slouch when it comes to the academia, but your career

has evolved and I really like to let entrepreneurs know that you can be entrepreneurial within

large organizations as both of us have.

Yes. And so I kind of want to start with you're in college, you're an engineer, were you an

entrepreneurial engineer or are you one of those engineers that were just math and in the books and not looking to business?

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