Christopher Lochhead is the author of Play Bigger and Niche Down, the host of the Follow Your Different podcast, an advisor to over 50 startups, and a three time Chief Marketing Officer.  He joins Career Crashers to share the story of how he co-founded a company at 18 to start his career. 

In this episode:  

• How Chris launched his career by starting a company 
• Creating a character to "lead" the business  
• How Chris and his partner got their first clients with cold calling  
• Saying yes to opportunities and learning on the fly 
• Closing down his company and getting a job at a software startup  
• Having a reason to connect with people instead of no-context networking  
• Making connections as an introverted extrovert  
• Why you should follow your different  

Learn more about Chris at www.lochhead.com

Read Play Bigger and Niche Down: https://lochhead.com/play-bigger/

Listen to Follow Your Different:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/christopher-lochhead-follow-your-different/id1204044507?mt=2 

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