Episode 5 Show Notes
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My guest John Merrifield is a resident of Playa Vista and a regular at The Resort Fitness Center. John has been in the tech space helping build, position, and launch products since 2013. He started at Google and then has advised/work with startups like EarBuds Music and most recently help Zefr (a Youtube partner company).
His passion is building people and products and is currently the Co-Founder of a creative/strategy agency called crowned.co doing just that.
John & Discuss:
-How a missionary trip to England at age 19 “To help others” came full circle this past year for Crowned.co
-How dialing a wrong number led him to Idaho at 21 years old and how this decision led him to meeting his wife
-What he learned as a news reporter
-Why he isn’t afraid to pivot
-Why he “believes in momentum” and what do when you have a “Spark” and how to find out if it is actually a “Flame”
-How his Mom’s storytelling impacts his work today
-How he uses his brother’s memory to fuel his decision making in life
- How the belief “Got a door? Open it and run” has allowed him to be constantly moving forward in business
-Why he trusts his gut
-Why at the end of the day it always comes back to “people”
-How his belief system of “Service” is ultimately his brand.
-Why he is always striving to figure out “How do I create that connection?” in his work
-How his daily routine allows him to be most productive and how he “guards his time”
-Connect with him on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnemerrifield
