289 Gregg Champion: Building your Recovery Playbook

Gregg Champion is a branding expert who has worked with top consumer brands, major television networks, and professional sports teams over the last 15 years. In the last few years, he has focused on selective start-up ventures as an investor, advisor, educator, and start-up coach. Gregg is a TEDx speaker who has been in recovery for over 20 years after nearly ruining his life with drugs and alcohol. Policy makers, media personalities, and addiction experts recognize Gregg as a highly valued and trusted member of the recovery community. Gregg has helped, supported and career coached over a 100 millennials to get their first job or internship in the "real world." Through his own vast experiences working with Fortune 500 brands, running his own companies, and fostering relationships with millennials at colleges and universities across the nation, he has developed a bullet proof playbook on how to land, keep, and thrive at your dream job.  In June 2015, Gregg was named Mentor in Residence at USC's Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurship after serving as a co-teacher for a 400-level undergrad course on Venture Management within the Marshall School of Business. Gregg, his wife Jennifer and their two daughters Elysse and Annabelle reside in Pacific Palisades. 3 top tips for my audience: Remain “Willing to be Willing.” (Keep gathering recovery tools) You are allowed the alcoholic thought, you are not allowed the alcoholic action.We don’t have bad days… we have a bad two hours. (Use the tools you have to dig yourself out)@startuprecovery @greggchampion See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.