How to survive a breakup with your business partner – with Chris Johnson

Chris Johnson, Simplifilm, B2B, Hiring, Mental Game, PR / Media Marketing

Today’s guest is someone I got to know here at Mixergy headquarters when our producer, Jeremy Weisz, put together a mastermind.

We invited great entrepreneurs together and spent the day talking about our challenges and giving each other tips. It was a really helpful day.

At the end of it, we all had some drinks and Chris Johnson started telling me about his company and I said, “Oh, if he ever comes on Mixergy I’ve got to remember to ask him about that.”

Chris Johnson is the founder and CEO of Simplifilm which helps software companies tell their story with high impact, short motion graphics explanation videos.

 

Chris Johnson

Simplifilm

Chris Johnson is the founder and CEO of Simplifilm which helps software companies tell their story with high impact, short motion graphics explanation videos.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner; I’m the founder of mixergy.com, this right here. It means home of the ambitious upstart. And my pinky finger got hurt. I actually whacked it on our clapboard. Chris, do you use a clapboard for your videos? You don’t need them, do you?

Chris: Almost never.

Andrew: Never, right? Because it’s all a stop, what is it called? Stop motion?

Chris: Motion graphics.

Andrew: Motion graphics just means graphics that are in motion on video, right?

Chris: Yeah, we’ll do a slate sometimes. I mean, we’re 20% live action. We do some of that stuff. So we’ll do a slate sometimes, yeah.

Andrew: My name is Andrew Warner, as I said. This is Chris Johnson. He is the founder of Simplifilm. Right? Did I pronounce it right?

Chris: Oh, yeah, you did.

Andrew: Doesn’t it bother you when people mispronounce your name, your company name?

Chris:...

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