Chris Fawcett

Chris Fawcett

Founder & CEO at Sunday Morning Partners

TED Attendee
San Diego, California, United States
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About Chris

I am a…

Concerned citizen, Marketer, Parent, Promoter

Bio

My bio ... Student/carpenter makes $438 bet with big-city ad guy; wins bet, gets big-city ad job; assigned to P&G, works tail off; sneaks out of office, meets girl; girl mercifully says "yes"; follows girl to SF; gets different big-city ad job; assigned to Sony, works tail off; sneaks out of office, marries girl; Sony lures him client-side; trades SF for New Jersey (huh?); learns home entertainment biz; has a few kids; trades NJ for San Diego (yeah!); launches flat-panel TV, high def, Blu-ray; leaves corporate womb for startup life; sets off on a new mission.

I'm passionate about

My family Boston sports Building things

An idea worth spreading

Universal background checks for gun purchasers.

Areas of expertise

General Management, Marketing

The TED story

TED 2005 ... David Blaine pulls quarter out of Jeff Bezos' ear during cocktails. Epilogue: Bezos invests quarter ... makes a billion.