“5 Things You Should Do To Become a Thought Leader In Your Industry”, with Nate Martin, CEO of Puzzle Break

Be aware of survivorship bias. Just because the execs at Company X did things a certain way and became a unicorn doesn’t mean that there aren’t dozens/hundreds/thousands of folks who did things the same way and failed. Find your own path.

As part of our series about how to become known as a thought leader in your industry, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nate Martin. Nate is the Co-Founder and CEO of Puzzle Break, the first American escape room company. Founded in 2013, Puzzle Break is headquartered in Seattle with locations in New York, Massachusetts and across the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. He is a Business Journal 40-Under-40 honoree. Martin is a frequent lecturer on the topics of escape rooms, interactive entertainment, design, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Commonly called the “Founding Father of Escape Rooms”, he is a combination evangelist, ambassador, and thought leader. A graduate of the DigiPen Institute of Technology and former professional poker player, he was a senior executive at Microsoft and Electronic Arts prior to Puzzle Break. He has shipped software used by billions of users as…