Al chats with John Cronin & Mark X/John's Crazy Socks - Comic Crusaders Podcast #166

Today Al chats with the entrepreneurial father and son team of John Cronin and his Dad, Mark X. They are the co-founders of the social enterprise, John’s Crazy Socks. Tune in to learn all about their amazing story and journey in building an empire and more…

Bio:

John Cronin and his Dad, Mark X. Cronin are the co-founders of John’s Crazy Socks, a social enterprise with a mission to spread happiness. In five years, they bootstrapped their start up into a multi-million-dollar company with sales in over 88 nations. John may have Down syndrome, but he always says, “Down syndrome never holds me back.”

More than half their employees have a differing ability and every day, John & Mark show what their colleagues can do. They are fierce advocates for the rights of the differently abled and have testified twice before the U.S. Congress and spoken at the United Nations.

John and Mark are winners of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year and the Monsignor Thomas J. Hartman Humanitarian of the Year Award. They are members of the U.S. State Department’s Speaker’s Bureau and they have addressed audiences across the U.S., Canada and Mexico speaking before social service agencies, fundraisers, universities, and corporations (e.g., Microsoft, EY & Bank of America). They are professionals who come ready to delight your audience.

Mark and John recently recorded their second TEDx Talk entitled, “Hiring People with People with Differing Abilities is Not Altruism, It Is Good Business.” That Talk is available for all to see on YouTube and the TED platform. It has received rave reviews and the audience for this talk has grown steadily as after viewing the talk, people share it. Their first TEDx Talk entitled Differently Abled People Want to Help Us is available for all to see on YouTube and the TED platform.

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Al Mega

I'm Al Mega the CEO of Comic Crusaders, CEO of the Undercover Capes Podcast Network, CEO of Geekery Magazine & Owner of Splintered Press (coming soon). I'm a fan of comics, cartoons and old school video games. Make sure to check out our podcasts/vidcasts and more!