Lane Merrifield
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first heard Oct 2025
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And in some ways it is, but in a lot of ways it's not.
It's hard to believe that life exists outside of it.
And I remember thinking, like I was doing the rat race, moving ahead of my company.
And I remember thinking, if I move up to Canada, to the small town in Canada, I'm probably never going to see the inside of the boardroom again.
I'm ignoring all opportunity for a real significant advancement in my career outside of like a small town marketing company, which is what I was going to work for.
But I wanted to raise my kids in that environment.
Fast forward to walking into Bob Iger's office at the Walt Disney Company multiple times, sitting around his personal conference table and negotiating this.
It gives me chills even now just thinking about it.
I mean, you can imagine what it was like then because it felt like I took two pay cuts before we founded Club Penguin because of who I wanted to work for and with, because of who I wanted to be around, because of the culture I wanted to be around, and because of the place I wanted to raise my kids.
And so to be in that situation, sitting across the table from Bob and having these conversations was like nothing I'd ever imagined.
And I was a total Disney nerd.
So, I mean, I used to give tours of Disneyland to friends and family.
I tried to not fanboy out too much.
The one thing I will say is Steve Jobs was on the board at the time.
And I did fanboy a little bit with Steve.
And thankfully, because Bob was very gracious, he asked Steve to reach out to me and I got the chance to talk to him on a couple of different occasions before he passed.
That was a big deal for me for sure.
And Bob, I've run into him a few times since and we stay in touch every once in a while.
I feel for what he's going through right now, but I do believe he's a great leader of that company.
No, it never does.
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