Life on the road

As the year ends, rocker and CEO Johnny Crowder's company thriving. He pines, however, to get back on the road with his band.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 5:40 p.m. December 30, 2021
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FIle. AMBER JAMES: While his business is growing, heavy metal artist Johnny Crowder misses the stage and his people.
FIle. AMBER JAMES: While his business is growing, heavy metal artist Johnny Crowder misses the stage and his people.
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Johnny Crowder is a man used to living in two worlds. But as 2021 comes to a close and 2022 begins, those two worlds are going in different directions.

Crowder is the rock star and CEO (not to be confused with a rock star CEO) who’s running the Tampa-based tech startup Cope Notes while simultaneously maintaining his role as the lead singer of the heavy metal band Prison.

 

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