About this episode
Chris Ashton discusses his journey from game development to founding Ruffian Cars.
Chris Ashton is the founder of Ruffian Cars, one of the freshest and most innovative custom car shops in the country. What you may not know is he also co-founded the game development studio that worked on Counter-Strike and built the legendary Left 4 Dead. Thirty years building worlds you can't touch, and then he decided to build ones you could.
People in this episode
Host: Kris Clewell
Guest: Chris Ashton
Topics covered
- custom cars
- game development
- innovation
- automotive industry
- entrepreneurship
Keywords
- Ruffian Cars
- custom car shop
- game development
- Counter-Strike
- Left 4 Dead
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Ruffian Cars, Counter-Strike, Left 4 Dead
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