Mike Lazzo
VP of Programming
Cartoon Network
Atlanta, GA USA
“There's a thousand roads through life, but there's generally only a couple of right ones.”
Videos
By Roadtrip NationMike Lazzo
Milestones
My road in life has been direct.
His parents expected him to go to business school, or follow his father into the textile industry.
Neither of those things interested him, so he dropped out of high school and took a series of odd jobs, none of which were very gratifying.
He supported himself so that he could pursue his true hobby: watching television at night.
Slowly realized that he was more knowledgeable and opinionated about television than most other people were.
Started to cold call people out of the phonebook to figure out how he could break into the TV industry.
He took a massive pay-cut to deliver mail at a television network; said he could've "dug holes" as long as a TV screen was nearby.
Now serves as the vice president of programming for Cartoon Network.
Tells road-trippers to "be a movement, be a revolutionary, and turn over the apple cart…a lot."
Education
Did Not Complete High School
Career
VP of Programming
I'm a television producer in charge of programming for shows like Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Entrepreneurship
Television
Being Creative
Interviewed By
The Open Road
The Roadtrip Nation team head out to San Francisco, where they interview Chris Fink, product designer of Ideo Design and Tim Brown, CEO, Ideo Design. Next they meet with color consultant Beatrice Santiccioli, virtual CEO author Randy Komisar, Queen Bee of Buzz Marketing Yahoo Luanne Calvert, Clif Bar founder Gary Erickson and visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren.
