Christopher W. Brown
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Christopher W. Brown

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Christopher W. Brown spent three decades building companies that couldn't survive without him — until June 1, 2016, when he had a heart attack and flatlined in front of his wife. He survived, and immediately confronted an uncomfortable truth: his businesses weren't built to survive without him. Today, as Creative Evangelist and Principal of the NEXT group of companies — NEXT New Homes Group, NEXT Crafted, and NEXT Real Estate Group — Christopher runs a business ecosystem designed to work without him. The proof: he now spends extended stretches of the year away from the office entirely, traveling the world with his family while the companies run themselves — the thesis of his upcoming book, Permission to Unplug: Why Your Business Grows Faster When You're Not There (Advantage Books, releasing September 8, 2026), lived out in real time.
A Master of Residential Marketing (MIRM), Christopher is a national speaker on leadership, delegation, sales & marketing and business systems, appearing at the International Builders Show, the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, and dozens of industry gatherings each year.

He shares those travels with his wife, Julie, and son, Marcus, under the banner "Life's About Experiences."
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