Podcast Guest
Chris Badgett
Co-founder and CEO, LifterLMS. Former Alaskan sled dog guide.
Everything you need to book Chris and introduce him well. Bios you can paste without editing, questions that open him up, and a one-page PDF for your team.
8.3M+
Enrollments powered
12.5M+
Lessons completed
12 years
Bootstrapped
600+
LMScast episodes
4.7 / 5
WordPress.org rating
Why your audience will care
Chris Badgett is the co-founder and CEO of LifterLMS, the WordPress learning management platform behind more than 8.3 million course enrollments. He has run the company independently for twelve years, without venture funding, against far better funded competitors.
Before software, he spent a decade in Alaska running sled dogs, ending as the manager of a helicopter-supported glacier tour operation with a couple hundred dogs and no road in. The company traces back to a question he asked himself at three in the morning up there: what could I teach?
He is not a guru and does not talk like one. He was a professional guide for years, and he still works that way, helping people through territory he knows well without pretending to be above them.
He has hosted his own show, LMScast, for over 600 episodes. He arrives prepared, having actually listened to yours. He respects the clock. He gives your audience something usable instead of a commercial.
Suggested topics and questions
Starting points, not a script. Chris will shape the conversation around whatever your audience needs most.
Topics
- From sled dogs to software. What managing 200 dogs on a glacier taught him about leading people.
- Staying independent. Twelve years bootstrapped while competitors raised money and sold.
- Why most online courses fail. Learner results, not content, is the real product.
- The three freedoms. Income, impact, and creative freedom from teaching what you know.
- AI for educators. What actually helps a small team and a solo course creator.
- Teach what you know. Building in public and giving away value before you feel ready.
Questions
- You were running sled dogs on a glacier. How does someone get from there to running a software company?
- What was the three in the morning moment on the glacier?
- You have stayed independent for twelve years. What has that cost you, and what has it bought you?
- Most people who buy an online course never finish it. Whose problem is that?
- What do you tell someone who wants to teach what they know but thinks they are not expert enough?
- What is the most misunderstood thing about your work?
Bios you can paste
Written to be used as-is. No editing required.
One line
Chris Badgett is the co-founder and CEO of LifterLMS, and a former Alaskan sled dog guide.
Short, about 50 words
Chris Badgett is the co-founder and CEO of LifterLMS, the WordPress learning management platform behind more than 8.3 million course enrollments. Before software, he spent a decade in Alaska running sled dogs, ending as manager of a glacier tour operation reachable only by helicopter. He hosts the LMScast podcast.
Long, about 120 words
Chris Badgett is the co-founder and CEO of LifterLMS, the WordPress learning management platform that has powered more than 8.3 million course enrollments and 12.5 million completed lessons. He has run the company independently for twelve years without outside funding.
Before software, Chris spent a decade in Alaska running sled dogs, ending as the manager of a helicopter-supported glacier tour operation with a couple hundred dogs and no road in. He has also hiked the Appalachian Trail, farmed organically, and guided in the backcountry. That guide identity still defines how he works.
He hosts LMScast, one of the longest-running podcasts on online education, and wrote the Education Entrepreneur Playbook.
What Chris brings
- Shows up prepared, having actually listened to your show
- Keeps to the time you booked
- Answers listener questions sent in afterward
- Shares the episode with the LifterLMS audience
- Never hard pitches the product
- No fee, in either direction, ever
Headshots and assets
High resolution, free to use for promoting the episode.
Studio headshot
High resolution, JPG
Square crop
For show art and social, JPG
Alaska, on the sled
For story-led episodes
Logistics
Location
Maine, United States
Time zone
Eastern (New York)
Format
Audio or video, remote
Setup
Broadcast mic, quiet home studio
Platforms
Riverside, Zoom, StreamYard, SquadCast
Fee
None, in either direction
Prefer it on one page?
Bios, topics, questions, and logistics in a single PDF you can forward to a co-host or drop into a booking form.
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