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Entrepreneurs on Fire · 2025-08-12 · 17 min · 3,053 words

How to Build a Pinball Empire When Everyone Thinks You're Crazy with Jack Guarnieri

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Light that Sparkfire Nation, JLD here, and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought to you by High Level, the all-in-one sales and marketing platform. Today we'll be breaking down how to build a pinball empire when everyone thinks you're crazy. To drop these value bombs, I brought Jack Guanarni into Eo Fire Studios. Starting out as a pinball mechanic over 40 years ago, Jack, better known as Jersey Jack, is now the center of the pinball universe, bringing fun to millions of people. And we're talking about Jack's story today, Fire Nation, so buckle in because it's a doozy.

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