Real Leaders Podcast

Shadi Bakour is Co-Founder and CEO of PathWater who is tired of being told that his team can’t change the world. Path is on a mission to end single-use plastic. On this episode, Shadi explains the company story and his message to all of the impact business leaders trying to make a difference.

Steven Dyme is the Co-Founder & CEO of Flowers for Dreams, a socially conscious flower company once named among Business Insider's 20 Most Inspiring Companies in America. Every bouquet they sell benefits an amazing local charity in Chicago & Milwaukee. They've donated close to $1,000,000 from the sale of flowers.

Joel Solomon is the Co-founding Partner of Renewal Funds and Author of Clean Money Revolution. By 2050, $1T trillion dollars will switch hands from baby boomers to millennials. How will this new energy be spent? In this episode, Joel and Kevin delve into the world of impact finance, leadership, and why people with influence must examine themselves first before making long-term decisions.

Karina Muller is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Motivity Care. Motivity Care was founded by two professional women with years of executive corporate and entrepreneurial experience. Their backgrounds include strategic project management, HR benefits and employee health and wellness programming. Being the primary caregivers to family and friends in their lives is part of their journey. They understand firsthand the stress and frustration caused by caregiving management. Our founders wanted to create an efficient and compassionate service that alleviates pain points of caregiving management at every stage of aging.

Randell Leach is the CEO of Beneficial State Bank who argues today's leaders need to lead with love. In this episode, he reminisces on the moment he decided make a change, how capitalism can be updated to do more good, and what COVID taught him about how to lead. Beneficial State Bank is a certified B Corp that offers banking solutions to serve the people and the planet, instead of just profits.

Shane McRann Bigelow is the CEO of CHAMPtitles. In this episode, Shane reveals an eye-opening story of what he discovered as a main cause of holding entrepreneurs in developing nations back from achieving wealth — property titles to leverage against. Every owner of a movable vehicle needs a title and it's no simple process in the developing world to obtain one easily either. Whether you're a car dealership, insurance company, or government agency chances are your titles are still physical pieces of paper that are a hassle to find or update. Through the application of its secure, patented technology, CHAMPtitles digitizes the process of vehicle titling between state government, insurance carriers, financial institutions, auto dealers, and consumers, creating a legal, digital title that is easily transferable and verified. You can visit CHAMPtitles at: https://www.champtitles.com

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Jennifer Cantero is the Founder & Director of Sensiba Center for Sustainability at Sensiba San Fillipo one of the top 10 public accounting firms in the nation based in San Francisco. In this episode Jennifer provides an update for business leaders to get ahead of the looming federal regulations and investor demands. By understanding these incentives, business leaders can start educating themselves today to learn how to position their businesses appropriately in the future.

Since 2004 Carrie Fox has been helping companies discover their purpose to unleash their growth. In this episode, Carrie takes you inside her entrepreneurial journey and reveals many nuggets for how to make an impact in both your personal and professional life.  About the Company: Mission Partners provides strategic planning and communications services for purpose-driven organizations, often during critical moments of organizational change, that help to ensure they are authentic in their words, equitable in their strategies, and intentional about their impact.

When it comes to leadership, everyone has their own flavor. Brian Nickerson, Founder and CEO of MagicLinks who shares his backstory, failures, and why you shouldn't compromise your values for money.