Excellence Culture – Mike Beckham, Founder and CEO, Simple Modern

This episode has so many nuggets of wisdom from a leader whose voice should be a prominent staple in the US entrepreneur landscape.

In this episode, we learn the story of Simple Modern (now a $200 million water bottle company). We learn how Mike and his team deliver such an excellent culture and we learn about what overall drives Mike to be the innovator and leader that he is.

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