Atypical Entrepreneur Owner-Manager + Capital Gain = Paying It Forward

Chad and his wife Kim were the former owners of Marco Rubber & Plastics, a o-ring and seals provider, which they turned into a high-tech supplier of industrial products. With tremendous access to products that they both had in their inventory and that their suppliers had in their inventory, they turned Marco Rubber into a marketplace platform for the industrial products industries they served (think of the way Kayak is to travel). You will hear Chad describe himself as neurodiverse. I described him with great love, as I describe both of us as…ADD, dyslexic misfits who would have a hard time working for anybody else. Chad dives into his process of building authenticity and earnestness through the awkwardness of being neurodiverse and coming into the business to help Dad and the family after his mom passed and his father became terminally ill. As in many of our client’s journey’s go, after 20 years Marco Rubber became an overnight success and had a capital gain transaction with a private equity firm where he and Kim continue to own a percentage of the company and have board seats while the company continues to grow. I think it's true that the company is now about three times the size that it was when they did a transaction about three years ago. Chad goes on to share about his world “post exit,” and how for him it was really an opportunity for rebirth and to articulate the beliefs that he developed over the years of building the business. He'll tell you about how he is gathering all of this knowledge and experience and creating opportunities for other neuroatypicals in his new, not-for-profit, what he calls www.atypicalpath.org (website still in development) I really hope you enjoy this incredibly dynamic interview with one of the most insightful EOMs you'll ever want to meet.