125. Taking the Stress Out of Household Management with a Solution to Help Parents Save Time Organizing and Planning with Michael Perry, Founder of Maple

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Perry is a husband and father to two little boys, Leander and Solomon. He is also the founder and CEO of Maple, a venture backed company focused on improving the quality of life at home by making it easier to plan and manage the workload in a more equitable way. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prior to founding Maple, he was the founder and CEO of Kit, which was acquired by Shopify in 2016 and spent a few years after remaining as the Director of Kit and Product at Shopify. Michael has previously been recognized as a 30 under 30 by Forbes, as a top marketing executive by Business Insider and a technology influencer by Inc magazine. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael resides in Santa Barbara, California with his family and two bulldogs Olive and Pearl.</span></p> <p><strong>In this episode, Michael and I chatted about...</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experiencing IVF and infertility from the supportive spouse point of view</li> <li>How he’s instilling life lessons and values about privilege and hard work to his young sons who didn’t have a choice being born white, male and to wealth</li> <li>Who he attributes his success to and why</li> <li>Finding meaning in parenthood vs. achievements</li> <li>How Maple is trying to revolutionize household management - how do we get people to work better together so that not everything falls on “mom”</li> <li>How he’s structuring his company around family and parents and building a company culture from a place of empathy</li> </ul> <p><strong>Follow Michael at...</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Website: <a href= "https://www.growmaple.com">www.growmaple.com</a></span></span></li> <li>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/growmaple/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">@growmaple</a></li> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelperry" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">@michaelperry</a></li> </ul> <hr /> <p> </p>