48. Balance Family Life in a Fast-paced, Growth Environment

You and Katie Richardson explore Tom Shipley’s vast portfolio of business experience on today's episode of What’s Working Now. Tom has figured out how to keep his family as the main focus in his life while taking his brands to 2 Billion dollars in business to consumer products.Much of Tom’s business sense is gleaned from his service in the Isreal Defense Force Special Forces. Where he learned teamwork and relentless resilience. Check it out in this episode.3 Key TakeawaysGetting knocked down will happen. Get back up and push yourself forward.Add zeros to your ideas. In other words, think bigger. Don’t limit yourself by thinking small.Your family has to be at the center of everything you do. Be there. Have structured time together.ResourcesTom’s WebsiteTom’s FacebookTom’s Instagram About Tom ShipleyTom Shipley is a serial entrepreneur, E-Commerce and platform investor, strategic advisor, speaker, and over the past 20-years has become one of the leading experts in omnichannel brand building.Tom’s brands have sold over $2B through Direct-to-Consumer Marketing and Retail. His brands are widely recognized household names that can be seen on TV, radio, online, Amazon, and found in major retailers like Costco, Ulta, CVS, Nordstroms, HSN, and more.Tom Shipley is strategic advisor to Snow Oral Care (Teeth Whitening) as well as the co-founder of Foundry. Foundry is an E-commerce and Amazon brand aggregator which raised $100m in 2021 to create a leading digital-first consumer brands company.Most recently, Tom is the co-founder & CEO of AVA – Agency Ventures Aggregator – leading the charge to acquire and scale 30 advertising agencies per year, creating value through programmatic scaling and a people-first approach in order to compete head-to-head with traditional global advertising agency holding companies.