In this episode, I get to talk to Jesse Nelson, Co-Founder & Owner of Overflow Taps. Their founding principle was to create a social good business that inspires their vision that everyone deserves access to clean drinking water. Through a variety of partnerships and programs, a portion of every pint you buy at Overflow is donated to charities that provide access to clean drinking water in developing countries. I loved learning more about the people behind this social good business and how this idea came to be. Jesse and his business partner Adam were introduced as strangers, but they would soon realize they shared a dream of starting a business and began crafting the concept of Overflow Taps. In this podcast we learn a little about the trail that got Jesse to this point, serving our country in the U.S. Navy, then working many years as a corrections officer, he began to wonder what it would be like not to work for someone else. His wife encouraged him to explore what was important to him and before long, he runs into Adam, and Overflow Taps is born. Now over 4 years in, and facing the existential threat of the global COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses everywhere are being severely impacted, Jesse and Adam’s included. Jesse talks about what it takes to lead in times of crisis, how to pivot and make efficient executive decisions, and how to adapt to turns on the trails less traveled.

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Learn more about Overflow Taps at overflowtaps.com
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Learn more about this podcast at thetrailslesstraveled.com
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Credits:

Hosted by Jacob Bassett

Recorded, Mixed, and Produced by Jacob Bassett

Logo by Jessica Mucha

Music by Adam Blythe (@adamblythe)

Recorded in Bellingham, WA.