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Dale Denham joined PPAI as president and CEO in 2021, leading the rebound of the industry’s largest trade association following its 50% loss of revenue and staff due to COVID restrictions. Dale has guided the organization, now growing once again, through an explosion of industry initiatives, driving digital transformation and corporate social responsibility while also raising awareness of the power of promotional items.

Andrea Stoll is a brand fanatic. A graduate from one of the most prestigious business schools in the world, Babson, with an MBA in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial studies… she’s a veteran of brand experience through her work with some of the greatest brands in the world, including Nike, Vans, Reebok, and Converse — and today, she advises clients and serves as director of brand engagement for Touchstone.

We recently hosted a company retreat, but “retreat” is not the right word; it was a combination of competition, collaborative brainstorming, a values-building, peer-to-peer gathering experience  …. We learned a lot. About how to bring your team together in a way that fosters ingenuity, about how to spark the most progressive ideas to help our customers, and it included our own hackathon, values exercises, and even play.

Mike Paton has spent a lifetime learning from entrepreneurs. He’s an author, speaker, EOS Implementer, and host of The EOS Leader Podcast.

Three friends are laid off from their jobs around the same time, and one thing they have in common is a love for all things outdoors, including surfing.

They decide to start, of all things, a beach towel company.

After a scrappy and humble start investing their last dollars in the business, fast forward a few years, and the company born as Slowtide is now partnering with famous bands like the Wu-Tang Clan and famous brands like fashion icon Kith. Eventually, the founders at Slowtide —Kyler Spencer, Dario Phillips, and Wylie Von Tempsky— discovered the branded merch industry through our friends at Gemline, where their now famous towel line is available.

Kyle Spencer joins us to talk about their journey, from those early start-up days, to their support of many great ocean-friendly non-profits, plus, we get around to the topic of what surfing and business have in common. And Kyle says? It’s all about abundance. Grab your boards, friends, Slowtide’s coming!

Our good friend Seth Godin released a new book today, May 30th, and in concert with his new book, Seth joined us to pre-record today’s conversation so that we could publish it simultaneously when the book dropped, the book is called, The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams and it’s a management book for a new era.

Eric Liedtke was responsible for ushering in some of the most famous collabs ever produced such as Kanye West’s Yeezy and Beyonce’s Ivy Park. And now, Erik has stepped away from all that and started a fascinating brand called Unless Collective. Unless makes plant-based streetwear designed to leave zero plastic waste.

Debbie Grishman founded Cowdin Collaborative to help leaders get unstuck. Think of Debbie as a Peloton instructor for your career or a fiercely intelligent counselor for your business, she has nothing but your best interests at heart, she’s an intense listener and coach, and she has only one ambition: to help you discover roadblocks and realize a better (or maybe clearer and less confused) version of yourself.

Clients are seeking higher quality merchandise experiences as evidenced by some of the most notable distributors seeking the Original Favorites brand, join us to hear why!

The most encouraging part of CEO Summit? To hear how humble beginnings led to incredible growth, humility, challenges, opportunities, and seasons of overcoming and winning.