Ep. 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

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.

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.

Michael resides in Santa Barbara, California with his family and two bulldogs Olive and Pearl.

In this episode, Michael and I chatted about

Experiencing IVF and infertility from the supportive spouse point of view
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
Who he attributes his success to and why
Finding meaning in parenthood vs. achievements
How Maple is trying to revolutionize household management - how do we get people to work better together so that not everything falls on “mom”
How he’s structuring his company around family and parents and building a company culture from a place of empathy