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title: "Growing with Purpose Podcast: Max Spielberg"
description: On the Growing with Purpose podcast, Paul Spiegelman chats with Max Spielberg, Co-Founder and President of Genexa Health, about his business and his life.
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# [Growing with Purpose Podcast: Max Spielberg](https://blog.smallgiants.org/-growing-with-purpose-podcast-max-spielberg)

 Written by [Max Spielberg](https://blog.smallgiants.org/author/max-spielberg) | February 22, 2018

Today on the **Growing with Purpose podcast**, Paul Spiegelman interviews Max Spielberg, Co-Founder and President of [Genexa Health](https://www.genexahealth.com/). After becoming a father, Max embarked on a search for safe and organic medicines for his family, but couldn't find any. So, he made it his personal mission to create healthier, organic medicine for families like his, and co-founded Genexa in 2014. Despite the many doctors and manufacturers who said it wasn't possible, they stuck to their vision and kept moving forward. Through remarkable persistence and plenty of risks, the company went to commerce in 2016 and achieved amazing success.

On today's episode, Max shares how they took the business from a home-office operation to a fast-growing company with two offices, fifteen employees, and products in over 30,000 stores. [**Tune into Max's story here**](https://www.smallgiants.org/content/podcasts/).

**Show Notes **

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**[3:35]** Early Disillusionments in the Home Health Care Industry

**[7:28]** Is There a Way to Make Healthier Medicine?

**[15:37]** Finding Leadership Amidst Learning Disabilities** ** 

**[20:25] **How Getting Fired Inspired a Commitment to Transparency

**[25:50] **Learning to Love Life through the Eyes of Your Children

**[32:06] **Sticking to Your Mission — or at Least Trying to — No Matter What

**[33:40]** The Most Important Characteristic of a Leader: Doing the Right Thing Even When It's Hard

#### **Selected Links from the Episode**

**Book that Influenced Max's Leadership Style:** [*A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle With A Deadly Industry* by David Kessler

](https://www.amazon.com/Question-Intent-American-Battle-Industry/dp/1586481215)

**Looking for more episodes of the Growing with Purpose Podcast? [Tune in](https://smallgiants.org/growing-with-purpose-podcast/)!   
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