[Women's Month Series] SHEEX Founders, Michelle Marciniak and Susan Walvius
Susan Walvius and Michelle Marciniak are the Co-founders and Co-CEOs of SHEEX, the world's first performance fabric bedding company with globally patented technology. Susan was the Head Coach of the women's basketball team at the University of South Carolina and was a division one coach for 21 years. She was also the youngest head coach in the nation at one point and a state coach of the year. Michelle won a national championship with the University of Tennessee where she was the MVP. She was an All-American professional player for the ABL and WNBA before finding coaching and recruiting success at South Carolina with Susan. Michelle is also the Co-founder of Pedal for Alzheimer's, has served on the Board of the Pat Summitt Foundation, and is a member of the 2014 Class of Henry Crown Fellows at The Aspen Institute. In this episode… Building a great company is not just about having great products. Every business needs a good and efficient team, customers, and capital to fund the business. Employees are key to providing great services to customers. Therefore, no entrepreneur can build a successful company on their own. Having left the sports world to go into entrepreneurship, Susan Walvius and Michelle Marciniak did not know much about running a business. However, they knew from their many years of experience in sports coaching that the secret to success in the field lies in the team. They used that knowledge to find and hire the right team, and this helped them grow their bedding and sleepwear company, SHEEX. In this episode of the I Am Home podcast, co-hosts Tyler Wisecup, Becca Sudbeck, and Hilary Woltemath are joined by Susan Walvius and Michelle Marciniak, the Co-founders and Co-CEOs of SHEEX. They talk about the business partners' entrepreneurial journey, strategies for hiring employees, and how they empower young professionals to transition to other careers and start businesses. Stay tuned. Cool News: NFM is celebrating International Women’s Day all month long with events in-store, social media blasts, and more. Visit nfm.com/womens-month/ for complete details!