This episode of the From Start to Scale podcast features Shadi Bakour, CEO and Co-Founder of PATH (the water bottle company). Shadi walks us through the amazing growth story of selling his product one 7-Eleven at a time and having negative $400 in his bank account to being in thousands and thousands of stores around the country, having celebrity investors like Travis Scott and Kevin Hart, and the key plays that led to Path’s growth to millions and millions in revenue. Learn how Shadi and his team got initial traction, pivoted, & expanded into the B2B space with Salesforce as a customer and many more names you have heard of. This episode is packed with takeaways and learnings.

Shadi’s bio:

Shadi Bakour is the CEO and Co-Founder of PATH, a sustainability-focused bottled water brand that forged the path in the refillable packaging revolution with their 100% refillable BPA-free aluminum water bottles made in the USA. Bakour is on a journey to bring the plastic crisis to the forefront, teaching others to protect the environment and provide options to reduce and reuse. 

Prior to founding PATH, Shadi was the CEO and Co-Founder of Exumme, a tech hardware startup that was acquired in 2014, and before that he worked in consulting and private equity at Booz Allen Hamilton and Abraaj Capital.

You can find out more about Shadi in the links below:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shadibakour/

Twitter: @shadi_bakour

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