When Kevin Rice sold the company he built in a garage, it should have been the moment he’d been working toward his whole life. But instead of fulfillment, he felt… nothing. In this episode, Kevin opens up about what it’s really like to reach the top while your personal life quietly falls apart, and what it was like navigating divorce, single parenthood, and slowly realizing that “robot mode” success had cost him presence, health, and connection. He shares how he rebuilt from the inside out, what he’s learned about leading and parenting with intention instead of perfection, and why “work-life balance” is a myth worth rewriting.
Kevin Rice co-founded Hathway and built it from a scrappy startup into a leading digital agency before selling to Bounteous in 2021. While serving as president and chief marketing officer, he led his team to ship mobile apps, loyalty programs, and growth engines for brands like PepsiCo, Wingstop, and Dutch Bros, enabling them to increase their sales by hundreds of millions of dollars. Today, he serves as an angel investor, advises growth-stage startup teams, and backs founders who are using artificial intelligence (AI) to solve real problems for real people. He also hosts the CEOs & ABCs podcast, where leaders share how they scale companies without missing the moments that matter at home.
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