In Episode 12 of the SCLA CEO Unscripted Speaker Series, we sit down with Shawn Seipler, founder and CEO of Clean the World, a global leader in sustainability and hygiene innovation. What started as a simple question during a hotel stay grew into an international movement that has distributed over 88 million bars of recycled soap across 127 countries and diverted more than 25 million pounds of waste from landfills.
Before building a global social enterprise, Shawn’s path was far from traditional, moving through multiple universities, discovering his entrepreneurial drive early, and eventually launching Clean the World out of a garage with his family. His story is shaped by curiosity, reinvention, and the determination to create meaningful impact.
In this episode, Shawn reflects on:
🔹 A myth about success he believed in college
🔹 Why students shouldn’t pressure themselves to have everything figured out
🔹 What he learned from early financial and leadership challenges
🔹 How hard work and disciplined planning became the foundation of his career
🔹 Why service, culture, and purpose are at the heart of great leadership
This candid conversation offers grounded, practical insight for students and emerging leaders who want to build careers rooted in service, adaptability, and purpose.
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