SRAM Founders on Leadership, Innovation, and Culture – The Changing Gears Podcast [Ep 50]

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We’re coming at you with our last episode of this season of the Changing Gears Podcast. The first 49 episodes included some incredible people like Justin Williams, Brandon Semenuk, Blake Hansen, Jolanda Neff, Rebecca Rusch, and much more.

In honor of our 50th episode, we wanted to do something special. And that’s exactly what we did. For our 50th episode of the Changing Gears Podcast, we host the co-founders of SRAM, Stan and F.K. Day.

Stan Day is the Chairman of the Board, Former President and CEO of SRAM. F.K. Day is the EVP and Director of SRAM, as well as a long time Chicago businessman, entrepreneur, and humanitarian. Together, Stan and F.K. revolutionized biking forever.

In this episode, Stan, F.K., and DZ talk about:
– Their first products
– The three keys to their success
– How World Bicycle Relief was started
– The difficulty and importance of innovation
– What’s next for SRAM and World Bicycle Relief

Chapters:
00:00 – Their challenges with selling their products
05:05 – First successful product
10:00 – Three keys to success
15:15 – How World Bicycle Relief was started
18:40 – What Stan and FK do today
23:00 – The challenges with leadership handoffs
31:40 – The importance of innovation
35:20 – Stan and FK’s favorite products
39:30 – Continuous improvement
45:10 – Books they’ve been reading
47:00 – The Buffalo bicycle

World Bicycle Relief: https://www.sram.com/en/company/about/world-bicycle-relief
Work at SRAM: https://www.sram.com/en/company/careers
SRAM MTB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SRAMmtb/

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