Steven Glod

Adopted from Korea as an infant, I built my first landscaping and snow removal business at age twelve—and sold it when I was twenty. I grew up in a suburb of Chicago surrounded by ‘lifers’ at Fortune 500 companies, and knew early on I wanted my career to look different. 

After graduating from Indiana University with a degree in Chemistry and a stint in derivatives trading, I dove into the world of startups. I co-founded the Rent Nest in 2012 (‘Evernote’ for apartments), which led me to a six-month stint living in Romania and a whole lot of learning. We wrapped up the business in 2014 (key takeaway: your tech infrastructure needs to be flawless), and I joined Machinio later that year.

During my time at Machinio (world’s largest search engine for used industrial assets), I helped scale the organization from a startup of 3 to a company of 100+ spanning the U.S., Europe, and Asia. I relocated to Berlin in 2016 to further scale international operations, and oversaw Machino’s acquisition by Liquidity Services in mid-2018.

I’m now investing a lot of my time into helping startups scale across multiple different continents and I’m always looking to network and connect with anyone passionate about startups, crypto, and SaaS sales.

Advisor & Investor

Next generation piggy banks - Educating our youth in crypto

Motives Met

Motives Met is a platform based on extensive research that empowers people to create their best work life and workplace with true well-being. Our framework and Human Needs Assessment reveals the 28 human needs that are what thriving at work is all about. It's the only assessment that uncovers what matters most to people at work.

Co-Founder & CEO

I am your go-to speaker for never-before-heard insights that truly stand out in the world of work.

🎤 SIGNATURE TALKS

🔸 What Makes a Work Life Well-Lived?

🔸 Co-Creating a Thriving Culture: A New Groundbreaking Approach to Well-Being at Work

🔸 Leading a Happy, Healthy, High-Performing Team

💫 SIGNATURE WORKSHOPS:

🔸 Motives Well-Being Workshop: Amplifying Team Happiness and Connection

🔸 Meeting Motives: Creating a Thriving Culture Together

Keynote Speaker

Kelly Mackin

Through my unique blend of skills I coached people struggling with things like burnout and stress to find greater well-being in their lives both and outside of work. My expertise spans quantitative research into our emotions and beliefs to fostering psychological safety, from guiding individuals in brain training to using mindfulness techniques as a meditation teacher to build resilience.

Founder & Coach

McQueen Mackin & Associates

I conducted quantitative research that spans many different clients and industries to gain insights into vital areas of our lives and develop frameworks to better understand the world and ourselves to make positive change.

Director of Research and Strategic Insights 

 Research Manager

Sporty Threads

 Marketing Consultant

The Sandbox Agency, formerly GA Communication Group

Digital Account Supervisor

Launch Creative Marketing

Account Supervisor

Senior Account Executive

Account Executive

Associate Account Executive

Pioneer Press and The Sun-Times News Group

✨My research shows only 16% of people are thriving at work, I'm on a mission to change that.✨

Through my no-B.S. approach to well-being and groundbreaking research that challenges the status quo, I help create thriving cultures where people can be well and perform well at work. At Motives Met our platform transforms our innovative insights into action with tangible tools and solutions for leaders to make a real impact. 

👋  CEO & CoFounder @ Motives Met ---> empowering you to create your best work life & workplace with true well-being 

🔥 Check out the Motives Met Human Needs Assessment™ that uncovers each person's top 5 motives out of the 28 they need met to live their best work life--> bit.ly/mm-assessment

📚 Best-selling Author of "Work Life Well-Lived" --> motivesmet.com/book

🎤 Keynote Speaker  --> view my speaker page kelly-mackin.com

🎉 Team workshops, offsites, and engaging experiences --> motivesmet.com/workshops

📊 Quantitative Researcher 👉 Download the free work well-being research & culture roadmap https://bit.ly/MM_Wellbeing_Research

📩 JOIN THE WORK LIFE WELL-LIVED NEWSLETTER 👉 motivesmet.com/subscribe

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