Episode 233: Rick Niemi on Faith-Driven Leadership, Resilience After Business Failure, and Living in “God’s Economy”

About this episode

Rick Niemi discusses faith-driven leadership and resilience after business failure.

In this week's interview episode, I welcome Rick Niemi, CEO of Valor Compounding Pharmacy and host of the God’s Economy Podcast, to discuss leadership, faith, family, and entrepreneurship. Rick shares how losing a pharmacy business after 10 years in a “perfect storm” in 2006 led him to press into scripture, rebuild his identity as a child of God, and prioritize being a husband and father over his work identity. He reflects on growing up without a father, how that shaped a competitive “chip on...

People in this episode

Host: Breanna Danielle Beaver

Guest: Rick Niemi

Topics covered

• leadership
• faith
• entrepreneurship
• resilience
• identity
• family

Keywords

• leadership
• faith
• entrepreneurship
• resilience
• identity
• family
• business failure

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Valor Compounding Pharmacy, God’s Economy Podcast

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