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👤 Connect with Today’s Guest – Steven Muro

What happens when a long-time corporate marketer walks away from consolidation and layoffs to build something rooted in passion, honesty, and service?

In this episode, Steven Muro, Founder & President of Fusion, shares how he left L’Oréal and Procter to create a 27-year marketing agency serving the produce industry—long before research or communications were common in that space.

His story is grounded in enthusiasm, integrity, and a genuine desire to help people. From 60-mile cycling rides with his kids to collecting vintage cars and computers, Steven shows what a balanced, purpose-driven life can look like.

What you’ll learn:

• Passion > profit

• How honesty builds lifelong clients

• Why paying it forward matters

• Health after decades of cycling & plant-based living

• His “before your wheels fall off” philosophy on balance

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⏱️ Timestamps

0:00 – Intro & sponsor (Thankz)

0:43 – Steven on honesty, passion & client truth-telling

1:14 – Meet Steven: Founder & President of Fusion

1:28 – Leaving L’Oréal & Procter to build his own agency

2:25 – How he accidentally became the go-to marketer for produce

2:30 – What family means: wife Adelaide, 3 sons, and his “work family”

3:17 – Health: genetics, plant-based eating & lifelong cycling

5:00 – Fun: vintage cars, vintage computers & old-school tech obsessions

7:50 – What balance looks like: work, home, travel, enjoy life now

9:24 – Pivotal moment: founding Fusion & meeting his wife Adelaide

11:14 – Advice: passion > profit; enthusiasm drives success

12:48 – Where to find Steven (gowithfusion.com)

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