Episode 101: Building Stronger Family Businesses Through Entrepreneurial Thinking

<figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Episode 101: Building Stronger Family Businesses Through Entrepreneurial Thinking TNCFB Our guest today is Lisa Ascolese, Founder and CEO of Inventing A to Z. Lisa is an&nbsp;inventor, entrepreneur, mother, grandmother, and the founder of several ventures, including Inventing A to Z, a product development company, and&nbsp;Inventors Spotlight TV, a shopping network designed to help inventors&nbsp;showcase&nbsp;their brands and sell their products.&nbsp;Lisa is also the host of&nbsp;The&nbsp;Inventress&nbsp;Podcast, where she offers invaluable insights into inventing, entrepreneurship, and the challenges and triumphs of building a business. She recently became a published author with her book&nbsp;The&nbsp;Inventress’s&nbsp;Guide to Inventing the Right Way: All or Nothing, Now or Never!&nbsp;and has been featured on&nbsp;ABC 7 NY&nbsp;Here and Now&nbsp;with Sandra Bookman to discuss her journey as an inventor and business leader. She has also come out with another book,&nbsp;My Favorite Book of Lullabies, a children's lullaby book with interactive QR codes to have the lullabies play along with the book as the adult reads/sings with Lisa.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to her entrepreneurial ventures, Lisa is passionate about empowering women. Lisa is the founder of a nonprofit organization about empowering women called AOWIE, The Association of Women Inventors and Entrepreneurs. She hosts the annual&nbsp;AOWIE Women’s Empowerment Conference, which brings together entrepreneurs for learning, networking, and growth.&nbsp;In this episode of Family Business Today, you will learn:What pushed Lisa to begin her inventing journeyWhat resilience and consistency looked like for Lisa as she built her businessHow she came up with her slogan: “Lifting Each Other Up Two Hands at a Time and Sometimes You Need a Foot”Lisa’s advice for second- and third-generation family businesses when things get hardWhat Lisa has learned about how to be successful as an entrepreneurAnd more….To learn more about Lisa, her business Inventing A to Z, or any of her books, visit https://inventingatoz.com/. &nbsp;At the Tennessee Center for Family Business our passion is to help business owners create a positive environment in which their family THRIVES, their business performs and working together they create a lasting family legacy. To learn more about the Tennessee Center for Family Business visit www.tncfb.com.If you are considering a transition in your family business contact us today for a FREE &nbsp;Transition Assessment (follow link) and receive a one-on-one review of your business transition preparedness with a family business consultant. Until next time, There’s No Business Like a Family Business…. We Know!