All Episodes
Family Business Today — 100 episodes
Episode 101: Building Stronger Family Businesses Through Entrepreneurial Thinking
Episode 100: Creating a Culture of Generosity in Your Family Business with Jeff Rutt
Episode 99: What They Don't Tell You about Taking over the Family Business with Eric Corliss
Episode 98: Building a Sellable Business Even if You are Not Selling It Yet with Tyson Ray
Episode 97: How Inherited Trauma Shapes Financial Decision-Making in Family Businesses
Episode 96: High Performance Motors with Christophe Cloitre, Ashland Electric Products
Episode 95: Southern Hospitality in a Bottle with Morgan Weinstock and Jackson Wetherington
Episode 94: How an Independent Board of Directors and a Non-Family CEO Helped this Family Business Grow with Matt Nielsen at Nielsen-Massey Company
Episode 93: How a NextGen Prepares for Leadership in His Family Business with JC Carr, World Emblem, Inc.
Episode 92: Learn to Live, Speak and Lead from the Brand You Were Born With
Episode 91: Two Sisters Committed to Helping Women Live Their Life on Their Own Terms
Episode 90: Growing Vidalia Onions is a RealSweet ® Family Business with John Shuman
Episode 89: Care for Visionaries in a Family Business with Jaime White
Episode 88: Getting Acquainted with Mergers and Acquisitions for Family Businesses with Rick Calabrese
Episode 87: Preserving Your Family Business through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Episode 86: How Pivoting a Family Business Can Lead to Long-Term Success with Ben Hertzman
Episode 85: How Hiring a Non-Family CEO may Ensure Success for Your Family Business
Episode 84: Bringing Together Faith and Business to Impact Culture in Your Family Business
Episode 83: Plan for the Future, Preserve the Legacy with Jim and Bill Stranberg
Episode 82: 100 Years and still going strong at Chattanooga Bakery, MoonPies have never tasted so good as now
Episode 81: What Questions Should You Ask Yourself Before Considering Selling your Family Business?
Episode 80: Optimizing and Transforming Your Family Business with Tammy Rodgers
Episode 79: Achieve the Best Version of You by Actively Taking Action with Jason Yarusi
Episode 78: A Century of Style, A Heritage of Service - M. Dumas & Sons
Episode 77: The Original Precast Plunge Pool, Crafters of Your Comfort
Episode 76: Embracing Sustainability in Your Family Business
Episode 75: Jumpstart your Exit with Ivan and Mariana Polic
Episode 74: Scaling Up your Family Business with Jonathan Goldhill
Episode 73: The Role Empathy and Understanding Play in Resolving Conflict, with Dr. Darlene Williams-Prades
Episode 72: A husband and wife team, Kay Lee and Robert Fukui, offer tips on helping family businesses deal with conflict at home and in their business
Episode 71: The Power of Legacy in a Family Business
Episode 70: A Legacy That Lasts – Preserving and Transferring Your Family Values
Episode 69: Leading with Emotional Power with Dr. Julia DiGangi
Episode 68: Entrepreneurial Family Business: From Survival to Success with Dr. Dianne Welsh, Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina Greensboro
Episode 67: Join me at a storied family-owned pub, Bumpa’s, located in the historic French Quarter, Charleston, South Carolina, where everybody knows your name
Episode 66: Planning Your Family Business’ Path to Long Term Success with Pete Walsh, Master Coach, with the Family Business Performance Center in Peoria, Arizona
Episode 65: What is the Role of Spouses in a Family Business? with Sara B. Stern
Episode 64: The Multi-Generational Family Business Behind Some of the Biggest Concert Productions in North America Today with Bob Romeo, Chairman of Romeo Entertainment Group in Nashville, TN
Episode 63 : A Five Generation Family Business Shaping Solutions for Tough Raw Materials with Mac Steele, President, JC Steele & Sons
Episode 62: The Soul of Family Business; Creating and Preserving a Truly Healthy Family in Business with Tom Hubler, Hubler for Business Families
Episode 61: Economic Outlook for 2023 – Greg Young, Senior Investment Strategist, Bernstein Wealth Management, Dallas, TX
Episode 60: Buy-Sell Agreements, The Last Will & Testament for Your Business with Paul Hood
Episode 59: Why do Family Businesses need a Board of Directors? with Tom Bakewell, author of Claiming Your Place at the Boardroom Table
Episode 58: Combining Irish and German Approaches to Education of Next Generation Family Business Leaders with Dr. Susan Walsh
Episode 57: How a Virginia Peanut Changed an Industry and Created a Family Legacy, Hubbard Peanut Company with Marshall Rabil
Episode 56: What’s in Your Cup? A Cup of Coffee/Tea and a Conversation with Bill Smith, Royal Cup Coffee & Tea and Double Iron Consulting
Episode 55: How to Be a Leader in the Boardroom and the Living Room with Deena Chochinov
Episode 54: Living Your Vision Now with Larry Olsen of Aperneo
Episode 53: Tailoring the Family Business Legacy with John and Daniel Stewart of Stewart Leadership
Episode 52: Preserving Families and Perpetuating Family Businesses with Dave Specht
Episode 51: Optimizing Your Family Business Exit with Marvin Storm
Episode 50: Guiding a Family Business Through a Family Divorce with Karen McMahon
Episode 49: Preserving Your Legacy and Wealth with Steven Goodman
Episode 48: Transition Tips for Family Business with Anthony Chen
Episode 47: Where Every Traveler Has a Friend with Stephanie Stuckey of Stuckey's Co.
Episode 46: Facing the Unexpected and Keeping on Trucking with Crissy Wieck of Western Express, Inc.
Episode 45: A Company That Helped to Mechanize the Mid-South with the Morgan Family of John Bouchard & Sons, Co.
Episode 44: Arranged Careers: When the Family Business Isn’t Always the Right Fit for You with Dr. Michael Klein
Episode 43: Changing with the Times Has Resulted in a Century-Old Family Business with Ben Grossman of Grossman Marketing Group
Episode 42: Cultivating a 100-Year Family Enterprise with Aggie Johnson of WillKate Family Enterprise
Episode 41: Ownership and Optimism: The Competitive Advantage of Family Businesses with Dr. Josh Baron of BanyanGlobal
Episode 40: Relying on Technology, Your Team, and New Business Development Opportunities in the New Norm with Laurie Guzman of The Inside Story, LLC
Episode 39: Each Tiny Effort Builds on the Next so that Brick by Brick, Magnificent Things Can Be Created with Andy Sneed of WASCO, Inc.
Episode 38: What Family Business Owners can do to Survive and Thrive During these Chaotic Times with Barbara Roberts
Episode 37: Seeing the Blind Spots when Planning a Family Business Transition with Peter Bloom, The Bloom Group
Episode 36: Transform Your Business from a Cash-Eating Monster to a Money-Making Machine with Rocky Lalvani, the Profit First Man
Episode 35: Lawrence Mize – The Heimansohn Family nears 125 Year Milestone in Business
Episode 34: NashvillePrinting.Com– The Coolest Family Printing Company in Town
Episode 33: Leading a Life of Excellence with Aaron Walker
Episode 32: Goo-Goo – A 100 year old American Candy Bar wrapped in Family Tradition
Episode 31: There’s No Business Like Family Business…..A Marketing Perspective
Episode 30: Creating a Charitable Giving Strategy for Your Family and Your Business
Episode 29: Surviving the Death of a Spouse in your Family Business
Episode 28: The Family Farm – Obstacles and Opportunities Farmers are Facing Today
Episode 27: Managing Stress in the Family Business
Episode 26: Meet powerhouse mother-daughter duo, Eileen and Anne Huntington, who work together in their family business, Huntington Learning Centers.
Episode 25: Business Valuation: What it is and why is it important for your family business to have one in your business transition plans?
Episode 24: Sibling Success: When brother and sister work together in a family business with Laurie Straus Aronoff and Andy Straus, Goldner Associates, Nashville, Tennessee
Episode 23: Practical ways for family business leaders to communicate authentic appreciation with Dr. Paul White, co-author of The Five Languages of Appreciation
Episode 22: Surviving the Business Transition with Brad Franc
Episode 21: Gary Ringger, Founder/President of Lifesong for Orphans and author of Radical Business, From Ownership to Stewardship.
Episode 20 The King of Clarity, Steve Woodruff, shares his secret weapon for generating the one source of revenue that will most effectively fuel your business: referrals
Episode 19 Chris Paulk discusses his family agri-business, Muscadine Products Corporation
Episode 18 Charles Hatcher discusses his 5-generation family dairy operation since 1831 in the College Grove, Tennessee community.
Episode 17 Aaron Flinn discusses real-life family business case studies
Episode 16 Cal Turner, Jr. discussing his recent book, My Father’s Business, the Small-Town Values that built Dollar General into a Billion Dollar Company.
Episode 15: Greg Lewis with David Wells on “Family Governance – What it is and Why it is important for a family business to have a governance model”.
Episode 14: JK Elkin – Attorney at Law, Spicer Rudstrom PLLC – What I Learned from Working with my Dad in Business
Episode 13: Tim Jamison – Vice President, Prairie Capital Advisors…Developing an ESOP Plan for Your Family Business
Episode 12: Dr. Jacob Avila – Developing Healthy Family Relationships...A Vital Component to Family Business Success
Episode 11: Dana Holmes – Tips for Planning and Funding a Successful Family Business Transition
Episode 10: Matt Bodnar, A Son's Viewpoint on What Makes it Work When Working with Dad in the Family Business
Episode 8: Bill Bellet, The Legacy Consulting Group
Episode 7: Jenny and Evan Owens of Reboot Combat Recovery
Episode 6: Dana Holmes of 2nd Generation Capital
Episode 5: Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, author of Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love With your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Start-Up World
Episode 4: Steve Richards of Richards and Richards, Office Records Management
Episode 3: Jamie Fritz, Dabble Studios
Episode 2: Andy Marshall, A. Marshall Hopitality
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