Positive Enterprise Value

In this hour-long podcast, Cary and I talk about family businesses and the different roles that you play in them, the challenge of following big footsteps, the crisis that turned into a positive transformation, keeping his feet on the ground all the way. Lots of insightful learnings and unlearnings from this unpretentious entrepreneur.

In this candid, fast-paced, fun and funny interview, Ford Reiche and I visit how things have gone in his latest chapter. Ford divested Safe Handling, Inc. 10+ years ago, and exited the day to day management of it immediately.

Today’s Quarantine Learnings podcast is with Maxx Bricklin, Principal at BOLD Capital Partners based in Los Angeles, California.  BOLD Capital Partners manages a family of funds targeting investments in early stage and growth technology companies.  They have a particular interest in entrepreneurial leaders who leverage exponential technologies to transform the world and create innovative solutions...

Today’s Quarantine Learnings podcast is with Cam Brensinger, Founder of NEMO Equipment based in Dover, New Hampshire. NEMO is an award-wining designer of innovative outdoor gear, including tents, sleeping bags, camp showers, and shelters. NEMO is founded on a commitment to adventure – to the fearless pursuit of uncharted paths, in everything from the equipment they build to the way they run the bu...

Today’s Quarantine Learnings podcast is with Pete Hopkins, Co-Owner / Founder of Planet Fitness Michigan Group. Planet Fitness Michigan is one of the largest franchise groups in the Planet Fitness chain with over 50 gyms. Planet Fitness is one of the fastest-growing franchisors and operators of fitness centers in the US with a mission to enhance people’s lives by providing a high-quality fitness e...

Today’s Quarantine Learnings podcast is with Jim Lampman, Founder of Lake Champlain Chocolates based in Burlington, Vermont. Lake Champlain Chocolates makes gourmet chocolate truffles, bars, gift baskets, wedding favors, hot chocolate and more. They ship nationwide from their headquarters in Vermont. Listen here as Jim describes some of his learnings, both personal and professional, during the qua...

Today’s Quarantine Learnings podcast is with Jen Borislow, Founding Principal and President of Borislow Insurance based in Methuen, Massachusetts. Borislow Insurance is a benefits solutions firm building employee benefits strategies that save time and money. They provide world-class benefits that attract and retain employees while taking advantage of innovations in the marketplace. Listen here as...

Today’s Quarantine Learnings podcast is with Joseph Boghos, 3rd generation owner of Joseph’s Bakery based in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Joseph’s Bakery is a majority women-owned business, led by the third generation of the Boghos family. With the help of more than 300 employees, they manufacture and distribute a wide range of top quality, affordable breads, including pita, lavash and wraps. Listen h...

In this hour-long podcast interview, Dick Kimball and Pete Worrell talk about the changes in the private transaction market over the course of Dick's career, some learnings and unlearnings along the way, and some of their very personal fun and funny experiences after 40 years of working together.

In this candid Sunday morning conversation, Chad and Kim speak very openly and generously sharing their experiences, including their views of working together, the unexploited industry opportunity, some company and individual strengths, and what their hopes and dreams are for the next chapter personally.

George and Carrie Mock generously spend an hour or so with Pete, thinking aloud about the challenges of governing a family business, the work-life balance that accompanies that, the insights about the Company and industry that led to decision to find Fuchs, and a few glimpses of what might be in the next chapter.

Gary Wilt and Pete have an entertaining and rapid fire 45 minutes in Chattanooga talking about how Gary and his brother Terry’s journey resulted in the recapitalization of TAG Equipment by CenterRock Capital Partners.

Thatcher Wine grew up in an entrepreneurial household (upstairs from the business in fact). He tried a stint in a large consulting firm before he got fired (just kidding, before he was “called”) and became a founding entrepreneur in the tech sector of a startup that didn’t gain traction. He paid the tuition on that education, then moved to Boulder and slowly, the idea for Juniper Books began to ge...

At The Annual Bigelow Forum in September 2019 we experienced a…well let’s just say… an energetic group discussion among and between four seasoned, successful high performing Entrepreneur Owner-Managers (EOMs). Friends/Clients learning, growing and generously sharing their experiences with their EOM peers.

Here’s a little home made recording (my iPhone on the dining table) of an Entrepreneur in the US Navy. Admiral John M. Richardson is retiring as Chief of Naval Operations https://www.defense.gov/Our-Story/Biographies/Biography/Article/621885/admiral-john-m-richardson/, and gave a little after dinner talk at a meeting at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI.edu) where he is a member of the...

Find out what David's passions are, his thoughts on what is (and what is your) "unlearning" as we think about cognitive biases that negatively affect Owner- Manager good decision making. We also discuss why, as a senior professor, he lives in an undergraduate residence hall, and what his professional life may look like ten years from now.

Here’s a live interview we recorded in Santa Monica, CA this July that will blow away any worries or apprehensions you have about the Millennial Generation—or venture capital—or Millennials in venture capital.

Like many EOMs, Mark Taylor joined his family’s business “in the breach” to solve a business problem on what he thought was a temporary tour of duty (a year or two). Fifteen years later he has just successfully completed the renewal of ReadingPlus’ management team for its next chapter, and it’s stockholder recapitalization bringing in a great fit new majority owner who is energized and capable of...

Many of us are learning from both scientific breakthroughs and the popular media about the promise of stem cells, and what they might do for our health, from anti-aging to therapeutic applications. In this podcast I have an eye-opening conversation with Todd McAlister, PhD, the CEO of Fountain Therapeutics discussing the reality of stem cell therapy, some regenerative realities, and why it makes s...

Chris Pierce The Dingley Press by Pete Worrell

Positive Enterprise Value Podcast with George Antoniadis (5.8.19) by Pete Worrell

Cam Brensinger by Pete Worrell

Howard Energy Creation Final by Pete Worrell

Energy Creation - Meryl Levin by Pete Worrell

Meryl Levin of Mills Falls Charter School Podcast Interview with Pete Worrell by Pete Worrell