Family Business Today

In this episode of Family Business Today, Dave will share: * That family businesses should take every opportunity to be proactive in preparing the rising generation, whether or not they enter into the family business * How family businesses need to become less informal and more professional over time * That success needs to be defined personally and intentionally for every family business generati...

In this episode of Family Business Today, Marvin will share: * That every business exit is different, as family business entrepreneurs don’t voluntarily exit their businesses often * That for family businesses the hardest decision to make is when to step away * How having an exit timeline already in place while you run your family business can help you optimize your returns * How having a general...

In this episode of Family Business Today, Karen will share: * How many individuals involved in a divorce will let reaction and ego move them farther from what they want after their divorce * How the emotional drain from a divorce can lead individuals to show up as their less-than-best selves in their family businesses and in the divorce process * Her upcoming series on divorce and family business,...

In this episode of Family Business Today, Steven will share: * How many family business owners put off planning for ownership in the future to avoid family conflict in the present * That establishing planning begins with a founder who is willing to plan * The details surrounding transferring your family business to non-family owners * How to avoid common tax pitfalls in buy-sell agreements * How t...

In this episode of Family Business Today, Anthony will share: * How his passion for helping family businesses was influenced by his childhood experiences * How “objectivity goes by the wayside” when family business owners discuss transitioning their business * How family business transition experts can work together like a medical team * That most family businesses may not plan for the unexpected...

In this episode of Family Business Today, Stephanie will share: * How her grandfather went from selling pecans and making candy to becoming the first roadside retail chain in the country * How storytelling is a family business’s superpower * How she stepped up to the plate in 2019 to keep the company in family hands * How her experiences as in trial and environmental law taught her how to advocate...

Episode 46: Facing the Unexpected and Keeping on Trucking with Crissy Wieck of Western Express, Inc. TNCFB Crissy Wieck was born and raised in Nashville and graduated from The Harpeth Hall School.  After working at Dell for 12 years, Crissy joined her family business after the death of her father’s business partner.  Crissy has spent 10 years at Western Express and is currently the Chief...

Episode 45: A Company That Helped to Mechanize the Mid-South with the Morgan Family of JBS Family Business Today, TNCFB For over a century, the John Bouchard & Sons Co. (JBS) tradition of innovation and excellence has helped create and maintain the systems that keep the Mid-South running. Beginning as a Nashville machine shop in 1900, the company was incorporated in 1913. Today it is a fifth-g...

Ep 44 - Michael Klein.mp4 Dr. Michael Klein has over 20 years of experience as an advisor to family business owners and next generations, as an assessment specialist (including assessments of job fit, personality, emotional intelligence, and values and motivators), he also speaks and leads workshops for family businesses. He uses his background in psychology to counsel and assist family businesses...

Episode 43: Changing with the Times Has Resulted in a Century-Old Family Business with Ben Grossman TNCFB Ben Grossman, along with his brother, David, are the fourth generation of family leadership and have been leading Grossman Marketing Group for ten years. Their family business was founded as Massachusetts Envelope Company in 1910 by Maxwell Grossman, whose lifelong dream was to own his own bus...

Aggie Johnson, CFP®, CPWA® is the founder and owner of WillKate Family Enterprise Office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She focuses on purposeful planning that helps build lasting family wealth beyond the balance sheet….

Dr. Josh Baron is a co-founder and Partner at BanyanGlobal. For over a decade, he has worked closely with families who own assets together, such as operating companies, family foundations, and family offices. He helps these families to define their purpose as owners and…

Episode 40: Relying on Technology, Your Team, and New Business Development Opportunities in the New Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Laurie Guzman. Laurie is the founder and president of The Inside Story, LLC, a virtual assistance organization located in Nashville, TN. Laurie has established herself as an Opportunity Broker, a Master of Connecting the Right People and the Right Business to the Righ...

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Andy Sneed. Andy is Chief Executive Officer of their family business, Wasco, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee. Andy’s father, Bill Sneed, founded Wasco, Inc. in 1966, and Andy has worked in the family business since 1977.

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Barbara Roberts. Barbara is a speaker and writer on all stages of entrepreneurship from start-up through growth, exiting and reinvention, Barbara’s work builds on her personal experience as a Wall Street executive, serial entrepreneur and Entrepreneur in Residence at Columbia University Business School and Hofstra University.

Episode 37: Seeing the Blind Spots when Planning a Family Business Transition with Peter Bloom, The Tennessee Center for Family Business Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Peter Bloom, business lawyer with The Bloom Group in Washington DC.  In his role, he serves as general counsel to emerging, mid-stage and family businesses, providing strategic advice as well as guidance regarding corporate la...

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Rocky Lalvani, Chief Profitability Officer for business owners like you. Rocky teaches business owners how to ensure they get paid and they make profit a priority! As a Certified Profit First Professional, he implements Mike Michalowicz’s Profit First System. We change the accounting formula of Sales - Expenses = Profit to Sales - Profit = Expenses. This ensures Pro...

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Lawrence Mize, Lui Heimansohn Steel & Salvage, located in Clarksville, Tennessee. Lui Heimansohn first started a trading post in the Cadiz, KY in the late 1800s before moving to Clarksville, TN to open a storefront in 1896 to access rail and river trade. Joined by his three sons, the family business continues on today with the fourth generation now involved.

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to John Taylor, President of Minuteman Press and Nashville Printing Company located in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashvilleprinting.com is owned by the Taylor Family. In business in Nashville for over 20 years, they have grown from a small franchise printer into a mid-size commercial printer and internationally-recognized branding specialist.

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Aaron Walker, Life and Business Coach and Masterminds for Men. Aaron has founded more than a dozen companies over the past 41 years. He attributes much of his success to having surrounded himself with his mastermind counterparts. Aaron is the founder of Irons Sharpens Iron, Inc. Mastermind that now host 19 groups with National and International Members.

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Laurie Spradley, Vice President Operations and Brand Development at Goo-Goo Candy Company located in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1912, in a copper kettle at the Standard Candy Company at Clark & First Avenue in Nashville, TN, America's first combination candy bar was invented. A roundish mound of caramel, marshmallow nougat, fresh roasted peanuts and real milk chocolat...

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Anna-Vija McClain. Anna-Vija is an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker and sought-after expert on topics related to small business growth and professional development for young, ambitious talent. Her company, Piccolo Marketing, helps small business owners achieve unprecedented growth through the development of marketing strategies, business development campaigns, an...

Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Steve French, President of The Signatry. The Signatry partners with families, advisors, and ministries by leveraging their creativity, innovation, and biblical values to transform the world through each last check signed to solve the world’s problems.

Your host, Greg Lewis talks to Joan Burge, Founder and CEO of Office Dynamics International, about her family business located in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 1990, Office Dynamics International has been the global industry leader in the development and presentation of sophisticated executive and administrative assistant training, coaching and resources.

Your host, Greg Lewis talks to Jeff Aiken, President Tennessee Farm Bureau, on the future of the family farm and what the Tennessee Farm Bureau is doing to support farmers in Tennessee and across the nation. Mr. Aiken and his wife, Carol, own a multigenerational family farm located near Telford, in East Tennessee, in addition to his responsibilities as President of the Tennessee Farm Bureau, the l...