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.
Episode 35: Lawrence Mize – The Heimansohn Family nears 125 Year Milestone in Business
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.
Episode 34: NashvillePrinting.Com– The Coolest Family Printing Company in Town
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.
Episode 32: Goo-Goo – A 100 year old American Candy Bar wrapped in Family Tradition
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 chocolate the Goo-Goo was a treat that I couldn’t wait to enjoy as a child. I still enjoy them today!!!
Episode 26: Meet powerhouse mother-daughter duo, Eileen and Anne Huntington, who work together in their family business, Huntington Learning Centers.
Your host, Greg Lewis, talks to Eileen Huntington, co-founder and her daughter, Anne Huntington, VP Business Development at their family business, Huntington Learning Centers. The relationship between a mother and daughter can only truly be understood by mothers and daughters. If you love each other tremendously, enjoy spending time together and trust each other, then working together in a family business may be just for you.
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 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 14: JK Elkin – Attorney at Law, Spicer Rudstrom PLLC – What I Learned from Working with my Dad in Business
A 2014 study showed that women – mostly daughters – are increasingly being selected to take over their family-owned businesses. Among conclusions in the study, “Women in Leadership: The Family Business Advantage”, by EY and Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, one of the most compelling was that “70 percent of family businesses are considering a woman for their next CEO, and 30 percent are strongly considering a woman for the top spot.”
Episode 10: Matt Bodnar, A Son's Viewpoint on What Makes it Work When Working with Dad in the Family Business
On this episode of Family Business Today, Greg Lewis interviews Matt Bodnar of Fresh Hospitality regarding the development and involvement of the next generation in the business. Fresh Hospitality is primarily an investment company that invests across the food and restaurant value spectrum, with primary focus in restaurant operations and real estate development.
Episode 7: Jenny and Evan Owens of Reboot Combat Recovery
On this episode of Family Business Today, Greg Lewis interviews Jenny Owens and Evan Owens who are co-founders of Reboot Combat Recovery. Reboot Combat Recovery is a non-profit organization that provides a 12 week course to combat veterans and their families that helps them deal with the spiritual side of healing from combat trauma, post traumatic stress and moral injury.
Episode 4: Steve Richards of Richards and Richards, Office Records Management
On this episode of Family Business Today, Greg Lewis interviews Steve Richards, Founder and Chairman of Richards and Richards Office Records Management, Inc. Richards and Richards is a Nashville based family business specializing in record storage, secure shredding, scanning, data storage and medical waste.
Episode 3: Jamie Fritz, Dabble Studios
On this episode of Family Business Today, Greg Lewis interviews Jamie Fritz of Dabble Studios. From DabbleStudio.com: "Dabble Studio is here to give you opportunities to “dabble” in the creative worlds of art, food, and more. Our recreational painting and cooking classes take place in our clean contemporary Nashville studio, a great place to spend an evening with old friends or new.