Promotions, First Jobs, and Family Business: Lessons from the Trenches

Promotions, First Jobs, and Family Business: Lessons from the Trenches

How our early work experiences shaped our approach to stand-out promotions in business. In this post, I reflect on the stories and insights from episode 59 where Kim, Shirley, Tom, and I (Brian) took ... ...more

Mixing Family and Business

October 07, 20254 min read

What We Ate Then, How We Work Now: Food, Family, and Defining Roles in a Family Business

What We Ate Then, How We Work Now: Food, Family, and Defining Roles in a Family Business

Family businesses are as much about tradition as they are about adaptability. In this week’s episode of the podcast, I sat down with Kim, Tom, and Shirley to reminisce about foods from our childhood a... ...more

Mixing Family and Business

September 30, 20254 min read

What Really Matters: Holidays, Values, and Building a Business Legacy

What Really Matters: Holidays, Values, and Building a Business Legacy

In this episode, I sat down with Kim, Tom, and Joe Moy to peel back the layers of what makes family, business, and holidays truly meaningful. We reminisced about childhood Christmases, relived how our... ...more

Mixing Family and Business

September 23, 20253 min read

Navigating Family, Thanksgiving, and the Art of Pivoting in Business

Navigating Family, Thanksgiving, and the Art of Pivoting in Business

In this episode of the “Mixing Family and Business” podcast, Tom, Kim, Shirley, Beth, and I sat down to reflect on past Thanksgivings and dive deep into what it really means to run—and reinvent—multip... ...more

Mixing Family and Business

September 16, 20253 min read

Riding the Waves: Family Business Resilience Through Crisis and Celebration

Riding the Waves: Family Business Resilience Through Crisis and Celebration

As a member of a family that’s spent decades running multiple businesses, I’ve come to realize just how much our lives and livelihoods are shaped by the rhythms of holidays and the storms of economic ... ...more

Mixing Family and Business

July 22, 20253 min read


Birthdays, Bikes, and Blizzard Blunders: Real Family, Real Business, Real Life

Birthdays, Bikes, and Blizzard Blunders: Real Family, Real Business, Real Life

Childhood traditions and customer service disasters—let’s get real about family, small-town birthdays, and the wild world behind the counter. What happens when you put a bunch of family business owner... ...more

Mixing Family and Business

July 15, 20253 min read

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