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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, 2025•3 min read
We Work With 20-Year-Olds - What We’ve Learned From Hiring Gen Z
In this week’s episode, we took a heartfelt journey from nostalgic childhood Fourth of July celebrations on the farm to the intricacies and surprises of working with Gen Z in today’s world. As family ... ...more
Mixing Family and Business
July 08, 2025•3 min read
Staying Local While Growing: How Our Family Business Keeps Community at the Heart
In this week’s blog, I reflect on our latest “Mixing Family and Business” podcast episode with Tom, Shirley, and Kim. We dug into the past—reminiscing about simpler times growing up, celebrating holid... ...more
Mixing Family and Business
July 01, 2025•4 min read
From Family Barbecues to Barcode Scanners: Reflecting on Memorial Day, Technology, and Change in Business
In this week’s episode of the Mixing Family and Business podcast, I sat down with Kim, Tom, and Shirley for a lively and nostalgic conversation about our early Memorial Day traditions and the dramatic... ...more
Mixing Family and Business
June 24, 2025•3 min read
Balancing Family, Business, and the Holidays
What does it really take to keep a family business thriving during the holidays? As part of this week’s "Mixing Family and Business" podcast, we reminisced about Mother’s Days gone by, debated the val... ...more
Mixing Family and Business
June 17, 2025•4 min read
What Family Taught Me About Business: Lessons From Home and Holidays
In this episode of the Mixing Family and Business podcast, we dove into our earliest memories of Easter celebrations before age 12 and how those traditions and values influenced us in business later i... ...more
Mixing Family and Business
June 09, 2025•4 min read
