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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, 2025•4 min read
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, 2025•3 min read
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, 2025•3 min read
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, 2025•3 min read
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
