The Family Business Experience with Mike Bass: Family Business Strategies | Finding the Balance in L

The Family Business Experience with Mike Bass: Family Business Strategies | Finding the Balance in L


Latest Episodes

With My Friends from Foods For Living
November 14, 2016

What’s up everybody! Incredibly excited to share this episode with you because these people are dear to my heart. Foods For Living is an employee-owned health food store in East Lansing, MI, and I got to chat with two key people there,

Learn the Basics of Running Your New Business with Joel and Laura Acevedo of Tradent QCS
October 11, 2016

Got a great episode for you today. Joel and Laura Acevedo, along with their daughter Kayra, have a sweet new family business going called Tradent Quality Consulting Services, where they help entrepreneurs figure out the basics of running a business,

Holly Wade – From Family Grocery to Wellness Coach
September 25, 2016

In today’s episode, we have Holly Wade from Holly Wade Wellness. Holly is a health and wellness coach based in Nebraska, but she works remotely with clients from everywhere and anywhere. She’s got an awesome family business story, too.

Miranda Nahmias on Her Family’s Publishing Company and Becoming a Virtual Assistant
August 18, 2016

  “You feel obligated more so than any other job because it’s your family, but if they love you, they’ll support you no matter what, so don’t let that stop you from doing your own thing.” — Miranda Nahmias Very cool show for you today.

Whitney Nicely’s Passion for Real Estate and the Power of Negotiating a Lightbulb
July 13, 2016

“If you can negotiate a $5 lightbulb, you’ve won.” — Whitney Nicely, quoting her grandfather, Ray Walker Sr.   All right, y’all. This is a great interview, especially if you’re interested in how to get into real estate without becoming a realtor.

Brett Gillespie and the Mysterious World of Caps and Gowns
November 20, 2015

“You know, you can always measure in the financial areas, but really, knowing that we’ll be back doing this next year, I guess, is success to me.” — Brett Gillespie Great episode today! This one’s from an industry that many people use at some point in ...

From Literally Two Men and a Truck to an International Brand with Mary Ellen Sheets and Brig Sorber
November 13, 2015

“To me, it means helping people, having the funds to help people, being able to put together programs…being able to create good jobs for people, to give people good service; all those things are success.” — Mary Ellen Sheets “It’s all about process,

The Evolution of Video To Go with Owner Tom Leach
November 06, 2015

“I’m a very lucky person. Anybody who can do what they enjoy and be successful at it, I think, is a very lucky person.” — Tom Leach, Owner of Video To Go I have a great, yet bittersweet episode for you today.

Jenna Meyer and the Family Business Behind the Common Ground Music Festival
September 04, 2015

“Surround yourself with a team that you are the weakest link because you’re only going to be as strong as your weakest link, and if you are the weakest link, then odds are you will probably be a really good team if you’re a driven and hardworking perso...

Discussing the International Success of Elderly Instruments with Owner Stan Werbin
August 07, 2015

“We want you, whether it’s through the mail or whether it’s in the store, we want you to feel like you’ve come into our living room. You’re not walking in a music store where they’re trying to sell you something because we don’t do high-pressure sales ...