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On Thursday, June 28, 2012, B&D Industrial CEO Andy Nations joined Family Business Radio host Meredith Moore to discuss his third-generation family business. Based in Macon, Ga., B&D Industrial is the Southeast’s largest independently owned distributor of industrial bearings and power transmission equipment, including motors, gearing and automation equipment. The firm acquires the parts from [...]
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Cox Family Enterprise Center Executive Director Joe Astrachan, recognized around the world for his expertise in family business, visited with Family Business Radio host Meredith Moore on Thursday, June 21, 2012, to talk about the Cox Family Business Enterprise Center programs and offer tips for family businesses. Dr. Joe Astrachan Cox Family Enterprise Center Emergence [...]
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An Internal Audit Function (IAF) can improve the performance of family-owned businesses, according to Family Business Radio guest Dr. Debra J. Lasher, DBA, CPA. But those audits don’t have to be limited to financial audits; they can include reviews of anything ranging from company culture to processes and more. Debbie discussed her research into the [...]
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On Thursday, May 24, 2012, family business expert Dr. George Manners joined Family Business radio host Meredith Moore to discuss preparing upcoming generations for ownership in a family enterprise. Currently a professor of accounting and management with the Coles College of Business Administration at Kennesaw State University, Dr. Manners began his career as an actuary [...]
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On Thursday, April 26, 2012, Michael S. Blake joined Family Business Radio co-host Meredith Moore to discuss the benefits of performing a business valuation on family owned businesses. As director of valuation services for Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP, Michael has 15 years of experience helping business buyers and sellers through proper valuation. Michael also [...]
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On Thursday, March 22, 2012, family business consultant Stephanie Brun de Pontet joined Family Business Radio host Dwayne Samples to offer tips to next generation family members preparing to enter the family enterprise. As a senior associate of The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc., Stephanie often helps family enterprises through important transitions, such as the [...]
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Alpharetta, Georgia attorney John Cleveland (“Cleve”) Hill visited the Family Business Radio studios on Thursday, March 15, 2012, to discuss operating agreements, exit strategies and more for family-owned enterprises. Cleve joined FBR co-host Meredith Moore to share information on the types of agreements that can be used in business to provide a smooth transition between [...]
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Bill, Bob and Alan Holman joined Meredith Moore and Dwayne Samples on Thursday, March 1, 2012, to discuss with Family Business Radio listeners the transition of their business to second generation owners. Holman and Company is an Alpharetta-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm, founded by the Holmans’ father in 1983. Holman and Company gets [...]
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John W. Yopp, III, visited with Family Business Radio co-hosts Meredith Moore and Dwayne Samples on Thursday, February 9, 2012, to tell listeners about his family’s 100+-year-old publishing company. Through his trade publications, Mr. Yopp has a close view of the funeral home and cemetery industry, one of the largest sectors in the family-owned business [...]
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In support of their “From White Castle to the White House” tour, Family Enterprise USA President Ann Kinkade and White Castle Vice President Jamie Richardson visited the Family Business Radio studios on Thursday, January 26, 2012. They shared with co-hosts Meredith Moore and Dwayne Samples the history and purpose of both Family Enterprise USA and [...]
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Neil Sapra joined Family Business Radio co-host Meredith Moore in the studios on Thursday, January 19, 2012, to discuss the family business that bears his name, NitNeil Partners. Founded by his father and named for Neil and his younger brother Nitesh, NitNeil Partners is a regional real estate investment firm with a focus on self [...]
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On Thursday, May 13th, hosts Meredith Moore and Pat Romboletti were honored to welcome Maxine Burton, president and founder of burton + BURTON™, a family-owned and -operated business since 1982 based in Bogart, Georgia that is one of the largest suppliers of balloons and coordinating gift products in the world. With husband Bob serving as CEO and with [...]
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Continuing Family Business Radio’s record of on-point topics for family-owned businesses, Mark Dayman of Cap-Val LLC joined hosts Pat Romboletti and Meredith Moore on Thursday, May 5th to discuss exit strategies and company valuations. From his perspective of working for a national appraisal-litigation support-exit strategy firm, Mark shared the good news that many deals are still being done today, [...]
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On Thursday, April 29th, Family Business Radio hosts Meredith Moore and Pat Romboletti were happy to welcome this week’s guests—Erick Papp, international executive for 28 years, and Richard Bennett, business and corporate law attorney with Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, PC. The big take-away from this week’s discussion was that the seemingly treacherous waters of global business begins and ends with [...]
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Now that Family Business Radio has broadcast nearly a dozen interviews (all available for download here), one undeniable fact has emerged from our weekly conversations: there is no one personality type that goes out, starts a business and makes a success of it. This observation holds up as hosts Meredith Moore andPat Romboletti welcome this week’s [...]
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The show on Thursday, April 15th offered a penetrating discussion on the topic of expanding a business while retaining the brand and culture. Our guest, Stan Epperson, founder of Deli Provision Co., Inc., joined Family Business Radio and hosts Meredith Moore and Pat Romboletti to tell us about his business, its growth and to share his experience [...]
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How do you keep a family-business going and growing into the 4th generation? On Thursday, April 8th, Family Business Radio hosts Meredith Moore and Pat Romboletti welcomed Ross Kogon, President of Pull-A-Part, LLC who shared some of the secrets. A self-service used auto parts and recycling business with 23 do-it-yourself auto parts superstores across the east coast, [...]
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Family Business Radio, hosted by Pat Romboletti and Meredith Moore, had a fascinating discussion on April 1st with Dan Merkel, of Southern States Insurance, Inc., and Josh Hirsh, Managing Director of Studley, about two essential subjects for a family-owned businesses: risk management and property leasing. Josh shared his take on the economic realities found in today’s commercial real estate, [...]
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Meredith Moore and Pat Romboletti, co- hosts of Family Business Radio, spent an insightful and informative hour on Thursday, March 25th with guests Dean Harbry, with Internal Innovations and a Professional Certified Coach credentialed through the International Coach Federation with, and Fritz Schlabach, CPA and (non-family) CFO of a family-owned business. Fritz has been a non-family key executive for more [...]
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On March 18th hosts Pat Romboletti and Meredith Moore of Family Business Radio were pleased to welcome the family business owners at Rick Bailey & Company—founder and father Rick Bailey along with his oldest daughter Amanda Bailey Hohenbery. Based in Woodstock, GA, their insurance agency specializes in individual and group health insurance. The show opened with Rick and [...]
Hosted by Meredith Moore, the show provides a platform to showcase family-owned businesses, key executive non-family members who are helping to drive those businesses, and the professional advisors that assist them. Family Business Radio was created to further the community and serve as a mouthpiece to educate, inform and support this vital segment of our economy.