Beyond The Family Business
Luke Hansen-MacDonald
Family Office President, Luke Hansen-MacDonald, explores lessons, strategies and stories from the world of family business.
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May 3, 2024 • 23min
Rob Steele: Building an Automotive Empire
Rob Steele explains his journey of building one Canada’s largest auto dealer roll-ups. He dives into his new Texan expansion and some hard truths about the EV market.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Apr 26, 2024 • 35min
Adarsh Shah Pt. 2: Working Outside and Inside the Family Business
Adarsh explains his journey from Michael Porter’s Monitor Group to a small Kenyan business to CEO of FoamCo in Canada. He also dives into his hopes for his own kids and how they engage the next generation of their family.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Apr 19, 2024 • 35min
Adarsh Shah Pt. 1: Lessons from 116 Year Old Indian-African Family Business
From escaping dictators to growing a business on 5 continents, Adarsh explains the incredible story of his family business and their approach to keeping aligned across geographies and cultures.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Apr 15, 2024 • 10min
7 Pros & Cons of Family Owned Businesses
Luke explores his view of the positives and negatives of family business including nepotism, family baggage and employee trust.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Apr 8, 2024 • 39min
Leslie Bishop Pt. 2: 4th Generation Expectations for Her Children
Leslie Bishop discusses her own career path and how that informs her approach to engaging the next generation of her family.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Apr 1, 2024 • 59min
Leslie Bishop Pt. 1: Great Granddaughter of Canadian Entrepreneur, RA Jodrey
Leslie Bishop discusses the legacy of her great grandfather RA Jodrey and how the business has evolved over the last 100 years.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Mar 25, 2024 • 5min
3 Lessons from the Oldest Family Business, Hoshi Ryokan
Luke discusses 3 lessons he learned from researching the 1300 year old Japanese family owned business, Hoshi Ryokan.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Mar 18, 2024 • 37min
Nirav Gandhi Pt. 2: Immigrant Millionaire Lives with his Parents
Nirav Gandhi discusses how he finds balance living and working with his brother, parents, sister-in-law, wife and kids.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Mar 13, 2024 • 49min
Nirav Gandhi Pt. 1: Immigrant Entrepreneur Builds $100M E-Comm Business
Nirav Gandhi explains his journey moving to Canada as a young boy from India and how he built a $100M e-commerce business with his brother.Watch the video podcast HERE Contact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
Mar 4, 2024 • 1min
