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The Owner's Box @WashU Olin
Though a lot of our national attention goes to big publicly traded firms, 87% of companies that earn more than 100 million dollars a year in revenue are privately held—by their founders, families, partnership groups, or even their employees. Instead of answering to a range of distant shareholders, they’re setting their own course…for better or worse. We find that there are as many ways to run a business as there are people who decide to do it. What makes private ownership so interesting is that…
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Ep. 22: Private Credit and Sweat Equity with William Cohan
As financial markets evolve and power players rise and fall, there's a premium on the inside scoop. How do the journalists who illuminate this space get their…
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Ep. 21: Sharing an Oven with Gerard Craft, Kevin Nashan, and Loryn Nalic
What does it mean to be an owner in a broader collaborative landscape? We get into it with three chefs who have won the James Beard Award for their St. Louis…
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Founding Values, Evolving Leaders with Chip Wade, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group
For the final episode of this season's Owners Box, we talk to Chip Wade about how the unique approach to ownership of Union Square Hospitality Group, from its…
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Follow Your Frustration: Jim McKelvey on Originality and Innovation
Today on The Owner’s Box, we are joined by Jim McKelvey. Jim is probably best known as the co-founder of Square, the payment technology company he built…
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Tactic's from the Owner's Box: Sustaining a Mission-Driven Media Company
The Washington Post just announced it was laying off 30% of its workforce. 300 newsroom journalists told to put down their pens, entire sections gutted. How…
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S3: E5: Balancing Ambition in a Culinary Portfolio with Nina Compton
Today we have an opportunity to chat with my friend, Chef Nina Compton, the owner of the acclaimed Compère Lapin in New Orleans. Nina's journey from cooking…
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S3: E4: New Growth from Deep Roots with Tad & Ben Edwards
Today’s guests are a father-son duo who have been on a fascinating journey of growing up with the family business, exiting that chapter, and deciding to start…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: The Family Mission Statement
In October, Juliet Chung of the Wall Street Journal wrote a piece titled "Wealthy Families Are Writing Mission Statements to Avoid Fights, Lost Fortunes." If…
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S3: E3: 4 Hands & Voltron - Balancing Creativity with Commercialization
On today’s episode, we hear from the two St. Louis entrepreneurs who made this collaboration happen: Kevin Lemp, owner of 4 Hands Brewing Co., and Bob Koplar…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: Ownership Overhaul at OpenAI
OpenAI's ownership redesign has the potential to shape how the technology on our screens and in our pockets affects our economy and our society. Can they…
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S3: E2: Business as a Mechanism of Change with Hatch Africa's Dave Ellis.
Straight out of college, today's guest wanted to make an impact on the African continent. For him, the best way to do this was through policy or the work of a…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: Control Beyond the Grave: Giorgio Armani and Ownership
One week before his passing, Giorgio Armani sat down with the Financial Times to talk about control, something he knew a thing or two about. In this episode, I…
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S3: E1: Weathering the Storm: Small Businesses Need a Village
Today's guest, Dilawar Syed, is a perfect person to kick off this season. I met Dilawar last year while working with the Brookings Institution, focusing on the…
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S2: E7 The Tradeoffs in Scale with David Stine of David Stine Furniture
In today’s episode, I talk to a craftsman who has explored the tradeoffs inherent in an over attentiveness to scale when developing a business – David Stine of…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: Lessons on Enterpreneurship with John McDonnell
What does it take to be an entrepreneur? What is the skill set that separates the entrepreneur from the rest of us? Might there even be a personality or gene…
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S2: E6: Employee Ownership in Private Equity Deals with Anna-Lisa Miller of Ownership Works
In today’s episode, Peter Boumgarden sits down with Anna-Lisa Miller, Executive Director of Ownership Works. Her organization is built on a bold premise: that…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: From Side Hustle to Entrepreneur
For some people, a gig is a short-term step to something different, something bigger, an unspoken plan still not yet disclosed in the space unknowing between…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: Entrepreneur as Orchestra Director
To be a healthy leader means to step back... and let other voices or instruments rise to the top. Today's short “Tactics from the Owner’s Box” takes us back to…
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S2: E5: Stewarding Potential with Katie Ford
In today’s episode, we learn from Katie Ford all about how one company shaped the modeling business, and what that means for the person holding the reins…
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S2: E4: Quantifying Kindness with Daniel Lubetzky
If you have a company that strives to be, in their own words, “Kind to one’s tastebuds, body, and the world” -- can you tease out when it pays to be kind, and…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: Purpose and Profit
Over the past few years, I've had the privilege of listening to, learning from, and working alongside an extraordinary group of private business owners. These…
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S2: E3: Ownership and Invention with Jamie Siminoff
Today’s episode, gets inside the mind of an inventor, and seeing how that work applies to community development in a small town in rural Missouri.
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: Navigating the Complexity of Partnership
In today's tactics from "The Owner's Box" -- we are going to revisit a few voices from Season 1 to learn how they approached partnership, and what it might…
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S2: E2: Scooping for Success with Richard Graeter of Graeter's Ice Cream
In 2021, the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association and the American Frozen Food Institute inducted Richard Graeter into the 2021 Frozen Food Hall of…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: A Cabin in the Woods
A few weeks back, Peter Grant from the Wall Street Journal reached out with a question. How do families with real estate approach this investment differently…
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S2:E1: Main Street's Tidal Wave of Ownership Transition
In 2024, Peter Boumgarden had the opportunity to lead a group of researchers and commissioners in a shared venture between Washington University in St. Louis…
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Episode 6: All That We Bring to the Table with Cindi Bigelow
For those of you playing along at home.... while this season has highlighted a number of different voices, there is at least one that is characteristically…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: The Discipline of Long-Run Ownership
In the space of ownership, the vision of building, scaling, and selling has become a shared mantra of success in the world of business schools formed in the…
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Episode 5: Brothers in the Vineyard: Growing Fraiche Wine Group
Welcome to Episode Five of the Owner’s Box by WashU Olin’s Koch Center for Family Enterprise. This week, we learn from Michael and John Kennedy on how they…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: The Four Critical Questions of Ownership
In today’s tactics from the Owner’s Box, we introduce the four critical questions for strategic owners – questions of What, How, When, and perhaps most…
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Episode 4: Creativity and Continuity with Stuart Weitzman
The brand is a celebrity favorite no matter the occasion. Lorde. Gigi Hadid, Jessica Alba, Blake Lively, Selena Gomez, the list goes on. Today's episode looks…
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Tactics from the Owner's Box: The Psychology of Legacy
Today on “Tactics from The Owner’s Box,” we explore the meaning of legacy and how it plays into the design of a business and philanthropy over time.
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Episode 3: The Beautiful Game
Today we discuss how a multi-generational family enterprise has brought soccer back to St. Louis, and their hopes and plan to make an impact far beyond the…
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Tactics from the Owner’s Box: Social Discount
In the business world, you hear a lot about why and how a business plans to balance social and business good. Ultimately, how much overlap you see between the…
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Episode 2: Creative Control with Jeremy King
Today, we explore the tension between commercial and creative objectives, and what we can learn from a culinary entrepreneur preparing for his third act. Does…
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Tactics from the Owner’s Box: Succession
If you sit in the owner’s box or sit in a position of leadership, how might your assessment of those coming behind you be shaping how much control you are…
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Episode 1: Transitioning with Soul
"Transitioning with Soul" -- is our first episode and features Ari Weinzweig of Zingerman's, Danny Meyer of USHG Acquisition Corp. Shake Shack and USHG, LLC…