Épisodes

  • Season 1 Trailer

    Season 1 Trailer
    Mar 26 2024
    1 min
  • S3: E4: New Growth from Deep Roots with Tad & Ben Edwards

    S3: E4: New Growth from Deep Roots with Tad & Ben Edwards
    Dec 23 2025
    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 a new one. Tad Edwards was part of a multi-generational family business in the financial services industry, A.G. Edwards, that was ultimately acquired by Wachovia and then Wells Fargo. Tad took the pen on the next chapter of the family legacy by starting the firm Benjamin F. Edwards, and is now joined in the business by his son, Ben. On today’s episode, New Growth from Deep Roots with Tad and Ben Edwards of Benjamin F. Edwards. Special Guests: Benjamin (Ben) F. Edwards V and Tad Edwards.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    43 min
  • Tactics from the Owner's Box: The Family Mission Statement

    Tactics from the Owner's Box: The Family Mission Statement
    Dec 11 2025
    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 no family – happy or unhappy– is simple, what does it mean for a family to be intentional? Today on the Owner's Box, the power and limitations of a family mission statement, and what lessons are worth mining from multi-generational family business owners.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    8 min
  • S3: E3: 4 Hands & Voltron - Balancing Creativity with Commercialization

    S3: E3: 4 Hands & Voltron - Balancing Creativity with Commercialization
    Nov 25 2025
    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, who manages the Voltron franchise that his father created. In developing a special Voltron beer, they’ve launched a creative partnership that is both commercially successful and a whole lot of fun. In today’s episode, Voltron Beer and balancing creativity with commercialization. Special Guests: Bob Koplar and Kevin Lemp.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    43 min
  • Tactics from the Owner's Box: Ownership Overhaul at OpenAI

    Tactics from the Owner's Box: Ownership Overhaul at OpenAI
    Nov 6 2025
    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 deliver benefit to the public and profit to the few at the same time?
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    8 min
  • S3: E2: Business as a Mechanism of Change with Hatch Africa's Dave Ellis.

    S3: E2: Business as a Mechanism of Change with Hatch Africa's Dave Ellis.
    Oct 24 2025
    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 nonprofit. But early into that work, it was the pull of business and its potential to drive social value that pulled him in. Today's guest, David Ellis, is the founder and CEO of Hatch Africa, a company seeking to bring a new business model to sub-Saharan Africa to, in their words, bring eggs and chickens to every household. Special Guest: David Ellis.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    38 min
  • Tactics from the Owner's Box: Control Beyond the Grave: Giorgio Armani and Ownership

    Tactics from the Owner's Box: Control Beyond the Grave: Giorgio Armani and Ownership
    Sep 30 2025
    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 unpack how Armani designed one of the most fascinating succession plans I’ve ever seen. Balancing legacy, leadership, and the hard question of when control becomes… too much control. Special Guest: Stuart Weitzman.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    7 min
  • S3: E1: Weathering the Storm: Small Businesses Need a Village

    S3: E1: Weathering the Storm: Small Businesses Need a Village
    Sep 9 2025
    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 issue of aging business owners. At the time, Dilawar was Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration. His background is extensive, including his role as President of Freshworks, a company that serves small businesses. This spring, we collaborated on a piece for The Conversation and Fast Company about how tariff uncertainty can paralyze small business operators. As you can imagine, Dilawar has a lot of insight to share on this and other topics here on The Owner's Box.
    Afficher plus Afficher moins
    52 min