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Luke Hansen-MacDonald
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Beyond The Family Business
Nahas Brothers Build Franchise QSR Business
Tony and Peter Nahas are the co-owners of Mezza Lebanese Kitchen. Their parents started the business shortly after immigrating from Lebanon. The brothers discuss how they streamlined their family business and unlocked huge growth through franchising. They also share their own struggles as leaders and what is next on their growth horizon.
2025-07-25
36 min
Beyond The Family Business
AI-Powered Cyber Attacks Threaten Family Business
Artificial Intelligence is dramatically changing the threat landscape for cybercrime. Generative AI is making hackers more efficient and giving them new capabilities that make their attacks harder to detect. In this episode, we discuss types of threats, why family business is at risk and tips to defend.
2025-07-11
12 min
Beyond The Family Business
Matthew Cassidy: Consolidating the Bus Industry with Dad & Brothers
Matthew Cassidy is the President of Coach Atlantic, Maritime Bus and Ambassatours. Over the last 20 years, Matthew and his family have consolidated the bus industry in Atlantic Canada. We discuss his biggest challenges as a new leader. As well, Matthew tells all about their recent acquisition of Ambassatours.
2025-06-27
47 min
Beyond The Family Business
Tony Falbo: Founder of Mircom Passes the Torch to His Three Boys
Tony Falbo, an 81-year-old Italian immigrant, chronicles his entrepreneurial journey of building Mircom Technologies and successfully transitioning the business to his three sons. Through strategic focus and family collaboration, he transformed a small fire alarm systems company into an international enterprise. The interview offers a compelling blueprint for family business succession and entrepreneurial resilience.
2025-06-13
39 min
Beyond The Family Business
Aakash Shah: Next Gen CEO 20x Sales of Family Biz
Aakash Shah is the former CEO and owner of Vivify Specialty Ingredients. He shares how his father convinced him to join the struggling family business and turn it around. Aakash shares how we found balance with his brother and father. As well, how he brought in private equity to buy his family out. Lastly, he shares his plans for his newly minted family office.
2025-05-30
47 min
Beyond The Family Business
Tammy Buss: Family Business Advisor, CEO & Grandmother
Tammy Buss is a family business advisor and family business owner. Over her 30 year career, she has helped family businesses with estate planning, financial planning and succession. This has been informed by her own entrepreneurial journey as she sold her own business and currently works with her son.
2025-05-16
34 min
Beyond The Family Business
Daniel Foch: Opportunities & Risks of Canadian Real Estate in 2025
Daniel Foch is the co-host of the Canadian Real Estate Investor podcast and Chief Real Estate Officer for Valery Real Estate. Daniel shares his view of where there are opportunities and risks in the Canadian real estate market. He discusses how he believes the government can incentivize home building. Lastly, he shares his experience working in his family business and the lessons he learned from his parents.
2025-05-02
39 min
Beyond The Family Business
Ron Diamond: Why Most Family Offices Shouldn’t Exist
Ron Diamond is the founder of Diamond Wealth, a syndicate of 100 family offices. He shares his perspective of why many family offices should not exist, common risks they fall into, and how the transition of wealth from Baby Boomers is disrupting the capital markets. Ron delves into his entrepreneurial journey and how he built trust with family offices over time. As well, he discusses Tiger 21 and Chicago Booth’s new family office initiative. https://lnk.to/fambiz
2025-04-18
36 min
Beyond The Family Business
Glen Creaser: Tech Entrepreneur Disrupts Seafood Business
Glen Creaser is a serial entrepreneur who sold his first tech company 2 years out of university. His new venture, Larry’s Catch, mixes his experience in tech with his family’s legacy in seafood to create a disruptive direct-to-consumer model. Glen shares his strategy and how his family’s history in the fishing industry influenced his approach.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2025-04-04
45 min
Beyond The Family Business
Empire of Chocolate: The Ferrero Family Story with Luca Cottini
Ferrero created some of the world's most beloved brands, including Nutella, Kinder Eggs, and Tic Tacs. In this episode, we explore how 2nd gen leader Michele Ferrero’s visionary leadership transformed Ferrero into a global powerhouse. Professor and author Luca Cottini joins us to discuss the unique culture and entrepreneurial genius that defined Ferrero’s success.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2025-03-21
54 min
Beyond The Family Business
Mary Asante-Asamoah: Ghana's 2nd Gen Mining & Agriculture Leader
Mary Asante-Asamoah is the 2nd generation leader of Barbex Africa. They are a Ghana owned mining services and agriculture business. Mary shares the entrepreneurial story of her father who started as a mining employee and branched out on his own. She discusses the mindset required to be successful in Ghana. As well, she delves into her own journey from Canada to Washington, DC and eventually back home.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2025-03-07
42 min
Beyond The Family Business
Brian Adams: What is a Family Office? How do you select a Family Office leader?
Brian Adams is a Family Office executive recruiter and podcast host. He explains what is a family office and how each one is slightly different. Brian explains the key positions and what makes an ideal candidate for a leadership role in a family office. Lastly, he shares some common mistakes and new trends that he sees with family office structures.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2025-02-21
35 min
The Business of Family
the journey of the next-gen.
How does the next gen forge their own path in the family business? How do they follow their passions back to the family business? Join me as I chat with Luke Hansen-MacDonald, President of HanMac Capital, about their family business journey through their entrepreneurial passions. Dive into all the dynamics that make up a successful family business succession. Thank you to Charlie Smith of the Kool Group for this episode's outro.
2025-02-18
34 min
Beyond The Family Business
Luke Leon: Canada's $3 Billion Furniture Family Business
Luke Leon is the 4th generation of the Leon’s Furniture family. He shares their 115-year history and how each generation contributes to the next. Luke delves into the transformative acquisition of The Brick which was 2x the size of Leon’s at the time. He also shares his own story about the family business and the importance of a meritocracy.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2025-02-07
36 min
Beyond The Family Business
Why Succession Fails - And How To Fix It
Luke shares his perspective and experience on why the next generation struggles to find purpose in the family business. His theory is that the next-gen must be allowed to make their own mark on the business to be successful. They need to contribute to the strategy meaningfully and find a role that fits their own strengths and interests. This short episode is perfect for family business members worried about succession.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2025-01-24
14 min
Beyond The Family Business
Anthony Broccolini: Next Gen CEO of Montreal’s Real Estate Empire
Anthony Broccolini, CEO of Broccolini, shares how his family's real estate and construction business has successfully transitioned through three generations, evolving from a small home-building company to a diversified real estate developer. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining family values, embracing challenges, and providing early exposure to the next generation. Looking ahead, Broccolini is exploring strategic expansions into new asset classes like self-storage and multi-family rentals, while also closely monitoring emerging technologies like AI and robotics to identify opportunities to innovate and stay ahead of industry trends.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2025-01-10
46 min
Beyond The Family Business
Jim Spatz: Escaping The Holocaust, Med School & Real Estate Development
Jim Spatz, Owner of SouthWest Properties, shares the story of how his parents narrowly escaped the holocaust in Poland. He delves into his father’s entrepreneurial journey and lessons about business. As well, he shares his own journey as an ER doctor and what led him to rejoin the family business. Finally, Jim shares his vision of how he wants to differentiate his real estate.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-12-27
46 min
Beyond The Family Business
Scott McCain: McCain Foods Chairman & Family Office Leader
Scott McCain is the 2nd generation of the legendary McCain Foods family. He grew up working in the family business and now holds the role of Chairman. Scott shares his extensive experience in family office strategy. We discuss how he is working with his children on succession, investment, and philanthropy.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-12-13
44 min
Beyond The Family Business
Assessing Land Banking Opportunities with Chandler Haliburton
In part 2 of our interview, Chandler discusses how he evaluates land banking opportunities that have multi-residential development potential. He discusses the importance of zoning, density and offsetting carrying costs. Chandler also shares his recent land bank success that netted him a 6.5x return in 6 years.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-11-29
22 min
Beyond The Family Business
Assessing Multi-Res Real Estate Properties with Chandler Halliburton
In this episode, we discuss the best tips for assessing a potential residential real estate investment. Our guest, Chandler Haliburton, is an expert with 10+ years as a real estate broker and investor. Luke and Chandler discuss cap rates, net operating income, financing and property management. This is part 1 of a 2 part interview focused on residential real estate investment. https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-11-15
36 min
Beyond The Family Business
Andrew Donaldson: 6th Gen CEO of 160 Year Old Timber Business
Andrew Donaldson is the CEO of Donaldson Group. They are one of the UK’s oldest and largest timber companies. Andrew shares the 160 year legacy of their family including what it was like during WW1. He explains his experience growing up in the business and what roles led him to take the CEO role. Andrew also dives into the outlook of the UK housing market.
2024-11-01
38 min
Beyond The Family Business
5 Ways to Prepare for Selling Your Business
Luke draws on his experience in the private equity space to share 5 ways to prepare your business for sale. These areas of focus will help improve the value and likelihood of a sale. https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-10-18
10 min
Beyond The Family Business
Private Equity vs Public Equity Investing
This episode is perfect for listeners wanting to learn the differences between private equity and public equity investing. Luke covers a brief history of each investment type and delves into the expected returns, liquidity, diversification, control and fees for these two asset classes. The data referenced can be seen in the YouTube version of this video including citations.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-10-04
12 min
Beyond The Family Business
Martin Roll: Lessons from 650 Family Business Interviews
Martin Roll is an experienced global business strategist, senior advisor and facilitator to Fortune 500 companies, Asian firms, family-owned businesses, and family offices. He has mentored more than 650 individual next-generation leaders from global business families and family offices in private, confidential 1:1 conversations.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-09-20
38 min
Beyond The Family Business
Rebecca Kacaba: Democratizing Capital Raising
Rebecca Kacaba is the CEO and Co-Founder of Dealmaker, one of Canada’s fastest growing companies. She discusses her entrepreneurial journey and the impact Dealmaker is having on the world of capital fundraising. Rebecca also shares her family business roots and what she hopes for her children.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-09-06
32 min
Beyond The Family Business
Michael Peters: First Nations Entrepreneurship
Michael Peters, CEO of Glooscap Ventures, leads the economic development arm of Glooscap First Nations. He leverages his family business background to grow and diversify the investments of his community. Their investments include renewable energy, defence shipbuilding and seafood.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-08-23
37 min
Beyond The Family Business
Juan Lopez: Escaping Pablo to Build An Animation Empire
Juan Lopez, Founder of Atomic Cartoons discusses their family-owned media company's global expansion, his personal journey of migration and cultural identity and the challenges of navigating complex cultural contexts, emphasizing the importance of values, personal growth, and respect for creative values in business and personal life. https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-08-09
37 min
Beyond The Family Business
Ross McNeil: Saving the Family Menswear Business
CEO & Owner of Duggers Menswear explains the origins, defining moment and success of his business. This episode touches on father & son dynamics and customer service.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-07-26
45 min
Beyond The Family Business
How To Make The Most Of Charitable Giving
Luke discusses his vetting process for not-for-profits. He discusses common risks and how to make the biggest impact with your donations.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-07-12
14 min
Beyond The Family Business
Should you own investments directly or indirectly?
Luke explains his philosophy on directly managed and indirectly managed investments. He contrasts the benefits and risks of each. These are Luke’s opinions and do not reflect the opinions of his businesses.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-06-28
14 min
Beyond The Family Business
Classified Pt 2: Lessons from a HipHop Family Business
Juno Award Winning Rapper Classified explains the unique benefits and challenges that come from 20 years of working with family. He dives into the dynamic with his brother. He shares his hopes for future collaborations with his daughters. Class finishes with a bombshell that this may be his last album ever...https://youtu.be/C6SWKDxzDGI
2024-06-14
37 min
Beyond The Family Business
Classified Pt 1: Multi-Platinum Rapper & Entrepreneur
Luke “Classified” Boyd explains learning the hiphop business, how he created a defensive moat by starting out independent and how AI and social media are affecting music.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-05-31
46 min
Beyond The Family Business
How We Mitigate Conflict In Our Family Business
The back bone of conflict mitigation for Luke has been communication and transparency between family members. Luke explains what this looks like in practice and shares some tips that can help other family’s reduce friction between members.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-05-24
10 min
Beyond The Family Business
Connie McInnes Pt 2: Building a Brand That Customers Will Remember
Connie McInnes, CEO & Founder of R Studios, discusses how she built her fitness brand and a team that keeps customers coming back for more.https://lnk.to/fambiz
2024-05-17
27 min
Beyond The Family Business
Connie McInnes Pt. 1: CEO Balances Motherhood & Entrepreneurship
Connie McInnes, CEO & Founder of R Studios, dives into her struggle with balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship. At the time of this interview, she was pregnant with her second child and about to open her largest studio yet. She also explains how her parents had a lasting impact on her career.Watch the video podcast HEREContact: BeyondTheFamilyBusiness@gmail.com
2024-05-10
28 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-05-03
23 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-04-26
35 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-04-19
35 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-04-15
10 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-04-08
38 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-04-01
59 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-03-25
05 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-03-18
37 min
Beyond The Family Business
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
2024-03-13
49 min
Beyond The Family Business
Trailer
2024-03-04
01 min
Weekly Dish on MyTalk
09/27/18 | Second Helpings: Red Rabbit opens on Grand Ave. in St. Paul!
Steph Hansen visits with chef Todd Macdonald, owner Luke Shimp and mixologist Ian Lowther.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2018-09-27
15 min