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The Owner's Box @WashU OlinS2: E6: Employee Ownership in Private Equity Deals with Anna-Lisa Miller of Ownership WorksIn 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 employee ownership—typically seen as separate from private equity—might actually enhance the impact of a private equity deal. It’s a rare intersection of two ownership models, and Anna-Lisa provides a peak beneath the hood of this design. Listen in as we explore how these approaches can work together—and what that could mean for the future of finance-led ownership transitions in the middle market.Special Guest: Anna-Lisa Miller.2025-05-2240 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner's Box: From Side Hustle to EntrepreneurFor 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 the front and back seat. To gain some insight into this space, I want to introduce you to Margarita Tsoutsoura, my colleague in the finance department of Olin Business School. Margarita’s research reminds us that the path toward starting something isn’t always getting a degree in entrepreneurship or spinning something out of an established company. Sometimes, the path is about being young, flexible, and willing to tinker within a flexible career path...2025-05-0808 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner's Box: Entrepreneur as Orchestra DirectorTo 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 another clip from a recent episode—this one with the founder of KIND Bar, Daniel Lubetzky as he discusses the entrepreneur as orchestra director.Special Guest: Daniel Lubetzky.2025-03-2705 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinS2: E5: Stewarding Potential with Katie FordIn 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. Special Guest: Katie Ford.2025-03-1334 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinS2: E4: Quantifying Kindness with Daniel LubetzkyIf 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 what you do when you have to assess that mission pragmatically? What about when you bring that novel supply chain to market. What works in the market, and how does it shape your path to getting there? In today’s episode, we look at the balancing act between Business and Social Good with Kind Snacks Founder Daniel Lubetzky.Special Guest: Daniel Lubetzky.2025-02-1436 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner's Box: Purpose and ProfitOver 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 are the kind of people who, in their own quiet way, steer the course of the American economy all the while wrestling with the big, messy questions that come with running a business. Today, on "Tactics from the Owner's Box," I want to tackle one of the trickiest challenges these leaders face: how to build a business that lasts by finding--and incentivizing--the right balance between purpose and performance. 2025-01-3005 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinS2: E3: Ownership and Invention with Jamie SiminoffToday’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.2025-01-1635 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner's Box: Navigating the Complexity of PartnershipIn 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 mean for your own venture.Special Guest: Jeremy King.2025-01-0206 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinS2: E2: Scooping for Success with Richard Graeter of Graeter's Ice CreamIn 2021, the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association and the American Frozen Food Institute inducted Richard Graeter into the 2021 Frozen Food Hall of Fame. His company is beloved by ice cream aficionados all around the country.
So, what is it that makes Graeters Graeters, and how is this linked to the way this 4th generation family business operates? Special Guest: Richard Graeter.2024-12-1938 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner's Box: A Cabin in the WoodsA 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 than a fund? For Grant, the Wall Street Journal commercial real estate writer, his focus was on commercial real estate in New York. He had started to note something unusual in this space -- those families who had long committed to never sell were doing... just in fact that.Special Guest: Susan Fitzpatrick.2024-12-0307 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinS2:E1: Main Street's Tidal Wave of Ownership TransitionIn 2024, Peter Boumgarden had the opportunity to lead a group of researchers and commissioners in a shared venture between Washington University in St. Louis and the Brookings Institution looking at the shifts of ownership for privately held firms. Because of the amount of these that are owned by baby boomers, it is often called a kind of silver tsunami. Today, you are going to hear pieces of that story from a few members of the team. 2024-11-1937 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinEpisode 6: All That We Bring to the Table with Cindi BigelowFor 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 missing -- that of a female owner taking over leadership of their family business. Our discussion with Carolyn Kindle at St. Louis CITY SC hit on pieces of this work, but this was in the context of starting something new -- a soccer club in the MLS. There is something different about stewarding something that already exists. How do you lead that well? What does it mean to own something from a deep...2024-08-2743 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner's Box: The Discipline of Long-Run OwnershipIn 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 shadow of Silicon Valley. But to suggest all businesses must follow this path is like assuming all runners need to be marathoners. Let’s put this in context by focusing our attention on the owner-operator. How does one approach an attempt to own something for the long run? How does one prepare to steward a legacy throughout the inevitable and yet unexpected changes coming down the pipe? 2024-08-0906 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinEpisode 5: Brothers in the Vineyard: Growing Fraiche Wine GroupWelcome 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 have worked together as siblings and a broader family to build out Fraiche Wine Group. 2024-07-2649 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner's Box: The Four Critical Questions of OwnershipIn 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 importantly, Why.2024-07-1107 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinEpisode 4: Creativity and Continuity with Stuart WeitzmanThe 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 at how Stuart Weitzman built his company and what we can learn about owner strategy from the various twists and turns of his brand's evolution over time. This is ultimately Stuart Weitzman's gift to us. There is hard won wisdom gained by an entrepreneur who has gone through all these different shifts in and around the owner's box.2024-06-2728 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner's Box: The Psychology of LegacyToday 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.2024-06-1305 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinEpisode 3: The Beautiful GameToday 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 pitch. Special Guests: Andrew C. Taylor, Carolyn Kindle, Jason Thein, Lee Broughton, and Neal Richardson.2024-05-3034 min
INFAWORK Insights: Lessons in LeadershipINFAWORK INSIGHTS: Dr. Peter BoumgardenEngage in an enriching conversation with Dr. Peter Boumgarden, the revered Koch Professor of Practice for Family Enterprise and Director of the Koch Center for Family Enterprise at Washington University, in our debut episode of INFAWORK INSIGHTS. Unfurl the codes of leadership, aspiration, and determination that shape personal and professional journeys and navigate through the ethos of leadership with compelling stories and experiences.
2024-05-0934 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner’s Box: Social DiscountIn 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 financial maximization of returns and the non-financial drivers of business likely shapes what you see as possible. So, how might one think about this relationship, and can we bring rigor to the assessment? Explore this question and more with host, Peter Boumgarden, Professor and Director of the Koch Center for Family Enterprise in our latest mini-session focused on tactics from "The Owner’s Box."2024-05-0909 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinEpisode 2: Creative Control with Jeremy KingToday, we explore the tension between commercial and creative objectives, and what we can learn from a culinary entrepreneur preparing for his third act. Does the owner's box need a creative tension between commerce and creativity? Without the constraints of commerce, the creative impulse can easily become unbounded from market potential. But lacking imagination, do we merely replicate previous successes, with all restaurants looking like carbon copies of surefire but vanilla hits, and all films becoming superhero replicas? Tune in to hear Jeremy King talk this through in his experience transforming the London restaurant scene. 2024-04-2536 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinTactics from the Owner’s Box: SuccessionIf 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 willing to give up? How does your assessment of the capability and willingness of the next-gen shape your willingness to step outside of the owner’s box?
Today in Tactics from “The Owner’s Box,” we explore succession through the lens of control. 2024-04-1106 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinEpisode 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, and Bo Burlingham of Forbes.Special Guests: Ari Weinzweig, Bo Burlingham, and Danny Meyer.2024-03-2833 minThe Owner's Box @WashU OlinSeason 1 Trailer2024-03-2601 min
On PrincipleClash of the Megatrends: Chris HoffmannIn the heating-and-cooling industry, they’re calling it “The Great Consolidation” as the pace of company acquisitions has risen from about 20 in 2011 to 120 a year by 2019. Meanwhile, The Great Consolidation is slamming head-first into the pandemic-born Great Resignation, as firms battle for a share of the scarce pool of talent on the market.That’s the environment Chris Hoffmann has faced since 2016, after taking over the St. Louis-based, family-owned business his father began 28 years earlier with four employees and a simple business model. Today, while he watches competitors grow through acquisition and consolidation, Hoffmann sees an alternative path: sc...2024-03-1239 min
Evergreen Journal by Tugboat InstituteThe Time StrategistDr. Peter Boumgarden is a professor at the WashU Olin School of Business. His research focuses on the role of structure- both formally and informally- in shaping the innovation of groups, organizations, and broader network systems. In addition to or perhaps as a byproduct of this work, he has also accumulated a wealth of wisdom about how individuals can be more effective and drive greater impact. Through his research as well as his work consulting and running executive education programs with organizations across sectors, he has developed a research-based set of recommendations for individuals seeking to make better use...2024-01-2513 minEvergreen Journal by Tugboat InstituteThe Time StrategistDr. Peter Boumgarden is a professor at the WashU Olin School of Business. His research focuses on the role of structure- both formally and informally- in shaping the innovation of groups, organizations, and broader network systems. In addition to or perhaps as a byproduct of this work, he has also accumulated a wealth of wisdom about how individuals can be more effective and drive greater impact. Through his research as well as his work consulting and running executive education programs with organizations across sectors, he has developed a research-based set of recommendations for individuals seeking to make better use...2024-01-2513 min
Beyond Boundaries Podcast54: Abram Van Engen & Peter Boumgarden (Morality & Markets)On this episode, Rob sits down with Professor, Author, and Chair of the Washington University in St. Louis English Department Abram Van Engen and Koch Professor of Practice for Family Enterprise and Director of the Koch Center for Family Business Peter Boumgarden. Professor Boumgarden is also the Academic Director of the Center for Experiential Learning at the Olin Business School at WashU. Together, these two WashU faculty members teach a popular Beyond Boundaries Program course called Morality & Markets offered next Spring. They join the pod to discuss their work at WashU, how they connected, and the reasons behind choosing...2022-10-2528 minOn PrincipleRising from the Ashes: Angel LikensHow do you honor the past while planning for the future? In a business that relies on goodwill from customers—indeed, members—whose voices count most when a massive shock threatens to bury the business? How do you balance the pull of tradition, the weight of history, and the need to look forward and innovate?These questions and hundreds of others confronted Angel Likens in February 2017, when she was the general manager of Bogey Hills Country Club. The St. Charles County, Missouri, institution began in 1962 when Angel’s grandfather, Charles H. “Doc” Walters, established it on the site of an...2022-04-0533 minOn PrincipleThe Longest Winter: Gerard CraftOn March 18, 2020, or thereabouts, the world turned upside down. With dire news around the spread of the deadly coronavirus came staggering uncertainty for business leaders. How should they respond? Among restaurateurs, owners were forced to make incredibly consequential decisions in the snap of a finger. They had to look into the fog and consider how long this new world would last. Pivoting operations is expensive—and hard to justify for only a few months. Fail to pivot quickly enough, however, and opportunity is lost, people lose jobs, businesses shutter.We look through the eyes and the experience of...2021-06-1536 min
The Matt Baxter ShowEp. 27 - How to Actually Reach Your Goals with Dr. Peter BoumgardenDr. Peter Boumgardner, Professor of Practice of Strategy and Organizations at Washington University in St. Louis, has some super practical advice about reaching goals and living a well rounded life on this episode!
Here are the works mentioned in the episode: http://www.calnewport.com/blog/2010/10/16/the-passion-trap-how-the-search-for-your-lifes-work-is-making-your-working-life-miserable/
https://www.amazon.com/Conformity-Influences-Cass-R-Sunstein/dp/14798678372019-06-1935 min
Download Popular Titles Audiobooks in Newspapers & Magazines, BusinessHow a Cartoon Caption Contest Can Make You a Better Writer Audiobook by Peter BoumgardenListen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go tohttp://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: How a Cartoon Caption Contest Can Make You a Better Writer
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Narrator: Fleet Cooper
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Length: 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-21-15
Publisher: Harvard Business School
Genres: Newspapers & Magazines, Business
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On the first day of my undergraduate marketing strategy course, I show my students one of my favorite New Yorker cartoons. It is an image of a familiar red-and-white-shirted man with matching cap and wooden cane. He sits at a bar. The caption states, Nobody ever asks Hows Waldo?
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Download Popular Titles Audiobooks in Newspapers & Magazines, BusinessHow a Cartoon Caption Contest Can Make You a Better Writer Audiobook by Peter BoumgardenPlease visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1405 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: How a Cartoon Caption Contest Can Make You a Better Writer Author: Peter Boumgarden Narrator: Fleet Cooper Format: Unabridged Length: 6 mins Language: English Release date: 07-21-15 Publisher: Harvard Business School Genres: Newspapers & Magazines, Business Publisher's Summary: On the first day of my undergraduate marketing strategy course, I show my students one of my favorite New Yorker cartoons. It is an image of a familiar red-and-white-shirted man with matching cap and wooden cane. He sits at a bar. The caption states, Nobody ever...2015-07-2100 min