Family Business Matters
With over 235 family and privately-held businesses, the University of Toledo Family Business Center offers benefits that include access to local, regional, and nationally recognized business experts and affiliates. This podcast highlights this expertise on a variety of business and family-business-related topics -- enjoy!
Episodes
16 episodes
Elevating Your Affinity Group Experience
Joins us as we dive into the dynamic world of Affinity Groups at our special event co-hosted by the UToledo Family Business Center and Sylvia van Meerten and Jack Schott from ForumWithin. We're s...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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57:11
The State of Family Business
Join the UToledo Family Business Center and Family Enterprise USA for a webinar on the results of the FEUSA 2023 Annual Family Business Survey. FEUSA's Pat Soldano and John Gugliada discuss the current Washington, DC landscape and provide a leg...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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40:27
Demystifying Marketing: The Role of AI and ChaGPT in Business
Join the UToledo Family Business Center and Communica, Inc for a webinar on Demystifying Marketing: The Role of AI and ChatGPT in Business. In this informative session, you'll gain valuable insights into the seismic shifts taking place in the w...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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49:21
Navigating the Shifting Tides of Estate Planning
As the saying goes, "change is the only constant in life." This is particularly true in estate planning, which undergoes continuous evolution. Join the UToledo Family Business Center and Center Sponsor Shumaker for a presentation by partner Dav...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:06:13
Protecting Your Personal and Business Risk in Unpredictable Times
Join the UToledo Family Business Center and Center Sponsor Fifth Third Private Bank for a panel discussion with their national specialists on topics and examples from across the country on ways to think about and ultimately protect your persona...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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49:30
Attract and Retain Highly Qualified Veterans to your Organization
Business leaders recognize the talent that veterans can bring to an organization and consistently express a desire to hire and retain veterans. Yet, 65% of veterans leave their civilian organizations within the first 24 months. Surveys say that...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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49:56
Economic Update: Trends, Forecasts and Market Outlook for Q4 and Beyond
Inflation and recession fears are top of mind for everyone. When will it happen and how long is it going to last? And with everything happening in the world, what can be expected for our businesses and families in the future?At this Webi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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42:10
Buy-Sell Planning
If you own all or part of a business, you should know about buy-sell agreements. A business buy-sell agreement is created to protect from certain events, the most common of which are often referred to as the five D’s: death, disability, divorce...
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Season 1
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1:04:30
Preparing Your Company for Sale
Once you have made the choice to explore a potential sale or acceptance of investment from outside persons, how do you prepare your company for the process?Join the UToledo Family Business Center and Shumaker for a webinar to review the ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:03:14
Exit Strategies
Within the next 10 years, 80% of business owners plan to exit their business; yet only 17% have a written plan in place. Exit planning is not just a plan. It is a strategy that evolves and adapts over time, and should be developed w...
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55:33
The Great Resignation
Employers are being inundated with information about “The Great Resignation”. No employer is exempt, yet some are worse off than others. What do employees really want? What can you do to attract and retain your most critical r...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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53:32
Business Email Compromise & Ransomware Prevention
We've all heard horror stories about businesses being hijacked with ransomware, the software behind cyber extortion, and the hazards of business email compromise (BEC). According to an FBI report, businesses paid out $1.8 billion dollars in 202...
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42:30
A Candid Conversation with the Kripke Brothers
Eric Kripke, writer, producer and showrunner of Emmy nominated shows The Boys and Supernatural is interviewed (over Zoom) by his brother Matt Kripke, CEO of Kripke Enterprises in Toledo, about what it is like to be in the television business. S...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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56:55
Tax Planning for 2021 and 2022
Looming changes to income taxes, capital gains taxes and estate taxes may pose big burdens to family businesses. At this Webinar, Center sponsor, The William Vaughan Company, will review the following legislation and go over what this means for...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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53:53
Preparing Your Business for the Ever-Evolving Crisis
Recently a local brewery made headlines after a visit from a political candidate and a tweet that ignited a firestorm of criticism. Today’s crises are fast and furious, can seemingly come out of nowhere, and nobody is immune. After all, the tre...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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56:41