Succession Stories

48: Planning to Sell Your Company - Dann Scheiferstein

May 25, 2021

You might be surprised by the statistic that 50% of business owners are unhappy after the sale of their company. Dann Scheiferstein is a serial entrepreneur who scaled up and sold three companies. He would describe himself as being in the half that felt satisfied afterwards. Listen in as Laurie Barkman and Dann discuss...

47: What's Next Series | Tana Greene - Finding Your Voice

May 20, 2021

I meet a lot of people who inspire me by their accomplishments in business. Others who inspire me by how they’ve changed their life and the lives of others. Tana Greene is all of above and more.

Tana shared her personal story about her teenage pregnancy and leaving an abusive marriage at the young age 18. When she...

46: How To Avoid the Owner's Trap - Lloyd Wolf

May 18, 2021

Lloyd Wolf started his consulting business in 1989. Over 30 years he grew Wolf Consulting from a one-man show to a leading regional provider of computer support and cloud services. Lloyd talked with me about his slow and steady philosophy to growth and avoiding risks like customer concentration. But one thing was...

45: AI Innovation | Neil Sahota

May 11, 2021

Laurie Barkman talks with Neil Sahota. Neil helped create the artificial intelligence ecosystem that famously won Jeopardy called Watson. He's an IBM Master Inventor and artificial intelligence subject matter expert with the United Nations. Neil's written a book called Own the AI Revolution. We talked about ways to...

44: Identity Shifts | William and Christopher Yanakos, Reli

May 4, 2021

Laurie Barkman interviews William and Christopher Yanakos of Reli. Father and son share pivots in the company's 40-year history that transformed the business. At the heart of Reli’s success is a strong leadership bond that has steered them through significant transitions. Harnessing powerful technologies like machine...