Nuclear Family Business

Ep. 11 - The (Funny) Business of Radio with Chris Mosser

Both Ray and Mike have extensive experience - good, bad, and ugly - with traditional broadcast radio, which lends itself to the discussion of family business from many perspectives - ownership, management, employment, and advertiser. Just like all media, radio is ever-changing, but has remained a stalwart institution, weathering a constant wave of new competitors for decades. We welcome Austin radio veteran (and Nuclear Family Business producer) Chris Mosser in for a roundtable on radio, and why we all still love it.

Ep. 10 - Dual Relationships: When Business Gets Personal

An inherent feature of family businesses - your mom or your brother is often also your boss or your assistant. And they're not always appropriate, and they're not always convenient - but romantic relationships within work environments are also very common. People, after all, wanna get down. What risks and pitfalls revolve around these dual relationships within family businesses? Ray and Mike, both speaking from experience, discuss these difficult but common collisions between family entrepreneurship and human nature.

Ep. 9: Marketing War (And Ghost) Stories With Monica Ballard

Monica Ballard is a renowned creative marketing juggernaut with the Wizard Of Ads collective and Austin's Brand Guys agency, with whom she has guided many family businesses to heights of marketing success - she's made lots of business owners famous! But, as they say, it ain't easy. Mike and Ray pick the brain of perhaps our all time favorite commercial concept genius, live theatrical maestro, and ghost chaser.

Ep. 8: The Elephant In The Family

What do you do when there’s an employee or a manager in your business whose behavior and performance are an issue that no one wants to talk about? Mike and Ray talk through how to look at the problem head-on and do whatever it takes to turn things around, especially if there’s a family member involved.

Ep. 7 - Family Feud: Business Edition

Family members behaving badly in a small business can look like a lot of things: laziness, dishonesty, problems with drugs and alcohol or just personal drama that gets dragged into the workplace. Mike and Ray take a look at some strategies to handle the problems that arise between family members working together in a small business and share some of their own personal stories of the clashes, missteps, and resolutions in their own business adventures with family members.