The Family Business Podcast
The Family Business Podcast
Podcast Description
Every family has a story worth telling.
The Polsky Family Business Podcast shines a light on the inspiring, often unconventional journeys of family-owned businesses. Through rich conversations and reflections, we explore how families navigate challenges, build legacies, and redefine what it means to achieve generational success.
Hosted by Jamie Shah, a family business leader, educator, and entrepreneur, each episode connects authenticity with aspiration, helping listeners feel seen, understood, and inspired.
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The podcast focuses on the journeys of family-owned businesses, covering themes such as generational success, sibling dynamics, and challenges in family collaboration, with episodes like 'Work Was Love' highlighting personal stories from family members and their unique experiences within the business.
Every family has a story worth telling.
The Polsky Family Business Podcast shines a light on the inspiring, often unconventional journeys of family-owned businesses. Through rich conversations and reflections, we explore how families navigate challenges, build legacies, and redefine what it means to achieve generational success.
Hosted by Jamie Shah, a family business leader, educator, and entrepreneur, each episode connects authenticity with aspiration, helping listeners feel seen, understood, and inspired.
Matt Miniat of South Chicago Packing and Miniat Holdings joins Jamie to talk about what it means to steward a fifth-generation family business rooted in one of Chicago’s most iconic industries: meatpacking. From early pivots to product reinvention, Matt shares how the company leaned into its tallow legacy and used the unexpected power of TikTok and direct-to-consumer growth to find new relevance.
They explore the tension between tradition and innovation, the weight of operating under your own name, and how values like long-term thinking and food safety shape every decision. It’s a conversation about staying grounded in where you come from—even as you adapt to a rapidly changing world.
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