Zack Needles

For most entrepreneurs, building a successful company is the challenge. For the next generation, the challenge is building on that success while preserving the culture, values and relationships that helped create it. That has been the focus for brothers J... See more

At about five years old, Clarissa Surianello told her grandmother that she would one day take over the family business “because nobody else can handle it.” “My grandma loves to tell that story,” Clarissa laughs. Her precocious comment also turned out to b... See more

In this episode, Ross Lazaroo-Hood, leader of the Lazaroo-Hood Group, explains how his family office backs founder-led businesses by investing not just in ideas, but in the resilience, hunger and character of the people behind them. We also hear more from... See more

In 1895, when Henry Flagler’s railroad pushed farther down Florida’s east coast, a family from Georgia followed the tracks to opportunity. More than a century later, that decision still echoes through Anthony’s Ladies Apparel, a multigenerational retailer... See more

In this episode, Suzanne Sengelmann, the new CEO of Lundberg Family Farms, talks about how experiences both inside and outside the company prepared her to step into the top role somewhat unexpectedly. This episode also features part 1 of our conversation ... See more