Lessons from Family Businesses with Jamie Shah - Ep. 141

<p>My guest on this episode is Jamie Shah. Jamie worked in investment banking and Google before returning to her family&#39;s business, Chem-Impex International, which manufactures materials for life sciences companies, as VP of Operations.</p><p>Today, she is the managing director at the company and a professor at Chicago Booth, where she teaches a course on family business. Our discussion focuses on lessons to be learned from family businesses, which are more trusted and stable and generate higher returns. We talk about what success looks like in failing businesses, the balance of paradoxes, and how to apply principles that make family businesses successful to all companies.</p><p>Listen weekly and follow the show on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-like-an-owner/id1445929750" rel="nofollow">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/3Fbv9d4HpDwuO4MOPvgdvO?si=bfa67fb76c654755" rel="nofollow">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5yZWRjaXJjbGUuY29tLzI1ODM4YjdlLTdlZTgtNGZjMC05ZjU0LTViNjJkZDNmZTBjNg" rel="nofollow">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/show/think-like-an-owner" rel="nofollow">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://www.breaker.audio/think-like-an-owner" rel="nofollow">Breaker</a>, and <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Business--Economics-Podcasts/Think-Like-An-Owner-p1180625/" rel="nofollow">TuneIn</a>. </p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Links:</u></strong></p><p><a href="https://jamieshah.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Connect with Jamie</a></p><p><a href="https://heartlandhopemission.org/get-involved/christmas/" rel="nofollow">HeartlandHopeMission.org/Christmas</a></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamieshah/" rel="nofollow">Jamie on LinkedIn</a></p><p><a href="https://www.chemimpex.com/" rel="nofollow">Chem-Impex International</a></p><p><a href="https://www.kauffmanfellows.org/" rel="nofollow">Kauffman Fellows</a></p><p><a href="https://usa.lkk.com/en/products" rel="nofollow">Lee Kum Kee</a></p><p><a href="http