5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 July 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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We are about to take an incredible journey into entrepreneurship and the dynamics of a family business with our wonderful guests, Ann and Sunny Sheu, the founders of Mpowered Families. We dig deep into their childhood experiences and learn about the examples that shaped them; you'll discover how a humble gas station in Louisiana and a toy business turned furniture enterprise sowed the seeds of the successful serial entrepreneurs we have today. The Sheu's don't shy away from discussing the industry's inherent challenges, emphasizing the importance of life-work balance and sharing how entrepreneurs can sometimes get lost in the all-consuming nature of their businesses. This candid conversation provides insight into how we treat people, reminding us to pay attention to and care about the people around us. Discover how we can recalibrate our family relationships using business strategies and learn about the importance of alignment over achieving perfect scores. You wouldn't want to miss this episode because this delivers a captivating exploration of life, business, and family. You never know; this episode might stoke the embers of your entrepreneurial journey!
Podcast Show Notes:
In this lively exchange, Don Williams invites Ann and Sunny Sheu, serial entrepreneurs and founders of Mpowered Families, to share their entrepreneurial journeys and how they maintain balance in the realm of business and personal life. From tales of their childhood spent in family-owned ventures to their current passion project, Mpowered Families, this interview dives deep into the life of the entrepreneurial couple. Gain insights into their childhood experiences that shaped them into the business minds they are today, discover EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) and how it made a significant impact on their business and relationships, and learn about the importance of prioritizing personal growth in pursuit of success in life and work. If you're an entrepreneur or aspiring to be one, this episode is a goldmine of wisdom and inspiration. Don't miss out!
Topics Discussed:
1. Childhood experiences as the foundation for an entrepreneurial mindset
2. Importance of balancing family, business, and personal life
3. Introduction to Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS)
4. The transition from different business ventures to founding Empowered Families
5. The role of personal growth and self-awareness in an entrepreneurial journey
Entities Mentioned:
1. Don Williams
2. Ann Sheu
3. Sunny Sheu
4. Mpowered Families
5. Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS).
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0:00.0 | Are you an entrepreneur looking for more free time, more money, or just looking for that |
0:10.2 | success blueprint? |
0:11.7 | The proven entrepreneur is the podcast for you. |
0:14.8 | Host Don Williams and his guests share real success stories from proven entrepreneurs. |
0:19.4 | Here's your host, Don Williams. |
0:28.6 | A Don Williams here with today's episode of the proven entrepreneur show. |
0:32.8 | I have a real treat for you today. |
0:36.1 | I have good friends Anne and Sonny Shoe and Sonny, welcome to the show. |
0:41.0 | Hi Don, how are you? |
0:42.2 | I'm wonderful, so glad to have you here today. |
0:45.6 | Thank you for having us. |
0:46.6 | Let's start in the beginning, so I'm going to take you all the way back to childhood, |
0:51.1 | so like five-year-old Anne and five-year-old Sonny. |
0:54.9 | Yeah, it's a ways back. |
0:57.2 | Okay, in your house, however that worked, was there Anne? |
1:03.8 | Was there an entrepreneur or somebody who set an entrepreneurial example for you as a |
1:08.3 | young girl? |
1:09.3 | Yeah, my parents owned a gas station and so growing up, that's where we spent our weekends, |
1:15.4 | our afternoons after school. |
1:17.6 | I remember that my mom would go to the gas station and open it up early and my dad would |
1:23.4 | get me ready for school and bring me to the gas station so that my mom could do my |
1:27.0 | hair in the morning before he dropped me off at school. |
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