The Power of Respect with Charlie Leichtweis

Navigating a Family Business from the Ground Up with Jamie Shyer

Episode Summary

Jamie Shyer, co-CEO and COO of Zyloware Eyewear, is one of the third generation of family members in the company founded by his grandfather in 1923. Few family businesses survive past the third generation but Zyloware is a great example of how some companies beat the odds. Host Charlie Leichtweis talks with Jamie about how respect is a critical element of the company culture and how the respect his father ultimately showed the ideas of the younger generation that propelled the continued growth and success of Zyloware.