web02.fireside.fm Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:20:45 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/tags/margarita%20tsoutsoura Thu, 08 May 2025 04:00:00 -0500 What does it mean to be a strategic owner? How might it matter if something is owned in the public market or, by a founder or family? What about the time horizon, and what does it mean to say you are invested for the long term? Beyond a single business’ success, do the patterns of ownership of businesses across the country make a difference in the ways these businesses run, whether mom-and-pop shops or multi-national corporations? These hidden patterns of ownership are an invisible current with implications on the products we buy, the companies we work at, and the communities we live in. This podcast, “The Owner’s Box” is about telling that story. en-us episodic Bringing you insights on ownership from the Koch Center for Family Enterprise at Washington University in St. Louis’ Olin School of Business Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School What does it mean to be a strategic owner? How might it matter if something is owned in the public market or, by a founder or family? What about the time horizon, and what does it mean to say you are invested for the long term? Beyond a single business’ success, do the patterns of ownership of businesses across the country make a difference in the ways these businesses run, whether mom-and-pop shops or multi-national corporations? These hidden patterns of ownership are an invisible current with implications on the products we buy, the companies we work at, and the communities we live in. This podcast, “The Owner’s Box” is about telling that story. no Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School boumgardenp@wustl.edu https://theownersboxpodcast.fireside.fm/7-mini 64e768be-809b-42bc-b304-4b8b1b7714a4 Thu, 08 May 2025 04:00:00 -0500 Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School full 2 Peter Boumgarden, WashU Olin Business School For some people, a gig is a short-term step to something different, something bigger, an unspoken plan still not yet disclosed in the space unknowing between the front and back seat. To gain some insight into this space, I want to introduce you to Margarita Tsoutsoura, my colleague in the finance department of Olin Business School. Margarita’s research reminds us that the path toward starting something isn’t always getting a degree in entrepreneurship or spinning something out of an established company. Sometimes, the path is about being young, flexible, and willing to tinker within a flexible career path—the gig economy—that didn’t exist in the same way 20 years earlier. 8:56 no For some people, a gig is a short-term step to something different, something bigger, an unspoken plan still not yet disclosed in the space unknowing between the front and back seat. To gain some insight into this space, I want to introduce you to Margarita Tsoutsoura, my colleague in the finance department of Olin Business School. Margarita’s research reminds us that the path toward starting something isn’t always getting a degree in entrepreneurship or spinning something out of an established company. Sometimes, the path is about being young, flexible, and willing to tinker within a flexible career path—the gig economy—that didn’t exist in the same way 20 years earlier. Gig Economy, Entrepreneurship, Uber, Margarita Tsoutsoura, Business school For some people, a gig is a short-term step to something different, something bigger, an unspoken plan still not yet disclosed in the space unknowing between the front and back seat. To gain some insight into this space, I want to introduce you to Margarita Tsoutsoura, my colleague in the finance department of Olin Business School. Margarita’s research reminds us that the path toward starting something isn’t always getting a degree in entrepreneurship or spinning something out of an established company. Sometimes, the path is about being young, flexible, and willing to tinker within a flexible career path—the gig economy—that didn’t exist in the same way 20 years earlier.

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