EP22 Buying the Big Fish: Ted and Sean LeLacheur on Risk, Legacy, and Four Generations

When Sean LeLacheur told his father he wanted to acquire a competitor three times their size, Ted's response was two words he can't repeat on a podcast. A week later, he said yes. Ted and Sean LeLacheur join host Matt Knight for a rare father-and-son conversation spanning four generations of a family that's been moving Canadians across Western Canada since 1906. Ted shares the story of restarting Western Moving from an empty warehouse in 1995 — and the former employees who showed up at the door before he even had trucks. Sean reflects on leaving to build his own ventures, returning to start at the bottom, and eventually leading the acquisition that transformed the business overnight. Together, they get into what most family business conversations skip: how an "emotional brain" and a "logical brain" learn to lead together, why the dinner table is the hardest place to stop talking shop, and how AI-powered tools are reshaping an industry most people still think is just trucks and boxes. Candid, funny, and full of lessons for any family navigating generational growth.