{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Table Talk with ABFI","title":"Radical Love in Business: Sean Schoenberger’s Sunco Communications Journey from Cable Puller to President","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/340c9446\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3007,"description":"What began around a kitchen table in 2000 is now a national integrator keeping 16,000 Canadian businesses online, secure, and talking. In this Table Talk episode, host Matt Knight sits down with Sean Schoenberger, President (and former summer-student cable-runner) of Sunco Communications & Installations, to unpack a 25-year growth story powered by technology, family, and “radical love.”Sean traces Sunco’s evolution from pulling wire in local ceilings to delivering SD-WAN, SASE, cloud voice, and managed IT coast-to-coast. He credits two turning points: adopting the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) in 2017 and embracing strategic acquisitions, moves that helped Sunco leap from a small crew to a 70-person, multi-city team. Sean also reflects on partnership dynamics with CEO (and cousin) Mike Schoenberger, and why clear boundaries protect both family chemistry and business momentum.Key insights include:Leadership – shifting from a “hard-D” DISC profile to collaborative, idea-driven management.Culture – embedding “radical love” so every employee feels like family, even across provinces.Technology – why VoIP’s rise rivals today’s AI wave, and how Sunco pilots new tools on itself before clients.For family-business leaders, Sean’s story offers a blueprint for balancing growth, governance, and kinship while remembering that telecom’s real job is to let customers forget it’s there.Listen in for practical takeaways on acquisitions, next-gen grooming, and setting “work stays at work” rules that stick.Time | Topic0:00 | Intro – The “sound you never see”: making business communications seamless.2:20 | Decoding telecom jargon – Sean explains SaaS, SD-WAN, SASE in plain English.5:45 | Sunco origin story – founded by uncle & cousin; Sean’s first cables at age 14.10:30 | From cabling to sales – deciding ceilings weren’t the long-term future.12:50 | The EOS “hockey-stick” – implementing Entrepreneurial Operating System (2017).18:00 | Leadership wake-up – shifting from...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dvGKw-h1TEQ1tLAMBKd9Y9NjEoj9aY_jD9lBEtDYc4M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ1MDkzLzE2OTQ3/MTE1OTEtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}