Tag: Family Business

Doing Good Can Be Good Business

Family businesses are often seen as foundational businesses in their respective communities, providing time, energy, and financial resources and gifts. Doing good is no doubt good marketing, but Read more

Be Part of An Important Survey About Coping With Covid-19

While the pandemic has created economic turmoil, family and business disruption, and challenges that could last a lifetime, it also presents a unique opportunity to learn and improve family business Read more

Which Kinds of Workers Leave Family Firms?

Working in a family firm can be either satisfying or stifling for someone who’s not a relative. Interpersonal relationships can be stronger than they would be in non-family firms, and the work Read more

What Family Businesses Should be Doing Now

As family business leaders are forced to deal with COVID-19, Winston Churchill’s advice comes to mind: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” This suggests that as family firms temporarily Read more

Since March 2020 we’ve published many articles about how small businesses, family businesses and startups can survive this pandemic, build resilience and get ready for what comes next. Here they Read more

Beyond Succession: Family Firms Need a Legacy Plan Too

Succession planning has been a heavily researched topic and buzzword for many years now. However, its lesser-known counterpart -- legacy planning – is becoming a part of many families' personal Read more

Family Office Continuity in the Time of COVID19

As the Covid-19 virus spreads rapidly through the United States, most of the U.S. universities, businesses, government agencies, and school systems began a massive push to work from home or attend Read more

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Part-Time Business in Retirement

This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange. Part of the Read more

Videos for the Global Family Business Community

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article, published during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, links to resources that can help family businesses manage challenges and become more resilient. What does the Read more

Family Businesses Can Help One Another

Measures to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as limiting public gatherings and forcing the extended closure of non-essential businesses, have created one of the direst threats Read more