Commentary

A Commentary provides thoughtful and insightful opinions or perspectives on events, policies or situations of interest to business owners, startups, educators, investors and policymakers. These should be short, readable, timely, interesting pieces that address current topics of interest, discussion or dispute.

Length: <1,000 words

Reviewed by Senior Editors


A Guide to Round 2 of the Stimulus

On April 24, 2020 President Trump signed the second tranche of small business loans into law, providing $310 billion more for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and $60 Billion for the Economic Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

Say Goodbye to Handshakes and Hugs

I sent my nephew, a hospital-based internal medicine doctor, a text to let him know I was thinking of him.&nbsp;At the end of the text, I added “sending a big hug,” my usual Aunt Paula Read More...

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Author: Paula Caligiuri

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...

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Authors: Hung-bin Ding and Dr. Rosa Nelly Trevinyo-Rodriguez

Is the Sharing Economy Over?

The unprecedented pandemic of the coronavirus has turned the world upside down, affecting individuals, societies, countries and economies across the globe. Both the human and the economic toll of Read More...

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Author: Oksana Gerwe

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...

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Authors: Theodore L. Waldron and James C Wetherbe

The Founder of Zoom Shares What's Next

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., the online videoconferencing service, is everywhere now, as the COVID-19 pandemic shuts down businesses, schools and organizations. Zoom’s revenue, which nearly Read More...

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Author: Eapen Chacko

The stimulus package and family businesses

The economic stimulus plan signed into law on March 27 puts the Small Business Administration in charge of disbursing financial aid to small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;It Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

What the economic stimulus plan means for small businesses

The economic stimulus plan signed into law on March 27 puts the Small Business Administration in charge of disbursing financial aid to small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic.&nbsp;It Read More...

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Author: David Deeds

e-Fest 2020 Highlights Elite Undergraduate Student Entrepreneurs Among Outstanding Field of Competitors

TOP 25 FINALISTS ANNOUNCEMENT MINNEAPOLIS, March 27, 2020 -- It was another exciting year for e-Fest and the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge! Once again, our team of entrepreneurship judges pored Read More...

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Author: James Beal

Professors Share Tips for Moving Online

With so many professors being required to move their courses online, the board of FamilyBusiness.org would like to ease the burden of their fellow scholars by offering advice. In this first article, Read More...

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Author: Kimberly Eddleston