Regular Issue
//May 26, 2023 - Issue #90
![How Famous Family Firms Use Their History to Connect With Stakeholders](https://storage.googleapis.com/eix-public-content/submissions/909/Featured.bd3002ba.jpeg)
![Why Don't You Educate Your Owners?](https://storage.googleapis.com/eix-public-content/submissions/922/Featured.931d8080.jpeg)
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Editor's Pick
Sherri Noxel
One Tough Mother
One Tough Mother is not an academic text but an inspirational autobiography from the late Gert Boyle. It is the story of her inheriting her father’s sporting goods business and the unexpected death of her husband when she was 46. Gert rebuilt the company that is now one of the finest examples of G3 family enterprise ownership of a publicly traded global company.
"One Tough Mother: Taking Charge in Life, Business and Apple Pies” by Gert Boyle, G2 CEO of Columbia Sportswear.
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![One Family, Multiple Businesses: Preserving Harmony and Profits](https://storage.googleapis.com/eix-public-content/submissions/920/Featured.98756ede.jpeg)
![Succession Planning Should Start Earlier Than You Think](https://storage.googleapis.com/eix-public-content/submissions/893/Featured.cceb49e9.jpeg)
![FamilyBusiness.org Forges Alliance With Family Business Review](https://storage.googleapis.com/eix-public-content/submissions/916/Featured.44d7e563.png)
![FamilyBusiness.org's Editorial Guidelines for the Use of Generative AI Tools](https://storage.googleapis.com/eix-public-content/submissions/913/Featured.cf672d0a.jpeg)
![AI Helps Overcome Succession Challenges](https://storage.googleapis.com/eix-public-content/users/15_1399046161.jpg)
Japan, with its aging population, has a succession problem. This 32-year-old discovered a way to use AI to broker deals between companies with aging leaders. -- Kimberly Eddleston
Best Buy Founder Richard Shulze and Ritch Sorenson of the University of St. Thomas explore the opportunities that come with a changing of the guard. Read more...
Books, websites, videos and blogs can capture a family business's saga, with all its challenges and triumphs, and shape a powerful legacy. Read more...
Family firms -- indeed, any entrepreneur-led business -- should put aside the self-interest of different departments, and focus first on these critical factors. Read more...
Blessings in a Backpack can inspire any family-run business or organization that hopes to continue the founder's spirit and mission in the next generation. Read more...
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Editorial offices located at St Thomas University
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Supported by the Richard M Schulze Family Foundation