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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 . When a Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Kerry Hannon
Article originally published at NextAvenue.org , which has partnered with EIX.org on a series of high quality features about family business and entrepreneurship. Part of the America’s Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Jessica Thiefels
When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching. -- Robert Bly A client told me once that all a family member needed to come Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Robert Caldwell
Joe Brito, the third-generation head of C.B. Utility Co. in Bristol, Rhode Island, started his career in the family business as a laborer. He firmly believes that anybody entering their family Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Family businesses have unique strengths and unique problems because they blend two identities -- "family" and "business" -- whose priorities are often at odds. While the family identity nurtures Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer
Perhaps no other family is more synonymous with both capitalism and philanthropy than the Rockefellers. The family ’s fortunes in oil have made it possible for them to invest in initiatives that Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
The Corleones of "Godfather" fame are an extreme example of a “family business.” But like many family businesses, they have a family member who is a serious hindrance to their business, is less Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
Many of us may remember the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books from childhood. In these tales, the story develops to a point and presents a scenario choice to the reader. Depending on the choice Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Whitney Peake and Teran Sundy
The construction industry remains stubbornly a male-dominated field, but Emily Bittenbender of Bittenbender Construction is giving it a new face and a new approach to managing. At age 29 she Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Donna De Carolis
Nothing turns an entrepreneur’s head faster than a glittering opportunity and the chance to pursue it with laser-like focus. But after the launch, when the novelty wears off and the day-to-day Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Authors: Keith Brigham , Ritch Sorenson and James Hoffman