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Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck in a predictable amount from an employer. We're seeing ever-growing numbers of “unintended entrepreneurs” -- once-employed people forced to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Roy Carriker
It's important that current or future members of a family business understand best practices for assembling a Board of Directors (BOD). That's why we explore this in depth as part of a basic family Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Whitney Peake
It’s been said (ruefully) that Ginger Rogers had to perform the same dance moves as Fred Astaire, only backwards and in high heels. Unfortunately, this also holds true for women seeking Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
For students from family businesses to fully benefit from participating in a family business class, it is essential that they open up and share their experiences, both good and bad. The more the Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Devina Raithatha
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
With ties that bind emotionally and legally, family businesses are different from non-family firms: sensitive, easily disrupted and conflict-prone. But in this interview with FamilyBusiness.org 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
Conflict is inevitable in family-run businesses. Learning how to manage it and channel it productively is an important skill for entrepreneurship students who may someday manage their own Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Ritch Sorenson
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