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Advice for Family Business Successors: Be Humble and Curious
David Bentall found out the hard way that his leadership of his family's construction and real estate firm wasn't working: his own uncle removed him from the company. Losing his job was a
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Kimberly Eddleston
The Family Business 'Generation Gap' Can Undermine Success
The upcoming generation of family firm leaders often don't see things the same way as their parents and grandparents do. Professor Peter Jaskiewicz has explored this disconnect deeply in his new book
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Kimberly Eddleston
Should Your Next CEO be From Outside the Family?
In her discussion with Matt Nielsen of Nielsen-Massey Vanillas International, Editor Kimberly Eddleston goes into a sensitive topic for many family firms: whether an outside leader is better equipped
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Kimberly Eddleston
Non-Family Board Members Bring Perspective and Growth
What happens at a family firm with shared ownership and leadership? Matt Nielsen, Managing Director of Nielsen-Massey Vanillas International Europe, is candid about the disagreements and
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Kimberly Eddleston
Growing Pains? Advice to Recharge and Sustain Growth
Over time, family firms often experience growing pains. The growth of their business may outpace their infrastructure and processes, or their infrastructure and processes may be stifling their
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Kimberly Eddleston
With a great product, smart strategy and lots of hard work, a startup can mature into a midsized company, defined as a firm with between $10 million and $1 billion in revenue. This stage is
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Kimberly Eddleston
How the Next Generation Can Earn Legitimacy, Respect and Loyalty
Handing off the leadership of a family business is never easy, especially when the heir is viewed as entitled to the crown, rather than deserving of it. This interview with Robert Buday,
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Interviews
Author:
Kimberly Eddleston
Family Firm Values Start at an Early Age
In her third interview with Familybusiness.org, Mitzi Perdue shares strategies from her book entitled, " How to Communicate Values to Children So They'll Love It ." Values, as she points out, help
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Interviews
Author:
Kimberly Eddleston
Thought Leader Dennis Jaffe: What the Best Family Businesses Get Right
Dennis Jaffe is a thought leader on family businesses -- an organizational consultant and clinical psychologist, and one of the architects of the emerging field of family enterprise
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Kimberly Eddleston
EIX is featuring interviews that explore the principles outlined in Steve Blank and Bob Dorf's book, "The Startup Owners Manual: The Step-by-Step Guide for Building a Great Company."
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Author:
Jon Eckhardt
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