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Becoming the Boss: Advice for Women in Family Businesses

Every family business founded or led by a man eventually must go through a changing of the guard -- and today more women relatives are taking over the helm from a patriarch. Despite this Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Investing for a Better World: A Conversation with Justin Rockefeller

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...

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Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Why Family Firms Are Like Jenga

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

Changing the Face of the Construction Industry

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

Delivering the Goods: An Interview with Best Buy and EIX Founder Dick Schulze

Dick Schulze, the founder of Best Buy and EIX, shares his experiences as an entrepreneur and innovator, including how he tripled his income from his boyhood paper route; quit a retail job when his Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: James C Wetherbe

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