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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 Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Green Giant: Grocer Scott Nash on Organic Growth

EIX's Dave Feldman talks with the founder and CEO of Mom's Organic Market, whose business started in his mother's garage and has grown like a beanstalk.  A self-described former "juvenile Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Dave Feldman

Learn from Leaders #5: Growing the Business

exclusive series called "Learn from Leaders," featuring advice for early-stage entrepreneurs and innovators Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Jon Eckhardt

A Family Firm Can Be Both an Innovator and a Great Place to Work

At the same time, family firms need to encourage innovation that helps them to remain competitive across Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Ruth Überbacher , Leopold von Schlenk-Barnsdorf , Alfredo De Massis and Marcel Hülsbeck

How 'Job Creators' Think

, and thereby indirectly firm growth itself. Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Authors: Keith Brigham , Ron Mitchell and Jeff Stambaugh

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

of business complexity has a massive impact on issues such as risk management, current and future growth Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger

The Leadership Traits Shared by Successful Entrepreneurs

boundary, rather than in a center office, provides first-hand and up-to-date information about new innovations Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Michael Glauser and Dan Holland

Entrepreneurial Brinkmanship: Lessons Learned from Best Buy and FedEx

In some cases, the next stage of growth requires “going big” – e.g., moving from a regional to a national Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe

Why Does EOS/Traction Work So Well for Family Businesses?

often accountable for the culture of the business, big relationships, new ideas, and R&D or innovation Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Sara Stern

Creativity: How to Nurture it, and Get it Back

bouncing your ideas off of each other, you might find your original idea takes a broader, more innovative Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Christina Luconi