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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
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
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
This is great leadership, but it is so simple and counter-intuitive that I have found very few people Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Daniel Forbes and James C Wetherbe
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
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
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
Becoming a part of Intuit was really a management and leadership education for me beyond what I learned Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Howard E. Aldrich
The contribution of leadership styles and practices to family and business success. Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Ritch Sorenson
family control gives them a long-term perspective on investments and performance, stability in leadership Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: David Deeds