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How New Solo Entrepreneurs Can Think Through Their Finances

Adding up the monthly losses until this is achieved gives the startup’s Cumulative Operating Loss. Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Roy Carriker

Five Things Family Businesses are Reckoning With Now

  Family businesses everywhere are responding to Covid-19 in profound ways, balancing the need to preserve cherished family traditions and social capital against the mandate to control costs at Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Mat Hughes and Alfredo De Massis

The Best Family Business Boards Embrace Candor and 'Necessary Endings'

Second of a two-part series From our studies evaluating the effectiveness of boards at family firms, we’ve seen first-hand how strong boards can help family businesses be more successful. In Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

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

 This family business decided to implement the Entrepreneurial Operating System to help them answer Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Sara Stern

Advice for Non-Family Executives in Family Businesses

executives can navigate complex family dynamics, help the business thrive financially, develop strategies Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Ritch Sorenson

Developing Competent Owners and Stewards for a Lasting Family Business

Yet, they are being asked to make decisions about business strategy, major acquisitions or divestitures Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

Why You Should Name Your Business After Yourself

What's in a name? For many family-run businesses, the business name and family name are the same, linking the reputations of the two, for better or worse. New family business owners often grapple Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Sharon Belenzon

Falling from Grace: How Scandals Affect Family Businesses

adopted a sophisticated global fraud architecture, including money laundering and illegal mining operations Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Carlotta Benedetti , Cristina Bettinelli and Alfredo De Massis

Four Things that the Best Family Business Boards Do Well

They practiced continuous board and company improvement; they upgraded their strategies, leaders and Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Joseph Astrachan and Hermut Kormann

Growing Pains: Helping a Family Office to Evolve

  In more recent years, since the sale of the operating business, many family members now depend Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Torsten Pieper and Claudia Binz Astrachan