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How 1,100 Family Firms Grappled with Covid-19

For family firms, the Covid 19 experience has been compared to being battlefield doctors: they are surrounded by trauma and uncertainty, and forced to make decisions without any precedent to guide Read More...

Category: Interviews

Authors: Mat Hughes and Torsten Pieper

Women Can Help Their Family Businesses Navigate Crisis

Women can be indispensable in times of trouble, but the glass ceiling and the glass cliff still hold them back, even at family firms. Seven things to think about. Crisis is part of every Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Rania Labaki

What Airbnb Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Layoffs

In May of 2020, Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky sent a letter to all Airbnb employees around the world announcing the layoff of nearly 1,900 of the 7,500 employees (referred to as "teammates), Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Tommaso Minola , Mario Salerno and Daniel Agyare

Research Reveals How Business Families Have Coped With COVID-19

For this research, we surveyed over 1,000 family businesses around the world, with the objective to identify the most effective measures to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. What sets our research Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

How These Entrepreneurs are Pivoting in the Pandemic

Mike Kravinsky, an independent filmmaker (This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, the Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

Women: Regain Your Professional Footing

While both men and women may be struggling to balance work and family commitments during the unique challenges posed by the Covid-19 environment, the bulk of childcare and eldercare has tended to Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Dr. Susan Laverick and Elizabeth Bagnall

How Values-Based Communication Can Promote Racial Justice and Equality

These are turbulent times. Battered from the pandemic’s economic hardship, and following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, citizens of all races, ages and other Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Claudia Binz Astrachan , Angelo Perryman , Torsten Pieper and Howard Stevenson

5 Ways Family Businesses Can Adapt to Covid-19

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 . Part of Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Kerry Hannon

Will your business insurance reimburse you for Covid-19 losses?

The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are all over the American business community. With millions sick and hundreds of thousands of fatalities worldwide, this virus is having an impact that would have Read More...

Category: Practice Insight

Authors: Angel Reyes and Benjamin Hunter

Doing Good Can Be Good Business

Family businesses are often seen as foundational businesses in their respective communities, providing time, energy, and financial resources and gifts. Doing good is no doubt good marketing, but Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Whitney Peake