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Beyond Succession: Family Firms Need a Legacy Plan Too

Succession planning has been a heavily researched topic and buzzword for many years now. However, its lesser-known counterpart -- legacy planning – is becoming a part of many families' personal Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Aquesha Daniels, J.D.

Family Office Continuity in the Time of COVID19

As the Covid-19 virus spreads rapidly through the United States, most of the U.S. universities, businesses, government agencies, and school systems began a massive push to work from home or attend Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Hung-bin Ding and Dr. Rosa Nelly Trevinyo-Rodriguez

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Starting a Part-Time Business in Retirement

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: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Videos for the Global Family Business Community

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article, published during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, links to resources that can help family businesses manage challenges and become more resilient. What does the Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Authors: Peter Jaskiewicz and Thomas Clark

Family Businesses Can Help One Another

Measures to “flatten the curve” of the COVID-19 pandemic, such as limiting public gatherings and forcing the extended closure of non-essential businesses, have created one of the direst threats Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Theodore L. Waldron and James C Wetherbe

The stimulus package and family businesses

The economic stimulus plan signed into law on March 27 puts the Small Business Administration in charge of disbursing financial aid to small businesses hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. It Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

Coronavirus: 10 Things That Family Businesses Can Do Now

Editor’s Note: Over the next few weeks we will be publishing articles on familybusiness.org and EIX.org to help businesses weather the turmoil caused by COVID19. Visit our home page daily for more Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

Rural Entrepreneurs are Finding Success

This article is part of America’s Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange . Part of the Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Chris Farrell

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

Too Much Love in the Family Can Hurt

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with the Journal of Family Business Strategy, a leading journal in the field of family business, as part of our mission to bring Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes