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July 15, 2024 - Issue #122

Single Family Offices as Owners: Long-Term Investors or Financial Optimizers? The capital structure of a firm determines its financial viability and creditworthiness. Families should understand how ownership influences this structure.

How Founders Can Stay Relevant When the Next Gen Takes Over A family business advisor says a change in leadership is like passing the baton in a relay race. Don't let go too abruptly.

Family Business Stories Build a Legacy For the Next Generation Books, websites, videos and blogs can capture a family business's saga, with all its challenges and triumphs, and shape a powerful legacy.

Persuasive Communication for Crucial Conversations A gift to our readers: a free, downloadable book about achieving win/win communication.

12 Strategies to Get Customers to Buy Your Product Playing up your product's features isn't enough. What matters most: the benefits these features provide to resolve your customer's issues.

Parental Divorce Affects Future Entrepreneurial Success While divorce can build the resilience that entrepreneurs need, it had the worst lingering effect on children from well-educated families.

Self-Interest Can Skew Budgets at Family Businesses Realistic budgets are powerful planning tools. But the motivations of owners, sales people, the production staff, and others can get in the way.

Daughter Continues Mom's Legacy of Helping Others Blessings in a Backpack can inspire any family-run business or organization that hopes to continue the founder's spirit and mission in the next generation.

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