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A Road Map for Resurgence

The end of the year is typically a time to for EIX and familybusiness.org to showcase their best-read articles from the past year in several broad themes: evaluating opportunities, financing, Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Daniel Forbes

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

Which Innovations Should You Keep When the Crisis is Over?

EDITOR'S NOTE: This popular EIX article, published during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, includes timely advice for emerging from any crisis. Although difficult to see at the moment, the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Theodore L. Waldron and James C Wetherbe

Take a CLEAN Look at Your Business Post-COVID-19

EDITOR'S NOTE: This very popular article, published in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, includes timeless advice for helping startups, small businesses and family firms learn from adversity Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Dave Ketchen and Christopher Craighead

Say Goodbye to Handshakes and Hugs

I sent my nephew, a hospital-based internal medicine doctor, a text to let him know I was thinking of him. At the end of the text, I added “sending a big hug,” my usual Aunt Paula Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Paula Caligiuri

How to Keep Your Favorite Business From Going Under

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: Applied and Practice

Authors: Theodore L. Waldron and James C Wetherbe

Rob Roquitte of eCIO: Growing a business during a crisis

  In this video, Jon Eckhardt interviews Rob Roquitte about building his pre-seed stage company that he started before the COVID-19 pandemic. Roquitte's company, eCIO , helps nonprofit Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

Working from Home: Tips for Employees and Business Owners

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing employees around the world to work from home. Although remote work has existed for decades, it's not ideal for everybody. Many employees who are accustomed to Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Jay Mulki

Worth Sharing: An Italian Entrepreneur Confronts the Crisis

Michael Cortelletti, owner and “Guardian Angel” of Food Democracy in Verona, Italy, has seen the affects of COVID-19 first hand, both as a business owner, and as a resident of Verona, Italy. As Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Daniel Van Der Vliet