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Becoming the Boss: Advice for Women in Family Businesses

Familybusiness.org editor Kimberly Eddleston explores how women and their families can prepare for new leadership Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Creativity: How to Nurture it, and Get it Back

From Elon Musk to Richard Branson to Steve Jobs, entrepreneurs are creative visionaries, able to see possibilities that have not been seen before. But fulfilling that vision also requires left-brain Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Christina Luconi

'There's No Birthright' and Other Tips for Raising Entrepreneurial Leaders

Joe Brito, the third-generation head of C.B. Utility Co. in Bristol, Rhode Island, started his career in the family business as a laborer.  He firmly believes that anybody entering their family Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

The 'Fredo Factor:' How Deadbeats and Troublemakers Hurt Family Businesses

The Corleones of "Godfather" fame are an extreme example of a “family business.” But like many family businesses, they have a family member who is a serious hindrance to their business, is less Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Advice for Family Business Successors: Be Humble and Curious

  David Bentall found out the hard way that his leadership of his family's construction and real Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

How Family Business Leaders Can Encourage Both Devotion and Performance

Family businesses have unique strengths and unique problems because they blend two identities -- "family" and "business" -- whose priorities are often at odds. While the family identity nurtures Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Roland Kidwell and Kathryn Kloepfer

Intrapreneurship Can Turbocharge Companies

Ambidextrous Leadership Buday: You mentioned earlier that you need executives who can see the big picture Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Catherine Buday and Jim Euchner

Green Giant: Grocer Scott Nash on Organic Growth

EIX's Dave Feldman talks with the founder and CEO of Mom's Organic Market, whose business started in his mother's garage and has grown like a beanstalk.  A self-described former "juvenile Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Dave Feldman

Diversify Your Family's Risks by Returning to Its Entrepreneurial Roots

family control gives them a long-term perspective on investments and performance, stability in leadership Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

What Family Businesses Should be Doing Now

the higher health risks of older family members offer a chance for next gen members to take on leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Kimberly Eddleston