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The Biggest Mistakes Family Businesses Make With Their Boards

 Astrachan also discusses the four practices that encourage family business leadership and boards Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

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

'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

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

Developing Competent Owners and Stewards for a Lasting Family Business

The success of any long-lived family enterprise depends on the quality of decisions made by its leadership Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Claudia Binz Astrachan

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

Real-Life Drama: Creating a TV Series Based on a Family Business

The Project To briefly describe the project, teams of students are required to pitch a television series Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

She Always Gives Her All to the Family Firm -- but He Follows the Leader

We asked the CEOs questions to gauge their organization’s leadership style, such the degree to which Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Kristen Madison