The American Family Business Foundation (not affiliated with our organization, the Family Business Institute in Atlanta) is the vanguard of the fight to repeal the Death Tax that is so harmful to family businesses. According to leading family business expert Don Schwerzler, If the pol...

Risk management must be for risky businesses... we're a family business and we're not risky. So, we don't need risk management...right? WRONG! Spend a few minutes with us, and we'll show you why.

 OH Given by the Greater San Fernando Valley Chamber of Commerce, the award honors and highlights the accomplishments and contributions of family businesses in the San Fernando Valley. Owners Kristin Dietz and Shawn Smith were on hand to accept the award, ...

Alcoholism is a disease that can hurt family businesses when a key family member is losing the battle with alcohol addiction

Risk management must be for risky businesses... we're a family business and we're not risky. So, we don't need risk management...right? WRONG! Spend a few minutes with us, and we'll show you why.

Building consensus about how the business should be operated, now and into the future, is one of the most difficult problems confronting family businesses.

By Dave Tabler In Appalachia, two firms make the list of the 100 oldest companies in the world (compiled by Family Business magazine), all of which are continuously family-owned firms—all of which can indisputably claim to have outlasted governments, ...

By Dave Tabler In Appalachia, two firms make the list of the 100 oldest companies in the world (compiled by Family Business magazine), all of which are continuously family-owned firms—all of which can indisputably claim to have outlasted governments, ...

Professionalizing family business management is the most difficult and emotionally destructive problem confronted in family businesses. Learn how to handle it by evolution rather than revolution.

It can be hard to find balance when your work follows you home every night. That's life for many people in family-owned or family-operated businesses, Larry Hollar told a group gathered for the South Dakota Family Business Association's annual convention Thursday. The event continues t...