Over the years I have received several e-mails questioning the merits of working outside the family business when a job is waiting for them inside it. Here is one such…
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Over the past decade, business leaders have witnessed an explosion of management tools and techniques in the workplace. Change Management, Total Quality Management (TQM), Enterprise Resource Planning, Balanced Scorecard, Benchmarking,…
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Change, Change, Change. We hear about globalization, speed, technology, virtual workforces, labor market, outsourcing, belt-tightening, etc. These and other forces may change the daily challenges of work, but the basic…
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Most people would answer that question"NO!" very quickly. But in the case of an owner of a business, who is also an officer of that business, the IRS may have…
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After a lot of soul searching and eighteen years in our family's manufacturing business, I decided it was time to consider moving on to a new career. My family supported…
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"I've never been so excited about school. I look forward to every class session. I'm even doing the optional reading." Those seldom-heard words encourage any teacher, including me. But this…
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When pop musician David Bowie issued $55 million of ten-year bonds secured by royalties from his first 25 albums, institutional investors snapped them up immediately. Moody's Investor Services gave the…
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The Robert F. Driver Co., Inc. is a portfolio company of the 1818 Mezzanine Fund, L.P., an investment partnership managed by Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. ("BBH"). Since raising its…
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With the speed of business moving faster than ever, who in your business is minding the future? What can you do TODAY to plan for the future of your family…
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In December, 1998, a survey of family business owners was conducted by ReGENERATION Partners. Our purpose? To identify and address the most timely and significant issues family businesses are facing…
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