Overcoming setbacks is an essential part of developing a career, and family business owners have a unique perspective on this.
Like many of you, I travel – A LOT. Airports are like my second home. Every flight presents a new opportunity to finish up a report, read a book or…
A visionary is one who launches a business. They have a million ideas swimming in their head and are willing to risk an extraordinary amount in order to see their…
It’s the end of an era for fruit and veggie wholesaler Malcom Hicks, who closed down his father’s 95-year-old business as he retired last week. Harold Hicks Ltd was a…
In a mano a mano affront to Netflix – and a highly decisive move – Comcast expanded its business to include an online video service called Stream. According to CNBC,…
Addressing change with business owners – especially when you’re related – can be a challenge.
For family business owners, success means survival of the fittest. To keep up, you have to outrun, outdo and outperform your competitors. Since only 3% of family businesses make it…
NBA superstar, Lebron James is earning big points with his fans since returning to Cleveland. He’s back with the Cavaliers after a rocky beginning, but successful career, with the Miami…
The Wayans family is laughing all the way to the bank. With their relatively low-brow, but highly successful comedy films like Scary Movie and White Chicks, the Wayans may be…
Eva Gabor’s “Green Acres” TV sitcom character, Lisa Douglas, may have had it right almost 50 years ago: “Farm living’s not the life for me.” Today, only 15% of the…