No family business is an island. Every family firm requires outside assistance from time to time, even if it is nothing more than help preparing a tax return or selecting…
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Regardless of your political slant, you can’t ignore the drama surrounding the current political climate. It’s a mess. It might even be a little bit embarrassing. Inside each political party there…
Can you believe that January is almost behind us? That means February and Valentine’s Day are just around the corner! Unlike Christmas or Thanksgiving, however, we don’t know much about…
There’s much ado about millennials these days. For some they’re nothing more than a generation of selfie-obsessed, video-gaming freeloaders who are absorbed with the idea that work gets in the…
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…
One of the staple horror movie scenes shows an actor under the influence of a full moon undergoing a dramatic transformation from ordinary human into a fanged and howling lycanthrope….
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…
Addiction contributes to poor communication, lack of trust, and even dysfunction in family enterprises. Data from a 20-year study led by ReGENERATION Partners indicates that over 50% of family firms…
Fort Worth based Meridian Bank Texas recently acquired family owned State Bank & Trust Co. based in Carrollton. The State Bank & Trust Company has been owned by the Bright…