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The family succession plan must be done and agreed upon before a succession plan can be successfully developed and implemented for the family business.
Start an affiliate program - create a new revenue stream for your family business
Exit planning is necessary because you will transfer your business interest - either during your lifetime, or you will die or become incapacitated. Learn how to avoid the chaos of forced liquidation.
Family Business Experts 20 person team is nationally recognized for our work in pioneering the multi-discipline approach to solving the unique and complex problems that impact the family business.
Ask The Family Business Expert - Here's your chance to ask our family business expert about issues and concerns you may have about your family business.
Performance metrics requires that the major work functions in every department be identified both in terms of volume and time. The premise is that work not measured cannot be managed.
Estate planning is needed and is more challenging than ever. Learn the concepts, tools and techniques to use
Alcoholism is a disease that can hurt family businesses when a key family member is losing the battle with alcohol addiction
An online business plan is different than a regular business plan. Describes an outline and seven ways an online business plan differs.
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Building family business infrastructure is an on-going process for successful family businesses
Addiction Treatment Recovery Process should include helping family members and friends needs to be on a par with helping the addicts and alcoholics
Potential investors or lenders will read your business plan, of course. But now there are many more potential readers, some of whom will be a bit surprising...
Our family business executive coach can help a family business realize its true potential - helping businesses perform better and improve the value proposition
Family business analytics can be the key to growing your family business in size and profitability
Family business media center provides writers, editors and reporters with insights into the complex dynamics of family-owned businesses
Family business advisor Don Schwerzler, top family business expert and founder of the Family Business Institute has been studying and advising family businesses for more than 40 years.
Highlights of Sarbanes Oxley Act - the 3 key sections of this complicated and extensive legislation.
Our succession management process is gaining international recognition. Learn why as we describe it from the most important perspective - the clients.
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Family Business Expert Don Schwerzler offers success strategies for family businesses
Family Business Experts is the best family business resource on the Internet. We offer hundreds of great strategies and tips for families in business together.
Wills and trusts are two of the most basic tools of estate planning. In fact, a Will is the one essential tool - everyone should have one!
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When a family business owner is planning to retire, a profound and basic decision must be made: whether or not to pass the business on to the next generation
Alcohol addiction intervention can save the life of an alcoholic, their family relationships and their family business
Customer Experience (CX) strategies can empower your business and can improve business outcomes
Pruning applies to family businesses as well as trees. Prune to ensure that only qualified family members are employed. And learn what non-employee family members can contribute.
A battleground can result in the family business from mixing good family behaviors with an effective business system.
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Answer these questions - and you have a comprehensive SWOT Analysis - your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
For many family businesses, at succession time they discover an “environmental mission stopper” that is part of the legacy of the family’s business.
Without a strong family business divorce strategy, the cause and effects of divorce on a family business can be a profound threat to the family and to the business.
Financing a business. Here's what you need to know and a comparison of advantages and disadvantages of different sources for financing your business.
Our Family Business Assessment process has been perfected over 40 years working hundreds of family businesses, large and small and a broad spectrum of industries
The Family Business Help Desk is a resource family business owners can use to get expert advice on family and business issues that are hurting their family's business
Preparing a mission statement is challenging - you are trying to capture into about a page the very essence of your family business. Discover some of our hints and ideas. It can be done.