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- Don’t Worry - You’re Just Like Family: Compensation for Non-Family Executives: Non-family executives may do everything and more than the best of family members, but often, they ca...
- The Company We Keep: At a recent DC Family Business Alliance event, facilitator and “Professional Outsider” David Belden ...
- Crane & Company – This “Stationery” Family Keeps Moving in the Paper Business: Imagine making it to the third or fourth generation, a time when the founder would most certainly ha...
- That's a Shareholder Problem!: Family business owners, managers and professional advisors must always be mindful of the unique natu...
- “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”: Brothers in Family Business: The relationship between brothers who are business partners is exceptionally complex and -- potentia...
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Greater Washington DC Family Business Alliance forms Peer Group for Local Executives
The Greater Washington DC Family Business Alliance (“The Alliance”), the go-to resource for family businesses located in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia, is pleased to announce the formation of a Family Business Peer Group for local family business executives. Continue reading
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Don’t Worry – You’re Just Like Family: Compensation for Non-Family Executives
Non-family executives may do everything and more than the best of family members, but often, they cannot own stock. How does a business retain and reward such crucial members of a leadership team? Continue reading
The Company We Keep
At a recent DC Family Business Alliance event, facilitator and “Professional Outsider” David Belden shared a provocative thought with the audience: You are the average of the 10 people with whom you spend the most time. Continue reading
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Greater Washington DC Family Business Alliance to Host Eight-Generation Family Firm
The Greater Washington DC Family Business Alliance (“the Alliance”) has tapped the chairman of the historic paper firm Crane & Co. (“Crane”), to speak at a special Alliance luncheon on May 2, 2012. Continue reading
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Crane & Company – This “Stationery” Family Keeps Moving in the Paper Business
Imagine making it to the third or fourth generation, a time when the founder would most certainly have passed. But how often do we see a family business, or any business for that matter, make it over 210 years as an established company? Crane & Co. is that most spectacular exception that has made it to the eighth generation, growing and adapting as needed to survive and thrive throughout the ages. Continue reading
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That’s a Shareholder Problem!
Family business owners, managers and professional advisors must always be mindful of the unique nature of the enterprises they serve. While this uniqueness can be made into strength, it also can create special and challenging problems that must be addressed. Continue reading
New Year Tax Planning Guide for Family-Owned Businesses
The need for tax planning includes both personal and company planning coupled with investment and estate planning, as well as some issues that you may not have even considered. Continue reading
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Jon & Kate Plus 8 Minus Jon: What is Wrong with this Equation?
Divorce affects not only the family, but sometimes the family business, in ways one can’t even imagine. Continue reading
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Fall/Winter 2011 Issue
A Holiday Reflection: Giving Thanks for the Family
All of us involved in family business have this wonderful institution, the family, that we have to be grateful for. As the business has grown and changed and as the generations have succeeded each other; as we have fought and argued and disagreed with the direction of the business or as we have celebrated the business successes – if it wasn’t for the family, the family business simply would not exist. Continue reading
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