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Recovery, Resilience, and Renewal in 2023!

It is a new year and a new beginning! A time of transition to think back over the past year and take stock of what lies ahead. A time to recommit to paying attention, showing up,…

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A Simple Resolution Model for When Family and Business Collide

This simple model of family business governance can help you make better decisions when the needs of your business and your relatives are different.

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Canyon Market: A San Francisco Family Business That’s Surviving and Thriving

After decades working in food retail, Janet Tarlov and her husband Richard Tarlov started their own business together in 2006 — a 7,000 square-foot, full-service grocery store in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco. When…

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Baby Boomer Business Transition Planning and Your Community’s Future (for Better or Worse)

By TK What is legacy? When used as a noun, it can refer to something — often money or property — passed down from one generation to the next. As an adjective, a legacy (system) refers…

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Family Brand: An Interview with Xiomara Rosa-Tedla, Co-owner of UnoEth

After a trip to Ethiopia to visit family, Xiomara Rose-Tedla’s father brought back a leather messenger bag as a gift for Xiomara. That bag and the interest it received from friends and strangers alike led Xiomara…

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Top Podcasts for Family Business

Small and Family Business Podcasts Small Business Stories by Vistaprint Interviews with small business owners that can give you insights into your own firm. The Business of Family with Mike Boyd Interviews with people managing succession…

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Best Selling Books for Family Owned Businesses

Best Seller Books for Family Business While none of these best sellers are exclusively for family business, they all contain wisdom and information that any family business leader could find helpful. Dare to Lead by Brene…

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The Pandemic and the Small Family Business: Stories of Family Business Resilience

Operating a small business has always been difficult in the San Francisco Bay Area. Staying in business for many years, or even decades, with consistent success and profitability is a constant struggle in one of the…

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Five Planning Mistakes Family Businesses Can Make When Planning for Transition

Family business owners must intentionally prevent successor child(ren) from assuming they will inevitably inherit the business one day. Make education and life experience a requirement for takeover by encouraging them to go away and acquire skills that they can bring back and use to add value to the business.

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A Successful Family Business Ownership Transition & Legacy

For a smooth transition of management oversight and/or business ownership from one family member to another, there are some important considerations that everyone needs to face.