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Family Business Magazine - 2024 January-February Issue
Features
Tips for a smooth succession
Advice on choosing your next business leader.
Succession: Do this, don’t do that
A step-by-step guide for family businesses
Is It Time to Sell the Family Business?
Tips on working through the decision-making process.
How to keep ‘Succession’ out of your succession
Grappling with legacy can evoke a sense of imposter syndrome. It takes grit and entrepreneurial spirit to see it through.
5 Succession Success Stories
The right approach to succession will vary depending on the size and maturity of the business, the long-term goals of both the company and the family, and how many (if any) members of the next generation want a hands-on role in the enterprise.
Family Business Confidential: Beak and Skiff
Failing fast, innovating and avoiding analysis paralysis
The Elderly: How to Prevent Financial Abuse
Three real-life cases shed light on this problem.
Columns
Serving Family Offices
Family offices offer significant advantages.
Departments
Eyes wide open
A Q&A with Capri Brighenti, President & CEO, Miller Foods Inc., Avon, Conn.
Big Tax Changes Ahead: The 2025 Tax Cliff Awaits
It’s not too early to think about what may happen next year.
Three Types of Retirement Plans Business Owners Should Consider
These 401(k) options can play a role in family wealth planning.
Chart the right path
This year, keep the tax implications of succession planning top of mind.
How to succeed at succession
You must really try to find the right person for the job and unite the whole family behind the choice.
Tips on hiring a family business consultant
Do a self-assessment before you reach out for help.
Family First
A family business slam dunk
Tony and Kelly Stucker bought a business and revived the brand.
Father-son duo tackles efficiency remotely
Benny and Izzy Traub have separate niches and separate workplaces.
A. Duie Pyle marks 100 years
Chairman and CEO Peter Latta reflects on the milestone.
Family Office
Elmwood Management: The evolution of the Herschend family office
Two Herschend family principals discuss how four changes — and one commitment — helped the family office evolve and better serve its 60 family members across four generations.
The Effective Family-Family Office Communications Plan
50 State LLC: Maintaining the family’s identity after the sale of the business
“Welch Allyn was the glue that held my family together, a common identity. Imagine you snap your fingers and the business has been sold.”
