by Ian Smith | Jul 12, 2016 | Family Business
In this post I’d like to examine a delicate subject, always present in every business, but particularly tricky in family businesses – When is it time for a founder to step aside? It’s not always an age related retirement issue. Recently we’ve...
by Ian Smith | Jun 7, 2016 | Family Business
It’s a huge subject but well worth reviewing, given many of the 27 million private businesses would be regarded as family businesses. Over the coming weeks we will take a look at many subjects dear to the hearts of family business owners, including specific challenges...
by Ian Smith | Dec 12, 2012 | Family Business
Buried in the WSJ last week was a fascinating piece of research about to be published on family businesses in Japan. As we know family businesses often decline at the hands of a founder’s less talented or motivated next generation of family entrepreneurs....
