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Family Enterprise USA Articles
Autumn Transitions: Navigating Family Enterprise Challenges with Head and Heart
Fall is a season of rituals that invite us to dig in and address the issues that will help us finish the year well....
Women’s Business Owners Group Gets Bipartisan Congressional Support
New Women’s Business Owners Group Gets Bipartisan Congressional Support at Latest Southern California Meeting ...
Survey of Family Enterprises Reveals COVID-19 Is Still a Big Concern
A recent survey, the 2020 Family Enterprise USA Family Business Survey of family businesses (conducted between late...
Mother-daughter team draws on ‘wealth of experience’ to help clients through uncertain times
With nearly three decades of financial advising behind her, Mary J. Howard knows a lot about helping others navigate...
When cupcakes met COVID: How one family business pivoted to sweet success
Inspiration had struck, and Melissa Johnson was going with it. “As I’ve grown older, I can’t say I’ve necessarily...
Business is ‘popping’ during the pandemic for fifth-generation popcorn company
As soon as people nationwide began staying home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they began watching movies. And...
Trump Visits Guilford, Maine to Thank Puritan Employees
June 5, 2020 – President Trump visited Guilford, Maine today and toured the Puritan Medical Products headquarters....
How Did You Help During the Great Pandemic?
Our company was founded by my grandpa in 1953 as Seneca Sawmill. We are now owned by my mother and my two aunts. We...
Family business owners weigh in on taxes, regulation
Family Enterprise USA’s 2020 survey sheds light on factors that family business owners see as obstacles to growth....
Webinar: Family Business: Trends, Surveys, and Current Realities
Plan to Attend: A Conversation with FEUSA's President/CEO Pat Soldano and the Drucker School's Director of the Family...
VIDEO: Family Business: Trends, Surveys, and Current Realities
The COVID-19 crisis represents many immediate and long-term concerns for family businesses. Using survey data from two...
The Future of Family Businesses: Social Distancing and New Business Models
Plan to Attend: COVID-19 required many family firms to change the way they do business, from checking employees’...
2020 Family Business Survey Results
Family business owners want lower taxes, less regulation Family Enterprise USA’s 2020 survey shed light on factors...
COVID-19 Public Policy Group Report – June 2, 2020
For the first time since early 2020, the dominant topic in the American policy debate is not the COVID-19 pandemic....
2020 Family Business Survey Highlights
The 2020 FEUSA Survey was conducted between January 31st and April 24th during the global Coronavirus pandemic. As of...
State News – Illinois
Hawaii Taxes could rise on high-end real estate on the island of Hawaii Illinois The top Republicans in the Illinois...
COVID-19 & Capital Hill
The Senate has left for their Memorial Day district work period. When the upper chamber returns on June 1, it's likely...
Getting America Open Again
While the world is slowly starting to open up and move toward “normal,” it seems as if DC has already gotten there –...
Coronavirus Economic Response Update
What to Expect in Next Economic Recovery Package House Democrats’ Opening Bid—The HEROES Act Only four days after its...
Mars Commits $20M to Communities in COVID-19 Response
As part of its ongoing response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, family-owned Mars, Incorporated has today shared an...
New strategies from a new generation
By Hedda Schuapak, Family Business Magazine. NextGens' innovative ideas can revitalizes their family companies. Here...
The Virus Is Vaporizing Tax Revenues, Putting States in a Bind
The overwhelming news from the states is the financial impact COVID-19 is having on their bottom line…and precisely...
Congress Moved Quickly to Pass Costly Aid Package
If you're a regular reader of these updates, this week's will seem like Deja vu. Congress moved quickly to pass a...
How Did You Help During the Great Pandemic?
There is one word I typically avoid and usually cringe when it is used: unprecedented. Its inclusion is for dramatic...
COVID-19 Public Policy Group Report – April 28, 2020
Contacts Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP squirepattonboggs.com David B. Stewart Principal, Washington DC David Schnittger...
Family Businesses in the Times of Crisis and Global Recession
Even though family businesses are often viewed as not the most agile, when a crisis of this magnitude hits, they are...
Trump Administration Announces $100 Billion in Health Care Aid
On March 27, President Trump signed a historic $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and...
COVID-19 Public Policy Group Report – April 22 2020
The U.S. Senate gave its approval yesterday to a $500 billion interim coronavirus relief measure providing additional...
COVID-19 Public Policy Group Report – April 20, 2020
The U.S. Congress is expected this week to reach agreement on and pass a bill to add hundreds of billions of dollars...
State News – Georgia Republicans
"Cities and states brace for economic 'reckoning,' eyeing major cuts and fearing federal coronavirus aid isn't...
Campaign Trail – Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders
Donald Trump President Trump on Friday renewed his calls for a broad payroll tax cut as part of a "phase four"...
COVID-19 Public Policy Group Report – April 17, 2020
The federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), established weeks ago under the bipartisan CARES Act to provide a...
Stimulus Bills Were Focused On Government, Hospitals, And US Businesses
The ink was barely dry from signing the third and largest stimulus package in the history of our Country, and there...
Save the Date: Supporters Call April 17
Please join us for an update call on Friday, April 17 at 12PM ET | 9AM PT Agenda With control of the Legislative...
Act Now. You Are Losing Your Voice.
Legislators must know what is important to family businesses; what helps or hurts them when it comes to operating...
Can You Afford To Miss This Opportunity?
Get Your Voice Heard In Washington DC!!! We want to reach business-owning families and ask them to complete the 2020...
State News – Ohio & New York
States brace for massive budget gaps in coronavirus recession State governments have spent a decade stockpiling...
Campaign Trail – Who Runs Against Donald Trump
Former Vice President Joe Biden built on his commanding lead for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination...
Coronavirus Trillion Dollar Emergency Relief Bill
Congress has approved a 2 trillion dollar emergency relief bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security...
DeFazio Wants Double Spending on the IRS
Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) wants to double spending on the IRS, which he believes would help collections and...
Don’t Miss This Chance… Get Your Voice Heard In Washington DC
We want to reach business-owning families and ask them to complete the 2020 Family Enterprise USA survey. To access...
Senate Passed The House’s Coronavirus Relief Bill
In this unprecedented and unsettling time, we wanted to continue to be a resource to you on tax implications that...