Family Owned Business Articles

Saying It Out Loud October 2026, By Pat Soldano and Tim Schultz

By Patricia M. SoldanoPresidentFamily Enterprise USABy Tim SchultzCEOFamily Enterprise USAFour States and Three Myths Surrounding America’s Growing Wealth Tax Battles   Next month voters in four states will be weighing the prospect of imposing, or killing, Wealth...

Can the Next Generation Afford to Keep Your Business in the Family?

Mark RichardsPrincipalWinged Keel GroupYou may be confident the next generation is ready to lead your family business. The more challenging question is whether they have the liquidity to fund the transfer of ownership.   A succession plan may effectively...

Punishing Success is Not Golden for California

By Frank Luntz and Pat Soldano and recently published by The Orange County Register.   California is known as the state that punishes success. Its reputation now centers on unaffordable housing, citizens taxed to death, highest gasoline and energy prices in the...

Big Bill, bigger impact on your business

Keynote Speaker: Dianne MehanyEY Private National Tax LeaderErnst & Young LLP"Beyond the bill: What the OBBBA means for family businesses" with Ernst & Young LLP Register Now October 28 | 10:00 AM PDT   Join us for a one-hour webcast unpacking the...
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