Jul 20, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA
Inspiration had struck, and Melissa Johnson was going with it. “As I’ve grown older, I can’t say I’ve necessarily grown wiser. I know there is a whole lot I don’t know,” she wrote in a Facebook post one recent Friday. “The only thing I know for sure is that an act of...
Jul 10, 2020 | Family Businesses
Seventy-nine percent (79%) of Study Participants say they Reported Revenue Growth in 2019 More that 50% Report that a Recession or Market Downturn is the Top Risk to their business’s success Family businesses fight to stay healthy and viable during times of COVID-19...
Jul 8, 2020 | Family Business Survey, Family Businesses
Family Enterprise USA is the organization that represents all family businesses on a national level in DC; it is not unique to any industry. FEUSA is different from other organizations because it represents and advocates for the families of family businesses and the...
Jul 7, 2020 | Family Business Survey, Watch & Listen
Watch Video Below. A presentation from Family Business Strategy Week. COVID-19 required many family firms to change the way they do business, from checking employees’ temperatures before each shift to serving an entirely new market. What success factors enabled them...
Jul 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Businesses
After 132 years in business, you learn how to adapt. So when COVID-19 forced Montgomery’s to cancel its annual four-day auditorium sale in Madison, the furniture retailer figured out how to sell the merchandise anyway. Thanks to Facebook, the store started selling its...
Jun 16, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Business Stories, Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Presentation
Family Enterprise USA’s 2020 survey sheds light on factors that family business owners see as obstacles to growth. Legislators must know what is important to family business owners — what helps or hurts them when it comes to operating their businesses and creating...
Jun 12, 2020 | Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Presentation
Plan to Attend: A Conversation with FEUSA’s President/CEO Pat Soldano and the Drucker School’s Director of the Family Business Institute Kathleen Fariss June 25, 2020 2 p.m. ET | 11 a.m. PT 45 minutes The COVID-19 crisis represents many immediate and...
Jun 11, 2020 | Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Watch & Listen
The COVID-19 crisis represents many immediate and long-term concerns for family businesses. Using survey data from two recent studies, we will explore the 2020 Family Enterprise USA Owners Survey, as well as more recent ownership intel collected by Banyan Global. The...
Jun 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Presentation
Plan to Attend: COVID-19 required many family firms to change the way they do business, from checking employees’ temperatures before each shift to serving an entirely new market. What success factors enabled them to adapt, and will the changes be permanent? Friday,...
Jun 2, 2020 | Family Business Survey, Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, Watch & Listen
Family business owners want lower taxes, less regulation Family Enterprise USA’s 2020 survey shed light on factors that family business owners see as obstacles to growth. By Patricia M. Soldano, President Family Enterprise USA Legislators must know what is important...
