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...
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 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...
Apr 25, 2020 | Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA, In The News
Even though family businesses are often viewed as not the most agile, when a crisis of this magnitude hits, they are able to quickly bring to bear skills developed over generations to ensure resilience, capitalizing on the trust patiently accumulated with various...
Jul 24, 2018 | Estate Taxes, Family Business Survey
New Survey of Family Businesses Reveals Commitments, Challenges, & Concerns Ahead Family business are key drivers of economic development, but taxes and regulations hinder growth Two-thirds of participating business owners employed more than 50 employees in 2017;...
May 8, 2018 | Estate Taxes
Family Businesses in the United States Family Businesses in the US3,001,060 of US JOBS (1) $1.7 Trillion of combined revenue (1) In the US, family firms generate 64% of GDP & account for 65% of domestic employment 78% of new job creation stems from family owned...
Dec 11, 2017 | Estate Taxes
BY HARRY ALFORD, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR – THE HILL – 12/08/17 12:00 PM EST ( THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL) The estate tax creates an unfair situation for black-owned businesses, which have primarily started to accumulate...
Jul 6, 2017 | Family Businesses, Family Business Survey, Family Enterprise USA
New Survey of Family Businesses Reveals Strengths and Challenges Ahead Family business are key drivers of economic development, but taxes and regulations hinder growth A new survey finds that family businesses across America, while optimistic about growth in 2017,...
Jan 26, 2017 | Family Businesses, Family Enterprise USA
Family firms aren’t typically thought of as particularly innovative. More often, they’re viewed as risk averse, traditional, and stagnant. However, many family-owned businesses are among the most innovative in their industries. Consider Herr’s Potato Chips and...
Sep 28, 2016 | Family Businesses
The Entrepreneurial Advantage Of Nations: First Annual Global Entrepreneurship Symposium Family-sponsored business ventures – those owned and managed by families or groups of relatives — dominate the economic landscape of the world, simultaneously fostering...
