Sharing what we know.
We know that family businesses are unique and can benefit from specialized guidance in the areas of succession planning, conflict resolution, strategic planning, estate planning, business valuations, family governance, just to name a few.
Here we share with you some of the resources we have found valuable. If you’ve discovered any worthwhile resources not listed here, let us know and we’ll add them!
Family Business Institute (www.familybusinessinstitute.com)
The Family Business Institute understands what makes family and closely held businesses unique and different from publicly held companies. They provide solutions for both the family and the business. FBI consultants take a unique, collaborative approach that focuses on the balance of interpersonal, operational, and financial issues to help family and closely held businesses achieve breakthrough success.
Family Enterprise USA (FEUSA) is an independent, national non-profit membership organization whose primary purpose is to increase the public's knowledge and awareness of the positive contributions made by the nation's largest business sector - family businesses. FEUSA will advocate on behalf of its members, family business owners of all sizes. Uniting around a common identity gives family businesses a collective voice in an advocacy world dominated by industry or business size-specific organizations.
Fambiz.com (www.fambiz.com)
Fambiz.com is a non-profit organization hosted by one of the world's most respected family business educational institutions, Northeastern University's Center for Family Business. Fambiz.com strives to be a one-stop site for information about family business issues and challenges. Family-business owners can quickly find all the information they need on particularly important topics like estate planning, hiring issues, and sibling rivalries.
They also seek to connect the university-based centers for family business so executives can draw on as much relevant knowledge as possible.
Family Business Magazine (www.familybusinessmagazine.com)
The only dedicated magazine that targets thriving multi-generational North American family companies. The Family Business Web site is provided by Family Business Publishing Company and its associates. It is intended to help site visitors - especially family company stakeholders - understand the material presented and make informed decisions about managing their own businesses and families. Family Business's searchable articles archive is available to all subscribers free of charge.
Family Business is run by a family company for family companies. Family Business Publishing Company is a multigenerational media and investment firm. They live and breathe family-owned company issues. They are also the publisher of the highly regarded 11-volume Family Business Handbook Series, in-depth and essential reference works on key family business topics, such as succession, financial management, conflict resolution and compensation.
The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. (www.efamilybusiness.com)
The Family Business Consulting Group (FBCG) offers a full array of consulting services geared to strengthen the business and the family. Offerings include consulting, webinars, family business books, articles, newsletters, and more.
The University of Toledo Center for Family and Privately Held Businesses (www.utoledo.edu/business/cfb)
The UT Center for Family & Privately-Held Business, established in 1992, is dedicated to serving the specific needs of family and privately-held businesses. For a modest membership fee, you and your employees can participate in forums, webcasts, small, roundtable discussion groups to learn about best practices and a host of additional resources.
The Ahola Corporation (www.ahola.com)
Ahola Corporation is America’s first family payroll company. Being family owned and operated for over 40 years, it knows the unique issues of the family business. They have used this first-hand experience to create a host of family-business oriented products to solve the unique HR and payroll challenges facing the family-owned business.
de Visscher & Co. is an independent financial advisor to business owning families and closely held businesses worldwide. Through a unique combination of financial consulting and investment banking services they create high value-added solutions to the liquidity needs of shareholders and the capital needs of their businesses. Since its inception in 1990, they have advised over 300 families from North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.
Here we share with you some of the resources we have found valuable. If you’ve discovered any worthwhile resources not listed here, let us know and we’ll add them!
Family Business Institute (www.familybusinessinstitute.com)
The Family Business Institute understands what makes family and closely held businesses unique and different from publicly held companies. They provide solutions for both the family and the business. FBI consultants take a unique, collaborative approach that focuses on the balance of interpersonal, operational, and financial issues to help family and closely held businesses achieve breakthrough success.
Check out the 80 Questions Every Family Business Owner Should Answer from the Family Business Institute.
Family Enterprise USA (www.familyenterpriseusa.org)Family Enterprise USA (FEUSA) is an independent, national non-profit membership organization whose primary purpose is to increase the public's knowledge and awareness of the positive contributions made by the nation's largest business sector - family businesses. FEUSA will advocate on behalf of its members, family business owners of all sizes. Uniting around a common identity gives family businesses a collective voice in an advocacy world dominated by industry or business size-specific organizations.
Fambiz.com (www.fambiz.com)
Fambiz.com is a non-profit organization hosted by one of the world's most respected family business educational institutions, Northeastern University's Center for Family Business. Fambiz.com strives to be a one-stop site for information about family business issues and challenges. Family-business owners can quickly find all the information they need on particularly important topics like estate planning, hiring issues, and sibling rivalries.
They also seek to connect the university-based centers for family business so executives can draw on as much relevant knowledge as possible.
Family Business Magazine (www.familybusinessmagazine.com)
The only dedicated magazine that targets thriving multi-generational North American family companies. The Family Business Web site is provided by Family Business Publishing Company and its associates. It is intended to help site visitors - especially family company stakeholders - understand the material presented and make informed decisions about managing their own businesses and families. Family Business's searchable articles archive is available to all subscribers free of charge.
Family Business is run by a family company for family companies. Family Business Publishing Company is a multigenerational media and investment firm. They live and breathe family-owned company issues. They are also the publisher of the highly regarded 11-volume Family Business Handbook Series, in-depth and essential reference works on key family business topics, such as succession, financial management, conflict resolution and compensation.
The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. (www.efamilybusiness.com)
The Family Business Consulting Group (FBCG) offers a full array of consulting services geared to strengthen the business and the family. Offerings include consulting, webinars, family business books, articles, newsletters, and more.
The University of Toledo Center for Family and Privately Held Businesses (www.utoledo.edu/business/cfb)
The UT Center for Family & Privately-Held Business, established in 1992, is dedicated to serving the specific needs of family and privately-held businesses. For a modest membership fee, you and your employees can participate in forums, webcasts, small, roundtable discussion groups to learn about best practices and a host of additional resources.
The Ahola Corporation (www.ahola.com)
Ahola Corporation is America’s first family payroll company. Being family owned and operated for over 40 years, it knows the unique issues of the family business. They have used this first-hand experience to create a host of family-business oriented products to solve the unique HR and payroll challenges facing the family-owned business.
White paper provided by the Ahola Corporation: What Your Family-Owned Business Needs to Know About Compensation, Evaluation and Employment Policies
de Visscher & Company (www.devisscher.com)de Visscher & Co. is an independent financial advisor to business owning families and closely held businesses worldwide. Through a unique combination of financial consulting and investment banking services they create high value-added solutions to the liquidity needs of shareholders and the capital needs of their businesses. Since its inception in 1990, they have advised over 300 families from North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East.
