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family business connection magazine from pfba - 2025 edition

Fourth edition of Family Business Connection magazine issued

The Family Business Connection is an annual publication comprised of the most popular family business stories from PFBA. Along with family business stories, you will find interesting family business facts and Prairie Family Business Association program information. The Family Business Connection is available in print format or in digital format below. If you would like to have […]

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PFBA and EOS® Worldwide Announce Partnership to Help Family-Owned Businesses Survive and Thrive

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September 8, 2020 – SIOUX FALLS, SD – Prairie Family Business Association (PFBA), the premier resource for family businesses to grow, engage, transition, and prosper, is excited to announce its partnership with EOS Worldwide (the Entrepreneurial Operating System®), to help family-owned businesses survive and thrive. Prairie Family Business Association provides family businesses with the tools

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Family guides gas company into new territory

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It’s a multigeneration family business that’s likely entering its most exciting era yet. The story of A-OX Welding Supply begins within two companies: Dakota Welding Supply, which was founded in 1944, and A&B Welding Supply, which was started in 1959 by Harold and Bob Elliott in western South Dakota. Harold was a traveling welder, and

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Husband-wife duo leads food company with focus on empowering others

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A shared business philosophy, a commitment to communication and a sense of humor are just some of the keys to how this husband and wife navigate their shared company as a couple. Kurt and Valerie Loudenback own Grand Prairie Foods, a national provider of food products to the hospitality industry that has grown to more than

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Contractor that strives to ‘be excellent’ builds for the future

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It has taken Kari Karst awhile to think of her business as a family business. But over its 57-year history, BX Civil & Construction Inc. actually has had ties to three family business. Under Karst’s leadership, the Dell Rapids-based company founded in 1962 as Buskerud Construction is now in a period of unprecedented growth and

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2017 25th Annual Conference Recap Video

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2017 Annual Conference Award Winners

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2017 Heritage Award Recipient The Brockelsby Family The Brockelsby Family founded The Black Hills’ Reptile Gardens® in 1937 and today, the popular Midwest tourist attraction is still under ownership of the same family. Today, Reptile Gardens hosts more species of reptiles than any other park or zoo in the world. Since its founding, the Garden has

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25th Annual Family Business Conference Honors Reptile Gardens and H.A. Thompson & Sons

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One week ago, the 25th Annual Prairie Family Business Conference hosted their two-day event at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Sioux Falls. This annual conference is the number one educational and networking event in the region for family businesses and with over 320 attendees participating in the event; this year boasted the largest-ever annual conference

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