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Prairie Family Business Association Hosts 25th Annual Family Business Conference

VERMILLION, S.D. – Prairie Family Business Association, an outreach of the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota, will host the 25th annual family business conference March 30-31, 2017, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown. Several hundred family business owners from across the region are expected to […]

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Unsticking Succession: Common Obstacles and a Path Forward

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By Kent Rhodes, Ed.U. and Kristi Daeda Carl is a robust, energetic man in his early 70s with a booming voice and raucous laugh. For the last 40 years, he’s led the company that his father founded through steady organic expansion, reaching into new regions, building new facilities, and growing the family’s brand. Carl and

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Prairie Family Business Awards Shorma Award to Anderson Family of Serenity Assisted Living

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota – December 13, 2016. Prairie Family Business Association, an outreach center of the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota, hosted the second annual Edward Shorma Excellence in Family Business Award and Legacy Tour in Moorhead, Minnesota, on Dec. 8. Lillestol Research and the Lillestol Family provided a

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Prairie Family Business Association Hosts Legacy Tour, Award Presentation

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Prairie Family Business Association, an outreach center of the Beacom School of Business, will host the Edward Shorma Excellence in Family Business Award and Legacy Tour in Moorhead, Minnesota on Dec. 8. The legacy tour will begin at 4:30 p.m. at Lillestol Research where the Lillestol Family will provide a tour of their facility and

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J&L Harley-Davidson and the Entenman family receive 2016 Boyd Hopkins, Sr. Excellence in Family Business Award

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On November 22, 2016, J&L Harley-Davidson and the Entenman family received the 2016 Boyd Hopkins, Sr. Excellence in Family Business Award. The Entenman family received their award at a dinner held in their honor at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown, Sioux Falls, on Wednesday, November 16, 2016. Each year, the Prairie Family Business Association and

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Argus Leader highlights Austad’s Golf & the Austad Family

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Oscar Austad was a horrendous golfer. He had little, if any, interest or passion for the game, according to his son, Dave. At 41, he had been fired from three of his five previous jobs. “His career had gone nowhere,” Austad said. “Five kids were going to be six.” But Oscar Austad had an empty

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Tom Didier Award & Legacy Tour

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On October 24, Prairie Family Business Association (an outreach center of the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota) hosted the Tom Didier Excellence in Family Business Award and Legacy Tour in Rapid City, SD. Conrad’s Big “C” Electric, Inc. was honored as the 2016 Tom Didier Excellence in Family Business Award

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Prairie Family Business Association Hosts Retreat

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GETTYSBURG, S.D. — The Prairie Family Business Association recently hosted its bi-annual family business retreat in rural Gettysburg, South Dakota. Five families from across the region traveled to the Paul Nelson Farm on the last weekend of August to experience a weekend of learning. Featured keynote speaker Mike McGrann delivered sessions on the four pillars

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