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Family businesses flex their creativity, capacity during COVID-19

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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 minimally damaged and discontinued merchandise through a series of live sales. “That’s […]

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Is your family business trying to figure out the future? This one-on-one approach can get you there

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There’s probably never been a time of more uncertainty for business owners — and that can be especially acute if you’re a family business. The Prairie Family Business Association is stepping in to help one-on-one, offering facilitated family meetings virtually. They will be at 1 p.m. April 29 and last 60 to 90 minutes. “We

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Family businesses can navigate crisis, resolve conflict with this approach

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Family businesses: You are not alone. And you can use this crisis to tap into your entrepreneurial spirit while accessing resources to help you cope both at work and home. Those were some of the themes from a webinar held March 27 by the Prairie Family Business Association that drew dozens of participants. “A time

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Family businesses: Here’s how to access resources for you

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The Prairie Family Business Association has opened up its resources to any family business dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. That includes a weekly call, with the next one scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, March 20. “All our members have agreed to share their resources with other family businesses, regardless of if you currently are a

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From baseball cards and Beanie Babies to a nearly $100M business: Weisser family keeps building

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Eric Weisser learned the basics of the distribution business as a teenager in the 1990s by selling sports cards on eBay. There never seemed to be enough Kirby Puckett baseball cards for fans of the Minnesota Twins, for example, nor were there enough Antoine Walker basketball cards for fans of the Boston Celtics. So Weisser

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