Tim Meagher is a self-described city boy. His wife, Megan, grew up visiting both sets of grandparents’ farms in northeast South Dakota on weekends. Now, their business, Vanguard Hospitality, the restaurant group they co-own with Ken Bashore and Michael Gjernes, is changing the way the restaurant industry and agriculture intersect in South Dakota. “I don’t […]
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The family business clearly was in Matt Nielsen’s blood early. “During the summer or school vacation, I would ask my dad if I could come to the office for the day,” he said. “We were located in the city of Chicago, so my dad would take me with him, and I’d go to the factory
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As the Thermo King motto goes: “If it heats or cools, we can fix it.” The Sioux Falls authorized dealership offers the sales, service and parts needed to keep trucks, trailers, buses and rail cars moving crucial cargo. “It’s critical to our economy. We’re moving food across the country. We’re moving pharmaceuticals. So it’s very
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The owners of Sweet Grass Dairy had reached an inflection point. Second-generation owners Jeremy and Jessica Little recently had purchased the Georgia-based creamery from Jessica’s parents, Desiree and Al Wehner, and it literally was time to transition the business into its next generation. In preparation to scale, Jessica participated in the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small
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What if you could forecast economic and market conditions precisely enough that businesses could use that data to make timely adjustments? ITR Economics is the nation’s oldest privately held, continuously operating economic research and consulting firm. Since 1948, it has provided business leaders with economic information, insight, analysis and strategy. Its overall forecast accuracy since
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While they and their families run successful auto dealerships, home furnishing stores and ag manufacturing operations, these next-generation business leaders also have a lot in common. They’ve all grown and developed their careers within their businesses and through experiences outside of them. Max Patnoe, Emily Schmitt and Eric Sinclair will share their lessons learned at a
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If you’re excellent at what you do, you should be paid accordingly. The theory sounds simple enough, but often business owners fall short of charging for their own value. Casey Brown has built a career helping change that. The owner of Boost Pricing, she first helped execute pricing strategy for the likes of General Electric
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Douglas Box is the first to tell you his family business story isn’t one to try to emulate. “It’s basically a horror story, a cautionary tale, and you might even hear me say on stage that it’s my driver’s education shocker film,” said Box, who was the second generation of a Texas business that would
It started with a question to the team: What would you be nervous about if the CEO/owner were no longer around? The answers gave Craig Lloyd the motivation needed to start thinking seriously about succession planning. “The list they came up with was quite long,” said Lloyd, who co-founded the Sioux Falls development, construction and
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In between baking breads, buns, croissants and frying signature donuts, the owner of a premium bakery products provider realized he needed to find the recipe for something his own business needed: a board of directors. “As our business continues to grow and perhaps my time horizon being active in it every day wanes, I felt
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