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Prairie Family Business Association Welcomes New Executive Director

May 2, 2018

Prairie Family Business Association Welcomes New Executive Director VERMILLION, S.D. – The Prairie Family Business Association (PFBA), a University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business outreach program that serves family businesses in the Midwest, […]

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Video: 2018 Family Business Conference

April 30, 2018
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Approaching 100 years, Johnson Feed looks to future

April 19, 2018

Approaching 100 years, Johnson Feed looks to future  Johnson Feed Inc. knows how to adjust with the times. The business began 98 years ago in Fairview as a dray service delivering coal and other supplies […]

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Culver’s co-founder shares family business success story

March 20, 2018

Culver’s co-founder shares family business success story Craig Culver thought he’d found an ideal recipe for a successful restaurant. Start with the vanilla frozen custard he’d loved from a neighborhood stand as a kid. Add […]

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PFBA 25th Annual Conference

Shipshape or shipwreck – How would you rate your business?

March 7, 2018

Shipshape or shipwreck – How would you rate your business? The USS Benfold’s performance ranked it near the bottom of the Navy’s fleet when Capt. Mike Abrashoff became its leader. As part of changing the […]

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Hayzlett builds multifaceted business with help from second generation

February 22, 2018

It likely didn’t come as a surprise to anyone who knew him that Jeffrey Hayzlett issued a news release back in 1986 when his daughter, Lindsey, was born. “We don’t expect to get much work […]

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Consultant offers ‘no-BS family business planning’

February 13, 2018

Consultant offers ‘no-BS family business planning’ “Our family business crisis and how it made us stronger.” “The top nine reasons family businesses fail – and the eight building blocks for creating a sustainable closely held […]

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New ownership takes over at Sioux Corp.

January 15, 2018

New ownership takes over at Sioux Corp.  For almost two decades while driving to the airport before returning home to California or Nevada after Christmas, Jack Finger would broach a tough topic: working at his […]

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Mills Property Management entering third generation

January 10, 2018

Mills Property Management entering third generation Mary Jo Minor’s business revolves around people, from tending to residents’ needs to overseeing property for owners and working with her own family. Based in Brookings, Mills Property Management […]

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Inside the modern L.G. Everist Inc.: Fifth-generation business moves into new downtown headquarters

December 21, 2017

Inside the modern L.G. Everist Inc.: Fifth-generation business moves into new downtown headquarters When L.G. Everist Inc. became the first business to move into the downtown Sioux Falls Washington Square development this week, it marked […]

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