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Fourth-generation auto dealership owners plan more growth Ernest Patnoe’s motto in the 1930s was “We smile when you come, you smile when you leave.” Almost nine decades later, the family-owners of Liberty Superstores are still […]
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Cloverdale Foods in Mandan, N.D., has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 100 years. But just because it’s the same family doesn’t mean it has always been the same business. […]
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Family learns to strike balance — while running a business that responds to emergencies Stacey Thomas’ father, Jerry, started their family business with one van, a few air movers and dehumidifiers. Since 1992, Specialized Cleaning […]
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Muth Electric builds on decades of success with plan for the future It was somewhere in Vietnam – likely while driving a U.S. Army truck or on guard duty – that Dick Muth made a […]
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Brothers Bryan and Keith Miller learned organizational leadership at a young age. Their father was the academic vice president — akin to the chief operations officer — of a small college in their Nebraska hometown, […]
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It’s a classic entrepreneurial story: Identify a problem, create a solution, build a business. Dillon Moffatt wasn’t thinking about founding a company back in 1954. The self-taught auto mechanic from Minnesota was just trying to […]
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How does a more than 130-year-old family business transition to its first generation of nonfamily leadership? With a lot of careful planning and clear communication. The First National Bank in downtown Sioux Falls The First […]
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Business blooms as Medary Acres Greenhouses enters third generation Brian Darnall had a decision to make. His wife, Lynn, had told him: “You can be either a rural mail carrier or a greenhouse guy, but […]
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Brother-sister business owners navigate second-generation leadership After starting more than 40 years ago in Bonesteel as a Redi-Mix plant, Divine Concrete Inc. has grown into a full-service concrete contractor in its second generation of family […]
Read More >>Director’s column: Get on board with creating a board Have you thought about creating an advisory board or board of directors for your family business? Is that as far as you have gotten? Thinking about […]
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