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Q&A with Tom Madison, CFA, CPA – Eide Bailly

May 10, 2016

A question from conference keynote Jolene Brown’s presentation: How can the family business owners be “the bank” for a buyout? What are the tax benefits? A: The primary tax benefit for serving as “the bank” […]

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Q&A with Carolyn Thompson – Thompson Law

April 26, 2016

Our 24th annual conference was a great success. With 247 attendees, presenters educated and inspired guests. Keynote presenter Jolene Brown solicited questions from conference attendees, and we will address your questions in each email with […]

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24th Annual Family Business Conference Boasts Record Attendance

April 19, 2016

Guests Attending from Five-State Region Sioux Falls, South Dakota – April 19, 2016. Just one week ago, the 24th Annual Prairie Family Business Conference hosted their two-day event at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Sioux […]

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Keeping Family Businesses In The Family

April 11, 2016

When a person works hard to build up a business, they often want to pass it down to their children. However, the statistics aren’t promising. Most of the businesses in South Dakota are family-owned. Seventy […]

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Mills Property Management

October 20, 2015

Mary Jo Minor began her journey with the family business in the early 90’s when she purchased management contracts from her father, Harvey, for existing properties that were being managed by H.E. Mills Construction – […]

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Prairie Family Business has new executive director

October 5, 2015

The Prairie Family Business Association has hired Stephanie Larscheid as its new executive director. Larscheid, an Iowa native, has a background in nonprofit work, and her portfolio includes active participation in the Council for Advancement […]

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SIA Companies

May 4, 2015

The SIA Companies in Bismarck, ND, has some impressive stats: they’ve been owned and operated by a single family for 35 years, their initial business grew from a home-based location to serving 15,000+ agents, advi­sors, […]

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Serenity Assisted Living

March 4, 2015

Serenity Assisted Living in Dilworth, MN is a relatively new family business, having been established in 2006, it is still owned by the first generation. Nevertheless, the company has grown remarkably in the past ten […]

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Family Business Association Doubles ND Membership

January 26, 2015

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Prairie Family Business Association has doubled its membership in North Dakota in the past eight months. The Prairie Family Business Association was founded in 1993 as South Dakota Family Business […]

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Limoges Construction

November 15, 2014

Deciding whether or not the family business will get passed down from one generation to the next can be one of the most crucial decisions ever made within the business. You have to decide if […]

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