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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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Next generation takes over leadership at J&L Harley-Davidson For Jimmy Entenman, life in a family business began with his father’s reaction to his due date. Aug. 30. Not ideal. “That’s Sturgis,” is how the family […]
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Fourth-generation business leader emphasizes ‘planning to succeed’ Starting with lone founder Harry A. Thompson four generations ago, H.A. Thompson & Sons of Bismarck, N.D., has grown to 86 employees at five locations. The plumbing, heating, […]
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Growing family steel business starts transition planning early It all started in the back of an industrial machine shop in a Sioux Falls industrial park. But 47 years later, P&M Steel has grown to a […]
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2017 Heritage Award Recipient The Brockelsby Family The Brockelsby Family founded The Black Hills’ Reptile Gardens® in 1937 and today, the popular Midwest tourist attraction is still under ownership of the same family. Today, Reptile […]
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One week ago, the 25th Annual Prairie Family Business Conference hosted their two-day event at the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Sioux Falls. This annual conference is the number one educational and networking event in the […]
Read More >>Learn what the last 25 years have meant to some of our family business members and what has been accomplished by these families. A tribute to Prairie Family Business Association’s 25th Anniversary.
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Earl Brockelsby was a born showman. At 19, he worked as a tour guide at a Black Hills attraction called Hidden City. The owner of that now-closed tourist destination claimed the unique geological formation was […]
Read More >>Prairie Family Business Association – celebrating 25 years of serving family business leaders.
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