More family business news.
This week’s Monday Q&A features Stephanie Larscheid, executive director of the Prairie Family Business Association. Question: Tell us a little about yourself. Answer: I grew up on our family’s farm outside of Algona, Iowa, where […]
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Congratulations to H.A. Thompson & Sons, Inc. of Bismarck, North Dakota, for being selected as the 2016 Franklin G. Larson Excellence in Family Business Award. H.A. Thompson & Sons, Inc. is a 4th generation run family business […]
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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” […]
Read More >>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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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 […]
Read More >>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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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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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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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 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 […]
Read More >>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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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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In 2009, the Brockelsby family of Reptile Gardens in Rapid City, SD, was honored by being presented with the Tom Didier Excellence in Family Business Award for their contributions to the community, as well as […]
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Matt Feickert and his brother Justin are the second-generation leaders in a business that has been expanding since the late 70’s. Their father, Roger, founded Quality Quick Print in Aberdeen, SD, in 1979, and over […]
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Denise Tollefson and her brother, Richard Anderson, attended a conference in South Dakota a few years ago hosted by the Prairie Family Business Association, an outreach nonprofit based out of the University of South Dakota. […]
Read More >>The Prairie Family Business Association that helps family businesses succeed in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Minnesota a has hired a new executive director. “Stephanie Larscheid brings significant talent, experience and energy to the […]
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In a recent TODAY’s Sunday’s with Harry, NBC’s Harry Smith has an insiders look at a movie snack staple, Jolly Time popcorn. See a tour of the company’s headquarters in Sioux City, Iowa, and learn more about […]
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The first Craig Lloyd development was built with scrap lumber more than 60 years ago in the dirt of western North Dakota. The contractor was 4 or 5 years old. “We’d go around to wherever […]
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