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Preeminent thought leader on generational wealth to share insight at family business conference

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Beyond the boardroom: Family businesses to offer insight into board approach

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First-time event puts focus on needs of female family business members

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In first season, family business podcast shares multigenerational stories

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Planning for the long game: Austad’s Golf family to share succession story

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From content to connection, 2024 brings year of support for family businesses

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Family businesses: Board Bootcamp will help optimize board of directors

July 17, 2023

July 17, 2023 This paid piece is sponsored by Prairie Family Business Association. How much does Bill Shorma believe in using a board of directors? “We’ve had five companies, and every one of them has […]

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Second volume of PFBA Family Business Connection issued

June 29, 2023

The Family Business Connection is an annual publication comprised of the most popular family business stories from PFBA. Along with family business stories, you will find interesting family business facts and Prairie Family Business Association […]

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Family-owned health services business looks to second generation

June 28, 2023

It can be as simple as light housekeeping or as high-tech as operating a ventilator. It can involve an hour of help, 24/7 care in a home or accompanying someone out of state to a […]

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Tackling tough topics at work? Learn the art of challenging conversations

June 1, 2023

“If you had to pick a date for retirement, what would it be?” It’s direct. It’s critical to the family business. But it’s also a tough question for a son to ask his father. “I […]

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Law firm marks 20 years helping businesses evolve for the future – including its own

May 22, 2023

The team at Thompson Law has learned in an intensely personal way over the last few years the value of planning for the future. The Sioux Falls estate and business planning firm lost its founder, […]

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Prairie Family Business Association announces advisory board additions

May 12, 2023

Prairie Family Business Association announces two additions to its advisory board. Stephanie Taylor is a third-generation family member of Sydell, Inc. Sydell is headquartered in Burbank, South Dakota, and specialized in steel equipment for sheep […]

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At this retreat, life-changing conversations help family businesses address their future

May 3, 2023

Take three days away from working in the family business to work on the family business? That wasn’t easy for the Sioux Falls owners of Interim Health Care – but it proved invaluable. “There was […]

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New Lifetime Achievement Award among honors presented to family businesses

May 2, 2023

A Sioux Falls family with a half-century history of business success has been named winners of the first Lifetime Achievement Award from the Prairie Family Business Association. For the first time in the organization’s 31-year […]

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Get ‘taste’ of family business cuisine at upcoming event

April 6, 2023

Tim Meagher is a self-described city boy. His wife, Megan, grew up visiting both sets of grandparents’ farms in northeast South Dakota on weekends. Now, their business, Vanguard Hospitality, the restaurant group they co-own with […]

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Sweet spot: Global family vanilla business to share strategies behind its success

March 28, 2023

The family business clearly was in Matt Nielsen’s blood early. “During the summer or school vacation, I would ask my dad if I could come to the office for the day,” he said. “We were […]

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The No. 1 state for family businesses? South Dakota!

March 22, 2023

By Matt Villano – Written for Family Business Magazine South Dakota is home to a greater percentage of family businesses than any other state in the nation.   At least, that was the takeaway from a […]

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Family business Thermo King of Sioux Falls enters third generation of leadership

March 15, 2023

As the Thermo King motto goes: “If it heats or cools, we can fix it.” The Sioux Falls authorized dealership offers the sales, service and parts needed to keep trucks, trailers, buses and rail cars […]

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Leading at Scale: Family creamery, branding firm to detail strategies that led to growth

March 2, 2023

The owners of Sweet Grass Dairy had reached an inflection point. Second-generation owners Jeremy and Jessica Little recently had purchased the Georgia-based creamery from Jessica’s parents, Desiree and Al Wehner, and it literally was time […]

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Nation’s oldest economic forecasting firm to share insight at upcoming event

February 15, 2023

What if you could forecast economic and market conditions precisely enough that businesses could use that data to make timely adjustments? ITR Economics is the nation’s oldest privately held, continuously operating economic research and consulting […]

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Next-gen family business members to share insights on leadership development

February 1, 2023

While they and their families run successful auto dealerships, home furnishing stores and ag manufacturing operations, these next-generation business leaders also have a lot in common. They’ve all grown and developed their careers within their […]

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First Board Bootcamp event attracts 40+ business owners

January 30, 2023

Prairie Family Business Association hosted its first Board Bootcamp on January 10th. The day-long engagement was held in Fargo, North Dakota, and virtually. Board Bootcamp engaged 42 family business owners, key employees and next generation […]

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Discover your pricing power with insight from expert at upcoming event

January 17, 2023

If you’re excellent at what you do, you should be paid accordingly. The theory sounds simple enough, but often business owners fall short of charging for their own value. Casey Brown has built a career […]

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Family business conference to feature lessons from ‘Texas patriarch’ on original Southfork Ranch

December 28, 2022

Douglas Box is the first to tell you his family business story isn’t one to try to emulate. “It’s basically a horror story, a cautionary tale, and you might even hear me say on stage […]

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Planning for the future proves priceless for family development company

December 6, 2022

It started with a question to the team: What would you be nervous about if the CEO/owner were no longer around? The answers gave Craig Lloyd the motivation needed to start thinking seriously about succession […]

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Transition resources help family-owned banks prepare for succession

December 2, 2022

Published on December 1, 2022 by Jacqueline Nasseff Hilgert at bankbeat.biz Within families that own banks, there can be a disconnect between parents who control the bank and children in line to take their place. Some parents struggle […]

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