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The Family Business



Valuable M&A Content: April 2017
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  1. Transferring Your Business To Family? First, Create A Written Roadmap

    2. By: John Brown, Forbes

    Successfully transferring a business to family is more difficult than any other exit path for one major reason: family. Yet owners interested in transferring their businesses to children do so for one major reason: family.

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  2. Has Your Child Earned Ownership Interest in Your Business?

    3. By: Kevin Short, Clayton Capital Partners

    First determine the level of contribution your business active child has made to the value of the business. Second determine the contribution that child must continue to make to ensure the achievement of your exit objectives.

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  3. The Secret To Keeping A Family Business Alive

    4. By: Karsten Strauss, Forbes

    Running a family enterprise can be a complicated game. The closeness and trust inherent in a tight-knit family can yield bonds that makes running a business easier and less fraught with suspicion. But as things progress, chafing issues can multiply and the next thing you know you've got a lot of drama on your hands.

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  4. 7 Tips for Successfully Running a Family Business Without Drama

    5. By: Kevin Daum, Inc. Magazine

    Business is hard enough without adding family to the mix. Here are expert tips on how to keep peace with the relatives even when you work with them.

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  5. Transferring Power in The Family Business

    6. By: Louis B. Barnes & Simon A. Hershon, Harvard Business Review

    One of the most agonizing experiences that any business faces is the moving from one generation of top management to the next. The problem is often most acute in family businesses, where the original entrepreneur hangs on as he watches others try to help manage or take over his business, while at the same time, his heirs feel overshadowed and frustrated.

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