Challenges of Starting a Business with Family
Starting your own business and doing so with family presents challenges. What drives people to take the leap into doing business with relatives?
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Family Businesses
A look behind the scenes of the family business – the good and the bad.
Can You Mix Business and Family?
Mixing family and business is a delicate balance, but it can work under the right circumstances.
Advantages of Mixing Family and Business
Family ties are strong and often last a lifetime. Plus, tips for creating a family-run business while protecting relationships.
The Risks and Rewards of Family Businesses
Family businesses and enterprises are a delicate balance of risks and rewards. Considerations for starting a family business.
Why Established Relationships Make for Good Business
There’s a reason why the family business model has lasted for so many generations.
With $60 million in annual revenue and a headcount of 478, Cofounder and CEO Clate Mask has the responsibility to manage the potential dysfunction of a business filled with friends and family. Treacherous from the start because he founded Infusionsoft with his brother-in-laws Scott and Eric Martineau – take his wisdom to heart as he lays out his six must-follow tips on how to succeed with "framily".
Simon and Sara Marsh… Last week, a father and his multi-millionaire son stood before a judge and asked for a decision on who owned a £17.5m turnover courier business, employing 80 staff. Simon Marsh, 35, who started the company, Time Critical Management, with the compensation money he received after being attacked by two men who were trying to murder his father, walked from court victorious after the judge dismissed his father’s evidence as ‘to a large extent, fictitious’.