1. Fortune Small Business - Small Business - Family Business: Crossing Over SPECIAL FEATURE family business Crossing Over The Crowleys own two businessesaski area and FORTUNE small business Sunday, December 1, 2002 By Paul Hochman http://www.fortune.com/fortune/smallbusiness/managing/articles/0,15114,395099,00

SEARCH Financing Managing Marketing Technology ... Magazine Advertisers Send to a friend Print Jim Collins' Secrets to Building a Lasting Business The Century Club: 100-Year-Old Companies SPECIAL FEATURE Family Business: Crossing Over The Crowleys own two businessesa ski area and a soda bottlerwith nothing in common. Or so you might think, until you look beneath the surface. FORTUNE SMALL BUSINESS Sunday, December 1, 2002 By Paul Hochman Chris Crowley, arms folded over his crisp yellow tie, is staring at a very loud, very wet machine. The contraptiona $600,000 Crown Simplimatic soda canner he bought for $225,000is working flawlessly, sweating out a cooling mist of Polar Orange Dry soda pop. A tropical tang suffuses the bottling-factory air. The humid, citric spritz would be calming if it weren't for the noise. The machine roars: In the minute he stands there, the Simplimatic fills, tops, and seals 1,200 cans. In the next 60 minutes, 72,000 of them will fly by. Crowley, who is vice president of the Worcester, Mass.?based Polar Beverages, motions me over, pointing at the aluminum blur and the rows of cans gliding toward the end of the production line. "Look at all those skiers," he shouts over the din, "getting on chairlifts."

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SEARCH Financing Managing Marketing Technology ... Magazine Advertisers Send to a friend Print SPECIAL FEATURE Q and A with Jim Collins: Secrets to Success Want to know what it takes to create a company that will thrive a hundred years or more? Answers from the man who wrote two bestsellers on the topic. FORTUNE SMALL BUSINESS Monday, June 17, 2002 By Ellyn Spragins What enables a company to endure has nothing to do with charismatic leadership and little to do with the products it sells. So insists author Jim Collins, whose first book, Built to Last (co-authored by Jerry Porras; HarperBusiness, $25), spent more than two years on bestseller lists in part because it introduced what seemed like a newfangled notion to business readers in the mid-1990s: history matters. By studying companies that are both enduring and great, Collins hit upon what they had in common a core purpose. Companies like Marriott and Hewlett-Packard knew what they stood for and why they existed, he argues, and as a result could successfully adapt to changes in their markets. Collins's latest book, Good to Great (HarperBusiness, $27.50), shows how companies whose roots foretold neither greatness nor endurance, rose to become exemplary performers. What does it take for a family business to survive a century or more? For answers, we asked Collins.

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6. Small Business Advancement National Center Home of the small business Advancement National Center hosts a wide range of resources, including many with an academic focus. The small business Advancement. National Center Your Center. for Entrepreneurship and. family business. http://www.sbaer.uca.edu/

The Small Business Advancement National Center: Your Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Business. SBANC Awards Bulletins Conferences and Call for Papers Newsletter ... University Central Arkansas QuickLink Menu Awards Business Plan 2003 Conference Papers Conway Info MBA IMBA Small Business Loan Transportation Conference Position Announcement SBANC Resource Center Business Assistance and Financing Business Plan Databases ... Western Decision Science Institute This material is based on work supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration, State of Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas, Small Business Advancement National Center, and private donations and grants. Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this Web site are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the above mentioned organizations, institutions or individuals. Small Business Advancement National Center University of Central Arkansas College of Business Administration UCA Box 5018 201 Donaghey Avenue Conway, AR 72035-0001

7. Features Item : Small-Town Family Business Rooted In Service Posted on 05/14/2001. smallTown family business Rooted in Service. By JohnR. Hall / business Management Editor. E-mail him at johnhall@achrnews.com. http://www.achrnews.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,13

Friday, Apr 04 Search Our Site: Search Using: Exact phrase All words Boolean search How Do You Handle Callbacks? Extra Edition Home Legal Forum ... Product Gallery 2003 HVACR Directory and Source Guide Issue Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter Enter your e-mail address: Want to use this article? Click here for options! Posted on: 05/14/2001 Small-Town Family Business Rooted in Service By John R. Hall / Business Management Editor. E-mail him at johnhall@achrnews.com. Vernon Watts handles alot of walk-in business at his establishment. The 11-person staff of this business in rural south Mississippi is comprised of four electricians and five hvacr technicians. They are jacks-of-all-trades in this business community. Watts said that knowing the air conditioning business means knowing a little bit about electricity, too. He got up to speed on hvac work by taking courses at Pearl River Junior College, the local vo-tech school. Watts said that he gives his employees good benefits as an incentive to stay with the company. Because the town is small (approx. 10,000 population), Watts spreads his service out among the small towns that are within 30 to 45 miles of his business. Poised for Growth Watts has high praise for chapter president Jimmy Lesher, who works closely with area contractors in his role as president and as an employee of local utility Mississippi Power.

8. South/Southwest: Small-Town Family Business Rooted In Service South/Southwest. smallTown family business Rooted in Service By John R.Hall / business Management Editor. E-mail him at johnhall@achrnews.com. http://www.achrnews.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/RegionalNews_Item/1,6084,26632-So

Friday, Apr 04 Search Our Site: Search Using: Exact phrase All words Boolean search How Do You Handle Callbacks? Breaking News Calendar of Events ... Product Gallery 2003 HVACR Directory and Source Guide Issue Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter Enter your e-mail address: South/Southwest Small-Town Family Business Rooted in Service By John R. Hall / Business Management Editor. E-mail him at johnhall@achrnews.com. Vernon Watts handles alot of walk-in business at his establishment. The 11-person staff of this business in rural south Mississippi is comprised of four electricians and five hvacr technicians. They are jacks-of-all-trades in this business community. Watts said that knowing the air conditioning business means knowing a little bit about electricity, too. He got up to speed on hvac work by taking courses at Pearl River Junior College, the local vo-tech school. Watts said that he gives his employees good benefits as an incentive to stay with the company. Because the town is small (approx. 10,000 population), Watts spreads his service out among the small towns that are within 30 to 45 miles of his business. Poised for Growth Watts has high praise for chapter president Jimmy Lesher, who works closely with area contractors in his role as president and as an employee of local utility Mississippi Power.

9. Parente Randolph - Industries - Small Business/Family-Owned YOU ARE HERE HOME INDUSTRIES small business/familyOWNED Education. small/family-Owned business. Financial Services http://www.parentehealthcare.com/industries/small_business.htm

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10. Small Or Family Businesses family business Links A collection of helpful links for familyowned businesses,from your About.com Guide to small business Information. http://financialplan.about.com/cs/smallbusinesses/

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13. Small Business: Family And Medical Leave By GotTrouble.com small business family and medical leave by GotTrouble.com. Answers home small business On the Job, family medical leave. The http://www.gottrouble.com/legal/business/family_medical_leave.html

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15. Practice Areas/Small And Family Business Group IN TODAY'S MODERN LEGAL AND business CLIMATE, small businessES AND family businessESROUTINELY NEED EXPERT LEGAL ADVICE as much as larger businesses. http://www.archerlaw.com/small_family.html

Small and Family Business Group IN TODAY'S MODERN LEGAL AND BUSINESS CLIMATE, SMALL BUSINESSES AND FAMILY BUSINESSES ROUTINELY NEED EXPERT LEGAL ADVICE as much as larger businesses. For example, just as big companies do, smaller businesses hire and discipline employees, rent or buy real estate for their offices or facilities, contract with suppliers and customers, use and buy computer systems, collect accounts receivable, expand by purchasing other businesses, and sell their businesses. Small business owners also face personal financial and estate planning issues, which are just as important to them as those confronted by the CEO of a major corporation. HOWEVER, SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS that larger enterprises often do not. Legal budgets are typically tighter. Each legal issue frequently has a larger impact upon the success or failure of the business. Disputes among owners can paralyze business operations. Family-run businesses often face succession issues, as younger generations begin to play a greater role in management. Serious estate and tax issues can arise upon the death of family business owners. is composed of attorneys and paraprofessionals who have substantial experience in the business and legal issues commonly confronted by small businesses and family businesses. They come from a variety of the Firm's departments. Each brings an expertise in a specialty area of the law, enabling them to provide reliable solutions to legal problems based upon their up-to-date familiarity with the law as it constantly changes and evolves. In addition, their expert knowledge of their fields allows them to provide answers in significantly less time than attorneys with only a passing familiarity with the issues and the law, in turn reducing our clients' legal costs.

16. Archer & Greiner, P.C./Small And Family Business Group Newsletter small and family business Group Newsletter. The Archer Greiner small and familybusiness Group has begun publishing a regular newsletter on related topics. http://www.archerlaw.com/smallnews.html

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17. Information On Starting Or Running A Small Business: Family Business Solutions C family firms. These figures contradicted the stereotypical image ofa family business as a small to medium sized firm. In fact many http://www.sbgateway.com/caseStudiesDetail.asp?section=6&csID=44

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20. Operating Your Successful Small Business: Family-Owned Business familyOwned business Almost 90% of companies in the US are family-owned.But Communication is vital in a family business. Relationships http://sbdc.deltacollege.org/inbusiness/family.html

Family-Owned Business A lmost 90% of companies in the U.S. are family-owned. But the majority of these don't make it to the next generation and only about 10% make it to the third. Although a family-owned business can be extremely rewarding, it also involves a unique set of difficulties and challenges that must be faced if the business is to survive. The main difficulties in family-owned businesses come from issues such as communication, the stress of working together day-to-day , and surviving succession. Communication is vital in a family business. Relationships can become confusing as family members have to operate in different roles in the family and business. In the business, there needs to be clear mechanisms to deal with conflict that avoids the family dynamics. Successful systems include: establishment of policies before issues arise, regular family business meetings to discuss issues, and working with an outside facilitator to work through conflicts. Management questions also need to be addressed. Establish clear job descriptions and lines of authority so that both family and non-family employees understand the chain-of-command. Often, an independent board of directors can help maintain objectivity in management decisions. Succession is the biggest challenge that faces family-owned businesses. This can be a highly emotional topic for a number of reasons. If a business is to survive succession, it is important to begin the process earlya decade or more is not too soon. This provides the time to discuss the issues and decide how the ownership and leadership will be divided. It also allows time to train the successor. It is also important to set a timetable for succession.

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