MONTHLY MESSAGE – July 2015 12th Annual Family Business Tour and Networking Event Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service 229 East State Street, Columbus, OH 43215 August 13, 2015 4:00 – 6:30 p.m., Open House and Tours 5:30 p.m., Short Presentation by Mike Schoedinger, President Network and visit with family business peers while you learn about […]
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With more than 6,000 family-owned businesses in Central Ohio and statistics that place family businesses at 80-90 percent of all business enterprises in North America, it’s clear to the Conway Center that family businesses are a key economic driver and a valuable resource in our community.
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MONTHLY MESSAGE – June 2015 BREAKFAST WITH BUSINESS FIRST June 26 – 7:00-9:00 a.m. Ohio Dominican University, Griffin Student Center, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, OH 43219 The Conway Center and Ohio Dominican University are teaming up again to host this great networking event with Business First. With anticipated attendance of more than 300, great
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Columbus Business First published an article based on our annual survey of Central Ohio Family Business leaders. They also spoke with Conway Center Executive Director Dick Emens about his take on the numbers. Here’s a snippet: “The Affordable Care Act has led significant changes in the way Central Ohio’s family-owned businesses manage health care, says
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The Conway Center for Family Business will host Velvet Ice Cream: A Family Business Success Story from 7:30-9 a.m. on May 21 in the Community Room in Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University, 1216 Sunbury Road, Columbus, OH 43219. Members of the Dager family, the founders and owners of 101-year-old Velvet Ice Cream, will lead
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By Conway Center Service Provider Kelley King of SG Financial Services, LLC You have lived and died with the family business. Well, the “died” part may be an exaggeration. Nonetheless, you have poured your life into the business and nurtured it to be what it is today. The questions are: What do you want it
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Monthly Message — April 2015 Eradicating Entitlement in Your Family Business April 16 – 7:30-9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1216 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219 What does entitlement mean to you? Is it an annoying attitude displayed by the next gens in a family business? Is it unreasonable expectations that alienate family
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From time to time, we’ll post Bea Wolper’s “A-Z Keys to Family Business Success” followed by a question from one of our members on the topic – here’s C: C- Communication. This is the single most important factor for success—without which the family business will fail. All family members, whether working in the business or not, and non-family managers,
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The Conway Center for Family Business today announced that Deana Gordon has been named the Center’s Managing Director, according to J. Richard Emens, Executive Director. Gordon, of Grove City, has been the Conway Center’s Associate Director since 2011.
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The Importance of an Advisory Board for a Small Family Business By: Suzanne Amstutz – Ohio Power Tool Inc. One of the issues that small businesses face, and especially a family business, is that the founders start their business taking on all the roles in the company. They are the marketing person, accountant, salesperson, human
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