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Some of the toughest decisions a family business must make involve planning for the future of the business. Who will take over? What will happen to assets? How will the business be divided among family members?

MONTHLY MESSAGE  – March 2016 Maximize Your Money: Negotiating Tax Challenges that Impact Your Family Businesses’ Future March 17 – 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1215 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219 Sponsored by:        Join us for a discussion with Ed Morrow, Director of Wealth Transfer and Tax […]

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 E: E- Equal.  When dealing with family businesses – especially when some family members work in the business and others don’t – “Fair is not always equal, and equal […]

Conway Center Hosting Maximize Your Money – Negotiating Tax Challenges that Impact Family Business on March 17 at Ohio Dominican University…

By Steve Harmon, Managing Director of Spartan Logistics Can there be a connection in the workplace? At Spartan, the answer is YES! Being a family owned company, we tend to do things a little bit differently. We’ve thrown the rulebook out the window by creating a company that not only values our team members but also […]

MONTHLY MESSAGE  – February 2016 How to Get and Keep Qualified Employees in Your Family Business February 18 – 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1215 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219   Sponsored By:     Every survey we get back indicates that hiring and retaining good employees is one of […]

By Conway Center Service Provider Joel Guth, CEO, Founder Gryphon Financial Partners Every business owner is going to exit at some point. That is a fact. However, this can be an intricate, multifaceted task. For the past twenty years, we have advised our business owner clients and prospects to start with the same 3 questions. […]

MONTHLY MESSAGE  – January 2016 DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGIES TO BUILD YOUR FAMILY BUSINESS January 21 – 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Alumni Hall at Ohio Dominican University 1215 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219   Please join us! Nick Fortine, Advertising Director at Business First, will moderate a robust discussion on why and how your family […]

By Conway Center Service Provider Jennifer Griffith, Ohio Regional President of First Merchants Bank. Recently, First Merchants introduced a new approach to defining employee engagement that has launched several great follow–up conversations and planning opportunities. The “old approach” was to measure employee loyalty + employee contribution to solve for the company’s ability to drive employee engagement. The […]

The Conway Center for Family Business will host Marc Hawk, President of RevLocal,  for an educational program on digital marketing best practices, how it will continue to drive business in the future, and what family businesses need to know to thrive in the digital era.