Interview with Cristina Henriquez Love… Likely the most powerful emotion known to human kind. As literature, poetry and all other art forms have always told us, it is the one feeling that allows unparalleled euphoria as well as downright misery; that gives strength beyond measure or the best excuse for […]
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Anger in the Family Business
“ANYBODY CAN BECOME ANGRY – THAT IS EASY, BUT TO BE ANGRY WITH THE RIGHT PERSON AND TO THE RIGHT DEGREE AND AT THE RIGHT TIME AND FOR THE RIGHT PURPOSE, AND IN THE RIGHT WAY – THAT IS NOT WITHIN EVERYBODY’S POWER AND IS NOT EASY.” Aristotle Anger takes […]
Sustainability in Life and Business –The Story of a Maori Family Business
Interview with Mavis Mullins, Paewai Mullins Shearing Ltd. KOR RUAHINE TE MAUNGA KO MANAWATU TE AWA KO KAITOKI TE MARAE KO RANGIWHAKAEWA TE TANGATA KO RANGITANE NA ATIHAUNUI A PAPARANGI TE IWI KO MAVIS MULLINS AHAU TIHEI MAURIORA THE RUAHINE RANGES ARE MY MOUNTAINS THE MANAWATU RIVER IS MY RIVER […]
4 Steps to Introduce a New Technology to Your Family Business
We are living in an age of incredible technological progress. So much so that it has become an impossibility to ignore the progress and the change it has brought about in consumers and businesses around the world. Only thinking of the ramifications of inventions such as the Internet and the […]
ENTREPRENEUR: MIHAIBAO.COM – Solving Two Problems at a Time
Interview with Jacqueline Lam, Founder of Mihaibao Listed as one of the 50 most innovative companies in England, Mihaibao is the B2C marketplace Chinese consumers and Western luxury markets have been waiting for. Dr. Catherine Raines, the CEO of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), is “delighted that Mihaibao.com, a graduate […]
PSYCHOLOGY: Emotions in the Family Business
When a family owns and even runs a business together, it is usually concerned very much with the same things other business owners are too. How to grow, how to keep the competition at bay, how to finance the next step, these are the things that dominate the day-to-day. However, […]
Suzy Kanoo: Reflections of a Successful Woman in Family Business
Interview with Suzy Kanoo “Being successful has nothing to do with gender.” These are the words of Suzy Kanoo, a Bahraini business woman, a member of the Kanoo Group, freelance writer, and poet. The Harvard graduate joined the family business shortly after her studies and with the support and belief […]
Yislamoo: Greetings from an Enterprising Family
Interview with Rasha Hamdan, Yislamoo family business partner: For every special occasion, there is a perfect card that captures the moment and allows us to share it with someone special. In the west, the tradition of card giving is deeply ingrained in modern culture as brands like Hallmark produce custom […]
East Meets West: Changing Landscape of Chinese Family Enterprises
Interview with Chen Ting, TM Group. Since it was founded in May 2014, Life TM has attracted and united nearly one thousand entrepreneurs and crossover elites throughout China driven by its mission to highlight each business’s heritage and innovation. As the founder and president of the TM Group, Chen Ting […]
Tips for Finding a Family Office That is Right for Your Family
Interview with Ida Beerhalter, co-head of IOME, a private investment partnership of women principals from the Gulf region with its head office in Riyadh, KSA. What does IOME do? IOME is a private investment partnership of women principals from the Gulf region, which is set up as a hybrid family office […]
Top 10 Quotes by Female Business Leaders Who Broke the Glass Ceiling
Despite great progress in recent years, the number of women occupying top tier leadership roles in business is disproportionately small. According to the Pew Research Center, women currently hold only 4.6% of executive positions at S&P 500 companies and make up 16.9% of Fortune 500 board members. Even though women fill 50% […]
Taking Over From Dad – Daughters who Succeed their Fathers in the Family Business
Succession is likely to be the topic most frequently discussed in the family business context. It is found that the ideal recipe towards successful succession varies according to family mentality and business structures. While the word succession is typically associated to the passing of the business from father to son, […]