Women in Family Business
Being married to someone who is part of a family business is not always easy. The fact is that family business members bring their problems and worries home and tend to try and find solace in their partners when things get complicated. Being at the receiving end of this relationship […]
Interview with Isabelle Jaouen, Founder of Forrey and Galland, Dubai When walking past the many shop windows within the enormous expanses of the Dubai Mall, one of the largest shopping centres in the world, it’s easy to wonder what level of competition each store faces. Arriving at the colourful chocolate […]
Interview with Jose Ramon Sanz, Founder of the Fundacion NUMA José Ramón Sanz belongs to the third generation of a business family responsible for automotive giant Dalphimetal, now in its fourth generation. With an abundance of support from each generation, the business has grown to generate wealth for both the […]
How to untangle your thinking Joining the family business can be a momentous decision. When next generation members finish school or university they are often faced with the choice between applying for a job or joining the family firm. It is a situation fraught with emotional considerations as often they […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]