How the most successful family businesses deal with management, governance, liquidity event and succession issues; the dilemmas facing those who serve on corporate boards; and how entrepreneurs establish and manage relationships with capital providers, including angel investors and venture capitalists.
Lessons Learned
Entrepreneurs entering a completely new field can overcome their inexperience and low start-up capital by applying knowledge gained from prior ventures. more »
Humanitarian Holiday
Employees, communities and businesses can benefit when workers get paid time off for good deeds. more »
Worker of the World
The American CEO of Chinese PC maker Lenovo Group tackles the cultural difficulties of East meets West. more »
Reel Risks
Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has always taken chances both in art and business. Now, after years of financial struggle, he prepares to take his biggest gamble yet. more »
New Beginnings
Following decades of communist rule and a bloody war, Croatia reinvents itself as a tourist destination. more »
Driven to Collaboration
Entrepreneurs and their minority-stake partners connect to put growing companies on the road to success. more »
Wealthy Without Reservation
Emboldened by huge gambling profits, Native Americans are aggressively diversifying their newly minted portfolios and fighting government efforts to raise their taxes. more »
Fashioning Empires
A clique of creative women is working to parlay style and social connections into serious design businesses.
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In Through the Out Door
Finding a qualified CEO and managing a senior executive’s transition out of a company requires careful advance planning. more »
Wolves at the Gates
Boards must be prepared to accommodate, or do battle with, activist hedge fund managers. more »
Capital Idea
Crafting a plan to integrate personal and family business capital broadens an entrepreneur’s control and flexibility. more »
Aerial Combat
Competition between fractional jet companies and a new breed of charter brokers is transforming private aviation. more »