When this year’s Growth Challenge winners, Brian Anderson and Greg Hennes, came face-to-face in the offices of Minneapolis-based Winthrop & Weinstine in early August, they bantered as if they had known each other for a lifetime. Turns out they had. Anderson and...
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Workshop: Family business
There was the story about two brothers starting a manufacturing company together. They got along fine, but problems arose because their wives hated each other. The relationship got so bad they split the business in half and became competitors. One brother flourished,...
Workshop: Getting out
Nothing lasts forever. At some point, every owner will have to or want to sell their business. Are you ready? Do you have the right team in place to maximize your return? Upsize and Club E brought together a half-dozen experts to share their advice. Edited by...