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Family-owned businesses account for 59% of the United States’ private sector workforce, employing more than 83 million people, according to familybusiness.org. Suffice it to say, family firms make up a significant portion of the economy, with businesses large and small sharing common challenges with managing the employees that drive business growth. While family businesses, overall, […]

  The judges met and the results are in! Here are the honorees we will be celebrating at our 25th Annual Family Business Awards program on November 15th! Community Engagement – Anthony-Thomas Candy Company Conway Center Champion – The Conway Family Family Business of the Year – West Ohio Tool Co. Lifetime Achievement – David

The 12th Annual Family Business Forecast survey, conducted by the Conway Center for Family Business, revealed that more than 8 in 10 Central Ohio family business leaders­ are satisfied with the current state of their family business at the midway point of 2023. Six in 10 (63.5%) Central Ohio family business leaders predict their business

THE FIRST 10 YEARS As we said in “The Beginning,” for the first few years, there was no paid staff at the Family Business Center of Central Ohio.  Bea Wolper and Dick Emens planned the educational programs, started the Women in Family Business Peer Group, and invited family business leaders and business experts to speak