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		<title>Why Do Family Business Owners Often Die at their Desk?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was speaking to a friend who owns a successful manufacturing business and asked him when he plans to sell his business”. His response echoed something that I’m hearing more and more from business owners in my audience. “I can’t afford to sell – if I sell and take the proceeds and invest in this]]></description>
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		<title>Estate Brain Freeze: Why Saving Tax Is the Wrong Place to Start a Family Business Succession Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With summer approaching I know I’ll be back to consuming my favorite iced coffee beverages and despite knowing better, I’ll drink the odd one faster than I should, causing one of those excruciating brain freezes. Another kind of excruciating pain in the brain can come from a different kind of freeze – the estate freeze,]]></description>
		<link>http://www.everyfamiliesbusiness.com/2011/04/27/estate-brain-freeze-why-saving-tax-is-the-wrong-place-to-start-a-family-business-succession-plan/</link>
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		<title>Mother of a Family Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Young Presidents Organization brought me to El Salvador to speak to their newly formed chapter last year, I was both apprehensive and curious to see how my contrarian message on family business succession planning would translate in the Latin culture. I knew that in a country where family businesses extend into politics, my]]></description>
		<link>http://www.everyfamiliesbusiness.com/2011/04/13/mother-of-a-family-business/</link>
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		<title>The M&amp;A Industry Needs Its Own Family Business Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the world’s largest speakers’ bureau sent me an email announcing that it had given me its Speaker of the Year Award, I was awash with emotion. My ego swelling with self-congratulation, I proceeded to moonwalk across my office – not pretty. I love awards. I fluked a couple of wins over the course of]]></description>
		<link>http://www.everyfamiliesbusiness.com/2011/03/23/the-ma-industry-needs-its-own-family-business-awards/</link>
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		<title>The New EBITDA: Emotions Before Interest Taxes and Depreciation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sitting in the departure lounge at LAX, I couldn&#8217;t help but overhear a conversation between an investment banker and his younger associate. I learned two things. First (and most business travelers can relate), it is amazing how cavalier people are about discussing confidential details in public places. The second confirmed something I had been thinking]]></description>
		<link>http://www.everyfamiliesbusiness.com/2011/03/07/the-new-ebitda-emotions-before-interest-taxes-and-depreciation/</link>
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		<title>What’s Your Greatest Legacy? Hint: It’s Not Your Family Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was playing my regular Saturday morning squash game and had my friend two games to zero. I was only three points away from taking the match in a clean three-game sweep. But something happened. I started to drift and lose focus. To make a long story short, I flamed out and went down three]]></description>
		<link>http://www.everyfamiliesbusiness.com/2011/02/18/what%e2%80%99s-your-greatest-legacy-hint-it%e2%80%99s-not-your-family-business/</link>
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		<title>Boxing In Court: A Game The Whole Family Can Play</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently spoke to a group of US billionaires. Virtually everyone in the room was the beneficiary of a third, fourth or even fifth generation family business. One fellow in particular, a wise old guy, told me that his family shareholder agreement made family harmony mandatory. Mandatory happiness – his wry smile told me everything.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.everyfamiliesbusiness.com/2011/01/15/boxing-in-court-a-game-the-whole-family-can-play/</link>
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		<title>Why Banking on Old Succession Planning Advice is Toast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When banks weigh in on the subject of family business and succession planning it’s kind of like watching a football player teach dance moves to a ballerina. Business owners couldn’t find a more ill-suited source of information on a hugely important issue. Banks are big and careful and always quick to offer two-handed advice: “on]]></description>
		<link>http://www.everyfamiliesbusiness.com/2011/01/01/why-banking-on-old-succession-planning-advice-is-toast/</link>
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		<title>Talking About Wills and Shareholder Agreements on Planes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talk about life imitating art. Last week, flying back from the west coast, I sat beside an elderly gentleman who said he recognized me as the author of Every Family’s Business. I’m thinking this is very cool. After more than 200 speeches I’ve finally made it – I’m not just a best-selling author I’m a]]></description>
		<link>http://www.everyfamiliesbusiness.com/2010/12/15/talking-about-wills-and-shareholder-agreements-on-planes/</link>
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