by Carla Ruiz | Sep 19, 2021 | Blog
From the main Highway 29, which is to the west, rows of vines stretch eastward like green corduroy, a seemingly endless linear vision quest. Here, on this 400-acre parcel in the heart of the Oak Knoll growing area, sits one of the oldest and most successful...
by Greg McCann | Nov 15, 2020 | Blog
This blog was originally written for the Smith Family Business Initiative at Cornell and published on their website. The Coronavirus—which has, in a matter of months, unsettled lives, business and economies around the world—is only the latest example of a new...
by Carla Ruiz | Sep 20, 2020 | Blog
Every family has values. These values are the filters through which we see the world, interpret data, make decisions, and spend our resources. One of my colleagues had grandparents who were raised on a farm with a value of working hard together. They believed that...
by Tom Epperson | Aug 16, 2020 | Blog
My grandfather was an entrepreneur, and I grew up working in our family businesses. When I was young, we had a heavy equipment repair shop, and a family farm, and a sawmill. When the repair shop burned down and the sawmill went bankrupt, my grandfather started an...
by Vinay Kumar | May 10, 2020 | Blog
Challenging times such as these may offer us an unexpected opportunity to pause and reflect on our experiences, and to consider what lessons we may be able to share with others. For much of my life, I have been a part of a family business. First as a child, observing...
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