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Measuring the Success of Your Family
For 2023, consider making some adjustments for your family. I often say that one of the simple ways to measure the success…
Start with Your Family Stories
Building great family culture starts with stories. Brad Grey of Walking the Text teaches a simple truth: in Jewish families, from birth…
Where is your trust? Treasure or truth?
It’s a common story. A person starts a new venture or business. In the early days, the struggle is real, and it’s…
A Message to Me at 20 Years Old
I was talking to my nearly 40 year old friend. I knew some of her story. Some of her teen years and…
How to Build the 100-Year Family
Steelcase, the office furniture maker based in Michigan turned 100 years old recently. The feat of surviving 100 years in this age…
5 Essential Factors to the 100-Year Family
Did you know that the average lifecycle of corporations is 12-15 years, whereas in the 1920s, the average lifecycle was 67 years? …
3 Big Giving Opportunities and 1 Big Challenge with the New Tax Law
People continue to make sense of the new tax law. What are the opportunities and challenges particularly as it relates to charitable…
The 100 Year Family
Can a family last 100 years? A few years ago, Inc. Magazine ran an article titled: “How to Build a Company that…
The Failed Bloom of the Astors
Flowers only last for a season. Such was the case of the Astor family. John Jacob Astor was born in 1763 in…
Bart Farmer and the Dream of The Homeless Foundation
Some people have dreams and stop there. Others have dreams and take action. Bart Farmer was one of those guys. An entrepreneur…
A 2018 Giving Trend to Watch: The Noncash Gift
We’ve been handling noncash gifts for years at The Signatry. I remember one of my first noncash gifts was a 1967 Pontiac….