Monday, August 29, 2016

"A Century Club Company That Operates Like a Tech Start-Up"

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Century Club company Independent Stave is a great example of longevity factor #2: unique core strengths combined with change manage...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Survival? Sustainability? Stewardship? What word best describes "long-term business success?"

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When writing my book on common practices of companies over 100 years old, I struggled with what term to use to describe them. With th...
Monday, August 15, 2016

Many Century Club Companies Keep Things in the Family

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According to  Family Business Review  only 12% of family businesses survive to the third generation and just 3% operate into the 4th genera...
Saturday, August 6, 2016

"Lessons From Old Companies" - A Book Review

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My neighbor recently gave me a great book. He knew  Stried Painting   just celebrated 32 years in business and thought I might like to ...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Ag Co-Ops Defy Survival Odds

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For any business to operate for over a century is an amazing accomplishment, given all the economic, social, cultural, and technologica...
Monday, July 4, 2016

Century Club Companies Help You Celebrate July 4

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Many of the traditions used to celebrate America's Independence Day are brought to you by companies that have been around for 100 y...
Sunday, April 3, 2016

New "Century Club" Member

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Run by members of the Seitz family in Chelsea, Michigan since 1916, longevity congratulations go out to new Century Club member Seitz...