Wednesday, December 28, 2016

2017 New Century Club Members

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2017 will see the following 13 companies added to the roster of U.S. Century Club companies. Some have changed quite a bit over the la...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

New Century Club Companies

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Many thanks to the many people who have purchased my book or read this blog and contacted me (centuryclubcompanies@gmail.com) about a com...
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...