Saturday, January 28, 2017

200 Years in Business: The Claflin Company

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Century Club congratulations go out to The Claflin Company, which started in 1817 as an apothecary in Providence, Rhode Island. Today it ...
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 ...