Today, two out of five Fortune 500 firms are family businesses. (Think Ford Motors and Wal-mart.) The majority of all U.S. companies are owned, operated, or otherwise managed by mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, sons and daughters.

Clearly, family ties can make business strong. But they can also make business more complicated.

The Cox Family Enterprise Center is here to help.

NEWS FLASH:

Fortune Small Business just named Kennesaw State University, Coles College of Business one of the 6 best places in the country for family business education. Listed in the section on America's Best Colleges for Entrepreneurs, the Cox Family Enterprise Center was cited as being on the magazine's honor roll "for work with legacy firms."

Upcoming Events:

SPECIAL NOTE ----- DATE CHANGE

Our June 18, 2008 Forum event has been rescheduled for November 5, 2008. In this seminar, we will feature Don Vandergriff, an expert in training who has designed and implemented courses for the Navy SEALS and special forces units from domestic and international military services. He will talk to the Forum about Adaptive Leadership: Preparing Leaders for Where the Company Will Be. For more information please call us at 770-423-6045. To register, click here.

Our next Forum event is on October 15, 2008. In this seminar, we will feature Dr. Joe Hair who has developed the world's leading text on marketing and is one of our country's foremost experts in decision making and statistics. He is an exciting speaker you will not want to miss as he discusses how to collect and use data to know your customer. For more information please call us at 770-423-6045. To register, click here.

The 16th Annual Awards The Georgia Family Business of the Year Awards

The 2008 Awards Gala Dinner was held on May 19, 2008 at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel. The night was a grand success with winners and finalists from across Georgia being celebrated. For a list of previous winners click here. For more information or for sponsorship opportunities please contact us at 770-423-6045.

Research Alert

The Family Business Casebook Annual 2007 is now available. Contact us if you would like a copy.