Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips and tools you can use to deal with family issues that are part of almost every small business.

Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to reveal why each of us who are considering entering into a formal, legal business partnership should do a self-analysis about whether we would make a good partner.

Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the key characteristics each of us must have to be a successful business partner ourselves, especially the ability to trust others.

Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of prospective business partners role playing values scenarios with a third party to see how compatible you are in this critical area.

Don't let your year-end compensation plans create moral problems. Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to make some recommendations for ending the year with better organization, including separating holiday gifts to employees from bonuses.

How do you avoid having no good deed go unpunished? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to talk about how to avoid problems when compensating family members who are employees during the holidays.

How many small business owners want their business to continue with the family? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the statistics on how many small business owners want to pass the business on to family and how many actually do.

Is generational businesses a diminishing occurrence? Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to report surveys that indicate fewer small business owners expect their children to take over from them when they retire.

If you want your children to take over your business, you need a plan. Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the steps necessary for a small business owners to successfully convey the business to family members.

Sharing control and accomplishing excellence is not easy. Ed Kopf joins Jim Blasingame to talk about examples of how people work together and seek excellence in spite of their egos.