Managing to transition a family business for multiple generations has proven impossible for all but a select few. Here’s a look at several Sioux Falls-area businesses that aren’t just surviving but thriving.
Medary Acres Greenhouses has grown from a single small greenhouse to 12 greenhouses selling tens of thousands of hanging baskets, annuals, perennials, vegetable plants and more.
After starting more than 40 years ago in Bonesteel as a Redi-Mix plant, Divine Concrete Inc. has grown into a full-service concrete contractor in its second generation of family ownership.
Meet Jimmy and Joe Entenman — the new generation leading their family business, J&L Harley-Davidson.
Fourth-generation business leader: “Everything in life takes a sales process, whether it is an idea, a product or a service.”
It all started in the back of an industrial machine shop in a Sioux Falls industrial park. But 47 years later, P&M Steel has grown to a 7.5-acre full-service steel fabricator serving customers in a 100-mile radius.
Learn the story behind Reptile Gardens.
He was 36 – the youngest commander in the fleet – and leading a ship plagued with low morale, high turnover and terrible performance evaluations. No one expected much improvement. Except Mike Abrashoff.
Hear from Charlotte Lamp, a third-generation family member and shareholder in Seattle-based Port Blakely Cos. who has done global research on family-business governance and will speak March 30 in Sioux Falls.
Meet Tony Simmons, the CEO of Tabasco-maker McIlhenny Co., who will speak March 30 at Prairie Family Business Association’s annual conference.
