Muth Electric builds on decades of success with plan for the future
It was somewhere in Vietnam – likely while driving a U.S. Army truck or on guard duty – that Dick Muth made a life-changing decision.
Prairie Family Business Association
Nominate a family business for excellence award
Prairie Family Business Association is seeking nominations for the 2017 Sioux Falls Area Boyd Hopkins, Sr. Excellence in Family Business Award.
Brothers combine skills to build Human Systems Consulting
Two brothers have designed a business to help leaders figure out and find solutions to challenges that are primarily “people problems.”
Innovative auto mechanic ends up building international business
Dillon Moffatt wasn’t thinking about founding a company back in 1954. The self-taught auto mechanic from Minnesota was just trying to see better under the hood of a car. But his business, Moffatt Products, grew into something much bigger.
First National Bank: Behind-the-scenes of a CEO transition
Chris Ekstrum is the first nonfamily member to lead The First National Bank in Sioux Falls in its more than 130-year history. Here’s the story of his CEO transition.
Family businesses thrive with careful focus on transitioning through generations
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.
Business blooms as Medary Acres Greenhouses enters third generation
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.
Brother-sister business owners navigate second-generation leadership
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.
Next generation takes over leadership at J&L Harley-Davidson
Meet Jimmy and Joe Entenman — the new generation leading their family business, J&L Harley-Davidson.
Fourth-generation business leader emphasizes ‘planning to succeed’
Fourth-generation business leader: “Everything in life takes a sales process, whether it is an idea, a product or a service.”
