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14938
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Family firms are big business in North Carolina. Built on blood ties and marriages that sometimes go back generations, they make up about one-third of the state's top one hundred private companies. Grissett discusses with owners some of the problems in running a family business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, June 1986,
p30-32, 34
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12232
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This article presents an edited transcript of a roundtable discussion by business executives and other experts about what makes a family-owned business different from commercial ones
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, May 2010,
p14-16, 18-19, il
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7319
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Carrying a Minolta camera and a North Carolina road map, Mike Lassiter has traveled 30,000 of the state's 52,699 square miles. Lassiter's quest is to preserve family-owned businesses on film before this piece of Americana disappears forever. Many of these businesses are gathering places in small communities; some have operated for a century or more and have become institutions in their towns. Lassiter has traveled the state for the past six years and ended his quest in March 2005. He hopes to publish his collection of photographs and has received some interest from publishing houses.
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3723
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Annawear in Highlands, Mt. Olive Pickle Company in Mt. Olive, Benbow Reproduction in Greensboro, and Carolina Treet Barbecue Sauce in Wilmington are family-owned-and-operated businesses that produce unique products.
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1994
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Not all family owned businesses survive into the second or third generation. Three that did - Booth & Associates, Inc.; Gregory Poole Equipment Co.; and Neil Realty Co. - are winners of Business North Carolina's Family Business of the Year Award.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 14 Issue 11, Dec 1994,
p40-46, il
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28501
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Several local Fayetteville businesses are run by mothers and daughters partners. The mother-daughter teams at Vibra’s and Coldwell Banker Advantage talk about the benefits and challenges of working side-by-side, as well as tips for working as a family and a team.
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2414
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Charlotte-based W. R. Bonsal Company has supplied railroad builders, built railroads, and manufactured gravel, sand, and cement-based products from the ton to the bag during its 100-year history. William R. Bonsal, III, now heads the company.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 7, July 1995,
p48-52,54,56-59, il, por
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12167
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Lucius H. Harvin, III, is president and CEO of Rose's Stores, a firm founded by his grandfather, P. H. Rose, in 1915. He is only the fourth person to lead this family-owned retail chain of 240 stores which employ around 13,000 people in thirteen southeastern states. Rose is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine Businessman in the News section.
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12979
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Robert B. Albert worked twenty-five years with J.C. Penney, then decided he wanted to be his own boss. Precision Tune, founded in 1975, seemed the right fit for him. He opened his first center in Raleigh in 1979 and is the sub-franchisor for all of North Carolina east of Asheville. He and his son-in-law currently own sixteen centers with combined sales of over $11 million.
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36312
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FLS Energy, a solar energy company, joined the ranks of other privately owned businesses with bright economic and occupational futures in North Carolina. Among the other 99 companies highlighted were Ennis-Flint, Rodgers Builders, Camco, Hissho Sushi, and Allen Industries. Factors these businesses often held in common included employees retaining majority ownership, being family owned, and starting with a single product.
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11150
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Garner writes about favorite Southern foods, in this instance - biscuits. He discusses the origin of Biscuitville, founded by Maurice Jennings, in Danville, Virginia, in 1975. The headquarters later moved to North Carolina. Today there are fifty-one Biscuitvilles located in North Carolina and Virginia, and the company is still family-owned.
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13231
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During interviews with several North Carolina families that owned businesses, Seymour found that there are some very complicated but successful ways to make certain that company ownership is passed on to succeeding generations.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 1 Issue 2, Nov 1981,
p11-17, il
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9605
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North Carolina has been home to a number of families that began businesses on the proverbial shoestring and went on to grow great enterprises that benefitted their communities and the state. Among them are the Dukes, Reynolds, Belks, Hanes, and Cones.
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