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Spitulnik Becomes Head of Blackman Kallick’s Strategic Services
We are pleased to announce that as of August 23, 2010, David Spitulnik will become the Managing Director of Blackman Kallick’s Strategic Services Group.The Strategic Services Group works closely with the owners and senior leadership teams of middle market companies…
How Businesses are Booming
From OpenForum.com.The economy has certainly changed the way we think about doing business. In fact, 78 percent of business owners told us that they have to change the way they do business in 2010. I am so inspired by the…
Family business survey says . . . the recovery is moot
Blackman Kallick & FFI’s "Adaptability and Innovation" survey finds that family-owned enterprises are acting, not waiting.We have been speaking with a number of financial-market prognosticators over the last few weeks. As usual, the opinions run the range from cautious enthusiasm…
Quick Links and Good Ideas, July 2010
Do Sports Imitate Life Or Does Life Imitate Sports?Over the last several days, we have had the opportunity to witness some amazing events in sports. We can’t help but join the chorus in talking about a few of these.Until 8:27…
'Extreme Downsizing' May Hurt Companies Later
From NPR.org.During the Great Recession, U.S. companies laid off workers in record numbers as firms struggled to survive and eventually return to profitability. Despite the slow economy and high unemployment, profits are returning at many companies. But companies that made…
How to Use Your IRA to Fund Your Business
From OpenForum.com.If you own a business or are thinking of starting one, raising capital continues to be key challenge. Lending requirements remain stringent, home equity is no longer a quick source of cash and equity investors continue to be very…
Small businesses see a weak 2011 - but they’ll survive
From Finance-Commerce.com.Small business owners expect the recession to continue into 2011 but they’re confident about their own businesses’ prospects, according to the 2010 U.S. Bank Small Business Annual Survey.Specifically, nine of 10 small-business owners feel the economy is currently in…
Small businesses: Measuring their power and their problems
From The Washington Post.He may be locked in combat with Wall Street and the Business Roundtable, but President Obama spoke nostalgically last week about the virtues of small business."Helping small businesses, cutting taxes, making credit available," Obama said Wednesday after…
Financial Literacy for Kids a Big Worry for Parents, BofA Says
From Bloomberg.com.Teaching children how to be financially savvy is almost as important as maintaining a close relationship with family, according to Bank of America Corp.The Merrill Lynch Affluent Insights Quarterly, which surveyed 1,000 Americans in June with investable assets of…
Spitulnik Interviewed by First Business News
Are family-owned businesses better equipped to weather the recession?That was the question asked of David Spitulnik, Director of Strategic Services at Blackman Kallick when he appeared on First Business News on July 19, 2010.David also shared preliminary findings from a…
Quick Links and Good Ideas, June 2010
We hope that you are enjoying the early days of summer. Good things are worth the wait.Survey says . . . Work continues on our Adaptability and Innovation survey. The survey, being conducted in conjunction with the Family Firm Institute,…
Cain Quoted in The Wall Street Journal Article, "Recession brings tough love to family firms"
Barry Cain, Managing Director of Blackman Kallick's Strategic Services group, is quoted in "Recession brings tough love to family firms," an article recently published in The Wall Street Journal. Below is an excerpt from the article."What we are seeing is…
Why Startups Surged During the Recession
From USNews.com.Here's the good news: Americans aren't lazy.With more than 15 million Americans unemployed, many for six months or longer, it's easy to stereotype the jobless as dropouts who have lost hope and motivation. But a new study of entrepreneurship…
Cain Quoted in Crain's Chicago Business Article, "Nature or nurture? Entrepreneurial genes can be inherited, but that's no guarantee of success"
Barry Cain, Managing Director of Blackman Kallick's Strategic Services group is quoted in Crain's Chicago Business, dated May 10, 2010. The article, "Nature or nurture? Entrepreneurial genes can be inherited, but that's no guarantee of success," explores conflicting ideas about…
Quick Links & Good Ideas, April 2010
Spring is in the air.Recovery is also in the air, or at least it’s trying to be. While there are signs of economic renewal, there are also signs that we have a long way to go to get out of…
Spitulnik Presents on "Integration of Acquisitions" at the Midwest Private Equity Conference
David Spitulnik, Blackman Kallick’s Director of Strategic Services, recently participated in a panel focusing on the integration of business acquisitions at the Midwest Private Equity Conference in Chicago. Also participating on the panel were Frank Cheswick, Aldine Capital Partners (Introductions);…
Geithner Says U.S. Economy Nears Sustainable Growth
From Bloomberg BusinessWeek.April 2 - Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the U.S. economy is showing signs of entering a period of sustainable growth as companies begin to hire.“We have some more work to do, but I think the economy…
Quick Links & Good Ideas, March 2010
Navigating “The Recovery”Late last year we offered our thoughts in Surviving the Upturn... Be "The Other" as both an article and a webinar.The recent Kellogg Private Equity conference was entitled “Partnering through Uncertainty,” and last week’s meeting of the University…
Quick Links & Good Ideas, January 2010
Happy New Year. Isn’t it wonderful to be looking at 2009 rapidly receding in the rear view mirror? As great as it was to close the books on 2009, we see that 2010 is already 1/25th gone. While there is…
Spitulnik Blog Post, "Are Family Business Leaders Born or Made?" Highlighted in Family Business Wiki Newsletter
David Spitulnik, Director of Strategic Services, asks, "Is the Family Business Leader Born or Made?" in the January edition of the Family Business Wiki newsletter. Also recently posted on the Blackman Kallick Strategy Insights blog, the article challenges family businesses…
Keeping the Right People 'On Your Bus'
Twelve months ago, your staff was likely happy just to have jobs. Now, as the market improves, some of your stronger players might be looking for better opportunities.So how do you keep them engaged, involved and loyal … especially if…
Blumenthal, Cain, Calahan and Whitlock Present on Economic Recovery at The First Midwest Bank Business Summit
Four Blackman Kallick partners joined keynote speaker William Strauss, Senior Economist of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago at the First Midwest Bank Business Summit on September 23 at the Westin Chicago Northwest. The half-day event provided over one hundred…
Understand Your Employee Retention and Hiring Advantages...and Seize Them -- Now
Post from the Strategic Service Group's Strategy Insights Blog » In their article, “Winning Back a Wary Workforce,” BusinessWeek, July 13–20, 2009, Jack and Suzy Welch put into strong words what so many of us in business today know…
Summer Reflections
The late spring and early summer rains seem to have finally let up in the Midwest. The stock market has begun to rally again, but other economic indices remain mixed. Perhaps it's fair to conclude that the economy is beginning…
Spitulnik Speaks at 2009 Family Business Alliance Annual Meeting
Business owners often operate within a vacuum due to a lack of trusted networks from which they can seek guidance on critical decisions. On June 12, 2009, David Spitulnik spoke as part of a panel at the Family Business Alliance…
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