How to determine if a family office is right for your needs

Family offices combine the expertise of financial, accounting and legal professionals all under one roof. However, the term “family office” is sometimes a confusing phrase that needs further clarity and understanding. Each family office has myriad services it can offer a family, and there are two different types of family offices: single-family offices and multi-family offices, says Floyd A. Trouten III, CPA, a Director at Barnes Wendling CPAs.

Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2017 Orange County

An entrepreneur is someone who bounds into the unknown, creating the future. When we first honored four forward-thinking entrepreneurs in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1986, we had only just begun to recognize the forward thinking that is the hallmark of American business. Now, Entrepreneur Of The Year® reaches across the country to encompass nearly 10,000 distinguished […]

Leaders must be ready to disrupt in order to remain competitive

Entrepreneurial spirit can inspire a company to pursue tremendous creativity and innovation, so long as that company has a leader who is firmly behind those lofty endeavors, says Kurt Kappa, Senior Vice President and Market Leader, Cuyahoga County at Westfield Bank.