Social hour: 6 pm
Dinner: 7 pm
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
at the Knoxville Convention Center
Reservations: Call (865) 386-6248
The Family Business Institute of East Tennessee is hosting the Greater Knoxville Family Business Awards at the Knoxville Convention Center on Tuesday evening, October 9th. Jay Bush of Bush Brothers is scheduled to be the emcee for the event with keynote speaker and family business specialist, Dr. Joe Astrachan from Yale University. This event will be a time to celebrate the importance of Family Businesses in the Greater Knoxville area. Specifically, these awards applaud family businesses for their innovation, entrepreneurship, commitment, and heart.
Family Business Facts
- Family businesses comprise 80 to 90 percent of all business enterprises in North America (Family Business Review, Summer 1996).
- Family owned businesses account for 60% of total U.S. employment, 78% of all new jobs, and 65% of wages paid (Financial Planning, Nov 1999).
- Among the companies listed on the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, 34 percent are family businesses (Ronald C Anderson and David M. Reeb, Founding-Family Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from the S&P 500).
- Nearly 40% of family businesses in America will be passing the reigns to the next generation over the next 5 years (BusinessWeek, August 11, 2003).
- Only 40% of family owned businesses survive to the second generation, 12% to the third, and 3% to the fourth (Boston Globe, May 4, 2003).
There will be an award presented in each category of small, medium and large family businesses located in the greater Knoxville area. The finalists are as follows:
- Small Business Finalists:
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- Dayton’s Pest Control
- Impact Associates
- Master Custom Homes & Remodeling
- Medium Business Finalists:
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- Braden’s Furniture
- Coldwell Banker: Wallace and Wallace
- Creative Structures/MapleWood Construction
- Large Business Finalists:
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- Pilot Travel Centers
- Stower’s Machinery
- Weigel’s
Sponsors of the event include:
Gold Level:
The University of Tennessee, College of Business AdministrationKnoxville News-Sentinel
Silver Level:
Business Machines CompanyCariten Healthcare
Pilot Travel Centers
TradeMark Advertising
Bronze:
Aqua Clear Water SystemsColdwell Bankers: Wallace & Wallace
Coulter & Justus, P.C.
Decosimo
Engert Plumbing & Heating
Fowler's Furniture
Impact Associates
Kramer Rayson, LLP
Parker Business Consulting & Accounting PC
Pugh & Company, P.C.
ServPro
Stower’s Machinery
Ullrich Printing
Tickets are $100 each
Tables of 10 are $900
Reserve you tickets or tables now by calling (865) 386-6248
or contact Ed Seaver at ed@familybusinessinstitute.org