Smith Family Business Initiative

Graduate students Rebecca Shao, MPS ’24, Mia Huang, PhD ’25 and Vanessa Wang, MPS ’24, faced challenge and triumph at the Cornell Case Competition for Family Business

Olin Business School team wins the Case Competition for Family Ownership, the only such contest where students interact with a family business.

Clarence Rivette, MBA ’25, provides an overview and shares personal takeaways about the 9th Annual Families in Business Conference held in Ithaca.

Hailee Greene, MBA ’24, wants to build the first industrial hemp processing facility in the Northeast.

Fred Lee was on the verge of losing the Long Island farm he had inherited from his family. A call to New York FarmNet helped change his life and his business.

Kayla Wooley credits Cornell mentors’ support in her launch of StaffOnTap, a digital marketplace designed to address nursing staff shortages.

10 Under 10 honoree Anna Richards, MBA ’20, founder of 2020 Consulting, is passionate about the agricultural industry and people who grow our food.

Entrepreneurship and family business have at times seemed at odds with each other, but upon a closer look, they are actually joined at the hip.

SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson draws on his storied company’s values to navigate between business pragmatism and doing good.