Books

Your Business
	Beyond Survival, Reston Publishing Company, 1975. Leon A. Danco You had the dream, the ability, and the guts to build your business from virtual scratch, but now you must also have the guts to accept the fact that the perpetuation of your business is in your hands and is you responsibility. In this book, Dr. Danco outlines his recommendations for ensuring the success, continuity, and perpetuation of the business you have built on your sweat, guts, and talent. As a teacher, consultant, and advisor for nearly two decades, to many thousands of family-owned or privately-held businesses, he has made it his goal to force business owners to take critical looks at themselves, their actions, their business, and their family. Examinations that are absolutely necessary if their dream is to survive.
	Inside the Family Business, The University Press Inc., 1980. Leon A. Danco The nation’s recognized authority on privately held business draws on two decades of experience “inside” thousands of successful family-owned companies to write about the real keys to success: the attitudes, experiences, and relationships among the most important people in any family company…the family members themselves. In his well-known frank and concrete style, Dr. Danco explores the questions which arise…or should arise…at each stage in the growth of a family business, the mistakes that are commonly made, and how they can be minimized or overcome.
	Midas Managers: How Every Business They Touch Turns to Gold, Burn the Boats Press, 2007. Rob T. Slee Some businesspeople intuitively know how to create wealth. They’re constantly increasing the value of their holdings regardless of industry conditions or economic cycles. It’s more than good luck since the same people strike gold again and again. These wealth-creators seem to have the Midas touch. I call them Midas Managers. This book contains 18.5 stories of how Midas Managers develop and implement innovative strategies to create value for their companies and wealth for themselves. Each of their stories is followed by a “Blueprint,” which provides step-by-step instructions for readers who want to employ these strategies in their own businesses. And this is the key insight. It takes a Midas Manager to create a Midas Strategy, but nearly anyone can exploit the strategy to create wealth for their own account. – Rob Slee To get this book for free contact Teresa Cherry at 312-540-9840 or to purchase this book visit www.midasmanagers.com.
	Private Capital Markets: Valuation, Capitalization, and Transfer of Private Business Interests, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004. Rob T. Slee As an owner or manager of a middle-market business, you can most likely attribute your success to your vision, sharp market knowledge, keen ability to manage operations, and dedication to make success happen. However, most owners, managers, and their professional advisors lack the resources and knowledge to effectively deal with the complicated issues and interconnections of valuation, capital structure, and transfer…until now. Private Capital Markets surveys the private capital markets and provides a structured framework that you can use to navigate through these uncharted waters.
Your Community
	Don’t Just Give It Away: How to Make the Most of Your Charitable Giving, by Renata J. Rafferty Philanthropy is about safeguarding and honoring life. It’s about getting beyond ourselves and connecting with our “global family.” Yet the simple, pure act of giving is so unusual today that people are baffled by it, and we wind up thinking it’s more complicated than it really is. Don’t Just Give It Away is a great little book. It brings our understanding of the act of philanthropy back to its simplest roots, and reinforces that very human impulse within each of us to take better care of each other. More than that, Don’t Just Give It Away teaches us how to act on that giving impulse in a responsible and objective manner with a view toward making a lasting difference. – Paul Newman
	Giving: Philanthropy for Everyone, Quantum Press, October 2002. Robert A. Esperti, Renno L. Peterson, with Karl W. Adler, Teresa H. Cherry, and Raymond E. Makowski Why should I give to charity? Don’t I have to be wealthy to be a philanthropist? How can I ensure that the charity will use my donations the way I want? How do I calculate the value of my charitable donations for income tax purposes? How do I make donations to get the highest income tax deduction? What does it mean to create a legacy through charitable giving? Giving answers all of these questions and more. Whether you regularly engage in philanthropy or are just beginning to create a planned giving program, Giving provides insights and information that you can put into practice now, with the help of your advisors, to ensure that your legacy thrives and remains strong, now and into the future.