by Jill Yesko | Jun 8, 2018 | JBiz
Only 30 percent of family-owned businesses make it to their second generation. A scant 12 percent make it to their third. Defying the daunting numbers, a trio of Baltimore families — the Attmans, Frumans and Footlicks — are the standard-bearers for multi-generational... read more
by Scott Rifkin, MD | Jun 8, 2018 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, JBiz, Publisher's Note
Dear Readers, Small businesses are the core of the Jewish community. They are the heart and soul of our community. As immigrants to this land, we arrived in the thriving port city of Baltimore and embraced the American Dream. We started delicatessens, rag companies,... read more
by Liz McMahon | Jun 7, 2018 | JBiz
Rennie and Brian Friedlander embarked on their flower business, Simply Beautiful, back in 1992. Since then, the married couple has worked side by side to provide floral services from small bouquets to large-scale weddings and events in Baltimore. In 2015, after more... read more
by Liz McMahon | Jun 6, 2018 | JBiz
A lawyer’s midway plan changed when he met a man in development. In 1999, Erwin L. Greenberg invited Brian Gibbons to step away from a successful law career and into what would soon become Greenberg Gibbons Commercial — the powerhouse company behind the Hunt Valley... read more
by Aliza Friedlander | Jun 6, 2018 | JBiz
Seawall Development plans to turn the urban tide. Jon Constable walks around the Remington neighborhood he’s helped to revive, not like he owns the place but like he’s happy to be part of the upbeat scene. He smiles and greets everyone he encounters, from a parking... read more
by Simone Ellin, Associate Editor | Jun 5, 2018 | JBiz
Alex Cooper Auctioneers is still going strong after more than nine decades in business. In 1924, when founding Alex Cooper Auctioneers on North Howard Street, Alex Cooper — a young immigrant from the Ukrainian town of Letichev — probably didn’t imagine the business... read more
by Kyle Fierstien | Jun 5, 2018 | JBiz
Advance Business Systems was a pioneer in marketing and branding. Before Jeff Elkin accepted the keys to Advance Business Systems, a company that has helped businesses in the greater Baltimore area function more smoothly since the 1960s, his father, Alan, and mother,... read more
by Peter Arnold | Jun 4, 2018 | JBiz
As an empty nester looking for a gig in 1982, Sheila Hoffman wasn’t planning on working construction. But when she learned that a Baltimore guardrail company was about to close, putting a good friend and a few other folks out of work, the news rocked her. Keep in mind... read more
by Elizabeth Heubeck | Jun 1, 2018 | Art, Arts & Life, JBiz, The Arts, Visual Arts
Some of these profiled artists received highly specific training to pursue their endeavors. Others fell into them. For those who earn their living from their art, most agree it’s getting increasingly harder to do so. Nevertheless, all feel passionately about their... read more
by Liz McMahon | Jun 1, 2018 | Art, Arts & Life, JBiz, The Arts, Visual Arts
Like mother, like daughters: An eye for art is in the genes. When Rachel Rubin was 12, her mother added one more piece of business to their already-bustling household. Joanie Young, single mother of two daughters, cut hair in the kitchen of their Pikesville townhouse.... read more
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