‘Brilliant and insightful ... A must-read for everyone engaged in a family business in twenty-first century India’ Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Steel Ltd‘The Ultimate Family Business Survival Guide lucidly captures the informal yet important communications within a business family, the stakes of the family in the business and the rich resources basket that the family is for the business and each member’ – Nupur Pavan Bang, Associate Director, Thomas Schmidheiny Centre for Family Enterprise, Indian School of Business‘A fantastic book’ Samish Dalal, Associate Professor, S P Jain School of Global Management‘A thought-provoking book' Pramodita Sharma, Schlesinger-Grossman Chair of Family Business, University of Vermont Grossman School of Business‘A must-read’ SheThePeople.TVInvigorate your family business with this easy-to-use survival guide!Family businesses are vital to the health of a nation’s economy, but distresses such as economic downturns and the Covid-19 pandemic can put them at grave existential risk.Drawing from her dynamic experience working with her family-owned company MPIL Steel Structures Ltd, Priyanka Gupta Zielinski presents a unique manual to help family businesses thrive, even in times of crisis. Central to it is a survival toolkit – featuring a metaphorical multipurpose hat, a flashlight, a superhero cape, a Swiss Army knife and a parachute – which prepares business owners to face any challenge head on. The book also reveals how the improvisational style of family enterprises can be leveraged better for sustainability, while identifying in their close-knit structure and community-driven approach avenues for meaningful social change.Replete with anecdotes and effective strategies – with an occasional Haryanvi idiom thrown into the mix – The Ultimate Family Business Survival Guide is a must-read for family business and MSME owners everywhere.
