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Outsider Perspectives: Runners Roost’s Succession Plan achiever brick and mortar leading change next generation

It’s easy to sterilize the phrase “succession plan,” but the truth is it’s a process that’s anything but passive....

RAGBRAI: The Greatest Bicycle Ride bike leadership next generation redefine retail

For cyclers across the country and even the world, there’s one event that stands apart: RAGBRAI, or the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle...

New Industry Leader: Nikolas Obriecht bike brick and mortar leadership next generation small business

“All in the family.” It’s a phrase with which many specialty retailers are familiar. Their shops and sales pitches, their brands...

Student Becomes the Teacher: Bicycle Garage Indy’s Succession Plan bike brick and mortar leadership next generation redefine retail small business

The word “buyout” rings with a level of frantic implications, but the truth is, when conducted between the right people and with the...

It’s All in the Family: Wheel & Sprocket’s Succession Plan bike brick and mortar leadership next generation redefine retail small business

Succession plans are, ideally, implemented slowly and methodically as a primary owner steps into retirement—but that’s often not the...

E-Bikes 4-Ever: Accell’s Larry Pizzi on the Evolution of the Industry bike manufacturers next generation redefine retail

According to Larry Pizzi, e-bikes are an integral piece of the modern bike industry. He would know—as Chief Revenue Officer and lead of...

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