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- Upcoming Webinar: How Business Owners, Management, and Employees Can Benefit from ESOPs in 2024!
- AV Construction Works with The Menke Group to Adopt the Employee Ownership Model with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Contribution and Allocation Limitations
- IRS Releases Retirement Plan Limits for 2024
- Matrix HG Works with The Menke Group to Adopt the Employee Ownership Model with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Zepnick Solutions: It starts with an idea.
- Brown Construction Works with Menke to Become 100% Employee-Owned with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Hyperion Technology Group: A Bright Future in Mississippi
- Can ESOPs Expand the Shrinking Pool of Accountants?
- Employee Ownership: Building Resilience and Security
- Bipartisan Legislation Aims to Streamline S-Corp ESOP Implementation for Businesses
- BDO’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan: A Bold Move
- New Employee Ownership Initiative from the US Department of Labor
- Menke Client Clark-Devon Hardware Highlighted in Chicago Sun Times
- New SBA Guidance Enhances Financing Opportunities for ESOPs
- Employee Equity Investment Act: Another Boost for a New Decade of Employee Ownership
- Menke Case Study: Kennon Products
- Private Equity and Employee Ownership: The ESOP Opportunity
- Kicking Off 2023 with The National Center for Employee Ownership
- US Government Measures to Spur ESOP Adoption
- Department of Defense Pilot Program Encourages Contracting with Employee-Owned Businesses
- ESOP Fables at the ASPPA Annual Conference
- ESOP Updates in Hawaii
- Phil DeDominicis to present ESOP overview for owners, CFOs & CPAs
- Menke to Sponsor 2022 Midwest Regional ESOP Conference
- Menke Client, Mower Ad Agency Becomes 100% ESOP-owned
- Nautic Partners Announces Investment in IT Solutions
- ESOPs Fight the Great Resignation with Retirement Savings
- Colorado Real Estate Brokerage Shows the Versatility of ESOPs
- Colorado Launches Tax Credit to Help Businesses Become Employee-Owned
- Menke Assists George & Lynch Transition to Employee Ownership
- Wawa’s ESOP Helps Them Become the Largest Company in PA
- Andesa Services Embodies the Spirit of Employee Ownership Month
- Menke Client Russell Bond & Co. Acquired By Jencap
- Phil DeDominicis Discusses Employee Stock Ownership Plan Basics on How to Hardscape Podcast
- Phil DeDominicis to Present Free CPE Webinar on ESOPs – Nov. 11th
- Millennial Workers Are Drawn to Employee Ownership Values
- Matthew Nels to Speak at Great Game of Business Conference on Sept. 9
- Menke Client Global Tax Management Named to Inc. 5000
- When ESOP Companies Make Strategic Acquisitions, Everybody Wins
- Homegrown Organic Farms Protects Their Culture and Rewards Their Workers with an ESOP
- Client Case Study: WestLand Resources ESOP Embodies History and Innovation
- Forbes Examines the Power of ESOPs to Combat Wealth Inequality
- Harvard Business Review Touts “Big Benefits of Employee Ownership”
- MyPath Wins ESOP Company of the Year Award for Their Focus on Employee Communications
- Phillip DeDominicis to Speak at 35th Annual Ohio Employee Ownership Conference
- AEC Firms with ESOPs Valued 35% Higher, According to New Study
- Why the Right Time to Create a Succession Plan is Today
- Harley-Davidson Revs Up Employee Ownership
- The Menke Group Welcomes Michael Dee and Jessica Quaday to our Annual Administration Staff
- Biden Administration Nominates ESOP Advocates to Head SBA and Labor Department
- Menke Client Ganahl Lumber Named LBM Dealer of the Year
- Upcoming CPE Webinar: ESOP OVERVIEW FOR OWNERS, CFOS & CPAS
- Menke Client Graham Company Reflects on Three Years of 100% Employee Ownership
- Upcoming Webinar: How an ESOP Can Provide Corporate and Shareholder Liquidity During the COVID-19 era
- ESOP Companies Outperform Other Firms During COVID-19 Pandemic
- Fireclay Tile Becomes the Bay Area’s Next Employee-Owned Ceramics Company
- Davey Tree Shows Strength of ESOPs for the Landscaping Industry
- Survey Shows Consumers Prefer Companies with ESOP Values
- Menke Congratulates Applewood Seed Company on Transition to Employee Ownership
- ESOPs: The Future of a Better American Economy
- Phillip DeDominicis Discusses ESOPs in the Current Economy with Ohio Employee Ownership Center
- How an ESOP Can Power Your Company’s Post-Shutdown Recovery, Part 2: Succession ESOPs
- John Menke Receives Founding Supporter Award from Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations
- How an ESOP Can Power Your Company’s Post-Shutdown Recovery, Part 1: Employee Incentive ESOPs
- How ESOPs Can Help to Close the Racial Wealth Gap and Promote Economic Justice
- How Longtime Menke client Hansen Plastics Transitioned to Employee Ownership
- How a Repurchase Obligation Study Can Help Your ESOP Survive the Pandemic
- How an ESOP can help your company survive a pandemic
- Lessons in Resilience: How ESOP Companies Maintained Employee Morale During the Great Recession
- CARES Act resources for your ESOP
- COVID-19 and Your ESOP: What You Need to Know
- Skyline Construction Brings Employee Ownership to Two More Companies with Acquisition of Unimark and Servicemark
- Client Case Study: Basden Steel Achieves 100% Employee Ownership
- Menke Client SRC Wins International Award for Promoting Employee Ownership Mentality
- Why Is It Necessary to Restructure America?
- Bob’s Red Mill ESOP Turns 10
- Congress Looks to ESOPs to Brace for the Silver Tsunami
- GreenScapes Is the Latest Landscape Design Company to Become Employee-Owned
- Business bests: Employee stock ownership plans explained
- Houchens CEO Retires as Head of One of America’s Largest ESOP Companies
- An ESOP Helps Loftness Specialized Equipment Stay True to Its Roots
- Insurance Tech Company Andesa Services Becomes 100% Employee-Owned
- Cross Company Grows and Creates a New Wave of Employee-Owners with Acquisition of Flow-Tech
- Pennsylvania House Advances Bill to Extend ESOP Tax Benefits for Sellers
- Barrio Brewery Is the Latest Craft Brewery to Become Employee-Owned
- Founder and President John Menke to present at the 2020 Kelso Fellowship Workshop
- Client Case Study: International Wine Management Company Intervine Celebrates Their First Year with an ESOP
- Ringland-Johnson Construction Secures Its Family Legacy with Menke ESOP
- Dixie Plywood and Lumber Company is now 100% Employee-Owned
- Menke Celebrates 45 years of Employee Ownership, to Present at the 2019 Employee Owned Conference in Las Vegas
- Client Case Study: Menke ESOP Helps Landscape Architecture Firm MKSK Live Its Values
- MKSK Inc. – a Colombus-based architecture firm – now employee-owned
- Menke to be featured at Annual Conference of Hawaii Chapter of ESOP Association on October 17th
- Menke to present at the 2019 Western States ESOP Association Conference, October 3-4
- Planning For ESOP Repurchase Obligations Webinar
- Menke to present at the 2019 NCEO Fall ESOP Forum September 17-18
- New Belgian Brewing Video Highlights ESOP Success
- NewAge Industries Now 100% ESOP-owned
- Upcoming Seminar: Practicing the Great Game and Transitioning Ownership
- Davey Tree Celebrates 40 Years of Employee Ownership
- Employees See Real Gains of Stewart’s Shops’ Growth Through ESOP
- Employee-Owned Consigli Construction is ENR New England’s Contractor of the Year
- Sanderson Farms named one of “America’s Best Employers” by Forbes
- Cianbro Creates 500 New Employee Owners through 100% ESOP
- ESOPs Increase Probability of a Happy Workforce
- Menke client and 100% ESOP owned Delta Consulting Group is listed in the 2019 Global Arbitration Review (GAR) 100
- Wilson Electric Announces 100% Employee Ownership Deal
- Rutgers ESOP Study: Employee Ownership Narrows Gender and Racial Wealth Gaps
- The Hilb Group acquires ESOP-owned Walker Brothers Insurance Inc.
- Van Horn Automotive Group recognized as the Wisconsin ESOP Company of the Year
- Upcoming Webinar: How To Sell Your Business To An ESOP – For CFOs and Business Owners
- Richard L. Bowen + Associates Announces 100% ESOP
- ESOP-Owned KI Industries, Inc. Ranked #2 on 2019 Best Places to Work
- Visit us at the 2019 Employee Ownership Conference from April 8th-11th
- Client Case Study: Menke ESOP is the First-Class Succession Solution for a Luxury Goods SupplierÂ
- ESOP-Owned EVAPCO Celebrates 40 Years in Business
- How Crafts Technology Fosters Innovation Among Its Employee Owners
- Chelsea Green Publishing goes 100% ESOP
- Colorado: The New Delaware of ESOPs?
- Does your ESOP Plan document correctly provide for the ESOP distribution procedures actually used at your company?
- High Performance Ownership: employee owned Architecture, Engineering & Construction firms command higher valuations
- “The World’s Greatest!…” TV show spotlights The Menke Group
- Could ESOPs spell the future of business ownership?
- Menke Client, Heath Ceramics, Made Its Employees Into Owners. Should You?
- New Tax Act Benefits ESOP Companies And Makes Tax-Free Rollover Transactions More Attractive To Sellers
- ESOP Best Practices Web Seminar
- Certified EO welcomes Menke & Associates as a Certified Employee-Owned founding member
- The Brix Group, a leader in commercial vehicle onboard communication systems, becomes 100% employee owned
- Purchase Warrants: A New Tool for Business Succession and Key Employee Retention
- The ABCs of ESOPs Webinar
- SolarCraft becomes 100% employee owned
- 2014 Tax Reform Proposals
- 2016 Cost-of-Living Adjustments
- Tax Alert: Capital Gains Rates to Rise
- Seven Common ESOP Myths and Misconceptions
- New Study Shows Jobs Grew 60% in S-ESOPs While Others Remained Flat
- The Employee Stock Ownership Trust – A New Trend In Employee Benefits and Corporate Finance
- The Use of ESOPs to Finance Mergers and Acquisitions
- Howard's Appliance Celebrates Being 100% Employee Owned
- Mills James Produces Animated Film About ESOPs
- ESOP Technical Issues Web Seminar – October, 2011
- Great Falls Business Owners Explain "ESOPs"
- Options and Alternatives for Structuring ESOP Transactions Webinar
- Read about the Cal-Tex Protective Coatings ESOP
- ACG Kentucky panel talks about benefits of ESOPs
- Consider an ESOP as a Better Alternative When It Comes Time to Exit Your Business
- National Van Lines Becomes ESOP-Owned
- Ten Steps to a Successful ESOP
- ESOP Companies Report Positive 2010 Even Amid Slow Economic Recovery
- Stock Distributions – An Occasional Trap for the Unwary
- The Joys Of An ESOP
- The Will-Burt Company Celebrates its 25th Anniversary as an Employee Owned Company
- The Perfect Solution to the Perfect Storm: How an SR ESOP Can Be Used to Save Your Business from Bankruptcy
- Options for Mature ESOPs
- Four Ways That a Cash Flow ESOP Can Be Used To Help Your Company Survive the Credit Crunch
- ESOP Marketability Discounts: Is the "Put Option" Argument Fallacious?
- Why Selling to an ESOP May Be Better Than an Internal Ownership Transition or Sale to a Third Party
- Equity Compensation Alternatives for ESOP Companies
- Managing Your Company’s ESOP Web Seminar with Jack Stack
- ESOPs for Consulting Firms
- ESOPs for Insurance Agencies
- ESOPs for Construction Firms, Contractors, and Subcontractors
- ESOPs for Wholesaler and Distributors
- ESOPs for Government Contractors
- WinSystems, an Employee-Owned Corporation on Youtube
- ESOP plans let founders cash out and employees cash in
- ESOPs for Banks and Thrifts
- ESOPs for Architectural & Engineering Firms
- S Corporation Rules Involving Section 409(p)
- Exit Strategies
- 22 ESOP Myths And Misconceptions
- ESOPs: Uses, Advantages, and Illustrative Case Histories
- ESOPS vs. Profit Sharing Plans
- ESOP: A New Tax Savings Tool for Owners of S Corporations
- ESOPS and Employee Productivity
- The ESOP Association 2009 Year-End Legislative Update
- ESOPs as Retirement Benefits: An Analysis of DOL Data
- The ESOP Association and the Employee Ownership Foundation Release Results of the 2010 ESOP Company Survey
- Ross Group Inc. Rewards Employees With Stock Ownership Plan
- Clif Bar Announces ESOP Program
- PRESS RELEASE – Technomics, Inc. Benefits Employees with Stock Ownership Plan
- RESILIENCE AND RETIREMENT SECURITY: Performance of S-ESOP Firms in the Recession
- ESOP: Employee Ownership of Companies on the Rise
- ESOPs on the Rise Among Small Businesses
- New Study Documents ESOP Account Balances
- An Open Letter to Business Owners
- Why Should You Consider an ESOP?
- The Origin and History of the ESOP and Its Future Role as a Business Succession Tool
- Tax Alert for Business Owners
- New Law on S-ESOP Prohibited Allocations
- Highlights Of The Pension Protection Act Of 2006
- Highlights of EGTRRA 2001
- Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001
- New "Required Minimum Distribution" Rules
- New Requirement on Fidelity Bonding for Qualified Employee Benefit Plans
- A Modest Proposal for a New, New Deal
- ESOP Pros and Cons
- ESOPs for Automobile Dealerships
- Restoring The American Dream
- ESOPs and PHILANTHROPY: What Non-Profit and Tax-Exempt Organizations Should Know about ESOPs
- Why Giving To The Esop Foundation Is Now Critically Important
