hey, once you re dead, okay? iç don t dream about what coul happen two generations from now. that s my son s problem. earlier today at the new york times small business summit, i hosted a panel called where s the money. we talked about how you find funding and what you say when you talk to somebody who has money and they are interested to give you. i have panelists of that. brian cohen. you have many people who see you. and brad harrison. also investing in early-stage companies. thanks for joining us. thank you, j.j. we talked to a lot of people who were in different stages of company. some looking for start ups and some more mature. what is something when somebody comes to you and asks
hi, there. i m j.j. ramberg. welcome to your business. we give you tips and advice to help your business grow. what better place to do that than the 2012 new york times small business summit. small business owners and business journalists have gathered to talk about business and funding and marketing social media.ç the majority of small businesses shutdown before being around for five years. only one-third make it to ten years. what are the odds of a company being around for 150 years through five generations of the same family?
mcallister is a harbor pilot. he enters the vessels and commands the fleet as they guide the ships safely to the docks. that s what we are going to do. we left the tugboat bridge and went back to the company headquarters to ask eric about the company s success. one of the things we observed about why this company has survived is there have been pieces that you can break off. if you own a bit of your supply chain and a relative interested in the vertical, you can break that piece off and keep the lineage going. we had those pieces over the years. at the age of 80, brian is last living member of the fourth generation. he has plans to pass the company on to his sons. beyond that, however, he says the legacy is not his concern. in your dreams, how many more generations keep this company?
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gadhafi has not made a public appearance since june. the collapse of the regime is being reported as imminent as rebels continue to advance into tripoli. celebrations are raging in anticipation of the dictator s my. for the latest, we are on the ground and check in with steve harrigan. reporter: real mystery both about colonel gadhafi and his son saif. we were told he was in prison, 50 miles of south of the capital. we were later told he was in prison in benghazi our ñd to saif. a real credibility gap in this war continues. what we have noticed is a change in mood among rebels we ve been traveling with. yesterday they were on the verge of euphoria, talking about gadhafi being captured. tripoli being captured. a day later saif saying about