"Sir Ronald Cohen" (born 1945) is an Egyptian-born British businessman and political figure, known as "the father of British venture capital" and "the father of Socially responsible investing#Modern applications/social investment".

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I remember watching 'P.W. Doodle' as a kid. I'd come home and my mother would sit me down in front of the set while she made dinner.

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Let's say you fire your brother-in-law, ... Christmas dinner comes, and here he is at the table with you. And your mother looks at you like you're the guy who's screwing up the family.

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It's easier when the business is doing well, ... Then you can hire the son-in-law that can't get a job anywhere else. That keeps your daughter happy and it keeps (the son-in-law) out of trouble. When the business can't afford a guy like that, then you have to choose.

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But you do have disadvantages, ... Some of the important family decisions made are often not good business decisions. These are decisions that non-family businesses would have no reason to make.

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