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will the role of the bank in practice differ from the role of the venture capitalist? Then it has to be kept in mind that the case studies used in this paper demonstrate that professionalisation of the board in the small family business may be a way to control the banks! Fourth, personal networking is especially important to consider in this context; it invites ideological bridging. Three out of the four respondents in the study explicitly stated that the different ideologies of the board chair and the entrepreneur/patriarch could be interlined because of the ’personal chemistry’ characterising their relationships. This notion of ’personal chemistry’ seems to go far beyond instrumental trust, shared respect and the fact that similarity attracts. It appears as a factor that makes personal networking generic to the creation and maintenance of the entrepreneurial process. Ideologies, by definition, are phenomena originating in society; the forces they represent can be orchestrated in the interest of the family business by way of reflecting and interacting individuals.