IFE Quarterly Newsletter | Winter 2020-21
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New Year. New beginnings. |
Message from the Nulsen Family
Executive Director
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Happy New Year!
In these challenging times, I remain inspired and hopeful about this coming year. Our focus on building stronger family relationships as the foundation for amplifying the capacity of families around the world to create economic value and social impact is more important than ever! We are thrilled to offer our virtual Family Entrepreneurship Journey program in the month of March to Babson students, parents, alumni and friends. See below for more details!
Two of our core student programs, the Family Entrepreneurship Amplifier Program, created by Professor Matt Allen, and the Family Entrepreneurship Peer Forum are now available to alumni and friends. Our Alumni Peer Forum program draws on Entrepreneurial Leadership concepts, including this article which describes some of my research into best practices for young people entering a family business.
Externally, we've also expanded our programs to the larger family entrepreneurship community. In addition to our custom family advisory services, we have added a new Private Workshop Series for family businesses and their employees. By bringing global thought leaders together, we're positioning the IFE as the lifelong education partner for family entrepreneurs around the world.
I want to thank all of you who have provided support and guidance to the IFE and our students. We couldn’t do it without you! We look forward to seeing you at our programs and events in the coming months. May the year 2021 be full of joy and new possibilities!
Sincerely,
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A Market Focus for Entrepreneurial Opportunities
by Matt Allen, Associate Professor and
Founder of the Family Entrepreneurship Amplifier Program
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As a new year begins, we often see the transition as an opportunity for a fresh start. With this year’s transition especially, all of us are looking to 2021 with the idea that it can’t possibly be worse than 2020. As we look to this new year and consider what we can do differently and what needs to be improved, one question that many business families will ask is: How can be more effective at adapting to the everchanging business environment in which we operate. Even before the pandemic began, the rate of change in just about every market was accelerating. Now, more than ever, business families need to be ready and willing to adapt and change with the changing times. |
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SAVE THE DATES:
FAMILY ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNEY
March 4th, 12th, 19th, and 26th, 2021
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Tariq and Somia Farid '15 |
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Calling all students, parents, siblings, alumni, and friends:
The Family Entrepreneurship Journey is a 4-part virtual event series during March 2021. Through the lens of guests such as Tariq Farid, founder of Edible Arrangements, and his daughter Somia (’15), Carlos Rojas (MBA'11), CEO of Rotoplas, Joanna Berwind, Babson's Disruptor-in-residence and Board President of Berwind Corporation, and other guests, we will explore case studies on how topics such as transformation, growth, and social innovation are impacted by and impact family relationships.
Participants will engage with their families in between sessions through a series of engaging discussions and will learn from our guests as well as Babson faculty, including Professors Ed Marram and Matt Allen, and IFE Nulsen Family Executive Director Lauri Union.
More details to come soon. Stay tuned!
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Summer Programs for Entrepreneurial Families |
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The Amplifier Summer Experience (Virtual)
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June 21 - July 16, 2021
2 sessions a week for 4 weeks
A lifetime of entrepreneurship connections
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We're extending the unique Amplifier Program experience to entrepreneurial families around the world. Families with at least one high school junior or senior will have the opportunity to engage in Babson's flagship family entrepreneurship program and be a part of its global community of entrepreneurial families.
Through this program, families will learn to use various entrepreneurship tools as laid out in Professor Matt Allen's recent article in Harvard Business Review.
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The Entrepreneurial Family (In-person) |
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July 19 - 23, 2021
Transformational weeklong program
for you and your teenager
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Benefits of this entrepreneurial learning and leadership experience:
- Allows you to work directly with your teenager as peers, offering insight into each other's strengths and capabilities
- Offers your teenager perspective on your business decisions and career path
- Sparks new entrepreneurial ideas that your family might pursue together
- Encourages new lines of communication between you and your teen
- Shows your child the power of entrepreneurship and how entrepreneurial thinking can be used to succeed in both business and in life
- Gives a better understanding of career pathways in business and if a Babson education is the right choice for your teen
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JOIN BABSON'S GLOBAL COMMUNITY
OF FAMILY ENTREPRENEURS
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Please join the IFE global community of 4,000+ family entrepreneurs and get priority access to our networking events, virtual forums, and other exciting programs. JOIN NOW! |
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