Enterprising Families Podcast

Dr LaTanya White shares on "Sawubona" How being seen is necessary in the wealth conversation.

About: Dr. LaTanya White is the recipient of the North Star award for entrepreneurship education and research. She is an expert in belonging, racial equity, and entrepreneurship. As a result of her leadership, impact, and contributions to the Education and Business Administration sectors, Dr. White was recognized by the U.S. Department of State as a Fulbright Specialist. She leverages her research and expertise on Black entrepreneurship and the racial wealth gap to help entrepreneurs and the inclusive organizations that support them create racial equity in their policies, practices, and programming. Dr. White is a 2x author, TEDx Speaker, and Founder of Concept Creative Group, a professional and management development training firm focused on empowering Black entrepreneurs, their families, and their communities. Learn more about Dr. White’s solutions for racial equity in entrepreneurship at https://meetdrwhite.com/howtobraceforimpact.

Jon Quinn shares on Engaging Multiple Generational Giving through Family Foundations

About: Jon joined Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in May 2014 and is based in the Chicago office. He works with individual, family, institutional, and corporate donors across the Midwest, around the country, and around the world. He serves on the board of Crossroads Fund, a public foundation that funds racial, social, and economic justice work in the Chicago area; the advisory board for the Illinois chapter of Mikva Challenge, a civic engagement organization that brings young people into the democratic process; and the advisory board of the Just Transition Fund, which funds economic transition efforts in coal-impacted communities across the United States. He was a member of the 2020 class of the Emerging Leaders program at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Cara Macklin shares on Next Gens Creating their own Pathway

About: Cara, is a  Next-Gen Entrepreneur,  grew up in her family business in Northern Ireland. At 8 she had her first business failure making jewellery and opened her first profitable business at 15 running buses to local nightclubs. With 15 years as Director of her family business, a multi-million healthcare & hospitality group which grew from 3 businesses with 250 staff to 7 businesses & 600 staff.As a multi-award winning leader achieving Women in Business Outstanding Innovation and Young Business Woman of the Year, Cara represented Business locally and internationally in her journey. With a passion for Innovation & Scaling, Cara disrupted the Healthcare Industry creating Ireland’s 1st Lifestyle Care Home, cited by IoD Chair as a ’World Class’ concept. Her biggest decision was leaving the family business, believing her journey scaling 8-figure businesses & disrupting an industry could help other Now & Next-Gen Family Entrepreneurs make a real positive impact.In 2020 she launched her own business Caram, an innovative scaling system using proven methods from her journey. She founded Caram with one single goal in mind;Helping Now & NextGen Family Leaders Globally make their Own Impact on the World, Futureproofing, Scaling & Innovating in Business.

(99+) 💡📈Cara Macklin - NextGen/Family Advisor/ Founder and CEO Creative Disruptor | LinkedIn

Meghan Lynch shares on Branding the Family Business

About:Meghan Lynch is the Founder and CEO of Six-Point Creative, a brand strategy agency that focuses on helping family-owned companies break through growth plateaus and double their revenue without selling their souls.

As part of her mission to help family businesses amplify their impact, Meghan has served as an expert advisor to a wide range of clients, from fast-casual restaurant chains to industrial manufacturers. Meghan developed Six-Point’s Solve for Y Brand Accelerator System, which guides family-owned businesses through the steps needed build a focused, scalable brand positioned for sustainable growth.

In addition to her brand strategy work with Six-Point, Meghan has served as an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship and is a sought-after speaker. She was named Enterprising Women of the Year in 2019, and enjoys testing her limits as an endurance runner.
sixpointcreative.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/melynch/

Subhashish (Subs) Archiraya Shares on Applying spirituality to business to business to business families and legacy.

As promised in our chat here is a video to unpack our amazing discussion https://youtu.be/Tv0MEUO09Ps

Project Eternity | www.eternity.eco | [email protected]

Explore, Decode & Preserve Ancient Wisdom by merging Science & Spirituality for the next phase of Human Evolution

Subhashish Acharya ( better known as Subs, pronounced “Subes” ) has two decades of stellar Industry, Strategy, and Technology experience at companies like HCL, Wipro and Oracle. Currently, he works as Director of Strategic Alliances and Ecosystems at PTC, a #1 Industrial Internet of Things and Augmented Reality company, accelerating digital transformation of manufacturing/factories through Industry 4.0. Subhashish Acharya (Subs) recently graduated from the Harvard Business School PLD/Exec MBA alternative program.

Koko Archibong shares on the Importance of building Money even in Wealth

Avi Arya shares on Working together as a Family

About: Avi Arya, father of 2 girls (Raya – age 14, Avianna – age 10), 6 dogs, husband to a superwoman, a streetcar racer, turned hotelier, now a social media marketer,  the founder of Internet Moguls who lives in Vancouver, Canada.

Rodolfo Paiz shares on Conversations and agreements we may overlook as Family Businesses.

About: Rodolfo Paiz, is an accomplished Entrepreneur, Consultant, and Board Member with 25 years of success consulting to enterprising families in almost 30 countries. Recognized as a world-class consultant and recipient of the 2022 International Award from the Family Firm Institute, one of the most prestigious awards in the world of family enterprise, Rodolfo is a valuable asset for mid-sized or larger family-owned businesses who are seeking expert assistance with governance, estate planning, succession planning, bringing on the next generation, and conflict resolution.

Rodolfo’s broad areas of expertise include structure processing, international experience, leadership, coaching, professional training, problem-solving, and multigenerational issues. Rodolfo has specialized in consulting to enterprising families since 2006 as the founder/CEO of The Guayacan Group (renamed Fidelius in 2016), a consulting firm devoted exclusively to the unique strengths and weaknesses of family, ownership, management, and governance in family-business systems throughout the Americas.

Rodolfo is a consummate board member, currently serving as Chairman of FundaSistemas and The Paiz Foundation, and having previously served on the Board of Directors for The Family Firm Institute and on the Advisory Council for Woodberry Forest School. Rodolfo earned his MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and his undergraduate degree in International Finance and Marketing from the University of Miami. He is a strong advocate for the strengths and advantages of family systems and can be reached at [email protected].

Laurie Barkman shares on Best practices for exit planning and M&A strategies (Emotional side of business transitions and letting go)  

About: Laurie Barkman is a Business Transition and Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor, and calls herself a "business transition sherpa."

With her firm, SmallDotBig, she advises business owners on having more valuable, sellable businesses. And as a Partner with Stony Hill Advisors, a mergers and acquisitions firm, she guides them through the complex process of letting it go.

Additionally, she serves as an Advisory Board Member for a second-generation construction company.

Laurie is the former CEO of a $100 million revenue company with an exit to a Fortune 50 company. With more than 25 years of C-Suite and strategic growth expertise, she provides actionable perspectives to drive sustainable value.

Laurie hosts an award-winning podcast called Succession Stories, amongst the top 2.5% of podcasts globally.

She earned an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and BS from Cornell University. She also holds the Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor designation.

Show Links:

SmallDotBig.com

Business Assessment Survey

Stony Hill Advisors website

MeetLaurieBarkman.com

Laurie Barkman on LinkedIn

Dr Robert Robert Randolph shares on the Family identity and how it influences Wealth Orientation

About: Robert Randolph is an Associate Professor of Family Business Management and Research Director of the Family Enterprise Center at Kennesaw State University. Prior to holding a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Mississippi State University (2010), Robert provided analytical and field support to economic development activities performed through the Small Business Institute at the University of New Mexico. This insightful work opened Robert’s eyes to the transformative power of group-based entrepreneurship as a means of empowerment and wealth creation beyond the predominantly individual-centric models popular in contemporary entrepreneurship theory and practice.

Today, Robert maintains this interdisciplinary and community focus by conducting research of family business management, strategy, and advising for both academic and practitioner audiences. His research interests span multiple disciplines and considers how family enterprise coordinates economic, social, and family value creation. His research is published in leading journals in a variety of disciplines; including family business, strategic management, entrepreneurship, tourism & hospitality, and information systems research.

In his role as Research Director of the Family Enterprise Center, Robert engages with an interdisciplinary faculty to coordinate a variety of research studies using secondary, primary, and clinical data as well as a variety of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods techniques. The Family Enterprise Center supports a variety of local, regional, national, and international data collections in the form of membership surveys, measurement development/validation, and primary data collections. This infrastructure supports a number of research activities with recent graduate student work in International Conflict Management and Computer