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July 2010
 
 Special Edition:
Online Family Business Resources
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The June 21, 2010 edition of the Wall Street Journal (both print and online editions) featured Family Business Wiki in an article about online family business resources.  (Click here to see the online version).  
 
This article noted three online family business resources.  In the spirit of Family Business Wiki's mission of "sharing family business knowledge around the world", we would like to devote this edition of our newsletter to showcasing a larger variety of online family business resources which are free and publicly available.
 
Please let us know of other similar resources so we can feature them in future newsletters.
 
(A reminder:  next month's newsletter will be written entirely by our Spanish-speaking colleagues.  You will receive two versions of the newsletter -- one in Spanish and one in English).
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OK, maybe we're a little biased -- but we truly believe in the power of family business knowledge made freely available by Family Business Wiki (familybusinesswiki.org). 
 
Family Business Wiki includes:
  • a Wikipedia-like family business encyclopedia
  • The Family Business Wiki Town Square -- a social network (similar to LinkedIn) with blogs and videos
  • The Family Business Wiki Newsletter (of course...)
  • Global teleconferences
  • The Family Business Wiki "10 Under 40" Award
 
Who writes all of this stuff?  People just like you!  Family Business Wiki welcomes content contributions from all family business members and family business professionals.
Family Firm Institute 
  
FFI logoThe Family Firm Institute (ffi.org) is an international association of family enterprise advisors, consultants, researchers and educators.  Their website provides helpful directories of consultants, speakers, educational centers and members.    26 family business case studies, each with helpful commentary, are also included on the site.
Fambiz.com
 
Fambiz.com
Fambiz.com (fambiz.com) has hundreds of searchable family business articles contributed by 44 university-based centers for family business.  Fambiz is hosted by Northeastern University's Center for Family Business. 
UMass Amherst Family Business Center 
 
UMass Amherst FBCThe UMass Amherst Family Business Center website (umass.edu/fambiz) has over 300 family business-related articles written by Shel Horowitz.  Also included are over 40 family business advice columns written by Ira Bryck, the Director of the University of Massachusetts Family Business Center. 
Campden FB 
 
Campden FBPublished by Campden Media, Campden FB magazine focuses on large, global multigenerational family businesses.  The magazine website (campdenfb.com) includes articles, special reports, videos and commentaries on family business.  (Free registration is required for use of the site).
Entrepreneur 
 
EntrepreneurPublished by Entrepreneur Magazine, the Entrepreneur website (entrepreneur.com) has over 40 articles in a special "family business section" .   These articles are divided into two categories:  Day-to-Day Management and Succession Planning.
Bloomberg Businessweek 
 
Bloomberg BusinessweekIf you go to the Bloomberg Business Week website (businessweek.com) and search for "family business" you can find over 40 articles on family business topics.  Some of these articles are written by well known family business consultants such as James Olan Hutcheson, Ernesto Poza and Paul Karofsky.  
Family Business Life 
 
Family Business LifeFamily Business Life (familybizlife.ning.com), founded by Michael O'Malley, is most notable for its 22 video interviews with family business members regarding their personal experiences in family business.
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