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Cindy Clarke Executive Director

UNC Asheville

Family Business

Forum

One Universtiy

Heights

Owen Hall

CPO# 1800 Ashville, NC

28804

828-232-5091
unca.edu/fbf/

Strategic Partners

SBTDC Small Business & Technology

Development Center is a
business developmentservice of NC State University and the University

of North Carolina system,
providing management
counseling and educational services to small
and mid-sized businesses
across North Carolina.

Congratulations Meridith!
FBF Strategic Partner,
Meridith Powell and her sister, Beth Brand, have completed their first book together. Their family experience in dealing with loved ones suffering from addiction have been poured into this practical guide, The Real Dope on Dealing with an Addict. Thank you for sharing valuable strategies for hope in what feels like a hopeless situation. The "take away" blew me away. Read book excerpt.

Selected Events

The Family Business Forum is not affiliated with these programs but promotes to its constitutents.

Family Entrepreneurship: Growing the Family Business Across Generations

May 16 - 17, 2012

Babson Executive Center

Babson Park, MA

www.babson.edu/bee/family

The curriculum will cover key aspects of entrepreneurship leadership with the specific goal of preparing family businesses to create new streams of wealth across generations.

Greetings!

This is the latest copy of FBF Briefs. Its intent is to keep you informed on family business issues and up to date on future FBF programs.

Worth a Read . . .

Boards of directors for family businesses differ from non-family business boards. In family-owned firms, the stockholders and management tend to be family members. When family members are on family boards, they tend to be more emotionally attached to the business and to the other members of the board. The owner-manager relationships are close and most of the time overlap in perspective.

A new study about the possible benefits of non-family members on the boards of family businesses is entitled "Board of Directors in Family Firms: An Exploratory Study of Structure and Group Process" by

Cristina

Bettinelli

of the University of Bergamo in Italy. Read study.

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Partners, Members & Guests

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For Young Adults:

Accountability May Be Costing You The Job

What they see is what you get. Your reputation is your biggest asset. What are you doing to build your assets? Read article the

by Greg McCann , consultant, author, and professor of family business for over 15 years.

Event Details:

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Lunch and Learn for UNC Asheville Students, Alumni, and family members of the Family Business Forum

Highsmith Center on Campus

12:15-1:15 pm, Lunch provided

RSVP required to cclarke@unca.edu (828)232-5091 or

click here to register on line.

For Business

Owners:
Integrating The Next Gen Into The Family Business

Maybe it's time to rethink the family business model.

Do we assume the family business should continue and our children follow our footsteps? How does the business owner separate the desire to have a hard charging leader and the parent's desire for their child to have a balanced life? Greg McCann will discuss how to adopt the family enterprise model to implement the idea that the best way to preserve the family business is to professionalize the enterprise. This model will better prepare the family and management for the next transition. Read "What If, and Implications for Family Businesses" article.

Greg McCann, JD, CPA is a professor of family enterprise at Stetson University where he was the founding director of the Family Enterprise Center (1998-2006 & 2010- present). He is also an author, speaker, and founder and principal of McCann & Associates, a firm that consults with family enterprises. Greg is also a member of his extended family's enterprise.

Event Details:

Friday, April 20, 2012

Mountain View Room, Wilma Sherrill Center

UNC Asheville Campus

8:00 am Coffee & Conversation

8:30 am Program Begins

RSVP required to cclarke@unca.edu (828)232-5091or

click here to register on line.

NC Family Business of the Year Award Ceremony

2012 Honorees

Small Category Winner: Witherspoon Rose Culture, Durham
Medium Category Winner: Brady Services, Greensboro
Large Category Winner: Carolina Bio Supply Co, Burlington
Century Award Winner: The Biltmore Company

Event Details:

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Mint Museum Randolph

2730 Randolph Road
Charlotte, NC 28207
(704) 337-2000 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

Applicants are given one free ticket, additional tickets ($125) must be reserved by 4/1/2012

Contact Kathy Baker @336-758-3568 or

Cindy Clarke cclarke@unca.edu

Why Care About Social Media? 

by Peter Shankman,

author and social media expert

Event Details:

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Highland Brewing Company Tasting Room

12 Old Charlotte Highway, Asheville

4:30 - 6:30 p.m. RSVP required (828)232-5091 or click here to register on line.