The Business of Family

By Mike Boyd

I'm inspired by multi-generational businesses and the families who steward them.

Join me as I learn how some of the world's most interesting families share values, knowledge, resources, and wealth with the next generation.

Previous issues

Playing the Long Game - Celebrating 20 Years

#30 Jan 16, 2021

Stewardship for Successful and Enduring Family Enterprises

#29 Jan 9, 2021

Annual Letters & Turning the Page

#28 Jan 2, 2021

#27

Dec 26, 2020

Best of 2020 on The Business of Family – What a year! From high highs to low lows and everything in between, this year is one we won't easily
#26

Dec 19, 2020

7 Books for Your Holiday Reading List + Generational Real Estate Families – If you're like me, the Christmas / New Year period is a time to rest, reflect, learn, plan and play.I
#25

Dec 12, 2020

To Sell or Not to Sell – Your family business is your best vehicle for generating income, preserving wealth and serving the ne
#24

Dec 5, 2020

Emergence of the Family Council – The family council arises when the family becomes too large to be guided directly by a full family as
#23

Nov 28, 2020

Setting Up Your Own Family Office Under an MFO – According to EY, a full-service Single-family Office will cost a minimum of US$1 million annually to
#22

Nov 21, 2020

Harvesting the Family Business – I have run across business owners, usually the founders, who sometimes say that they want the busines
#21

Nov 14, 2020

Family Wealth Destruction Has Little to Do with Business – What I’ve found interesting and counterintuitive in my research of generational families is that non-
#20

Nov 7, 2020

Old Money Dynasties - The Families Who Own the World – A lot of these family names will be familiar, while some are more obscure. My goal is to encourage us
#19

Oct 31, 2020

The Business of Basketball & Breaking a Legacy Trust – This week's podcast with Chris Herschend immediately jumped into my Top 3 favourites so far. Herschen
#18

Oct 24, 2020

Family Governance: Councils, Constitutions, Shareholders & Elders – It is often said that successful families, especially those that jointly own a business or financial
#17

Oct 17, 2020

Business Family vs Family Business – While being a business family has significant differences to running a family business, many of the s
#16

Oct 10, 2020

The Family Office – Although there is often a family business at the core of their activities, wealthy families today inc
#15

Oct 3, 2020

Three-Circle Model of the Family Business System – Created by Renato Tagiuri and Dr John A. Davis at Harvard Business School in 1978, and published in b
#14

Sep 26, 2020

Build Your Family Bank – As James E Hughes Jr. points out, a family’s wealth is not limited to its financial assets but includ
#13

Sep 19, 2020

The Family Enterprise - Managing Shared Assets & Entities – Families who share a large business or who work together with intricate structures of wealth function
#12

Sep 12, 2020

Transitioning to Wealth During Your Lifetime – The statistical odds of retaining family wealth until the third (12%) and fourth generations ( 3%) ar
#11

Sep 5, 2020

4th Generation Co-Guardians Shaping a Billion Dollar Legacy – The big idea from my recent podcast episode with Fred Mouawad is "co-guardianship" - an approach to n

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