Author: Lauri Union

Lauri Union
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Lauri Union

Lauri Union is the Nulsen Family Executive Director at the Institute for Family Entrepreneurship at Babson College, and has extensive experience both in family business leadership and entrepreneurship through organizational transformation.

Mother and daughter entrepreneurs look at a screen together in their coffee shop
Do You Own or Manage Your Business with Family Members? Here Are 3 Essential Tips to Create Value Together. In an article from Entrepreneur magazine, Lauri Union of the Bertarelli Institute for Family Entrepreneurship shares how family entrepreneurship can create value across generations by drawing on a family's strengths to advance their business goals.
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April 1, 2024

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Insights

Giuliana Faraj, Viviana Faraj, and Jorge Faraj pose for a photo.
Avoiding Drama: How Entrepreneurial Families Can Learn from ‘Succession’ The HBO hit series “Succession” offers lots of binge-worthy entertainment but few good business role models. Here are some real-world examples that illustrate how entrepreneurial families can succeed without the drama.
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December 10, 2021

Posted in Insights

Family entrepreneurs meet at IFE in 2019
Why Family Entrepreneurship is the New Family Business Many think of family businesses as passed down from one generation to the next. Findings from the first ever Family Entrepreneurship Report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) debunk that assumption.
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November 13, 2020

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

Tariq and Somia Farid
How 25-year-old Somia Farid is Making Her Mark on Edible Arrangements How exactly does a 25-year-old successfully step into the role of Vice President and General Manager of the family business?
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August 9, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership

The Barber Family
One Family’s Non-Linear Family Entrepreneurship Journey For three generations, the Barber family has evolved their business from a small butcher shop to a national food industry leader.
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July 18, 2019

Posted in Entrepreneurial Leadership