Communities
A Community of Communities
FBN is an inclusive organization that welcomes all business family members. We are a community of communities that develops programming tailored to the wide needs and interests of our members including by generation, role, and topic. Over time, our six communities have flourished, offering invaluable support and resources for members at various stages of their family business journey.
Our NxG community is comprised of over 8,000 members that actively connect and support each other via numerous events and activities, including an annual NxG Summit and NxG Entrepreneurship Day.
The NxG activities are design for members aged between 18-40 who wish to further reflect on their role and legacy within their family business.
Key questions
- How do I find my voice in the family?
- Should I join the family business, and when?
- How can I become an effective leader?
Impact is a global movement of business families championing Family Business as a Force for Good. We create thought leadership content, develop case studies, and design events such as the Polaris Circles to enable family businesses to Redefine Success Across Generations.
For members who want to start or accelerate their journey to creating impact through the four drivers of change – responsible business transformation, impact investing, philanthropy and advocacy.
Key Questions
- How to build a more sustainable and impactful family business?
- How to integrate an impact strategy into a family office?
- How to create financial and impact leverage through philanthropy?
- How to influence positive change in your industry?
We also provide a safe space for Entrepreneurs to gather together as a community, inspiring and challenging each other to build new and better business ventures.
For members who are about to launch or have already launched a new venture either outside or inside their family business. They might be also looking at investment opportunities.
Key questions
- How to innovate?
- What are the future trends?
- How to find the right partner and the right investment opportunities?
The Now Generation: business leaders that are actively involved with their family business but perhaps not fully in power yet.
For members aged between 35-55 who have full responsibility toward the business and the family. Although fully accountable, they might not yet be fully empowered, as the previous generation is still around, and the next generation will soon be onboarded.
Key questions
- How do I drive the business forward?
- How to move forward from my NxG Legacy and grow into a board member?
- How to move forward from my NxG Legacy?
- How to nurture a healthy family dynamic?
For members who come from a large family with: Fifty owners, or thirty owners over two generations, or fifty family members
Key questions
- How to ensure the family cohesion?
- What should be our diversification strategy?
- How to move toward a fair, agile, and effective governance?
Family businesses transforming into families in business; For members who are considering, are in the process of, or have established a family office.
Key questions are around both the family side (education of the Next Gen, family cohesion, family compensation, philanthropy) and the business side (wealth planning diversification, active investing, non-family talent, impact investment.
