EVENTS

Family Business Boot Camp

Wednesday September 18, 2024 to Wednesday October 9, 2024

The Family Enterprise Center is hosting a 4-week boot camp to get students up to speed on "what is a family/private business". The goal is to allow students interested in the Family Business Club or Family Enterprise Center curriculum become more comfortable with the concepts, content and community before being introduced to a more formal learning environment.

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SONOCO Event with the Family Business Club

Tuesday September 24, 2024

Sonoco Products Company is an American provider of diversified consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and packaging supply chain services and the world's largest producer of composite cans, tubes, and cores headquartered in South Carolina. CEO Howard Coker will be tuning in virtually to share his experience as a family member running a formerly private and family-run company gone public. Other SONOCO family members will be joining in-person, and dinner will be provided.

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11th Annual Family Business Forum – ‘The Power of a Clear Ownership Strategy’

Thursday October 10, 2024 to Friday October 11, 2024

Join the Family Enterprise Center and your family business peers to create a clear and actionable ownership strategy for the future of your family enterprise.

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Cheerwine Trek with the Undergraduate Family Business Club

Friday October 25, 2024

Join the Undergraduate Family Business Club as we trek to Salisbury, NC to hear from the Cheerwine family at their HQ location! . Ride-sharing is available, and we will be back on campus by the evening (lunch provided!)

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The Family Business Experience

Friday November 1, 2024

Join the Family Enterprise Center at the Kenan Flagler Business School as we welcome a panel of students, alumni and their families to share insights on their family business journeys and their time at Carolina. We will also be joined by Andrew Boysen, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship as he leads a presentation on core concepts of corporate strategy, including geographic scope, product expansion, and acquisitions, applied to a small family business context.

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Communication Workshop Series with AJ Fuentes

Wednesday November 6, 2024 to Wednesday December 11, 2024

The Family Enterprise Center (FEC) is happy to be piloting a 5-session series surrounding communication led by FEC alumnus AJ Fuentes.

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Generational Entrepreneurship Event with the Shuford Program for Entrepreneurship

Wednesday November 6, 2024

Join us as we collaborate with the Shuford Program for Entrepreneurship in welcoming Caroline McCroskey (’17) and her father Bill Harding, founder of Synergy Home Furnishings as they discuss how the next-generation is growing and influencing the business. Dinner will be provided!

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