As one of only about 60 family business centers
in the U.S., the University of Louisville Family
Business Center provides extraordinary resources
for businesses but also, perhaps more importantly,
families.
“I’m very proud because I have an opportunity
to help family businesses to survive and also for
the families themselves to be able to peacefully
have holiday dinners together and spend time
together,” Koetter said. “I see families that get torn
apart and can’t even go to Thanksgiving dinner
together, and it’s just so disappointing to see that
the business has torn them apart.”
Boone agrees: “They always say never mix
business with emotion, but you can’t do that
when you’re working with your family,” she said.
“There’s always going to be those emotions there,
but at the same time, it’s so rewarding because the
families are able to build wealth, build a legacy
and we want to make sure that they are able to
maintain that.”
“ THERE’S A SENSE OF
COMFORT IN TALKING
TO SOMEONE ELSE IN A
FAMILY BUSINESS WHO
UNDERSTANDS SOME OF
THE DYNAMICS. THERE’S
A FEELING OF, ‘OH, I’M NOT
THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS
THESE ISSUES.’”
– UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
FAMILY BUSINESS CENTER BOARD
CHAIR BOB KOETTER JR.
Looking ahead, the Family Business Center is
considering incorporating more education into
its pool of resources but will regardless continue
ensuring the community is aware of the singular
opportunity of being involved. “We’re always told
that we’re the best kept secret in Louisville, and
we don’t want to be a secret necessarily anymore,”
Boone said. “We just want to make sure we’re
impacting as many people as we can.”
FAMILY BUSINESS CENTER
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
502.852.8874
UofLFBC.com
[email protected]
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