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Should your kids leave the family business before they lead?

8 hours ago • by Alfredo De Massis, Philipp Sieger, Jasper Brinkerink, Massimo Baù, Johan Karlsson in Family business • 8 min read

Should kids leave the family business to lead later? Learn how outside-entrepreneurship strengthens leadership, ownership, and long-term renewal....

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