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Listen to leaders and experts share their life experiences, global trends, and the different factors that influence the transformation of family businesses toward creating shared value and achieving multigenerational legacy.

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Business Territory

Produced by the Business School and EGADE Business School of Tecnológico de Monterrey, this platform explores the latest business trends in Mexico and Latin America.

EP 182 – Family Capital: How to Secure It Across Generations?

In the business world, it's well known that capital only grows and strengthens over time... usually over a long period. In family businesses, this means that one generation alone is not enough to ensure its growth and consolidation. So how can business families build structures and tools that guarantee the development of capital across generational transitions? Melanie Devlyn, Executive Chair of Grupo Devlyn, and María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families at Tec, share what role each family member plays in strengthening the capital inherited from their predecessors and ensuring it continues to contribute to both the growth of the company and social well-being. A TecSounds podcast.

Ep 147 – Creating Value Runs in the Family: The Value Proposition in Family Businesses

The concept of "value proposition generation," which applies to all businesses, takes on a unique dimension in family-led organizations. Here, the family must communicate the company’s key differentiators and vision to clients and partners, while also tying them to the family’s own values and the legacy that gave rise to the business. María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families of Mexico and LATAM at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and Agustín Coppel Gómez, Regional Manager and Shareholder at Grupo Coppel, share practical tips on how to communicate this value proposition, link it to the core of family legacy and purpose, and connect it meaningfully with audiences and their needs. A Tec Sounds podcast.

EP 126 – Family Businesses: Debunking Myths

Family businesses are surrounded by myths, some say “they disappear by the third generation” or that “the children have it easy.” In this episode, we set out to debunk those notions with María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families at Tecnológico de Monterrey; Martín Quirós, Director of Quirós Consultores; and Horacio Arredondo, Dean of EGADE. A Tec Sounds podcast.

EP 125 – Family Business Groups: One Last Name, One Strategy

Family business groups, or "family business groups," by integrating a structure with the family's various businesses, can aid in governance and management, as well as contribute to sustainability and legacy. To explore this strategy, which in Mexico includes surnames like Devlyn and Coppel, in this episode, María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families (IFEM) at Tecnológico de Monterrey, and Salvador Cerón de la Torre, Director of Family Business Management Professionalization at Ceron & Co., share how business families can leverage these groups for their survival and offer tips on how to integrate them. A Tec Sounds podcast.

Ep 110 – Family Business: A Future for Mexico

Family businesses have a longstanding tradition of social responsibility: they generate 72% of jobs in Mexico, offer opportunities, serve as role models, and foster a sense of belonging among employees, clients, and other strategic partners. They also share in the challenges and crises faced by the societies in which they operate.

Fernando Pino, Deputy Mexico Head Executive Director at Julius Bär Bank, and María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families at Tecnológico de Monterrey, discuss the social legacy of family businesses and the role of business families in leading the social transformation of the country. A Tec Sounds podcast.

Ep 97 – It’s Not (All) Personal: Wealth and the Family Business

When structuring their business wealth, business families face the challenge of defining and preserving the resources they will pass down through generations, both at the family and company levels. Deborah Blanc-Velez, Director at Citi Private Bank Latin America, and María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families (IFEM) at Tecnológico de Monterrey, share key insights, trends, and findings on the wealth structuring practices of business families in Mexico, Latin America, and around the world—and the impact these have on their legacy and future. A Tec Sounds podcast.

Ep 46 – Wisdom for Innovation in the Family Business

Gilbert Devlyn, CXO and board member at Grupo Devlyn, and Fernando Sandoval, Academic Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families at Tecnológico de Monterrey, discuss how the integrated knowledge passed down from generation to generation impacts the continuity and development of the family business.

EP 35 – How to Inherit the Family Business and Survive the Process

Óscar Peralta, Executive Assistant to the CEO of Grupo GMI, and María Fonseca, Director of IFEM at Tecnológico de Monterrey, share experiences and recommendations regarding the “Achilles’ heel” of the third generation: succession. Nearly 90% of family businesses don’t survive past the third generation. What personal factors influence the transition to new leadership? What role does the founding generation take on? And how can successors be prepared to grow the legacy?

EP 28 – The Role of Women in Latin American Family Businesses

Susana Coppel, President of Fundación Coppel Comunidad and member of the Board of Directors at Grupo Coppel, and María Fonseca, Director of IFEM at Tec de Monterrey, share their experiences on the evolving role of women in the operations and boards of family businesses.

As entrepreneurs, mothers, daughters, and legacy successors, both women exemplify the determination, discipline, training, and courage required to break glass ceilings in Latin American companies. A Tec Sounds Podcast.

Ep 26 – The DNA of the Enterprising Family

Santiago Perry, Chairman of the Family Council at Organización Espinosa and family business consultant, and María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families of Mexico and LATAM at Tec de Monterrey, discuss the role of entrepreneurship within enterprising families.

Often the catalyst for a family business, entrepreneurship goes beyond a shared family trait, it is a driving force to create seed funds, boost new ideas, increase the presence of new generations in ownership, and ultimately, ensure the family legacy. A Tec Sounds Podcast.

DEEPER DECEMBER - Knowing Our Partners

Deeper December is a space created by the Institute of Enterprising Families at Tecnológico de Monterrey to share experiences, engage in deep reflection, and gain a better understanding of the vast world of enterprising families.

Ep 1 – Leadership in the Family Business

In this edition of Deeper December 2021, “Knowing Our Partners,” we are joined by some of our strategic partners from the international firm Lansberg-Gersick & Associates.

Join us in Episode 1 with Iván Lansberg, Co-founder and Principal Partner at Lansberg-Gersick & Associates, and María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families.

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Ep 2 – Leadership in the Enterprising Family

In this edition of Deeper December 2021, “Knowing Our Partners,” we are joined by some of our strategic partners from the international firm Lansberg-Gersick & Associates.

Join us in Episode 2 with Neus Feliu, Partner at Lansberg-Gersick & Associates, and Fernando Sandoval, Associate Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families.

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Ep 3 – Leadership in Governance

In this edition of Deeper December 2021, “Knowing Our Partners,” we are joined by some of our strategic partners from the international firm Lansberg-Gersick & Associates.

Join us in Episode 3 with Gustavo Carvajal, Partner at Lansberg-Gersick & Associates, and María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families.

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DEEPER DECEMBER

It is a podcast developed by the Institute of Enterprising Families at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

The 2020 edition, "Knowing the Core," offers a glimpse into the personal history and professional journey of the leaders of the Institute, as well as the values and convictions that govern the IFEM.

Ep 5- Knowing the Core: Equipo IFEM

The leaders of the Institute of Enterprising Families discuss in this session the values and culture that guide the institute, as well as how they approach and contribute to enterprising families.

Ep 4- Knowing The Core: Ignacio de la Vega

Ignacio de la Vega shares with us some anecdotes from his life as a student that influenced his conviction about the importance of education in society. He also discusses how and why the Institute of Enterprising Families was founded at Tecnológico de Monterrey.

Ep 3- Knowing the Core: Francisco Malagón

Francisco Malagón, Leader of Strategic Initiatives at the Institute of Enterprising Families, talks to us about the importance of intergenerational interaction in organizations and the legacy we can leave throughout our lives.

Ep 1- Knowing the Core: Dra. María Fonseca

Join us in this conversation with Dr. María Fonseca, Director of the Institute of Enterprising Families, as she shares her experiences as a member of an enterprising family and her journey toward personal fulfillment.