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Why do entrepreneurial parents have entrepreneurial children?
The Family was initially designed as an entity dedicated to nurturing ambitious entrepreneurs based in France. But when it was only two years old, my partners and I became convinced that we needed to expand internationally. The reason was that early stage investing had already become a global market, with an ever-increasing level of competition. It
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Children naturally try to emulate their parents, at least in the early years, and for the most part a child's values are a direct reflection of his parents', either conformingly aligned or diametrically opposed.
Jacob Lund Fisker • Early Retirement Extreme: A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence
We can't help but be affected by adult models during childhood, and there are few models as important as our parents.
Stephen Nowicki • Choice or Chance
A 2019 study published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics found that children from rich families were ten times as likely to become inventors than children from families in the bottom half of the income distribution. The researchers attributed this gap to environmental factors, not to differences in innate abilities, by showing that young childr
... See moreMatthew Desmond • Poverty, by America
decisionmaking came to be seen as the result of a bargaining process among family members
Abhijit V. Banerjee • Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Family decisionmaking came to be seen as the result of a bargaining process among family members (or at least between the two parents).