Sixty minutes, every other month, free for every family business.
The FBC Morning Meetup is where the Inland Empire’s family business community gathers: 7:30 AM in the Innovators Auditorium at California Baptist University, one weekday morning every other month — typically a Tuesday or Thursday, with dates announced each season. No membership required. Coffee is on us.
Not a lecture. A room full of people who run what you run.
Formats rotate so the rhythm never feels formulaic. Each one pairs something worth showing up for with something you can use Monday morning.
Founder’s Fire
A 45-minute, intentionally unpolished fireside conversation with a multigenerational leader about what went wrong before it went right.
Next-Gen / Now-Gen
Three family business pairs — current leader and designated successor — answer the same questions side by side.
AI Live Lab
Members submit real operational problems in advance; we work three of them live on screen with working AI tools.
The Advisor’s Hot Seat
Two domain experts — an estate attorney and a mediator, a CPA and a valuation expert — answer anonymous member questions. Three minutes per answer, maximum.
The Anonymous Boardroom
A real, anonymized family business dilemma. Tables of six agree on a recommendation, pitch it, and the room votes. Then we reveal what the family actually did.
What you get for showing up.
Peers who have lived your problem
The room is full of owners and successors navigating the same generational, governance, and growth challenges. That shared experience is irreplaceable — and it is the primary asset of the Center.
Something you can use that day
Every session ends with a concrete next step — a 30-day action from an advisor, a prompt you watched work, a question to bring home to your family.
Honest answers from real experts
Advisors on a three-minute timer cannot drift into generalities. Founders in a fireside cannot hide behind a highlight reel.
A low-risk look at the Center
Meet the Director, Dr. Smith, and current members before deciding whether membership is right for your family. There is no pitch from the stage.
Faculty and student access
Jabs School faculty attend. So do the student teams that later take on member projects — AI audits, market analysis, capstones.
A regular rhythm
Bi-monthly is often enough to build trust and rarely enough to be a burden. Consistent attendance is what makes the network compound.
Arrive prepared. Engage on purpose. Follow up within 48 hours.
Before
- Review the agenda and pick the one topic or speaker most relevant to your current priorities. Bring a specific question — not just curiosity.
- Listen to the latest FBC Podcast episode (from Q4 2026). Episodes are built to seed the conversations that make meetings productive.
- Bring a family member or key advisor. Exposure to the peer environment often catalyzes broader conversations at home.
- Members: bring one finding from your Family Business Health Assessment or AI Readiness Review to share.
During
- Identify one person you have not spoken with and connect before the meeting ends. One quality conversation is worth ten business cards.
- Ask questions that surface your specific context. Other members benefit from hearing real applications, and you become visible as a thoughtful contributor.
- Take brief notes on names, ideas, and follow-up actions — the best insights surface in conversation, not on slides.
- Listen for moments that map to one of the twelve FBC service categories. Knowing the language helps you ask sharper questions.
After
- Follow up with at least one new connection within 48 hours, referencing something specific from your conversation.
- Note any topic where a deeper FBC service could help — this is often the moment a family recognizes a gap.
- If a presenter resonated, ask the Center about a more in-depth conversation; many speakers are available for consultations.
- If a peer conversation surfaced something you want to go deeper on with someone who has lived it, ask about Legacy Link mentoring.
Free for everyone. Better with membership.
The Meetup is open to all. Members and sponsors also get branding on the agenda (Gold and above), collective or individual acknowledgment from the stage, the option to sponsor a meeting’s breakfast, guest passes for spouses and family members, and the panel and speaking roles that come with Platinum and sponsor tiers. Silver members should treat the Meetups as their primary FBC touchpoint; Platinum members and sponsors use them as connective tissue between workshops, facilitated family meetings, and AI engagements.
Reserve a seat.
Seating in the Innovators Auditorium is limited, so we ask everyone — members and guests — to reserve. You will receive the agenda and parking directions the week before.
Fall Morning Meetup
Format and featured guests to be announced · 7:30 AM · Innovators Auditorium
Year-end Morning Meetup
Format and featured guests to be announced · 7:30 AM · Innovators Auditorium
Dates are placeholders; confirm the fall calendar before launch.