Sep 11, 2026 | Family, Revenue, Risk Management, Small Business
You wake up after surgery and reach for your phone. Your spouse stops you. The doctor said six months. No client calls. No sales meetings. No approving payroll from bed. You are expected to recover, but the business you built still has rent, salaries, software, debt,...
Aug 13, 2026 | Family, Small Business, Wills
August is Make-A-Will Month, and for most people, that is a prompt to finally get a will done. For business owners, the stakes are higher and the plan is more complicated. A personal will and a business succession plan are not the same thing. And if you only have one...
Jun 26, 2026 | Family, Growth, Small Business, Successor
Think about why you built the business. For most business-owning fathers, the honest answer involves their family. The people they wanted to provide for. The thing they wanted to leave behind. The chance to hand something real to the next generation. For a lot of...
Jun 19, 2026 | Family, Growth, Small Business, Successor
Think about the business you’ve built and the family you’ve built, and consider whether the plan you have actually connects the two the way you intend. For a lot of business owners in blended families, the answer is more complicated than it looks from the...
Jun 12, 2026 | Family, Growth, Small Business, Successor
For a lot of business-owner fathers, the business is inseparable from life. The early mornings, the late nights, the weekends that didn’t quite stay weekends. The clients who became good friends. The employees who became something close to family. The pride that...
Mar 26, 2026 | Family, Growth, Passion, Small Business
In this article, we’ll explore how your business practices shape your family’s values, why the chaos of poor business systems spills into home life, and how you can align your business with the legacy you actually want to leave. What Your Work Habits Are...
