The Family Business Project
The Family Business Project
You can own a family business, and reap its many benefits. But be careful – it can also own you. Check out our findings showcased in the videos and articles below.
Featured: Tom Waring (Note Advisors), Erik Eustice (Of the Sea, Note’s fractional marketing partner), Mike Mainella (Of the Sea).
How do family businesses operate behind closed doors?
If you overlapped the circle of family with the business, it would be like a pipe.
Of course it’s the family…right?
We feel like we have to always get it right.
Some make a choice to not be vulnerable with the people they know best.
My brother Mike died of a heart attack at 58. Boom. Lost him.
You’re giving current experiences no time.
“I’m not just working in my business, I’m working on my business.”
You’re feeling this pressure still, and it almost sounds like it’s internal.
If you were never given trust, then it's hard to ever give another.
There is a celebration of alignment amongst certain families.
Sometimes, improvement requires an enormous amount of change.
It wasn’t made for them or for me. But it’s the truest thing I’ve ever heard!
It's tough when you're the problem. But sometimes, the work has to start within.
As insane as it seems, you’re more likely not to prepare. That’s actually the rule.
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