Modern Family Businesses: How to Build Something New Without Losing the Legacy
Family businesses are complicated. Anyone who has been part of one knows that. They are built on trust, history, and shared sacrifice, but they also carry emotion, expectations, and unspoken rules. I grew up around a family business, worked in it for more than a decade, and eventually stepped out to build companies of my […]
What Building Things by Hand Teaches You About Business Patience
I spend a lot of my work life thinking about systems, processes, and decisions that ripple across a business. I also spend part of my personal life doing things that are slow, manual, and very hands-on. I brew beer. I make hot sauce. I play guitar. None of those activities scale well. None of them […]
Fatherhood, Time Management, and Making Space for Passions
I am a dad of three kids and one stepchild. I run two businesses. I try to be a decent husband, son, brother, and friend. Like most parents, I live in a world of school calendars, meals, laundry, rides to practices, and a long to-do list that never really ends. I also have a handful […]
Taste-Tested at Home: Crafting Small-Batch Hot Sauces (and What It Taught Me About Product Development)
I started making hot sauce the same way a lot of people start hobbies. I was standing in my kitchen one fall weekend, looking at a pile of peppers from a local farm stand, and thinking, “There has to be something better I can do with these than toss them into chili.” I like bold […]