F
amily businesses have
been around since…
well, for as long as there
have been families. They
are a way to continue heritage,
a way to leave a legacy, a way to
build something to be proud of.
They speak to a family’s history
and help create a connection
that is passed down, year after
year, generation to generation,
teaching traditions and
strengthening bonds in a way that
no other undertaking possibly
could.
For many family businesses,
these are the seeds of a dream
brought fully into bloom, the
culmination of years of hard work
and restless days and nights of
worry. And as fathers and sons,
mothers and daughters, husbands
and wives work side by side each
day to continue that dream and
make it a success, their love and
the passion is evident in the care
that they take in serving their
customers, showing family pride
as they make an indelible mark on
the world around them.
Granted, it’s not always easy.
Working with family presents
its fair share of challenges as
the lines between business and
love are blurred; but for those
who persevere, those ties can
become a strength rather than a
weakness, and those businesses
thrive for years to come to
become far more than just jobs
and careers. For these successful
family businesses, theirs is a
daily reminder of just how deep
bonds run; of how many sacrifices
are made to further a dream.
And these are the families that
strengthen their communities
even as they strengthen
themselves.
story by
Liesel Schmidt
All in the Family
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