I Helped Grow Our Family Business To $50 Million

on thirty days’ notice,” I read.

“Exhibit A is me,” I said.

Denise leaned forward like she could stare her way into a different reality.

“This is a family business,” she said quietly. “This isn’t how family acts.”

I let the sentence sit there because it didn’t need help proving how hard she had worked to make that word mean only what she needed it to mean.continue reading …