A Different Perspective
I grew up around people who built things.
Family businesses I watched rise, falter, and endure — the long days and the celebrations, the health scares and the exits, the argument at the holiday table that was really about the company. I learned early that a business is a life story wearing a balance sheet.
I spent twenty-five years across the table from founders, as a senior editor at Inc. and Money, and authored and edited special sections for The New York Times and Fortune. What that taught me wasn’t writing. It was telling the difference between what happened and what mattered.
Founders don’t need me to admire what they built. They need someone who can see it whole.
