Do you run or work for a family business? If so, we’d love to hear from you for our family business series. In this series, you’ll find insights, stories and a discussion of the pros and cons of family businesses.

Samantha Burns

Aside from content creating, I help manage my family’s small business, McClure’s Family Restaurant. My grandpa started it as a little walk up store along the road back in 1957 under the name McClure’s Dairy Isle. I have always been so inspired by him and my family working hard while growing up. I think that’s what’s pushed me to have the work ethic I do today. Read more>>

T’aira “sunny” Wyatt

I believe that family businesses can be tremendously successful if what the family is creating a business around is something that multiple generations of the family are interested in it.
For example: I wouldn’t start an art business if my family is solely interested in financial literacy. The generations after mine would need to have some interest in art or I’d be setting myself up for failure. Read more>>

Juliet Denton

One of the greatest gifts I have received working with my family members is knowing I can count on them to help me complete the project successfully. We all wear many hats and we are able to interchange them cohesively. It takes effective communication and a great deal of patience with each other and that is what makes us a successful team.

Some of the pitfalls have been disagreements with each other over something simple, spending a little too much time together, and asking family members to work lengthy hours. Read more>>