For some, family businesses mean spending more quality time with their families, financial freedom and so much more while for others it feels like a prison sentence. There are so many pros and cons, positives and negatives and so we wanted to create a space for folks who have experiences with family businesses to discuss the pros and cons.

Rachel Smith

It takes a village to run an At Home Cake Business. Its Chaotic. Its Exciting. It takes continual conversations with your spouse. It takes sacrifice. It takes LOTS of cleaning. It takes organization. It takes scheduling. It takes being okay with imbalance. Read more>>

Amy Walker

Sometimes we don’t pick our career path, it picks US! We moved to Oklahoma from St Louis in 2009 with another contractor hoping to make a better life for our family. Within months of my husband Paul starting at this company, one owner was bought out and that company quickly didn’t have a future for Paul. Our daughter had already started her kindergarten year at Broken Arrow and my only stipulation when I agreed to move over 400 miles from home was wherever our daughter Alyssa starts school she is finishing so I knew we had to stay in Broken Arrow area. Read more>>

Kailynn Steele

Anything to create wealth, I am literally all in. Ever since I have started my business, I have kept my little sister by my side. If I am working video, just know she is making sure my audio is straight or I have some nice lights in the background. I think family businesses are great if individuals are able to keep the personal and business aspects seperated. Never should the business turn you against or create drama with a family member. Read more>>