When Your Business Owns You
I spent decades building successful businesses without realizing how much of my life they had consumed. It took a severe case of COVID to make me stop and ask whether the life I had built was one I actually wanted.
Would I Buy the Business I Built?
I grew Hampton Nautical from one product into the largest retailer in its niche. Then I looked at the company like a buyer and realized I would not buy the business the way I had built it.
I Built a Successful Investment Process That Took Too Much of Me
I had built a successful investment process, but it required nearly all of my attention. After COVID forced me to stop, I decided there had to be a smarter way to run it