In 2009 when I started in our family business, it was doing $21 million and lost close to a million dollars. After five of the hardest years I've been through, in 2014 I helped lead our company through an eight-figure exit. Since then, I have spent every waking minute learning what we could have done differently. My ten-year therapy session led me to create multiple businesses, start a podcast, travel around the US speaking on hundreds of stages to share my story (Vistage, EO, CEO Nexus, industry associations, etc.), and create an ownership framework for owner-operators (over 1,500 have experienced the material) to help them create the independence they deserve.