After 32 Years of Sacrifice, I Sold My Business for $18 Million and Went Home Early

civilized. Just the cold, reliable mechanism that had governed thirty-two years of business, the part of me that handled catastrophe by gathering information before making a move. I had taken a failing strip mall and turned it into a lucrative commercial anchor. I had negotiated with contractors who bet on my ignorance and lost. I did not collapse.continue reading …