The Art of Succession · 2025-07-29 · 1h 38m
In this Bonus episode of The Art of Succession podcast, host Barrett Young interviews Jonathan and Renee Harris, who discovered that their family business's greatest value wasn't in transferring ownership - it was in training their nine children to become entrepreneurs. The Midlife Pivot That Changed Everything When Jonathan left his corporate career in 2009, he and Renee made a radical decision. Instead of building a business empire to pass down, they would use their small skincare company as a training ground to develop their children's entrepreneurial skills. What started as a simple farmers market venture selling lotion bars became an unexpected laboratory for raising self-reliant, business-minded kids. From Minecraft to Marketable Skills The Harris family developed a unique approach to parenting that merged their children's natural interests with real business applications. When their son spent hours playing Minecraft, they challenged him to bring value to that community by writing plugins - a gateway that eventually led to his career as a lead software developer.
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