Family Business Strategist Gifts

'I told my son 'one day all this will be yours' - and he hasn't spoken to me since.'

'Your father and I have decided to pick up your option.'

'Shhhh. Fido inherited seventy percent of this company.'

"I have a feeling he understands more than we think."

'Change is inevitable, espeically when you have a newborn in diapers."

"I'm just going to ring the doorbell so I have a chance of a spot in the bed."

"Some day, son, all this will be yours. ... Actually, you know what? You can have it now."

'When training my son, keep him totally ignorant. I'm grooming him to be VP in-charge-of -denials.'

"And this is my junior partner, my son, Ira."

John W. Law., John W. Law Jr., Robert Law, Janet Law, Attorneys at Law

'In the interest of spending more time with my children, I've put Bobby and Emily in charge of corporate strategy.'

'Don't worry, Dad. I'm going to turn this company around 360 degrees!'

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

If business gets any worse I'll have to start laying off relatives.

'We can't move in with my parents - they've moved in with grandma!'

'Dad, I don't need a two-thirds majority to over-ride your veto. I've got mom.'

'Someday, son, 50 of this will belong to your ex-wife,'

"This is what happens when a family business doesn't have a succession plan!"

"Mommy is having another baby. Let me assure you that any paradigm shift will be incremental, core values remain family-centric, and Mommy is committed to assimilation and building synergy."

'Someday, son...all this will be Mine.'

"Year after year we sit here quietly raising eyebrows, son."

'What do you mean you don't want to be a model? Just what do you plan to do with the rest of your life?'

'Where did we go wrong?'

'Of course, we're family-owned & operated in India.'

'There's no need for you to state your opinion, son. Just lipsynching mine will do fine.'

Future Micro MGR.

'Someday, Son, all of this will be yo....!'

'It's a terrific family business: We have about 53 staff-members...'

"Don't worry, it gets easier when they're 35."

"Clean your specs, lady?"

"We don't know the meaning of the word nepotism in my firm. My son over there will back me up on that."

"I brought you up here today, son, because I wanted you to get a feel for the scope of this damned thing."

Mom's The Boss