Family Business Strategist Mugs

'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."

I figured out how we can pay for the kids' college tuitions. Do tell. I'm going to leave for a year of self-discovery, which I will chronicle in a best-selling memoir. Oh, but

"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."

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

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

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

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

'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!'

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

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

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

By teaching the parrot a few key phrases, Marilyn no longer needs to nag her kids.

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

Tree's Tree Nursery. Get this. Dad is selling those goofy upside-down tomato planters. What idiot would buy them? Thanks! I'll let you know how it works! My idiotic bio teacher.

'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."

"No, Dad. All this belongs to me right now. I acquired it in a hostile takeover."

'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.'

Mom's The Boss

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

'Except...That.'

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

"Clean your specs, lady?"

"This is a family operation, Ben, and we're evicting you from our family."

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