Joining Family Business Gifts

'Yes dad, I'll take an interest in the company - how does 50% sound?'

"This is my son. I'm grooming him to take over from me."

"My nephew is coming to work for me, Newton, and I'm starting him at the bottom. He'll be in charge of your department."

'Son, your grandfather was the first lawyer on this case and some day it will be your case.'

'...and someday this will all be yours, Son.'

It's not a figure of speech - this is the corporate ladder.

I need a young mind like yours on board, to keep my thinking fresh. Okay Dad!

'Of course, son, you'll have to prove yourself. Flash your birth certificate around the consortium, that'll do the trick.'

"The board is confident he'll grow into the job."

"I didn't want the family business but ten years ago on take-your-child-to-work day my father wouldn't let me go home again."

"Okay son, you're a corporate officer now... So go out there and fire someone!"

BIG BUSINESS: "He's going places in this company - his father owns it!"

"Come on dad, there's no need to go all 'Successiony' on me."

'Well, now that I know he's the owner's son, yes, he's the best damned wine steward I've ever seen.'

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

"My family has been fishing these waters for nearly 40 years. . ."

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

"One day, my boy, all this will be retirement homes."

'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!'

'Son, someday this will all be yours. Or Wal-Mart's. Whoever pays Daddy the most.'

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

'I'm going to teach you the value of a dollar invested.'

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

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.

"You work for the family business, and I am your father, not the patriarchal oppressor..."

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

"Ma didn't want to leave out anyone."

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

"Someday, my dimwitted son, all this will belong to your sister."

"One day this will all be yours to sell off to the highest bidder."

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