Amping up structures to prepare for the future

In the late 1980s, Charles A. Collat Sr. asked his four children if they knew what it meant to run a family business.

“Being young and naive, we said, ‘Absolutely, we know what it means to run a family business and to be effective owners,’ ” recalls Charlie Collat, 53, his son.

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Margaret Steen

Margaret Steen is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Family Business.


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