Building believers: Establishing your credibility as a successor

Nick Perrino's response to his son Joe was blunt: “You're going to blow up this business with your stupid ideas.”

Nick had transformed Home Run Inn Pizza from a neighborhood tavern into a 600-seat restaurant on Chicago's southwest side. Joe shared his father's ideas about growing and expanding the family business—yet Nick called these ideas “stupid.”

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