For years, Mackeys Ferry Sawmill in North Carolina depended on overseas buyers in China and Vietnam after domestic demand for premium hardwood declined. But when President Donald Trump launched his escalating trade war, the mill’s owners say the damage was immediate and ultimately irreversible. By July—just months after Trump declared his “Liberation Day” tariffs—they made the decision to shut the…
Probably unpopular, but I don’t care what side you’re on, if your company is basically a monarchy, you don’t deserve to exist. How is this any different than a landlord just collecting rent? You sit there and “own” the company you inhereited while hundreds of other people do your work for you and you profit off of it. And then you don’t even give anyone else a chance to run it, only your nepo babies. If your company is just a means to serve your own family and nothing else, it would be better replaced by someone else.