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The author had business experience having founded and running the successful CB Insights so it's not like some naive well-to-do kid took things over.

By the end you realize the author 1) researched the industry, 2) improved the product mix 3) grew the highest-margin product and 4) sold to a buyer with values that protected his workers and his dad's legacy.

Someone with that quality/ability is really hard to find, even at really big companies.




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