The Family Enterprise
Starting at €7.750,00
Every family business has two histories. The one recorded in documents. And the one that only the family knows.
A family enterprise is built in plain sight and in private at the same time. The decisions that shaped it—who entered the business and who stepped back, what was risked and what was protected, when to expand and when to hold—most of these were made at kitchen tables, not in boardrooms. They were shaped by relationships, by obligations, and by the weight of not wanting to be the generation that let it fail.
The work is neither a corporate section nor a simple family memoir, but a meticulous record of how the two became inseparable. The atelier synthesizes personal memory with the physical archive—photographs, correspondence, deeds, and early ledgers—to build a permanent legacy document.
Foundation
Up to 100 pages · 6 hours of interviews
For the enterprise with a clear origin and a story that can be told within a single, elegant arc—one founding generation, an early period of growth, and perhaps a first transition. The work here is to give that history the form it deserves: composed, precise, and built to last.
Continuity
Up to 140 pages · 8 hours of interviews
For the enterprise that has moved through more than one generation and carries the distinct marks of that movement—changed leadership, structural shifts, and moments where the original vision was tested and either held or transformed. This edition makes room for complexity without ever losing the thread.
Legacy
Up to 200 pages · 10 hours of interviews
For the enterprise whose history is long enough to have accumulated complexity—multiple generations, divergent perspectives, periods of rupture and recovery, and an archival record worth integrating in depth.
Tailored
Bespoke scope
Define your own pagination and interview parameters. Pricing may be adjusted upward or downward from our starting rates based on project scope.
Created For
- A founder approaching succession who wants the vision they built to be understood, not just legally inherited.
- A second or third generation that senses the full, unvarnished history of the enterprise has never been fully assembled.
- A family marking a threshold—a centenary, a sale, a closure, or a structural reinvention.
- Any enterprise that has outlasted its original circumstances and seeks to understand the exact mechanics of how, and why, it survived.
What is Delivered
- Private, structured listening sessions conducted with founders, legacy builders, and inner witnesses.
- Independent background research and arigorous narrative synthesis.
- A fully original, long-form custom manuscript that transforms operational history into a definitive literary record.
- Surgical placement of archival photography, historical documentation, and bespoke illustrations.
- A masterfully bound, heirloom-grade printed volume accompanied by a complete digital edition on a flash drive.
Commission Details
We begin with a private consultation to understand your vision. Investment is arranged across three distinct phases: initial retainment to secure the narrative gathering, a secondary tier for manuscript development, and the final balance prior to delivery.
As each volume is an entirely bespoke commission, all agreements are final. Our collaborative framework—including listening sessions and review cycles—ensures complete alignment prior to production. Any rare printing or logistical irregularities are personally resolved with the utmost care.
Your heirloom volume is packaged and dispatched via secure, fully insured transit. We serve an international clientele, and all global shipping considerations are seamlessly integrated into your initial project quotation.