A book by Michal Hanych · November 2026
From Father to Nothing
I spent years advising the wealthiest Czechs on tax and the law. Then I inherited six companies, four co-owners, and no plan. This is what I learned.
The book lands November. Until then: the cards, and a letter a month. One signup, both.
November 2026 "What is the money for?
Nobody had ever asked."
Before there's no time
The Cards
Are you the center of a star-shaped structure in the company? If so, what happens when you disappear? If not, how did you achieve a different structure?
My father and I never had these conversations. Then there was no time. Thirty-two questions like this one, the start of what I call the complicated conversation: money, succession, fairness, and what a family is for once you take the company away.
The book is to read alone. The cards are to sit your family down with. Read three free, then print the deck and pull up chairs.
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The letters
One letter a month · June through November.
- June 1, 2026 My father died. Read →
- July 1 The second letter.
- August 1·
- September 1·
- October 1·
- November 1The book.
One letter a month, until the book. I'd like to send them to you.
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About
Michal Hanych is an attorney, tax advisor, and founder of the Complicated family office, based in Prague. He inherited the six-company estate this book describes when his father died unexpectedly in 2024, and has spent the years since rebuilding around it.
The Czech edition, Nepřipravené předání podnikání mezi generacemi, was published in 2025. This expanded English edition follows in November 2026.
Michal has spent years advising the wealthiest individuals in Czechia on legal and tax matters as the founding partner of smpl_. Personal matters, he learned, are always different. He calls the work he does now The Complicated Conversation.