From Father to Nothing

The Book

One letter a month, until the book lands in early 2027. Read the first now. The rest arrive the day they are written. Subscribers read the whole book first, in November.

  1. 01 June 1, 2026 My father died He was fifty-nine. He left six companies, four co-owners, and no will. I solve these problems for a living. It was still the hardest thing I have faced. Read the letter →
  2. 02 July 1, 2026 Letting Go Two years on. Partners who never learned to leave, the middle of the Atlantic where no one comes to save you, and the last Thursday with my father. Read the letter →
  3. 03 August 5, 2026 The Game Shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations. Why businesses do not survive three handovers, why wealth can, and what game the family is actually playing. Read the letter →
  4. 04 September 30, 2026 The Fourth Generation My daughter is six. I am building for someone who does not exist yet. Vanderbilts, Rockefellers, Japanese adoptions, and the one sentence a founder should say out loud while he is alive. Read the letter →
  5. 05 October 2026 The fifth letter Soon
  6. · November 2026 The book For subscribers first
  7. · Early 2027 The book For everyone