My Dad Skipped My Wedding for a Golf Tournament. Three Years Later, My Hotel Chain Hit $110 Million. He Texted: “Family Dinner. Important Discussion.” I Showed Up With My Lawyer.

year, I had seven properties in four states, a management team of forty-two people, a brand that had started appearing in the kind of travel publications that mattered to the guests I wanted, and a valuation that had just cleared $110 million in a profile the Boston Business Journal ran the week before my father’s text arrived.

The profile was the thing.continue reading …