I felt like I wanted to sell my company internally. I was worried about selling to an outside firm, and whether they’d take good care of my employees.

I was sitting there as a 50% owner – because I had a silent partner, and I had been chewing for a few years on how I was going to buy back his stock.

We’d gotten to the point where continuing to grow the business would require a greater investment of time and capital than I was willing to invest at my age.