
A Family Affair: When Your Son is the CEO
By Judy Gatena, an EO Los Angeles member and president and COO of REP Interactive
I was the first person in my family to drop out of high school and start a company, one that I owned and operated for nearly 30 years. So when it comes to watching a business go from birth to brick-and-mortar, I have plenty of experience in that space. When it’s your own son that’s doing all of the business building, however … well, that’s a little different. That’s when a mother’s patience is really put to the test.