Enterprise15 April 2026
Governance for the second generation
The handover that breaks family enterprises is rarely about capability. It is about decisions that were never written down. Six things to put in place before the succession, not during it.
Short essays on how assistance should be given, how enterprises are handed on, and what a mediaeval custom still has to teach a grant-maker.
The handover that breaks family enterprises is rarely about capability. It is about decisions that were never written down. Six things to put in place before the succession, not during it.
For a first-generation entrepreneur, the cost of a slow decision is often higher than the size of the grant. A short argument for small amounts, short forms and fast answers.
In Agroha, every household gave an arriving family one brick and one rupee. Read as a design brief rather than folklore, the custom sets out four rules any grant-maker can use.