Management Consultants Colorado Springs CO

The vast majority of businesses in the U.S. are family-owned. Ours is no exception. Maybe it’s because doing business as brothers has been so central to the success of our business that we were drawn to the story of the Ponzis who moved to the Oregon countryside over three decades ago to start one of the northwest’s finest wineries— Ponzi Vineyards.

It all started in 1968 when Dick left his job as a theme park ride engineer at Disneyland. He sold the family house, packed their belongings into the car, and traveled the country in search of a place to plant grape vines. He had $30,000 saved up to start his dream business. He and wife Nancy found their dream acreage near Portland, Oregon in the Willamette Valley.

Since then, the Ponzis have enjoyed many harvests, thousands of happy customers and worldwide acclaim for their wines. But Dick and Nancy’s success has come not only in the form of award-winning Pinot Noirs - perhaps the biggest reward has been seeing their three children grow up to embrace management of the family business and grow the winery into the world class label it’s become. The Ponzis are living a dream many families across the country share—to run a business that not only generates substantial revenue and provides a great lifestyle, but one that also creates career opportunities for the next generation of family members.

One by one, all three Ponzi children have returned to play key roles in the family business.

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