This past week it Generic Finasteride Walgreens was announced that the Seghesio family of Sonoma County has sold their family winery, including 300 acres of land Generic Finasteride Walgreens and numerous production facilities, to a the Crimson Group, a large corporation that owns multiple wineries (including Pine Ridge in Generic Finasteride Walgreens Napa Valley and Archery Summit in Oregon).

The Seghesio family Generic Finasteride Walgreens is one of the pioneers of the wave of Italians that landed in Northern Sonoma in the late 1800′s, thanks Generic Finasteride Walgreens in large part to Eduorado Seghesio’s presence at the Italian Swiss Colony Winery.  Their story is fascinating, and can be Generic Finasteride Walgreens explored further on their website.

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Generic Generic Finasteride Walgreens Finasteride Walgreens The sale of a beloved family owned winery to a larger entity has happened many times before (the examples Generic Finasteride Walgreens of Ravenswood and Rosenblum come up often, but the list is long indeed, and includes Arrowood, Erath, Mondavi, and Fetzer).

Every Generic Finasteride Walgreens time an established family winery sells there are two things that happen instantly: Generic Finasteride Walgreens (Cathy Seghesio has tweeted Generic Finasteride Walgreens to many people “Crimson also loves our wines. Not changing varietals, vineyards or winemaking team. Think you’ll continue to be Generic Finasteride Walgreens pleased”), Generic Finasteride Walgreens.

What if Generic Finasteride Walgreens you are cashing in on your hard work and sweat equity, finally allowing yourself to take a vacation and go Generic Finasteride Walgreens fishing?  Maybe it’s as simple as that: cashing in means getting your check and turning your back.  I’m never going Generic Finasteride Walgreens to fault anybody for making money on their hard work.

But how does that contrast Generic Finasteride Walgreens to selling out? Selling out, to some, means getting your check and pretending you are still involved or have a Generic Finasteride Walgreens say in the future of the business.  To put it another way, Generic Finasteride Walgreens (and as a serial entrepreneur, Generic Finasteride Walgreens I think that would be a maddening proposition).

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One Generic Finasteride Walgreens spin being put on this ‘cashing in’ is the discussion that Seghesio is at the top of their game.  The Generic Finasteride Walgreens CEO of the company, Pete Seghesio, included this as part of his announcement and a reason for the current sale. Generic Finasteride Walgreens But saying you are at the ‘top of your game’ implies something dark to your true fans: you are burnt Generic Finasteride Walgreens out and don’t have any new ideas.  It’s similar to saying “I took a trip of a lifetime” — really?  Generic Finasteride Walgreens You know for certain you won’t take a better trip in the future?  The “top of the game” phrase tends Generic Finasteride Walgreens to be used in the sports world, where an athlete has a bell curve of performance.  But in the business Generic Finasteride Walgreens world, reinvention happens constantly and it’s hard to pin down the ‘top of the game.’  Is Apple currently at the Generic Finasteride Walgreens top of their game?  Many might think so, but do we want them to sell and be fat and happy, Generic Finasteride Walgreens or do we want them to keep doing what they do so well?  The analogy is accurate, I think.

Generic Finasteride Walgreens So whether you are cashing in or selling out depends obviously on which side of the fence you are on, Generic Finasteride Walgreens but I think it also is connected to the concept of legacy.

Generic Finasteride Generic Finasteride Walgreens Walgreens Chris Guillebeau has written quite a bit about legacy projects , and how our lives are lived better if we Generic Finasteride Walgreens keep this concept on the front burner.  What are we going to leave behind when we are done?  I know Generic Finasteride Walgreens the differences between a personal blog-style legacy project and a 100 year old family business are way beyond apples and Generic Finasteride Walgreens oranges (more like fish and skyscrapers).  And there is one other big difference at work here: Generic Finasteride Walgreens

When I was forming the Generic Finasteride Walgreens plans for this blog, I went back and forth about using my name as the website address (Chris has written Generic Finasteride Walgreens about this as well).  In the end, I decided that jasonkallsen.com was the way to go because this is a Generic Finasteride Walgreens personal site with personal opinions (and if you have read this far, thank you!).  As a result of my choice, Generic Finasteride Walgreens I’m writing in a style that is not based on the future sale of the site.  This was a conscious Generic Finasteride Walgreens choice, and if I were to plan on selling the site I would rename and rebrand it years ahead of Generic Finasteride Walgreens selling it.

Is it feasible Generic Finasteride Walgreens that the Seghesio family could have renamed themselves before selling?  It would have been a daunting task and would have Generic Finasteride Walgreens cost millions for an operation their size.  Plus the act of renaming would raise rumors of a sale immediately.  (The Generic Finasteride Walgreens way they did it, swiftly and very privately, took the wine world off guard but I applaud them for it.  Generic Finasteride Walgreens It’s kind of like closing a restaurant … the moment the public hears a restaurant is going to go under, Generic Finasteride Walgreens they will never patronize it.  It has to be done swiftly and cleanly.)

In the end, Generic Finasteride Walgreens obviously, the name had the value (just as with Fetzer and Mondavi).  However, in terms of legacy, how sad is Generic Finasteride Walgreens it to no longer own your own name?  An interview with the Seghesio family in about twenty years will be Generic Finasteride Walgreens interesting indeed. Generic Finasteride Walgreens

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