KB was a complete dumpster fire. I never got personally involved in that mess but I got close enough to see some of the problems. I'm glad that Tim and others got involved and that they were able to save as much as possible. I know a lot of people got screwed over by the old KB and I'm not sure if there was even any way for the new owners to solve problems that the previous owners had created. Hopefully some of that got worked out as well as possible, but if a business owner screws a bunch of people and then sells the business, sometimes there isn't much that can be done. We've seen that happen with several Mopar businesses over the years.

Saving Stage V is another nice deed. I don't know the full story there but a lot of times when a owner of a small business dies, the business goes away. Indy was sold in time to save it and it sounds like Stage V has been saved so that is good. If I died unexpectedly my business would go away. If I knew I had time I might be able to transfer some of it to someone else, but a sudden illness can blow up plans. That is what happened to Schumacher. He was making motor mounts and swap kits in his home shop but then he had a family illness to deal with and the business shut down. He was eventually able to sell it but he was shut down for about a year and lost a lot of customers in the process.

I'm old enough now that I've watched a bunch of my peers transition their Mopar businesses. Firm Feel moved from father to son and that one seems to be going okay. My son isn't interested in my business so that isn't an option for me. Selling a small business is a huge hassle and business owners typically don't want to sell until the last moment since often times it is the only thing they have. So it is common to end up with really difficult transitions full of tons of unsolved issues.