Choose a family$-$owned business in your area or region. Contact that family business owner and conduct a short interview $(5-10$ minutes$).$ Some questions that can be covered in the interview are: why they started their business? How many hours they work per week in the business? What plans they have for the future of the business?

Write the interview up in transcript form. See $$Sample Interview Transcript$$ pdf as an additional resource for this assignment. Include in the assignment submission: an appendix at the end of the paper on specifics, e$.$g$.,$ Owner $($s$)$ name, location, type of business, how many employees the business has, short history of the business, their core business, their market, etc. You may choose to physically visit, or look the information up on the Internet.