It is a Household Affair | Life-style Media Group
TOM ANGELO & KASSIDY ANGELO
Founder and Director, Gioia Hospitality Group
“When the chance offered itself to open Daniel’s in Fort Lauderdale, we occurred to be at our favourite spot collectively, within the area of Puglia, the place hospitality reigns supreme,” Tom recollects. “I offered the chance to Kassidy to create a model and produce a world-class eating expertise to Fort Lauderdale, the city the place she grew up. She was working at J.P. Morgan on the time within the Personal Financial institution, and after she gave it some thought, determined to see if we may make it work collectively.”
And make it work, they’ve. Daniel’s was simply acknowledged as a Michelin-recommended restaurant and has had prospects raving because it opened its doorways. Behind the scenes, the 2 have mastered the artwork of working in concord. “Kassidy retains me on a really brief leash!” Tom jokes, then provides, “In all seriousness, it’s generally not simple, however we attempt to set boundaries, as there are many stresses incumbent to operating the enterprise.”
“I admire my dad’s grit and the unwavering perseverance he’s proven all through his life,” Kassidy says. “It’s each transferring and motivating to witness the dedication and love he invests in our enterprise, together with the numerous sacrifices he’s made for our household.”
JULIO CABRERA & ANDY CABRERA
Maestro Cantinero, co-owner and founder, and Head Cantinero, Café La Trova
Julio and Andy’s teamwork began manner again—”once I was nearly 4 years outdated,” Andy says. “My father would train me aptitude and I’d make appearances at his competitions. Later, I made a decision to dedicate myself to this career, and we’ve been working collectively ever because the opening of Café La Trova.”
At this time, Andy is his father’s “proper hand man—within the morning, I assist him with any emails or new tasks, and within the night, I run the bar so he can deal with being a bunch to the company.”
Collectively, they’ve loved beautiful success—Café La Trova was ranked 13th on the checklist of The World’s 50 Greatest Bars Record in 2024, the one Florida bar to earn a spot that 12 months—and overcome troubled occasions. “The 2020 COVID Pandemic was one of many hardest challenges we’ve ever confronted,” Andy says. “We had been struck with the worry of the opportunity of by no means opening once more.” However they pivoted, beginning a Joyful Hour video sequence on Instagram the place they’d publish a basic cocktail each day till they had been in a position to open Café La Trova’s doorways once more.
“Working with household is hard — it isn’t for everyone,” Andy notes. “You’ll get examined, you’ll get demoralized, however you can’t surrender. When you perceive that it’s all give and take and also you study to harmoniously work collectively, you’ll create a fantastic bond.”
BILL FEINBERG & KARA FEINBERG
President and Director of Advertising and marketing, Allied Kitchen & Tub
“I keep in mind going to work with my dad on ‘take your youngster to work’ days and I used to be at all times so excited to spend the day with him and see what he did,” Kara Feinberg Cohen fondly recollects. “I can say that what impressed me to work with my dad as I bought older was that actual cause: an opportunity to spend each day collectively. I’ve had different jobs all through the years and since I returned to Allied after taking a while off to have my youngsters, I really feel that, professionally, I’ve discovered essentially the most from him.”
Their typical workday begins with a assembly to evaluation the day’s priorities and job particulars. “We spend loads of time teaching our workforce collectively and excited about how we are able to assist and strengthen our staff,” Kara says. “My dad’s often juggling a little bit of every part, whereas I focus extra on advertising. We collaborate usually on adverts, social media content material, and concepts for the web site—it’s a artistic rhythm we’ve developed collectively.”
However variations will come up. “We’re each passionate and have robust concepts,” Kara says. “However my dad offers me loads of freedom to discover my very own path, which has been empowering andsparked a lot of creativity. At the identical time, I by no means take for granted the knowledge he brings. Itrust his perspective and genuinely worth his suggestions. It’s a stability, however one constructed on mutual respect.”
CRAIG ZINN & ZACHARY ZINN
President & CEO and Company Officer, Craig Zinn Automotive Group
“I grew up very concerned within the trade—my father was Florida’s first Toyota supplier,” says Craig Zinn, founding father of Craig Zinn Automotive Group. “In 1981, I took that basis and began what’s now our household enterprise.” His son, Zachary, adopted swimsuit early on. “I began within the components division at Acura of Pembroke Pines once I was in center college,” Zachary recollects. “I at all times appeared as much as my dad and admired how a lot he dedicated to the enterprise and the neighborhood.”
From school research in Automotive Advertising and marketing and Finance to an internship at Spyker within the Netherlands, Zachary was deliberate in his preparation. “It’s been essential to me to grasp each facet of the enterprise earlier than moving into management,” he says.
Their father-son dynamic is rooted in mutual respect. “Within the workplace, we’re colleagues who occur to be household,” says Craig. “That readability permits us to make choices based mostly on what’s finest for the corporate.” Zachary provides, “We talk usually and hold our deal with shared objectives.”
Craig’s method for fulfillment begins by defining one another’s roles. “Let your youngsters earn their place and permit them the area to guide.” Zach provides, “Be intentional in regards to the tradition you wish to construct. For us, giving again is a part of that. Via Subaru’s Share the Love program, we’ve donated greater than $1.6 million to companions like Joe DiMaggio Youngsters’s Hospital, together with funding an Animal-Assisted Remedy endowment. We additionally assist the Humane Society of Broward County and host adoption occasions year-round. When your small business displays your values, success turns into about extra than simply numbers.
TOM MCCAWLEY & MARK MCCAWLEY
Periodontists, McCawley Heart for Laser Periodontics
“Mark labored within the workplace from a really early age and within the second grade he informed his instructor that he needed to be a periodontist like his dad,” Tom McCauley proudly replies when requested how the father-son duo ended up in enterprise collectively at McCauley Dental.
Blood ties them collectively, however a shared dedication to their sufferers’ dental well being brings a synergy to their skilled partnership. Tom, who has practiced in Fort Lauderdale for over 50 years, brings focus and dedication, which, mixed with Mark’s conscientiousness and honesty for a method that works.
With regards to challenges, they know to count on them, in order that they overcome these by taking them in stride. Respecting one another’s viewpoint and speaking out their variations additionally helps hold issues working easily. When requested what he would advise to these considering of working alongside members of the family, Mark says, “Be sure to get alongside earlier than you begin working collectively professionally and you should definitely rejoice one another’s strengths and overlook their weaknesses.”
RAY CHEHATA AND SONS DAVID & ANDREW CHEHATA
Tri-County Sweeping Providers
“Our father’s at all times been an entrepreneur,” says David Chehata of his father, Ray, proprietor of Tri-County Providers, which has been in enterprise for greater than 30 years. “Each enterprise he had, he tried to include us as finest as he may so we may study from a younger age.” That early publicity formed their path, however every part modified in 2020. “Ray was positioned in a coma attributable to COVID and was getting ready to demise,” Andrew recollects. “As soon as he awoke, it lit a spark in him. He needed to succeed in his aim of educating his youngsters enterprise.”
In 2021, that imaginative and prescient turned actuality with the household’s acquisition of Tri-County. “He had the chance to reunite his boys and train them every part from his previous experiences,” says David.
Balancing private {and professional} lives comes naturally to the trio. “We had been at all times nice at separating the 2,” Andrew explains. “From a disagreement in a gathering to ‘goodbye for dinner.’”
Their personalities complement one another. “Ray is the fighter,” says David. “David’s the voice of cause,” provides Ray. “And Andrew sees points at face worth.”
Their proudest second? “Proudly owning our constructing,” Andrew says. “Ray navigated the deal and guided us each step of the way in which.”
Ray’s rule stays clear: “Enterprise is enterprise and private is private. By no means let one destroy the opposite.”
