By 10:30 a.m., I had signed every document needed to revoke the trademark license.
As a founding shareholder and the trademark owner, I formally resumed control of day-to-day operations at Lawson Foods headquarters.
Within 30 minutes, the news had spread through the company, and the internal chats erupted.
I instructed Administration to send a company-wide email announcing the personnel changes. The final line read:
An all-employee meeting will be held at 3 p.m. in the main conference room. Please arrive on time.
At noon, I turned down lunch invitations from every executive.
I sat alone in Caleb's old office, now mine, and ordered a sandwich and black coffee from the convenience store downstairs.
I ate the dry sandwich while reviewing the financial statements for Lawson Foods from t
