A guided conversation with a patient AI interviewer, from home, in as many sittings as they like. It draws out the business history in the words of the person who lived it: the decisions, the risks, the chapter nobody talks about. We turn it into a produced audio heirloom the whole family keeps.
One generation built it. Another will inherit it. The story that connects them is disappearing.
Most of the next generation know the shape of what was built: the business, the name, the reputation. Very few know the inside of it. The founding decision. The years of doubt before it was certain. The sacrifice behind the success. That story lives in the memory of the people who were there, and it fades faster than anyone expects.
From gift to heirloom in three unhurried steps. You do the giving; we do the rest.
A short form after purchase: who they are, the business they shaped, the chapter you most want captured and anything to steer around. We send them a private link, or you can hand it to them yourself.
The interviewer listens, follows the threads that matter and never rushes. Not the official version, the real one. They can stop whenever they like and carry on another day, on the web or, in Australia and the US, by phone.
We master the audio and write it up as their story on a private heirloom page. Your family reviews it, suggests any corrections, and keeps it for everyone who carries the name.
Not a recording sitting in a folder. A finished heirloom, ready to listen to, read and pass on.
Every word, professionally mastered so it sounds like them on a good day. Play it from the start, or jump straight to a chapter or the moment they describe the big decision.
A private heirloom page that tells it in chapters, with highlights, themes, a timeline of their life and the business, family photos and, where the story suits it, painted illustrations. The full transcript comes as a Word document.
Download the audio and transcript to keep forever. Share the private page with the family, and tell us about any names or spellings to fix before it's final.
Every family business has its own history. Something built from nothing, something inherited and transformed, a name that has passed through generations and changed along the way. Whatever chapter you want to capture, it belongs to everyone who comes after. See a finished heirloom →
Children and grandchildren who know their family stories, including what was feared and hoped and chosen along the way, show measurably higher self-esteem, resilience, and sense of identity. The research is consistent. For a next generation inheriting a family business, knowing how and why it was built is foundational.
Mike Boyd
Host, The Business of Family
For a decade, Mike Boyd has been in conversation with generational business families, across every generation, and the advisors who sit with them: first in private, and later on The Business of Family podcast, where dozens of those interviews have been published. The most valuable part was never the strategy or the structure. It was always the human story underneath, the connective tissue between generations.
Everything he learned from those conversations, what to ask, when to wait, when to follow a thread, when to leave something alone, is built into the interviewer at the heart of Enduring Stories. It is not a generic chatbot with a list of questions. It is a guided conversation, built by someone who has spent years having them.
As many conversations as they need. A lifetime worth keeping.
Up to five hours of conversation, across as many sittings as they like. Nobody is cut off mid-story.
One payment. No subscription.
Start their story30-day money-back guarantee. If it isn't right for your family, tell us within 30 days and we'll refund you in full.
Giving it as a gift? After checkout you choose whether we email them a private link or you get them started yourself. They can start when they're ready.
For an in-person recording with several generations of the family, over one or two days: from US$25,000. Enquire about Legacy
Everything is private and belongs to your family. We do not use your family's recordings to train AI.
Most families mean to record how it was built one day. We make it happen now: you give it, they talk, we do the rest.
Start their storyKept for everyone who carries the name.
