Speaking
Most audiences hear that number far too late to do anything about it. I speak about what actually transfers between generations — and what quietly doesn't.
I'm not a professional speaker. I'm an operator — I've built multiple businesses, hold a granted U.S. patent, write software, and I'm raising five kids to be builders rather than beneficiaries. I speak because the 97% number is real, I've spent my career inside it, and I'd rather an audience hear it while they can still act on it.
If you want a polished circuit act, there are better options. If you want someone who has done the work and will tell your audience the truth about it, let's talk.
Each of these can run as a keynote or open up into a workshop. Every one gets tailored to the room before I show up.
Why family businesses die in four generations — and why the money is never the reason.
Best for: Family business groups, succession planners, ownership retreats
A 78-hour job in El Paso, everything failing at once, and the lesson that rebuilt the company.
Best for: Leadership events, trades and construction associations, founder groups
What it takes to raise kids who can create wealth from nothing instead of maintaining yours.
Best for: Parent and homeschool organizations, faith communities, family retreats
Digging at ten, a granted U.S. patent, and the habit of refusing to accept "impossible."
Best for: Entrepreneurship programs, innovation events, trade schools and students
One core talk, shaped to your audience, with a clear ask at the end.
The Transfer Readiness work done live — attendees leave with their own scored assessment.
Interview or panel format. Least prep on your side, most range on mine.
Remote or in person. Happy to bring the data and the stories behind it.
Kable Record started digging ditches at ten years old and went on to build multiple seven- and eight-figure businesses. He holds U.S. Patent No. 12,679,457 for the Excavator Foot, a factory-installable pivot mechanism for tracked excavators, and is the author of The Fourth Generation Formula, a nine-layer system for building businesses that last and raising kids who can build their own.
He is a third-generation builder who decided not to coast on what was handed to him, and he's raising five kids on the same principle.
Tell me the audience, the date and roughly how long you want, and I'll tell you straight whether I'm the right fit for it.
Also available for podcasts and interviews — remote or in person.