How to Take Summer Hours Without Losing Clients

I grew up in the river realm of Virginia, where everyone either had a boat or knew someone who did, and summer meant Friday afternoons out on the water before the weekend even started. The reason my family got to do that was simple. My dad ran summer hours in his business, and by noon on Friday the office was empty and everyone was gone. I didn’t clock it as a business decision back then. I just knew we were a little different. But I’ve run summer hours in my own business every single year si...