What does it take to go into business with your family?

Open communication is how they solve conflicts at home, and this approach has also helped this family manage and expand their business together.

Oftentimes, managing a family business can be rather tricky, especially when your colleagues are also the nearest and dearest to you. Conflicts can arise due to generation gap, different mindsets and opposing viewpoints.

Gilbert Lewis and Linda Lim who co-own a printing company, Gilin Printers, are no stranger to this scenario. Their children, Ian, 32, and Irene, 30, have joined their family business and they have had to navigate the intricacies of working together.