The BizDad
Faith. Family.
Business.
I'm Adam La Barr. I am a Christian, a husband, a veteran, an entrepreneur, and dad of three amazing kids based in Florida. I help men build businesses without losing their families in the process.
18 Years
U.S. Air Force
Faith
Built on a Christian foundation
Veteran
Disciplined by military service
Entrepreneur
Multiple business ventures
Dad
Father of three — that's the mission
Who I Am
Built in the tension between the boardroom and the breakfast knook.
After 18 years in the Air Force I didn't take the safe road. I started building! Acquiring companies, investing in real estate, and learning what it actually takes to lead at home and at work at the same time.
The BizDad brand exists because most business content ignores the man behind the business. I talk about both.
Read my full story →By the Numbers
Years serving in the United States Air Force
Kids who remind me every day what I'm working for
Doors owned across real estate portfolio
Episodes of honest conversation about business and family
From the Blog
Latest Thinking
Marriage
I Told My Wife We Would Lose Thirty Thousand Dollars... Someday
We were sitting in our living room in Japan. I told her that one day I was going to walk in and say we had lost thirty thousand dollars, and that I needed her to be okay with it right then, while it was still a sentence and not a fact. Years later we lost more than that, and there was never a conversation.
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The Hard Conversation Happens Years Before the Deal
I expected to have to sell my wife on buying Game Over. A spreadsheet, a pitch, three nights of cold silence. Instead she was excited, and it took me a while to understand that the reason had almost nothing to do with the deal and almost everything to do with conversations we had years before it.
Read more →Fatherhood
What 138 Conversations With Entrepreneur Dads Taught Me About Winning at Home
I spent years sitting across from some of the most driven, successful, faith-filled men I have ever met. Business owners, veterans, real estate investors, coaches. And almost every single one of them was wrestling with the same things. Here is what I learned.
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