The Heritage
Experience
For families passing down more than wealth
Your heirs will inherit what you've built. The question is whether they'll understand why it matters. The Heritage Experience helps families preserve not just their history, but the wisdom inside it. The values each story represents.
What Stories Will Your Family Share 50 Years from Now?
You've built something worth inheriting. But wealth transfers automatically. Wisdom doesn't. Within a generation or two, the next in line will have the inheritance but not the understanding. The Heritage Experience exists for families who refuse to let that happen.
What's Actually at Risk
Wealth Transfers Automatically. Wisdom Doesn't.
When Left Unwritten
- Within two generations, most families lose the thread. Not the money—the meaning.
- The grandchildren inherit the trust but not the story of what built it.
- The values that shaped you become abstractions, then assumptions, then nothing at all.
When Written Down
- Families find a way to preserve not just what happened, but what it meant.
- They give the next generation something to live into, not just live off of.
- Done well, your great-grandchildren won't just know what you built. They'll know who you were while building it.
- When it's complete, the inheritance isn't just assets. It's identity.
The Heritage Experience for Families
From Our Clients
"For years we dreamed of documenting our family's story for our children and grandchildren. A living link reaching back generations. Renown helped us create it."
-Steve and Carolyn B.
"It’s hard to describe fully, but everything Renown does brings ease, clarity, and flow. Not just to the project, but to your life."
-Shelley G.
"Renown helps you tell your story in a way that just might change someone else's life. Because it changed yours first."
-Ron A.
“As I put words on paper, I began to see things I had never fully recognized before. Renown simply helped me uncover them.”
-Scott L.
“What stood out most was how deeply I felt heard. You took the time to really understand my heart, soul, and mind throughout this whole journey.”
-Greg D.
"Renown's storytelling process has been heartwarming and memorable, exceeding our wildest expectations."
-Stan and Amy R.
"Of all the teams I've worked with, I'd put Renown at the top, both in terms of results and experience."
-Lonnie G.
"You’ve got something special here with Renown, and I’m glad to be part of it. I would recommend you to anyone."
-John W.
“I would never, ever be at this point if you all didn’t guide me from the beginning.”
-Bethany F.
“Writing a book is one thing. Writing it with Renown is a whole new experience."
-Rachel M.
The Real Inheritance
What Families Find
- The book is the outcome. But something else happens along the way. Old stories get reexamined. The version that hardened over decades softens when someone finally asks the right questions. Family members who thought they knew the history discover what was underneath it.
- Some families find that the process itself becomes a turning point. A reason to gather. A way to say things that hadn't been said. Others simply find clarity: here's who we are, here's what we stand for, here's what we're handing down.
- Every family is different. But most tell us the book became more than they expected—not because we made it important, but because the story already was.
Through this journey with Renown, I've come to a deeper understanding of myself—and just how much my story can mean to others.
- Art K.
What Ripples Forward
- A book like this doesn't sit on a shelf. It gets pulled down. When a grandson is deciding what to do with his life. When the family foundation is debating which causes to fund. When two siblings disagree and need common ground. When someone marries in and wants to understand what they're joining.
- The story becomes a reference point. Not a rule book; a touchstone. Something the family returns to when they need to remember who they are. That's the long-term work. Not a document. A living inheritance.
- The kind of thing a granddaughter reads before her first board meeting. The kind of thing a family returns to when they've lost their way. Not because you wrote it—because they needed it.
- Most things you leave behind get spent. This gets carried. Pulled off the shelf at exactly the moment someone needs to remember where they came from.
Your descendants will remember how you made them feel seen, known, and guided. That begins with story.
Who This Is For
Families who've built something worth inheriting. And who've started asking what that really means.
Not the assets. The meaning underneath them. The values that shaped the building. The lessons that cost something to learn.
Our clients aren't defined by the scale of what they've built. They're defined by what they want to hand down. They've stopped asking how to grow the family's wealth and started asking how to keep the family whole.
If that's where you are, this work might be for you.
Begin With Discernment
Wisdom unshared is wisdom lost. That's the simplest way to say it. This work exists for families who refuse to let that happen.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the investment?
The Renown Experience is a six-figure engagement, reflecting the depth and 18-month duration of the work. We're happy to discuss specifics on a discernment call. Our clients tend to approach this not as a marketing expense but as legacy work.
Who owns the book?
You do. Completely. All intellectual property is assigned to you, including derivative works, adaptations, and future uses. We're here to steward the process, not claim the outcome.
What will be asked of me?
Your presence and honesty. The first months involve fifteen deep dialogue sessions where we uncover the stories beneath the stories. After that, you'll review chapters as they emerge, gather feedback from trusted readers, and make decisions about title, cover, and design. We guide the process. You stay close to it.
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