In his online bio on LinkedIn, Mike Parkinson, now retired, offers consulting services and writes about his success in running two separate businesses. The first, a resort and campground that he owned with his wife in the Upper Peninsula, was sold and continues today.
The next business, Blue Harbor Seafood , was purchased in 1999 as a merger with Wisconsin Seafood. Parkinson had gained experience in the industry by operating a wholesale route for 17 years. Putting that experience to use, Blue Harbor Seafood, under his leadership, became a business with gross sales exceeding $5 million a year.
His daughter, Christa Trulock, now one of three owners of the family-owned business, was part of the business from the start…