My son and I built a successful bow tie business on Amazon together. We had to shut it down to save our relationship.

The author and her son started a business on Amazon.

Courtesy of Andrea Henderson

• After noticing a bow tie trend at a wedding, my son and I launched an Amazon private label business.
• The business helped pay for Roland's tuition at a private HBCU, but we disagreed often.
• We shut the business down because our relationship was worth more than the revenue.

It started after a trip to Maine during my son's first year of college. We attended his high school basketball...