INTRODUCTORY STAGE Stage II also includes experiences that occur before the successor is old enough to begin part-time work in the family business. It differs from Stage I in that family members deliberately introduce the child to certain people associated directly or indirectly with the firm and to other aspects of the business. In an industrial equipment dealership, for example, a parent might let the child ride on a bulldozer, explain the difference between a front loader and a backhoe, or introduce the child to the firm's banker.