Fresh Cycle

Scott Fischer shudders at the R-word: retirement.

But that doesn't mean the 58-year-old entrepreneur hasn't given a significant amount of thought to life after he no longer runs his Harley-Davidson empire that encompasses three states and 265 employees. The company, Fort Myers-based Scott Fischer Enterprises, once one of the largest groups of Harley-Davidson stores nationwide, had $96.6 million in revenue in 2016.

Fischer even took the somewhat unusual step, more than a decade ago — in his career prime — of hiring a consultant who got him to focus on what's next. “Part of that was thinking about how long I want to stay in the business,” says Fischer.