Family businesses represent an important part of every economy, especially in developed countries with a long tradition of entrepreneurship and private ownership. Family enterprises through history have gradually been founded and developed from crafts and small trades. In its meaning, family business is the link between the family and the enterprise that individuals and their families are driven by numerous motivations and reasons, that is, to be their own bosses, to manage their own destiny, to gain financial gain, to create new employment after a job loss, to realize an innovative product or service, therefore, simply said - to create and create something new that will result in economic benefits. Managing family businesses is more complex than managing other companies, and the reason is that the management of the enterprise needs to be managed by the family headed by the company. This paper presents an analysis of the project to restart the family enterprise Zagrebtrade d.o.o. which was the diamond sawing and drilling company, and has been in bankruptcy since 2014 and is looking up possibilities of reactivating the company.