I was every role. I was the janitor, I was the marketing department, the bookkeeper, the sales, right? And what I wish I would’ve learned earlier is that not to also make my spouse, my partner, everything to me as well in our relationship.

And so then they build this wonderful business they want and then end up with a rotten marriage, or even worse getting divorced and often then losing half of the business they spent all that energy creating.

And I was wrong. It did not go seamlessly. And we had to figure out and have really explicit and sometimes hard conversations to get to a point where now we enjoy working together, because we’ve sifted and sorted through all of that.

I get feedback often about, it’s just one more thing to do, right? Oh, my plate is already full. Another meeting. Another meeting, right? That kind of an energy. But as, as business owners, entrepreneurs, we understand the concept of ROI. What’s my return on investment? And this thing has an ROIT for the time that you invest.

Running a business with your partner comes with unique challenges. And huge rewards, when you get it right.

Want to hear how James and Angela made it work, and how they now help other couples do the same?

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