Business Breakups with Bonnie Bogle

#### Breaking up is hard to do—whether you’re ending a business relationship or a marriage. Bonnie Bogle’s done both, and she’s here to tell us about the good, the bad, and the it’s-just-plain-complicated.

Bonnie cofounded [Mapbox](https://www.mapbox.com/), one of the largest providers of custom online maps in the world. But after growing the business from zero to more than 200 employees, she left it all behind. Now she’s the director of [Brazen](https://brazenglobal.com/philadelphia/) in Philadelphia, where she works with startups at the start of _their_ journeys.

Bonnie tells us about what it was like to launch Mapbox with her husband as her business partner—precisely at the moment they decided to get divorced. She also shares what it was like to leave that same company after building it into a massive success. Oh, _and_ how she knows the secret behind McGruff the Crime Dog’s life story.

> Who cares if this is super unusual? Yeah, we’re getting a divorce, and we’re starting a company together at the same time, and screw it! Let’s just do it. We both want this.

> — **Bonnie Bogle** , cofounder of Mapbox and director of Brazen Philly

We chat with Bonnie about:

- Why living in Peru inspired her to create her first company, build open-source websites, and ultimately provide access to better maps

- How everything Bonnie learned running operations for a quickly growing startup became the backbone for how she’s helping other new businesses launch and grow

- How to decide whether and when to let go of something you love

Follow Bonnie: [Twitter](https://twitter.com/bonnie?lang=en) | [Insta](https://www.instagram.com/bonniebogle/)

### We also dig into…

- When leaving a job is bittersweet, so you hang around for a month (or more)

- Toxic companies, toxic bosses, and realizing when you gotta GTFO

- Crying in the work bathroom: the worst, but also sometimes totally ok

- Breastfeeding at meetups, in Parliament—and wherever the hell you want to (if you want to)

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