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EP 9: Shelby Clevenger - The Highs,Lows,And In-Betweens Of Running A Business With Your Spouse


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What makes an ideal business partnership? It usually takes a mix of compatible personalities, skill sets, and a lot of patience - and who better to choose for your better half in business than your best friend and partner in life?

Shelby Clevenger is the master integrator within the Duck Dens business alongside her husband, Zach. She provides the organizational and detail-oriented superpower that every thriving business needs and the perfect counterpoint to Zach’s big-picture visionary skills. 

On this episode of Inside Development, Manufacturing & Sales, Zach, and Shelby give some in-depth information on what it’s like to work together as a married couple, including the push-pull that comes with balancing skill sets with roles in the business, adjusting to an increased presence on social media and the relationships that go with it, and how the whole experience, even the worst moments from their first business venture together, has brought them closer as a couple. Listen in for a unique take on a rare and sometimes complex - but insanely rewarding - type of business partnership. 

 

What You’ll Learn:

 

  • How Shelby brought her unique talents and capabilities from other areas of her life outside the business into her leadership role with the team and some of the challenges she faced along the way
  • What bridging the gap between Zach and Shelby’s different visions for their social media strategy looked like for the two of them, and how they worked together to meet their goals
  • Why the somewhat unconventional entrepreneurship setup wound up being the perfect fit for Zach and Shelby’s dreams and lifestyle needs 
  • And much more!  

 

Favorite Quote:

“For me, all the processes it takes to do a business, it's so much more than what you think. There are so many more aspects than you even think about that come up, and just learning through that experience, I think, has been helpful.” 

 

  • Shelby Clevenger

 

 

Connect with Shelby:

 

Instagram

 

How to Get Involved:

 

Connect with Zach and Myles:

 

Zach’s LinkedIn

Myles’ LinkedIn

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Lyntech Engineering

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