How We Built This (and Stayed Happily Married)

Are you in business for your family? Mike and Roz Goodwin are in business because of their family -- actually because of their daughter.

At age 7, Gabby Goodwin, Mike and Roz’s daughter, persistently encouraged Roz to create a hair barrette for her. Together they invented the first Double-Face Double-Snap Barrette, which became GaBBY Bows, a 6-figure brand.

At the same time Mike was building a unique, family-friendly, and very funny comedy brand, called Bowtie Comedy. Learn how they built it and developed persistence, determination, and resilience along the way.

What happens when your identity is wrapped up in your job, but your spouse has been an entrepreneur their entire working life? O.L. and Sway Buckley share how they organically came together as married entrepreneurs to create systems to help other married entrepreneurs build multiple streams of income, without sacrificing their most important asset -- their marriage.

What happens when you move to a new city for a new job and that job falls through? And you have a baby on the way? Jamal and Natasha Miller share their purpose-driven story of going from food stamps, while six-months pregnant, to an 8-figure business in four years. They’ve built multiple 7-figure brands using a repeatable framework, they call the Circle of Purpose.

How do you stop working like crazy just to sustain your business? How do you stop burning the candle at both ends? And how do you stop spending so much time away from the important people and things in your life? Stu McLaren stops by the podcast today to share how he and thousands of other business owners pivoted to build a stable business that helps more people while working less.

How does a husband and wife with 8 kids support their family? They build a wildly successful business after moving to a farm in another state then integrate all aspects of their work and home lives together. Jim and PJ Jonas used digital marketing and a rock solid belief in themselves to build an amazing business that they never intended to, and their kids are an integral part. Their biggest key success is to “integrate!”

How do you go from being so uncomfortable on camera that you’d literally hide while vlogging in Walmart when you thought people looked at you, to actually starring in Walmart’s commercials? Chad & Gabrielle Rader, stop by the podcast to share how they got started, overcame their flip flopping introvert and extrovert tendencies to build a profitable and impactful social media influencer business.

What happens when you’re an introvert and you’re asked to join your extrovert spouse on stage to do large speaking events? Ted & Nancie Lowe join us on the podcast to share how they figured things out and thrive on stage despite their polar opposite personalities. They regularly do super fun, game-changing events for packed houses (both online and offline).

How do you go from safe and secure corporate jobs to launch a small personal blog, then turn it into an international brand with over 42 thousand customers across all 50 states and 43 countries? Lamar & Ronnie Tyler join us on the podcast to share how they overcame different goals, created a shared mission, and built a marriage and business leading to freedom for them and thousands of other marriages and businesses worldwide.

Welcome! In our first episode, we introduce ourselves and share why this podcast and this topic is important to us. A little hint -- marriage can be tough and so can business. Put marriage and business together and it doesn’t get easier. We’ve been fortunate to build something great and stay happily married. And we’ve learned a lot through our experiences, yet we realize we can always learn more and continue to grow. Listen to our conversation then get ready to jump right into the stories of couples who’ve built successful businesses and ministries, joining a community of power couples growing together in their marriages and businesses.