This episode explores the unique dynamics of couples who run businesses together, examining how co-owner and husband and wife duo, Sue and Alex, balance their professional and personal lives. They share their journey from their first meeting to building a successful business partnership—highlighting the importance of recognizing each other's strengths and establishing clear roles.

Together, they discuss practical strategies for maintaining boundaries between work and home life, including their rules for preventing business discussions from dominating their personal time—which we know happens so easily.

This episode reveals how, together, they've learned to communicate differently as business partners versus as a married couple and how they navigate disagreements in business decisions while preserving their relationship.

Has running a business together strengthened or hindered their marriage? Listen in to find out!

As always, it is our goal not only to supply you, the listener, with valuable insights on the topics or questions but also to plant some seeds for further research and thought. Be sure to like and subscribe and leave us a review if you loved this episode!

Timestamps:

(0:00) Introducing today's topic

(0:21) When you first met, did you ever think you'd run a business together?

(4:15) What was the first moment where you realized you could actually build something together?

(6:10) What strengths do each of you bring to the business? How did you discover your roles?

(8:23) How do you keep "work mode" and "relationship mode" separate? Or do you?

(17:14) Do you have any "rules" in place to stop work from creeping into your personal life?

(26:21) Do you ever find it hard to switch off from business conversations at home?

(28:58) Have you had to re-learn how to communicate differently as business partners vs. as a married couple?

(31:45) Have there been moments where the stress of work spilled over into your relationship? How do you navigate that?

(42:41) How do you handle situations where one of you strongly disagrees with the other in a business decision?

(51:06) How has running a business together made your marriage stronger?

(1:01:31) Do you ever take time apart intentionally or do you find you thrive spending so much time together?

(1:07:01) Have you had to shift traditional gender roles in business vs. marriage?

(1:10:26) If you could give one piece of advice to other couples considering working together, what would it be?

(1:13:00) Wrap-up

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