There are pros and cons to your significant other also being your business partner.
Here, get tips from business owners themselves.
She also teaches the Money, Mindset, & Marriage Course.
Its key to remember that at the heart of every business relationship is connection.
verify that the foundation of the relationship is solid outside of what happens with the business.
Below, get three tips from business owners who have firsthand experience.
licensed mental health counselor and financial wellness expert based in New York
3 tips for when your significant other is also your business partner
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The business can easily consume you and be all you discuss, Holloway says.
Sometimesat night or on the weekends, especiallyyou just want to turn that side of your brain off.
So we both understand each others boundaries, she adds.
Of course, this can be tough in practice.
[Sometimes], its just impossible, he says regarding not bringing into his personal life.
I have ideas, and were going to want to talk about them.
Its important to define roles and responsibilities.
Gregory Gee Smalls, co-owner of Virgils Gullah Kitchen
Its important to define roles and responsibilities, says Smalls.
licensed mental health counselor and financial wellness expert based in New York
We simply do not have the bandwidth to each be on every call, says Holloway.
These days, we ask ourselves Do we reallybothneed to be on this call?
If not, one of us can step out and get that time back.
When you are starting a business, it can be all-consuming.
It can be everything that youre thinking about, says Evans.
Asking questions like How are you?
and What would you like more of in the relationship?
And, to be sure, preventing that situation from taking hold is important.
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