Margaret and Ron Wilson have the experience to help couples manage the challenges they face in starting or growing a business together. Business couples share responsibilities that demand a greater perspective on balancing their business partnership and personal relationship. Open communication, upfront agreements and smooth work processes are vital to the success of the business and relationship.
New Series: Conversations for Couples in Business
Every year, millions of couples take on the challenge of starting a business together. For some, it is the best decision they ever made. Not only do they get to spend more time together, they get to pursue their passion side-by-side.
Unfortunately, not every couple has this experience. Working together can be stressful, and that stress can translate into trouble for the relationship or for the business – or both. It’s challenging to balance these competing demands even under the best of circumstances.
So what is the difference between the couples that make it and the couples that break up? Why do some succeed while others do not?
The stresses with starting a business are inevitable – the financial risk, the long periods of uncertainty, the seemingly endless list of tasks to accomplish. That’s why you must have structure and strategy, not only with your business, but with your partner.
To help you better understand how to navigate this process, Conversations for Couples in Business guides couples in business together through the intricacies of business partnership and personal relationship.
The Power of Two2 eBook
Couples who run a business together have unique challenges. Juggling roles, sharing power, managing risk and talking about money, just to name a few. These challenges demand greater coordination and communication than for couples who work separately. Very simply, when couples share both a business and personal relationship, it’s a tricky balancing act.
The Power of Two2 is designed to help business couples manage the challenges they face in starting or growing a business together. Margaret and Ron Wilson share what they’ve learned about balancing acts, both as advisors to Business Couples and as married business partners themselves.
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