Married With A Business

Jennifer Smith Broeckling, from Murphy Business Sales joins us this week to talk about some  Cautionary Tales of Preparing to Sell Your Business and tips when to start planning ahead. Jennifer whose goal is to be an ethical business broker who sets buyers, sellers, and their small businesses up for success in the next chapter of their lives has been a great friend to the podcast and small business sharing her years of knowledge and experience.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

When we see friends or colleagues upset we can often give them encouraging words without being pulled into the emotions of what they are feeling themselves. BUT that is not always as easy with a spouse…be it at work or home. This week Craig & Allison talk about how they feel when they are upset and try to vent to the other, and ways to help not absorb each others emotions too much.      Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.ne

Balancing the priorities of marriage, family and business is always easy. After years of working in sales and marketing Robert figured he could help others thru consulting. Kay Lee who had years of experience in banking soon joined with him as the friend maker. Together with their company Power Couples by Design this power couple is helping other achieve their own work/life balance because in their words profit + purpose = transformation. Listen in as they share their story and their NEW book Tandem - which helps equips the married entrepreneur to build a Thriving Marriage AND Prosperous Business. Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!

It’s finally here, 100 episodes. Over the last couple of years Craig & Allison have enjoyed sharing tips and tricks about being married with a business and a family. What’s been working and what hasn’t worked, and chatting with other couples facing some of the same struggles so we can all help each other grow as couples and entrepreneurs. As we look ahead to what’s next we share some of our key takeaways and what we hope to address in upcoming episodes.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

This week we are joined by insurance expert Patrick Powers from RogerGray Insurance to discuss Key Person Insurance and how it can be an important tool in your business and family planning. The purpose of insurance is to reduce financial uncertainty and make accidental loss manageable and Patrick walks us through some options and uses for this insurance. With over 25 years of experience Patrick has experience in both the family agency environment as well as a background working in Fortune 100 carriers. Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

Kristen Ross Vogel has spent over 20 years coaching families and business leaders in communication, conflict resolution, and building high performing teams. And she only glances at the surface of these topics in our discussion this week. Along with her husband they own three businesses and are full time entrepreneurs.So balancing home and work is something she knows a lot about.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

Only about 16 percent of people are able to follow their resolutions. It takes a lot more than saying you want to change to actually do something about it. That’s why we don’t set resolutions but GOALS. This week we talk about what we learned about ourselves last year and how we set goals instead. #Inspiration #BusinessPodcast #motivation #fullfocusplanner

Building your team’s culture and identity takes time. In season there we talked about some of the steps we’ve been taking at Almar Building & Remodeling in Hanover Ma to develop our team. This week we are joined by Nicole Patri our head of marketing to talk about her thoughts on our progress, approach, and how she sees team culture.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

Blending a family, work, and separate business keeps Matt & Shanna Graifer busy. But the Graifers seem to be thriving and showing their kids just what it means to build the life you want. Life isn’t always easy but this couple works together to get everything done. We are excited to spend some time with a couple running separate businesses but supporting each other's dreams and how the skills they have mastered separately is helping them build a life that works together.   Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

Which came first the business or the relationship. Well for Matt and Shea the business came first. This week we learned more about how they got together, built a business and how they work with their clients. As Shea tells us if you can apply a visual to it 3Thought Create can help you with it.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

Are you consciously aware of how you want to be loved and shown appreciation for? Until recently Craig and Allison “knew” how to be kind but we didn’t really know. After reading The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate by Gary Chapman we really started talking about how we show and want to be shown love. This week we talk about our journey to discovery and share Gary’s Love Languages with you and how knowing other people's languages  can help at work and at home.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

There’s only a few weeks left to wrap up 2022 so this week we invited Christopher Ernest, CPS from Pozerski Hatch & Company, P.C. in Hingham Mass to chat with us about what we can do over the next few weeks to wrap up this year and start planning for next year.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

Keeping a journal helps you create order when your world feels like it's in chaos. You get to know yourself by revealing your most private fears, thoughts, and feelings. This week we talked to Michelle Woerdeman, personal life coach from Mind Balance Wellness Living.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Audible Link: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried

There are many great reasons to bring a family member into your business. But you need to make sure they are the right reasons, and that you talk out all of the possible scenarios before you get in too deep. This week Craig & Allison talk about some of their experiences and what they’ve seen in other businesses and share 10 questions you and your potential family member should discuss before (or after) taking the plunge into working together.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Audible Link: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried

This week Craig and Allison discuss their journey into surveying their team. Why? Because we wanted to gauge how we are doing, and set a baseline for the future. We’ll talk about the push from the team to move forward with it, and why we think jumping in was a good thing.    Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

This week we are having an exciting conversation with Justin & Kristen Deese, entrepreneurs and  the authors of When Your Business Partner Is Your Spouse: How to Have a Successful Business and a Happy Marriage. We discuss their origin story and how through their book and coaching they use their real life experience to help other couples running business and building families.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

We all experience curve balls from time to time. How we prepare for the unexpected can make managing it easier when it happens right? This week Craig and Allison talk about some recent curveballs they have experienced and how they can handle them better in the future. Listen along and maybe you’ll grab a tip or two to include in your system as you grow as a business owner and partner.

Well we are 85 episodes in and we have been talking to amazing couples and working through some of the challenges couples face when working together. We recap season three, what we learned, what we liked and what affected us the most. Listen in and then go back and visit or revisit the last few episodes.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

A Shared vision is important when you work with your spouse, and the internet is really enjoying watching this couple's shared vision on TickToc, Instagram, and television. Building a business and a family at the same time can be tough enough throw on top of that a team and a whole new way to play baseball, but Jesse and Emily Cole, owners of the Savannah Bananas are making it happen thru a lot of shared vision, hard work, communication and a LOT of FUN.    Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/

According to Tom Collins from Old Dog Learning if you didn’t write the book in your niche you should. Partnering with Yvonne Divita, Tom and Yvonne have built a life and business helping other people succeed by helping them tell their story by becoming authors. Listen in as we learn how they balance each other in life and business.  Tune into #MWB to learn that and more about working with your spouse/partner not only at home but also at the office!    Links: http://audibletrial.com/BizMarried  https://www.marriedwithabusiness.net/