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The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.

244: Couples in Business with Dr. Bader and Dr. Pearson

The How of Business - How to start, run, grow and exit a small business.

Henry Lopez, Levante Business Group

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7522 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Couples in business - how to own a small business with your spouse or partner, with Dr. Ellyn Bader and Dr. Peter Pearson. Working in business with your spouse or partner can be challenging, and sometimes detrimental to your relationship, or it can be joyful and productive. Ellyn and Pete share stories from their vast experience in helping couples. They are the founder of The Couples Institute where they help entrepreneurial couples better understand and overcome the unique challenges of managing a business and marriage simultaneously and successfully. If you are planning to start a business with your spouse or partner, or if you are currently in a small business together, this episode is for you. Download free resources from The Couples Institute, including The Candor Solution, at the show notes page for this episode.

Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and the host of this episode of The How of Business show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business. (TheHowOfBusiness.com)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the How of Business with Henry Lopez and David Begin, the podcast that helps you start, run, and grow your small business.

0:12.9

And now here are your hosts.

0:14.8

Welcome to this episode of The How of Business.

0:16.7

This is Henry Lopez.

0:18.0

And my guests today are Dr. Ellen Bader and Dr. Peter Pearson. Welcome to the show.

0:25.2

It's good to be here, Henry. Good to be here. Yeah, happy to be with you. Thank you. Thanks for taking the

0:30.0

time. This is a topic that is of interest particularly to me and to a lot of our listeners. So I can't

0:36.2

wait to get into it.

0:42.1

So in this episode, we're going to chat about the challenges of working together in a business as a couple, and what can you do to avoid the common mistakes that a lot of couples

0:46.8

encounter when they do work together in a small business?

0:50.7

If you want to receive more information about the Hawa business, including links to the show notes pages for this or other episodes, just text the word biz, B-I-Z to 31996.

1:03.7

So, Dr. Ellen Bader and Dr. Peter Pearson, they have specialized in helping couples transform their relationships for over 30 years.

1:13.9

Ellen and Pete are co-founders of the Couples Institute based in Silicon Valley, where they help

1:20.2

entrepreneurial couples better understand and overcome the unique challenges of managing a business

1:26.2

and marriage simultaneously and successfully.

1:30.0

Ellen and Pete, they now have been married for over 36 years, bring both personal experience

1:35.3

and clinical expertise to their clients through innovative programs and intensive workshops

1:41.3

where they have guided thousands of couples to build the lives they love

1:46.0

with the ones they love. I love that. So Ellen and Pete live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

1:52.6

Obviously the couples institute is in Silicon Valley. And so once again, Ellen and Pete,

1:57.8

welcome to the show. Thank you. Thanks. Yeah, like I said, we're glad to be here.

2:02.6

Love talking about this topic. Yes, absolutely. You've helped so many people through it. I,

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