Could My Growing Business Divide Me and My Wife?

EntreLeadership

Ramsey Network

Management, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today, we’ll hear about: A husband wondering if he should include his wife in business decisions A project manager looking to unify processes across the business Dave’s opinion on whether to promote from within or hire from outside A son dealing with his father’s broken promise to share the profit of the business Next Steps: 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 844-944-1070 or send us a message: https://ter.li/ask-us 📚 Learn about the EntreLeadership System™: https://ter.li/system-p 💻 Get EntreLeadership Elite™ for your business: https://ter.li/elite-p ✉️ Sign up to receive tactical tools, advice and resources in your inbox every week: https://ter.li/enl 🏢 Attend EntreLeadership Summit: https://ter.li/summit 🎤 Attend EntreLeadership Master Series: https://ter.li/masterseries 📖 Order Dave’s new book, Build a Business You Love: https://ter.li/b4kru2 Connect With Our Sponsors: 💼 Go to Belay Solutions or text ENTRE to 55123 for their free resource! 💻 Visit NetSuite today to learn more. Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 🪑 Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, this is Andre Leadership, where I take calls from leaders like you about what it takes to win at any stage of business and leadership.
0:21.0	I'm Dave Ramsey, your host, with over 30 years of experience, leading in the trenches,
0:26.4	right alongside you.
0:27.9	If you've got a question you want to ask on the show, fill out the forum at ontraryleadership.com
0:32.6	slash ask or call and leave a voicemail at 844-944-1070.
0:39.0	That's 844-944-1070.
0:46.0	Lance is in San Francisco.
0:48.1	Hey, Lance, what's up in your world?
0:50.6	Hey, Dave.
0:51.6	I run my family's plumbing business.
0:54.0	Over the last seven years, I've grown us from two employees and about 600,000 to eight employees and about 1.5 million.
1:02.1	Good for you.
1:02.8	And having a ton of fun. My parents are grateful.
1:06.6	You know, we're making more money than we did when I was a kid and mom and doubt are running the
1:11.3	business. So my parents, they give me a lot of leeway to run the business. I've been
1:15.2	doing a handle and everything. They've been transferring portions of ownership over to me
1:20.2	slowly. How old are you? I am 37. What portion do you own now? I am 40% today. January 1st. I will be 50%. Okay. And is that the rate
1:32.8	that every year you're going to get about 10% more? Yeah, it's hard to pin them down on it,
1:39.1	but that's, we went 10%, 25, 33, 40, and now we're at 50, or about to be 50.
1:46.0	Okay.
1:47.1	So somewhere around the next five years or so, you'll own it.
1:50.7	Correct.
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