Comments on: Tips on how to get your spouse to support your entrepreneurial dreams

By: The Dreams of a Solo

The Dreams of a Solo — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:47:50 +0000

Escape for Cubicle Nation blog: This Blog Speaks to Me

I was just about to call it a night and I came across this blog by Pamela Slim called Escape from Cubicle Nation. I didn’t intend on finding another blog to add to my regular routine, but this blog i…

By: FitForFreedom

FitForFreedom — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:48:27 +0000

Links #2

Folks, it´s time for the next issue of the Links-Series.
I´ve done some research for you again. This time, we will stay away a bit from technology and/or marketing topics.
If you run any kind of home-based business, there are much more things for you…

By: Business Opportunities And Ideas

Business Opportunities And Ideas — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:11:38 +0000

Get Your Spouse On Board

Im very lucky that my wife I and run our business together, it means that we both understand what were doing, why we doing it and the risks were taking when we choose a course for our business. It also means we can share my busines…

By: Leah Maclean

Leah Maclean — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:16:40 +0000

This is such a large but unrecognised part of enjoying the success of a business (particularly for women). I have had both experiences – my first husband used to ask “when are you going to get a real job?” (that is why he is now an ex-huband) and my wonderful husband of the past 8 years is the complete opposite and supports me all the way.

This is such a great post Pam I’d love to include it in the Carnival of Entrepreneurs that I’m hosting this week. Is that OK with you?

By: sharon wortman farnham

sharon wortman farnham — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:57:54 +0000

My husband doesn’t understand what I do all he knows is I don’t turn a profit and may never that I only spend money . Because of this I have considered quiting but my husband has told me to keep doing it . It is something I like doing and I think he sees that this may be something that never makes money.

By: Herdian Mohammad (Herdi)

Herdian Mohammad (Herdi) — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:55:54 +0000

wow, pam! just an article i’ve been waiting for. Thank you so much. You’ve given me great tips in how I can get my wife to support my entrepreneurial dreams. As my wife is an employee of the 9 to 5, and me taking the entrepreneur route, we tend to have very different opinions and viewpoints about certain financial issues. At times, we could have heated arguments and conflicts that lead nowhere; but despite of all that, we still support one another. Thanks again for the article.

By: DanL

DanL — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:46:00 +0000

Involving family in smaller decisions (such as coming up with a name for your company) may help reduce hostility to the idea and the business. That should stop them turning their noses up at the mention of the project. But, talk to a lawyer first – they might get too involved and believe the idea was theirs all along!

By: DofAM

DofAM — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 02:20:13 +0000

I think for us the key has been my involving Caitlin in the bigger decisions. If something involves risk, I ask her opinion and I take it seriously. She has as much at stake as I do, and my acknowledging that helps a lot.

By: Francine Hardaway

Francine Hardaway — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:13:01 +0000

Such a bummer. I lost a husband to my entrepreneurial dream. When I quit my nice safe professorship to start my first company, my professor husband (who was my department chairman) decided I was going to be a failure and lose all our savings, impacting our financial future. He found himself another girlfriend and left me (in that order).

But I made enough money to be the major support of our children, and he evolved into the one who took them to the library and the dentist. We worked it out and remained friends, but my risk tolerance was so different from his that we couldn’t stay married.