Podcasts by CoupleCo: Working With Your Spouse For Fun
Is building a business with your spouse the best thing ever--or the craziest? Or both? How do other couples do it? We interview successful couples who are crushing it and ask them everything from how they met to how they do it to how they argue. Whether you're working with your significant other, just thinking about it, or just like modeling other successful business owners, welcome to CoupleCo: Working With Your Spouse For Fun & Profit.
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Dan Hill&Karen Bernthal: Blah Blah Blah--A Snarky Guide from 2022-02-26T17:00
This is a special edition of CoupleCo. We’ve engineered this show for shameless self-promotion! Blaine helped write a satirical business book created by Dan Hill. Dan is a very smart guy who has...
ListenIt's Figureoutable: John Lord&Alma Aguilar of Cerveceria Crazy Moon, Part 2 from 2021-12-08T05:30
It's Figureoutable: John Lord&Alma Aguilar of Cerveceria Crazy Moon, Part 1 from 2021-12-01T05:30
Uncorked XXVIII: Something's Gotta Give! from 2021-07-28T04:30
Opportunities, priorities, profit—all kinds of greatness is afoot. But that also means: something’s gotta give. Will it be this show? Nope. Well, not really. But we are taking a dose of our own ...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XXVII: How Big Is Big Enough? from 2021-07-21T04:30
Why are a pair of married capitalists talking about Marxism, and what does that have to do with the price of CoupleCo-ism anyway? In this episode, we avoid the adolescent jokes surrounding the g...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XXVI: Anniversary Madness! from 2021-07-14T04:30
How did this happen?! On the 20th Anniversary of our wedding, Blaine Parker and the Fabulous Honey Parker turn the tables on themselves and reveal the answer to the Single Most Important Questio...
ListenUncorked XXV: CoupleCo Independence from 2021-07-07T04:30
Should you do the dangerous deed of becoming a CoupleCo? Maybe your answer is here: it’s the 2021 Independence Edition of CoupleCo Uncorked! There are upsides to being in business with your spou...
ListenScrappy Underdogs: Chris&Jen Hudak of Escapod Trailers, Part 2 from 2021-06-30T04:30
Innovative, paradigm-shifting, champion-inspired cult camper moving and shaking! Jen and Chris Hudak have moved Escapod travel trailers, shaken up their own world, they’re changing world of tear...
ListenScrappy Underdogs: Chris&Jen Hudak of Escapod Trailers, Part 1 from 2021-06-23T04:30
All hail the scrappy underdog! In the two years since we first spoke to them, Chris and Jen Hudak have exploded. They’ve instigated an exponential increase in production of their cult-favorite t...
ListenRe-Packed For Action: Therese Iknoian And Michael Hodgson of HI Travel Tales Redux, Part 2 from 2021-06-16T04:30
Comprehensive CoupleCo convo some award-winning expert travelers? How does that even happen? What is award-winning expert travel, anyway? Therese Iknoian and Michael Hodgson are epic travel blog...
ListenRe-Packed For Action: Therese Iknoian And Michael Hodgson of HI Travel Tales Redux, Part 1 from 2021-06-09T04:30
With summer travel exploding nationwide, how about a conversation with some expert, career travelers? Therese Iknoian and Michael Hodgson run the epic travel blog HI Travel Tales. But these two ...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XXIV: Never Easier, Just Better… from 2021-06-02T04:30
Once you’ve made it, it all get easier, right? Mmm…nope. This is the episode that’s equally for the aspiring CoupleCo that thinks success is a panacea, and for the veteran CoupleCo who believe t...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XXIII: More Than Just A Chair… from 2021-05-26T04:30
“Whatever I can do, she can do better... She is equally responsible with me for everything that goes on here.” And with that, we begin gushing about another collaborator CoupleCo, this one respo...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked #XXII: We Love Desilu from 2021-05-19T04:30
Crushing it by modeling other successful businesses is a time-honored tradition. Having vision. Taking chances. Being bold. Sticking to your guns. Knowing each other’s strengths. Presenting a un...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XXI: Other People’s Wine from 2021-05-12T12:53:33
This is the credit where credit is due episode. Do you need to take credit for everything? Do you dismiss the contributions of others? Do the ideas of the other players get short shrift because ...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XX: Word Of Mouth Gone Wrong from 2021-05-05T04:30
In a time when so-called word-of-mouth advertising is more powerful than ever, one must consider always entertaining the enthusiastic fan. Dismissing the fan can be dismissing a vast number of s...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XX: Word Of Mouth Gone Wrong from 2021-05-05T04:30
In a time when so-called word-of-mouth advertising is more powerful than ever, one must consider always entertaining the enthusiastic fan. Dismissing the fan can be dismissing a vast number of s...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XIX: The Working Vacation from 2021-04-28T04:30
Get out! Get immersed! Get into green! This is the working-vacation edition of CoupleCo Uncorked in which we discuss semi-wild places, birdlife galore, and why it’s important to change your mind...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XIX: The Working Vacation from 2021-04-28T04:30
Get out! Get immersed! Get into green! This is the working-vacation edition of CoupleCo Uncorked in which we discuss semi-wild places, birdlife galore, and why it’s important to change your mind...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XVIII: The One With Beer And Lawnmowers from 2021-04-21T04:30
So, so many questions that defy sensible answers. Like, what can a CoupleCo learn from a) New Orleans, b) one of the legends of Madison Avenue, and c) working your hobbies instead of your busine...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XVIII: The One With Beer And Lawnmowers from 2021-04-21T04:30
So, so many questions that defy sensible answers. Like, what can a CoupleCo learn from a) New Orleans, b) one of the legends of Madison Avenue, and c) working your hobbies instead of your busine...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XVII: Post-Tequila-Fueled Bitch Fest from 2021-04-14T04:30
What have we learned after last week’s stress-fest? It pays to be in business with someone to whom you can vent and then strategize. Also, Honey invents a category of noises, we talk about hand ...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XVI: Tequila-Fueled Bitch Fest from 2021-04-07T04:30
This is just one of those things. You do everything in a business deal in good faith, and someone tries to work an angle when they don’t have to. And it’s going to cost money. But isn’t handling...
ListenA Bigger, Better Fish Story: Sena&Rich Wheeler of Sena Seafood, Part 2 from 2021-03-31T04:30
We’re back with Sena and Rich Wheeler, the couple who’s crushing it in the seafood business by not only catching the famed Copper River Salmon, but by selling it direct to consumers like you and...
ListenA Bigger, Better Fish Story: Sena&Rich Wheeler of Sena Seafood, Part 1 from 2021-03-24T04:30
Here’s a couple who turned the business model of their profession upside down to have more leverage, a better life, and bigger money. Sena and Rich Wheeler were just a run-of-the-mill profession...
ListenA Bigger, Better Fish Story: Sena & Rich Wheeler of Sena Seafood, Part 1 from 2021-03-24T04:30
Here’s a couple who turned the business model of their profession upside down to have more leverage, a better life, and bigger money. Sena and Rich Wheeler were just a run-of-the-mill profession...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XV: Fed Up, Down&Sideways from 2021-03-17T04:30
Insanity abounds: customers losing their minds; how handling that is the measure of your business; how garnishing a martini with a cherry pepper becomes a cherry bomb; the hazards of hiring a co...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XIV: Beware Fear Of Failure from 2021-03-10T05:30
This starts with sourdough and a casual fuming about fatigue, and unravels into a surprising debate about why fear begets failure. And it all happens because of one simple sentence about one of ...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XIII: Ignorance, Meet Arrogance! from 2021-03-03T05:30
Simple fact: Most businesses fail. And if you pursue your startup the way we pursued our first business, it’s no surprise. So today’s message or mirth is minimalist and pithy: Don’t suffer the b...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XII: Overwhelmed? Try The F-Word! from 2021-02-24T05:30
We are overwhelmed. How about you? In this episode, we share three practical tips for overcoming overwhelm. They all involve varying degrees of The F-Word: Focus! Yes, that might sound simple. A...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked XI: Do The Work Or Die from 2021-02-17T05:30
Is there a silver bullet for your business and/or your relationship? As Valentine’s Day passes by yet again, we face the challenges of how to make it all work. Here’s a hint: there’s no such thi...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked X: Stressed? Anxious? Reset! from 2021-02-10T05:30
You have a reset button on your relationship, and you may not even know it. This is the episode where we bare all in sharing three simple tips to making bad times better. In an effort to avoid t...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked IX: Advertising Lies Your Mother Told You from 2021-02-03T05:30
It all begins a grand advertising lie that “Nobody reads long copy,” and snowballs into getting all geeky on legendary marketing, and approaching copywriting and Tootsie Pops with a Zen koan. (R...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked VIII: Do Not Shave The Cat from 2021-01-27T05:30
Do not shave the cat. It is a metaphor. No, it’s not dirty. It’s a mistake we’ve made ourselves, and it costs a lot of money. We’ve wasted the money, and it’s possible you have as well. It’s a m...
ListenCoupleco Uncorked VII: How To Undo Your Passion Marketing Mistake from 2021-01-20T05:30
Yes, we are going to be insulting your marketing. Sorry in advance. This is an episode based on one of the worst marketing copy transgressions of our time: “Passion.” It’s a word that doesn’t be...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked VI: Insurrection Survival Edition from 2021-01-13T05:30
Is insurrection making it hard to accomplish anything in your business? We get it. It’s difficult to run a business and make things happen when it seems like the capitol is burning. But times of...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked V: Being Us Is A Huge Mistake from 2021-01-06T05:30
Is it the skiing or the day drinking? People say they want to be us—which is a really bad idea. They see outward manifestations of some ideal, and want to jump right on our bandwagon. We’ve also...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked IV: Tips For A Profitable Year from 2020-12-30T05:30
Yet again, we have been fighting with each other, so we’re uncorking a bottle of wine, and giving stuff away. This Uncorked edition offers valuable tips based on real-life examples. And there’s ...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked III: Don't Get Mad, Get Wine&Gifts! from 2020-12-23T05:30
This Christmas, CoupleCo has two gifts for you—one is an insanely simple piece of advice, and the other is worth 200 bucks. And yes, it’s a gift. Free. No strings, just a bow. This is CoupleCo U...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked II: Don't Det Mad, Get MORE Wine! from 2020-12-16T05:30
Gambling for Hanukkah gelt, the neuroscience of decision making, copywriting and voiceover by Hal Riney—what do we NOT discuss in this new holiday edition of CoupleCo Uncorked? We have a few lau...
ListenCoupleCo Uncorked: Don't Get Mad, Get Wine. from 2020-12-09T05:30
This episode is the product of conflict! One of us got annoyed, so we threw out the business topic we had planned on discussing. Instead, we are popping a cork, and talking about couples during ...
ListenSee The Business Clearly: Denis Randall And Jerry Miller of Anywhere Vision, Part 2 from 2020-12-02T05:30
We are back with the rule breakers of Asbury Park, NJ. Or are they rule makers? One thing’s for sure: they would not trade the couplepreneur lifestyle for any other. Denis Randal and Jerry Mille...
ListenSee The Business Clearly: Denis Randall And Jerry Miller of Anywhere Vision, Part 1 from 2020-11-25T05:30
This week, a couple who are breaking all kinds of rules. Or making their own, depending on how you look at it. Denis Randal and Jerry Miller have a pandemic-perfect business model. They’re runni...
ListenThe Big, Careful-ish Comedy Author Interview from 2020-11-18T05:30
What happens when a CoupleCo splits up for separate projects? Or vanity projects? Is it possible that it’s still a couplepreneur venture, even though only one of them is getting all the glory? I...
ListenSkin In The Game: Annmarie and Kevin Gianni of Annmarie Skincare, Part 2 from 2020-11-11T05:30
We’re back with part 2 of Annmarie and Kevin Gianni of Annmarie Skincare. We are revisiting their 2018 interview because these two are brave and brazen entrepreneurs. They do things on their own...
ListenSkin In The Game: Annmarie and Kevin Gianni of Annmarie Skincare, Part 1 from 2020-11-04T05:30
These two have done it all on their own terms, they’ve evolved, adapted, survived and adapted some more. They’re smart, unafraid to pivot, and they’re committed to their cause. This is Annmarie ...
ListenBride of Fire&Knives: Chuck Heath and Colleen Keblish, Chop Shop Park City, Part 2 from 2020-10-28T04:30
We’re back with Chuck and Coleen, the professional couple who are helping start a business that’s kind of a dream gig—and one in which they have no experience. It’s a high-end, nose-to-tail butc...
ListenBride of Fire&Knives: Chuck Heath and Colleen Keblish, Chop Shop Park City, Part 1 from 2020-10-21T04:30
We’re talking to Chuck, a veteran real estate developer, and Colleen, who comes from PR and corporate sales. We’ve been talking to their partners in launching a high-end butcher shop with a limi...
ListenBlaine and Honey: The Resentment Episode from 2020-10-14T04:30
Welcome to the CoupleCo resentment episode. This is the one where we pretend to argue! But seriously, folks: How can you work with your significant other if you harbor resentments? We have no id...
ListenNapa Winemakers Shane And Suzanne of Phifer Pavitt Winery (Redux) Part 2 from 2020-10-07T04:30
Suzanne has been quoted in the news stating a belief in miracles—and she has good reason. We’re back with one of our favorite Napa winery couples. Last week, we revisited a 2019 interview with S...
ListenNapa Winemakers Shane And Suzanne of Phifer Pavitt Winery (Redux) Part 1 from 2020-09-30T04:30
We are revisiting these two winemakers because they’re an inspirational pairing. Shane Pavitt and Suzanne Phifer-Pavitt moved to Calistoga with some serious business chops and a fondness for lib...
ListenTaking The Leap: Robin And Jim Whitney of Whitney Advertising (Redux) Part 2 from 2020-09-23T04:30
Want to start your own business together? These two left New York and Los Angeles behind, moved to the country, built a miniature empire, picked up national business, raised a family, and have a...
ListenTaking The Leap: Robin And Jim Whitney of Whitney Advertising (Redux) Part 1 from 2020-09-16T04:30
They’ve built a little local empire of their own. They’ve picked up national business from a virtual cow town. In the middle of it all, they’ve raised a family. And in the process, they have vau...
ListenFeel The Fear And Go Make Money from 2020-09-09T04:30
When should you push your partner out of the comfort zone? How do you tell the difference between basic nerves and real dread? Want to learn how to deal with fear and get past it? And where does...
ListenWhat If Life Brings A Hammer? from 2020-09-02T04:30
What happens to your business if life gets in the way? Who owns the business? Who runs the business? Could you suddenly find yourself in business with an in-law you don’t like? What if you wante...
ListenMore Fire And Knives: Dan Ibach&Courtnay Scott Gray of Chop Shop Park City, Part 2 from 2020-08-26T04:30
Chop Shop is a high-end butcher shop with table service. It’s also a passion project for the three couples doing it together. We’re talking to each couple separately about the journey. Dan and C...
ListenMore Fire And Knives: Dan Ibach&Courtnay Scott Gray of Chop Shop Park City, Part 1 from 2020-08-19T04:30
We are revisiting the danger of working around fire and knives—this time with people who have never before done it. But she trains enormous and potentially dangerous animals, and he is good with...
ListenBallerina&Business Guy Go Whole Hog: Hannah and Daniel Neeleman of Ballerina Farm, Kamas UT, Part 2 from 2020-08-12T04:30
You’d think it might be a battle of wills. Who sees this coming? But a Julliard-trained ballerina and pageant queen marries an MBA with entrepreneurial tendencies, and they start a family farm. ...
ListenBallerina&Business Guy Go Whole Hog: Hannah and Daniel Neeleman of Ballerina Farm, Kamas UT, Part 1 from 2020-08-05T04:30
She’s a Julliard-trained ballerina who has worn the crown of Miss New York City. He’s a history major with an MBA and an entrepreneur bent. Hannah and Daniel Neeleman are former inhabitants of N...
ListenDocs To Save Your Bacon with Shreya&Colin Ley from 2020-07-29T04:30
If you're a couple in business together, chances are good you haven’t done any of these things. They’re simple, useful, can cover your butt and save your bacon. What happens to the business if s...
ListenFun With Fire&Knives: Paige&John Courtney of Chop Shop Park City, Part 2 from 2020-07-22T04:30
This is the conversation for anyone who’s ever fantasized about crushing it by opening a food business—and considered going into business with a spouse in a high-stress, all-consuming career. We...
ListenFun With Fire&Knives: Paige&John Courtney of Chop Shop Park City, Part 1 from 2020-07-15T04:30
Ever fantasize about having a restaurant? Or starting a business in which you have no experience? Or wonder, “Are we just crazy?” Here's your show. Like food and cooking? Even better. Chop Shop ...
ListenCouples In Love, In Business, In Independence from 2020-07-08T04:30
With US Independence Day just past, we thought we’d talk about the idea of independence as a couple in business together. We talk about how independence is often born of conflict, and how it lea...
ListenEducated In Argument: Tera&Byron Ames of Ames&Ames LLP, UT&NV, Part 2 from 2020-07-01T04:30
This week, we are back in Kamas, everyone’s favorite Utah cow town, to resume our conversation with Tera and Byron Ames of the law firm Ames & Ames. These two are one of the most dynamic couples...
ListenEducated In Argument: Tera&Byron Ames of Ames&Ames LLP, UT&NV, Part 1 from 2020-06-24T04:30
This episode, we are in Kamas, Utah. Population 2,234. The cattle in Kamas may outnumber people. It's also a surprising and delightful rural hotspot. We are sitting down with Tera and Byron Ames...
ListenDoes Your Business Need A Prenup, feat. Shreya&Colin Ley of Law Firm LayRoots from 2020-06-17T04:30
If you’re in business with your significant other, does your business need a prenup? That’s not the legal name for it, but it is a legal document that could save your business should something h...
ListenYou Can Have Better Arguments, feat. Dr. Rachna Jain from 2020-06-10T04:30
How well do you and your spouse argue? (Hint: It’s not about winning.) This is an important conversation with clinical psychologist Dr. Rachna Jain about how to have a productive argument. We ar...
Listen3 Common Mistakes To Avoid As A Couple In Business, feat. Professor Dan Horne from 2020-06-03T04:30
Lots of couples are starting businesses these days. If you are one of these couples, three mistakes are common. We know, because we’ve made them. Prof. Dan Horne, Associate Dean of Corporate Ini...
ListenThe Impossible Dream: CoupleCo Commitment During COVID from 2020-05-27T04:30
Is this the shortest and most potent episode of CoupleCo yet? We revisit an interview with Pennie & Roy Williams of Williams Marketing and Wizard Academy. Honey asks a question that leads Roy to...
Listen"Is it a mistake being in business with your spouse?" feat. Dr. Rachna Jain from 2020-05-20T04:30
So many couples are considering this right now. And this discussion also offers tools for any couple facing normal challenges of business together. So, why launch a business together, and why no...
ListenExpats In Paradise: Anne Pound&Paul Speed of Mango Vacation Rentals, Nicaragua, Part 2 from 2020-05-13T04:30
Back with our favorite expats living the dream, Anne Pound and Paul Speed of Mango Vacation Rentals in San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua. Last week, we talked about everything from the realities of li...
ListenExpats In Paradise: Anne Pound&Paul Speed of Mango Vacation Rentals, Nicaragua, Part 1 from 2020-05-06T04:30
Living the tropical dream: Anne Pound and Paul Speed left North America. They moved to a famous expat surfer beach destination of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua and started a property management co...
ListenLawyer-Humans In Love&Biz: Shreya&Colin Ley of LayRoots, Seattle, Part 2 from 2020-04-29T04:30
Colin Ley and Shreya Ley of the law firm LayRoots are a dynamic, energetic pair had a lot to say about branding and marketing. Revealing themselves to their prospect has been an important part o...
ListenLawyer-Humans In Love&Biz: Shreya&Colin Ley of LayRoots, Seattle from 2020-04-22T04:30
Colin Ley and Shreya Ley operate the Seattle law firm Lay Roots LLC. This pair are young, dynamic, energetic, and are doing it for a lot of the same reasons other CoupleCos are doing it: they wa...
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: New Customers, New Skills w/ Dr. Rachna Jain from 2020-04-16T16:27:58
Psychologist and entrepreneur Dr. Rachna Jain is back with insights into how these crazy times can be good for business and good for you. Ironically, social distancing is leading to all kinds of...
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: Profiting In Tough Times w/Trish McMillen from 2020-04-14T04:30
Is profiting in tough times pure luck? If you listen to Trish McMillen, it’s more like pure love. She’s back, sharing tips that she and her husband Jared used during the last recession, increasi...
ListenRemembering Ina Cohn: Ina&Jerry Cohn of Label Makers, Inc. from 2020-04-09T04:30
This episode is a memorial tribute to Honey's mother, Ina Cohn. Back in episode 38, we interviewed her parents, Ina and Jerry, who spent 35 years in business together and lived to tell about it....
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: Flexing Your Money Muscle w/Dr. Rachna Jain from 2020-04-07T04:30
Today, we are back with Dr. Jain, talking about getting creative and flexing your money muscle. In some cases, this is about your side hustle. In other cases, this is about adapting your existin...
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: Delete The Noise For Focus&Profit from 2020-04-02T04:30
Do you know how to profit in tough times? Trish and Jared McMillen are a creative power couple. We first interviewed these two way back in episodes 5 and 6. They are photographers, and own a fin...
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: Mindset Can Save You from 2020-03-31T04:30
Psychologist Dr. Rachna Jain is one of our most popular guests. Episode #26, where she explains to couples in business how to argue, remains one of our top 5. This time, she's joining us to talk...
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: Being Fearless In Redefining Success from 2020-03-26T04:30
We asked entrepreneur attorneys Tera and Byron Ames what tip they would have for a business in this crazy, COVID-19 cultural climate. Their answers were about being flexible and adaptable, and b...
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: Where's The Opportunity In Serving? from 2020-03-24T04:30
Dave Lakhani is a marketing powerhouse and internationally known persuasion expert. He and his partner, Sarah Skeem, run Growth Foundry, a digital marketing agency based in Boise, Idaho. We aske...
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: Why Double-Down On Ads During The Mayhem? from 2020-03-19T23:29:01
There's a time-honored tradition of doubling down during bad economic times. It goes back as far as World War II. And a client of ours did it during the last recession--and crushed it. And if yo...
ListenMayhem Marketing Minute: Does Proactive = Profitable? from 2020-03-17T04:30
There is a simple question to ask about your business in a time of mayhem: Am I being reactive—or proactive? Being reactive feels lousy, and could even be the end of your business. Being proacti...
ListenHow To Become YouTube Stars: Dirt Farmer Jay&Dirt Farmer Maggie, Part 2 from 2020-03-11T04:30
Back with YouTube sensations, Dirt Farmer Jay and Dirt Farmer Maggie. Their central theme of authentic living leads to plenty of revenue from videos with millions of views each. We hear about th...
ListenHow To Become YouTube Stars: Dirt Farmer Jay&Dirt Farmer Maggie, Part 1 from 2020-03-04T05:30
When you lose not just a job, but your career, how do you reinvent yourself? A career counselor will probably never say: Become a YouTube star! But that’s exactly what Dirt Farmer Jay and Dirt F...
ListenRemembering A Braveheart Life: Jill&Spencer Wright of The Pod Mill from 2020-02-26T05:30
This is an unfortunate first for Coupleco. The Pod Mill is a dynamic, aggressively optimistic podcast production studio in Salt Lake City. We sat down with CoupleCo Spencer Wright and Jill Hyde ...
ListenProducing Love Around The World: Angie&Davor Rostuhar, Filmmakers, Part 2 from 2020-02-19T05:30
Back with Angie and Davor Rostuhar, the Croatians who used their year-long honeymoon to shoot a documentary about love around the world. In this episode, we’re going to look at the vital capacit...
ListenProducing Love Around The World: Angie&Davor Rostuhar, Filmmakers, Part 1 from 2020-02-12T05:30
Angie and Davor’s honeymoon is a year-long global journey, shooting a cross-cultural documentary about love. He’s a National geographic-seasoned photographer who interviewed her for a job. He al...
ListenDifficult Conversations Made Easier: Belinda Pruyne of Business Innovation Group from 2020-02-05T05:30
Purposeful and intentional communication is especially important for a couple in business together. The stakes are so much higher than just business. We’re talking with Belinda Pruyne, previousl...
ListenConstruction Couplepreneurs Go West and Go Big: Vicky&Jim Fitlow of Re-Bath UT&CO, Part 2 from 2020-01-29T05:30
We are continuing our conversation with Vicky and Jim Fitlow of Re-Bath Utah and Re-Bath Colorado. This franchise CoupleCo is crushing it in bathroom remodel. It’s a choice they made not because...
ListenConstruction Couplepreneurs Go West and Go Big: Vicky&Jim Fitlow of Re-Bath UT&CO, Part 1 from 2020-01-22T05:30
This is a tale of two very different people, in a very different place, grappling with some very different challenges and overcoming enormous odds. He was a ski racer and ski coach. She’s a lawy...
ListenComin' Out Swinging: Luke Hinz And Maryguenn Vellinga of Rise Boxing, Park City, UT, Part 2 from 2020-01-15T05:30
Back with Olympic-caliber boxer Maryguenn Vellinga, and her big-mountain skier husband, Luke Hinz, recorded in the boxing ring at their gym, Rise Boxing. In part one, we established that getting...
ListenComin' Out Swinging: Luke Hinz And Maryguenn Vellinga of Rise Boxing, Park City, UT, Part 1 from 2020-01-08T05:30
We recorded this interview in a real, live boxing ring with Luke Hinz and his wife, Olympic boxing hopeful Maryguenn Vellinga, of RISE Boxing. She’s a high-caliber boxer, which sounds intense. H...
ListenNinjapreneurs: Rachel and Duncan Richardson of Bodies In Motion, Boise, Idaho, Part 2 from 2020-01-01T05:30
We are back with two people who are strong in will, in stature, and in relationship. Plus, they throw axes. We’re picking up where we left off with muscular marketer Rachel Richardson, and her e...
ListenNinjapreneurs: Rachel and Duncan Richardson of Bodies In Motion, Boise, Idaho, Part 1 from 2019-12-25T05:30
These two are in seriously great shape, and they throw axes: We have a real, live American Ninja Warrior and his partner in muscle tone. Duncan and Rachel Richardson own a cool, one-of-a-kind gy...
ListenBetter Together: How These Couples In Business Improve Each Other from 2019-12-18T05:30
For episode 100, we’re digging into the archives for choice clips from the first six couples we interviewed:
Ryan and Crystal Waugh of Waugh Cellars and Waugh Family Wines. Listen
Adventure Travel For Two: Michael Hodgson&Therese Iknoian of HI Travel Tales, Part 2 from 2019-12-11T05:30
We are back in Grass Valley, California with travel writer/photographers Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian and their globe-spanning blog, HI Travel Tales. These award-winning journalists have ...
ListenAdventure Travel For Two: Michael Hodgson&Therese Iknoian of HI Travel Tales, Part 1 from 2019-12-04T05:30
We’re in Grass Valley, California with travel writer/photographers Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian of HI Travel Tales. They’ve been to all 50 states, and 45 countries on all 7 continents. Bo...
ListenTeaching Meets Trampolines: Chad&Katie Babcock of JumpTime in Boise, Idaho, Part 2 from 2019-11-27T05:30
Chad and Katie Babcock of JumpTime indoor trampoline parks, TumbleTime tumbling, and SoccerTime indoor soccer, have operations around Idaho and Montana. They are both exceptional athletes with t...
ListenTeaching Meets Trampolines: Chad&Katie Babcock of JumpTime in Boise, Idaho, Part 1 from 2019-11-20T05:30
This guy calls himself a former carny, so maybe the question is: What kind of a carny becomes a successful sporting business entrepreneur with his wife, and half a dozen operations and 80 employ...
ListenRetail Partners In The Amazon Age: Amy Dannwolf and Jordan Jones of Powder7 in Golden, CO, Part 2 from 2019-11-13T05:30
We are back in Golden, Colorado, where Amy Dannwolf and Jordan Jones are crushing it in ski retail. Their brick-and-mortar and online retail store Powder7 is huge, both in size and stat...
ListenRetail Partners In The Amazon Age: Amy Dannwolf and Jordan Jones of Powder7 in Golden, CO, Part 1 from 2019-11-06T05:30
This is a retail story for the digital age, when local businesses are worried about competing with Amazon. Amy Dannwolf and Jordan Jones of Powder7 in Golden, Colorado started a business in his ...
ListenA Dog's Purpose, A Couple's Mission: Cathryn Michon&W. Bruce Cameron of Surprise Hit Films, Los Angeles, Part 2 from 2019-10-30T04:30
We are back in Los Angeles with the killer couple behind Surprise Hit Films. W. Bruce Cameron and Cathryn Michon are best known as co-screenwriters on the box-office busting movies from the film...
ListenA Dog's Purpose, A Couple's Mission: Cathryn Michon & W. Bruce Cameron of Surprise Hit Films, Los Angeles, Part 1 from 2019-10-23T04:30
Hit movies, TV series and bestselling novels: meet Hollywood creative power couple, Cathryn Michon and W. Bruce Cameron. They’re best known as screenwriters for the Dog’s Purpose film f...
ListenOwning A Bar Is Not For The Meek: Michael Eccleston and Katy Willis of Quarters Arcade Bar in Salt Lake City, Part 2 from 2019-10-16T04:30
Can you become so efficient, you don’t think you’re busy—even when you are? Good bartenders are good listeners, but these bar owners are a great case study for couple entrepreneurs. We’re back w...
ListenOwning A Bar Is Not For The Meek: Michael Eccleston and Katy Willis of Quarters Arcade Bar in Salt Lake City, Part 1 from 2019-10-09T04:30
Today, we are talking to a pair of publicans. We are in downtown Salt Lake with Michael Eccleston and Katy Willis of Quarters Arcade Bar. This is not about that place where everybody knows your ...
ListenForging An Entrepreneurial Relationship: Dave Lakhani & Sarah Skeem of Growth Foundry, Boise, ID, Part 2 from 2019-10-02T04:30
We continue talking with Dave Lakhani and Sarah Skeem of digital ad agency, Growth Foundry. We discuss treating both customer and employee well, and the things in your business that marketing wo...
ListenForging An Entrepreneurial Relationship: Dave Lakhani & Sarah Skeem of Growth Foundry, Boise, ID, Part 1 from 2019-09-25T04:30
She was going to change the world by becoming a lawyer, a politician, and the first woman president. For a while, he was living life angry. At 16, he had the courage to leave a religious cult an...
ListenIs Entrepreneuriagational A Word: Paul & Laura Whitmore of Southport Congregational Church, Southport CT, Part 2 from 2019-09-18T04:30
Back with Reverends Paul and Laura Whitmore of Southport Congregational Church in Southport, Connecticut. Not obviously an entrepreneurial couple, they’ve accomplished something that requires a ...
ListenIs Entrepreneuriagational A Word: Paul & Laura Whitmore of Southport Congregational Church, Southport CT, Part 1 from 2019-09-11T04:30
This episode is unusual. Some might argue that these two are not really a CoupleCo. Paul and Laura Whitmore work together in a category with a ragingly high divorce rate: married clergy. The Rev...
ListenThe Joker, Jedi And Java: Mike Tuiasoa And Cori Christine of Watchtower Comics And Coffee, Salt Lake City, Part 2 from 2019-09-04T04:30
We’re back with Mike Tuiasoa and Cori Christine, proprietors of an unusual mashup of a comic book store and coffee shop in Salt Lake City. We’ll be talking about the crowdfunding campaign that t...
ListenThe Joker, Jedi And Java: Mike Tuiasoa And Cori Christine of Watchtower Comics And Coffee, Salt Lake City, Part 1 from 2019-08-28T04:30
Smart, funny, passionate, committed—this couple has it all. And this conversation is an eye opener into the joys of nerd culture. The business also seems like an obvious mashup—but why didn’t an...
ListenConstruction CoupleCo: Beth and Jon Van Dyke of Modern Re-Bath in Lake Villa, IL, Part 2 from 2019-08-21T04:30
Back in suburban Chicago with Jon and Beth Van Dyke of Modern Re-Bath. ReBath is a national franchise offering quick, easy bathroom remodels. We discuss challenges like taking over a business from ...
ListenConstruction CoupleCo: Beth and Jon Van Dyke of Modern Re-Bath in Lake Villa, IL, Part 1 from 2019-08-14T04:30
It’s Chicago construction CoupleCo Beth and Jon Van Dyke. They're crushing it with a Re-Bath remodeling franchise. They’re big fans of being purposeful and intentional. So, wondering whether you’re...
ListenGood For What Ails You: Dr. Richard Perry & Dr. Elaine Carlson of Southern Maine Internal Medicine, Part 2 from 2019-08-07T04:30
Back with Drs. Richard Perry & Elaine Carlson of Southern Maine Internal Medicine. Their collaboration skills are a lesson for anyone. The business was born of a wish for better quality of life. We...
ListenGood For What Ails You: Dr. Richard Perry & Dr. Elaine Carlson of Southern Maine Internal Medicine, Part 1 from 2019-07-31T04:30
Is this good for what ails your marriage, your business, or even your life? Dr. Elaine Carlson & Dr. Richard Perry of Southern Maine Internal Medicine in Kennebunk, Maine are our first coupleco who...
ListenTrue Love Meets True Value: Dan Hitchcock & Ceci Rodriguez-Hitchcock of Miami Home Centers, Miami FL, Part 2 from 2019-07-24T04:30
Back with Dan Hitchcock & Ceci Rodriguez-Hitchcock of Miami Home Centers True Value stores. They wondered if bringing her into the business was a good idea. But it’s been great on all levels. They’...
ListenTrue Love Meets True Value: Dan Hitchcock & Ceci Rodriguez-Hitchcock of Miami Home Centers, Miami FL, Part 1 from 2019-07-17T06:30
Thieving employees, digital Cyrano, and a big lesson on disagreement: Dan Hitchcock and Ceci Rodriguez-Hitchcock of Miami Home Centers own four True Value hardware stores. This story has several ha...
ListenInternet Media Magnates: Jill & Spencer Wright of the Pod Mill in Salt Lake City, Part 2 from 2019-07-10T06:30
Back with Jill & Spencer Wright of The Pod Mill. They developed a thriving podcast studio and network after his partner ended up in legal trouble. They don’t know if they could have done this when ...
ListenInternet Media Magnates: Jill & Spencer Wright of the Pod Mill in Salt Lake City, Part 1 from 2019-07-03T06:30
A snake swallowing its own tail? Meet the first couple of Salt Lake City podcasting: Jill & Spencer Wright of The Pod Mill. They left careers in medicine for a thriving operation on the frontier of...
ListenSex & Your Business: Dr. Rachna Jain Of InLoveAndBiz.com from 2019-06-26T06:30
It’s not uncommon: When a couple goes into business together, they find they’re not having sex as often. Clinical psychologist Dr. Rachna Jain is back with the age-old question: Is your business...
ListenBaked With Love & CBD: LeAnn & Joseph Jackson of LeAnn's Cheesecakes, in Tampa, FL, Part 2 from 2019-06-19T06:30
We return to Joseph & LeAnn Jackson of LeAnn’s cheesecakes—a baked-goods business offering a line of infused product. Joseph believes in the power CBD. Cannabinoids helped him him off prescription ...
ListenBaked With Love & CBD: LeAnn & Joseph Jackson of LeAnn's Cheesecakes, in Tampa, FL, Part 1 from 2019-06-12T06:30
Their cheesecakes in a jar are taking Florida by storm, and there are plans for national domination. We have a whirlwind romance starring two controlling, passionate people who fight for what they ...
ListenOn Their Own Terms: Chris & Jim Howard of Live Life Revolution, Part 2 from 2019-06-05T06:30
We are back with Chris & Jim Howard of Live Life Revolution. In this episode, we examine the power of having faith in your ability to get through things. Is a serious health challenge really the ba...
ListenOn Their Own Terms: Chris & Jim Howard of Live Life Revolution, Part 1 from 2019-05-29T06:30
These high-school sweethearts married young, then ran her family’s business—which was killing them. So they became pioneers, doing branding for early internet marketers. Chris & Jim Howard of Live ...
ListenDealing With Fear In Business: Dr. Rachna Jain of InLoveAndBiz.com from 2019-05-22T06:30
Back with listener favorite, psychologist Dr. Rachna Jain talking about one of our favorite subjects because it is such a motivator—but not always in the right way. Hello, FEAR. For a couple in bus...
ListenEmpire In The Desert: Scott Palermo & Jim Sanak of Harcourts Desert Homes, Palm Springs CA, Part 2 from 2019-05-15T06:30
Back with Scott Palermo & Jim Sanak of Harcourts Desert Homes in Palm Springs. Scott was an exceptional Realtor in Los Angeles. Jim had killer gig at IBM. Downsizing left with a great severance pac...
ListenEmpire In The Desert: Scott Palermo & Jim Sanak of Harcourts Desert Homes, Palm Springs CA, Part 1 from 2019-05-08T06:30
Palm Springs: “Like no place else.” And these two are like no one else: Jim Sanak & Scott Palermo of Harcourts Desert Homes. Scott was selling LA real estate. Jim had a corner office at IBM. In an ...
ListenReal-Life Real Estate Investors: Jill & Tyler Sheff of Cash Flow Guys, Tarpon Springs, FL, Part 2 from 2019-05-01T06:30
We're back in Tarpon Springs, FL with Jill & Tyler Sheff. Together, they invest in real estate for themselves, for others, and they teach their secrets. They run the Cash Flow Guys podcast, and the...
ListenReal-Life Real Estate Investors: Jill & Tyler Sheff of Cash Flow Guys, Tarpon Springs, FL, Part 1 from 2019-04-24T06:30
The Cash Flow Guys are a husband & wife real estate investment team in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Tyler & Jill Sheff are easy and affable—which belies great insight and advice on getting past life's ...
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