Running a Blog Biz with Your Ex

016. It’s finally time for us to tell the other side of our story. 

Many of you know from following us -- or from creeping on old photos of us on Instagram (you know who you are) -- that Alex and I used to date.

It was amazing, because blogging can feel pretty isolating at times.

Your family and friends probably don’t understand what you’re doing, or what you’re going through, and they might be skeptical or downright unsupportive of your new business venture. 

Having a business partner, whether it’s your significant other or a friend or acquaintance, can make this journey more fun and oftentimes more successful. 

We were so passionate in the beginning, and more than that, we both understood each other, and what we were going through with starting our blog, and it was a level of understanding that no one else in our lives could provide. 

But at some point, there was a shift...

We got to a point where, while our business was flourishing, our relationship had just quietly...stopped developing. 

Now what do we do? How do we disentangle our personal lives without making any changes to our really successful business?

It wasn’t always easy and the road has been a bit bumpy.

We kept these details private for a long time because we didn’t want to damage the persona that we had created as this “power couple.”

And while we did update our About Us page to reflect the true events, we didn’t go into detail.

Until now…

We finally feel like we have the right platform to express our feelings about how we managed our breakup and continue to run our business together successfully today.

So this episode is going to be a little different, and a lot more personal.

And since mixing personal relationships and business can be really hard more often than not, we hope our story will help some of you who also might be navigating these rough waters. 

We’re sharing: 

• Our experiences with starting an online business as a couple
• What our work life balance was like in the beginning 
• The ups and downs of starting a business together, and how we made it work  
• How we navigated our breakup while still running our business together
• Rebuilding our working relationship, and redefining our roles in the business 
• Why we’ll never just be business partners
• What our relationship is like now

For additional resources and show notes, visit the episode podcast page on our website.

Resources and Mentions:

• Episode 1: Our Story
• Episode 4: How We Started Blogging With a Failure
• Tutorial: How to Start a Successful Blog
• Start your first blog with our Free 5-Day Blogging Bootcamp

For more information and resources, check out the podcast page on our website.