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Honey, I Want to Start My Own Business: A Planning Guide for Couples
Honey I Want to Start My Own Business A Planning Guide for Couples Author:Azriela Jaffe "Honey, I Want to Start My Own Business shows you that it is possible to have a joyful, fulfilling marriage and a thriving business at the same time. Place this book next to your bed or on your desk, and refer to it often throughout your journey together as an entrepreneurial couple." -- from the foreword by John Gray, Ph.D., author of ... more »>Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus and Mars and Venus in the Bedroom "Entrepreneurial couples face unique challenges in keeping the romance alive. Azriela Jaffe understands and explores this challenge in a stimulating and insightful manner that will help couples in practical ways." -- Gregory J. P. Godek, author of 1,001 Ways to Be Romantic "A new and timely focus to what is now becoming a very strong trend -- the entrepreneurial movement. I just wish I had the book in hand to give to several clients and to my daughter and husband! ...It will be a valuable resource for a fast-growing market -- a winner indeed!" -- Victoria Felton-Collins, Ph.D., CFP, Keller Coad & Collins Investment Counsel, Inc.; author of Couples and Money When a couple decides that one or both partners will jump headlong into their very own business, they fantasize about financial independence, freedom from the nine-to-five grind and a chance to follow their dreams. Then reality hits, impacting the whole family. How can loving partners reap the benefits of entrepreneurship without sacrificing their intimacy, their future together or their family's well-being? Honey, I Want to Start My Own Business is every couple's essential guide to getting through the emotional and interpersonal as well as the financial challenges of an entrepreneurial venture. Azriela Jaffe knows firsthand how desperate self-employed couples are for advice on communicating with and supporting each other while starting a business. In her remarkably candid book, she gets up-close and personal with more than 130 entrepreneurial couples who share their most illuminating triumphs and painful defeats in a variety of industries across the country. Her extensive research reveals that business and relationship success require solid commitment, thorough preparation, skillful communication and the ability to keep perspective and a sense of humor. Each chapter is packed with unique tools, tips, exercises, creative ideas, testimonials and other resources. Honey, I Want to Start My Own Business speaks to would-be business owners as well as to their spouses, lovers and life mates, describing the many options available to them and stressing the need for a complete family strategy, not just a business plan. Together, couples can discover what works, what doesn't, and where to draw the line between the bedroom and the balance sheet.« less