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Re:Any recommendations on convincing wives to let their husb... by bootload on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @12:35AM (#29107)
'... convincing wives to let their husbands become entrepreneurs? ...'

Find the union of where your expertise domain overlap and complement and work towards an idea from there. Think SixApart (coder, designer ~ blog tools), Fastgraph (coder, game designer ~ games & engine development tools), Flickr (visual design, communication skills) . Lots of startups have spouses in them. It's a matter of finding and aligning skillsets,

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Re:Any recommendations on convincing wives to let their husb... by gibsonf1 on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @12:51AM (#29112)
As a married entrepreneur, I would never recommend having your wife work with you. Relationships are complicated enough without throwing business complications into the mix. My "trick" was to have a startup that grew organically out of and enhanced my "day" job.
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Re:Any recommendations on convincing wives to let their husb... by maliciouskitty on Tuesday June 19, 2007 @02:36AM (#29133)
On the other hand, I run a little online shop with my girlfriend, that is getting pretty respectable income: I handle the technical things, and she handles the customer services/inventory/shipping stuff.

It surely beats working for somebody else: more time to spend together, less grunt work and potentially more income too.

You do not need VC/Angel funding for your startup... it is definitely possible to grow your business, have a life and be rich at the same time. Don't be ruled by the 'Tyranny of Or'.

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