If you are trying to figure out how to structure your life before and during your pursuit of a bootstrapped business while managing your personal and family life, take a listen to this episode.
Sherry Walling graciously answers questions about the other side of the relationship in a family where one person is focused on bootstrapping a new career. You’ll hear about some of the processes they use to keep in sync as a family, financially, and with each other, and how the ideals of entrepreneurship can extend past the walls of business into your family fabric.
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- Sherry’s blog and podcast: Parenting Re-imagined
- Dr. Bose dies – end of an era
- Duck Duck Go
- Amazon S3 static hosting
- Bits on the run
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Hey guys, another good one. I appreciate it.
I like that you brought someone on who shares the entrepreneurial dream without necessarily partaking in it directly.
Something y’all touched on that I had never really considered was just how much ‘business struggle’ should be shared with our spouses. (Big thanks to Brecht’s wife for suggesting it as a topic.) I’ve always thought the more I share – good or bad – the better but I can see how holding back a bit could be beneficial to us both. Definitely something I will be more mindful of in the future.
Scott – Since I can relate most to what you do (code) I’d be interested to know if you ever feel the need to have a wall of code up on the screen as some sort of visual “proof” that your actually working. You and I know that writing code is not all we do but sometimes I wonder if my husband walks by and sees anything other than “that stuff that’s on The Matrix” he’ll think I’m goofing off. All in my head, I’m sure – just curious if anyone else thinks about stuff like that too.
Brecht – Let me know if/when you make that trip to Austin. I’m close. Maybe we can storm the offices of WP Engine and come out with our own pint glasses and t-shirts!?!
Sherry – Thanks for sharing. I hear you’ve committed to do a followup tell-all about Rob. 😉 Be sure to make it tabloid-worthy.
Hey Brandi,
I can’t say that I try to keep code on the screen to justify that I’m working. Like you said, a lot of this micro-preneurship work is outside of the code editor… I do my best to avoid goofing off while working on the projects, there’s only so much time in the day, and with family time, sleep time, and the time I’m spending at work, I just don’t feel like I have the luxury to play games or other non-productive things. That said I do permit myself a brief, time-bound distraction if I’m stuck on a problem. 🙂 I’d think that as long as your working on the most important thing, it shouldn’t matter if it’s code, market research, copy writing, or design… It might worth asking your husband what he thinks about all this, and letting him know if he’s curious about what you are cranking out at the moment that he’s always free to ask… Dunno, just a thought.
Best,
Scott
I didn’t mean to imply that I’m actually goofing off… just that at times it seems like anything other than code on the screen could be perceived as goofing off – or at least as being “less important than real work”. (Somehow, to them, the gobbledy gook of code on the screen = real work.)
Whenever my husband is curious, he’ll ask. The kids on the other hand… I find that an exaggerated look of concentration aimed at the screen keeps them at bay when I need them to not interrupt me. 🙂 (When a closed door isn’t an option, that is.)
I guess I was just curious if anyone else had those kind of strange thoughts from time to time.
Another great show guys. My wife and I just made the decision to home school our kids. it was really refreshing to hear others who are considering the same thing.
Hey Eric,
Good luck with homeschooling. It is quite an adventure and works well with the bootstrapping lifestyle. We’ve been really happy with our decision.
Hi guys!
I just popped in to say that as the wife of a bootstrap entrepreneur I really, really, really appreciated this episode!
My husband (the entrepreneur & fan of your show) will get me to listen to your podcasts that he thinks I’ll be able to understand/relate too, and I’m really glad he got me to listen to this one as I found it very helpful.
As a stay-at-home wife and mother I do find it difficult to know how to support my husband in his endeavours and this interview had some great suggestions that we decided to implement straight away!
I am wondering if we could also hear from both of your partners? I think that could be so helpful, and more shows that cover the topic of spouses support during the bootstrap process would be really great to hear!
Thanks for all your great work and thank you Sherry for sharing!
Bonita
Hi Bonita,
Thanks for the feedback and glad we could provide some value!
Scott
Hm, I’ll chat with my wife about this. But who’ll watch the kids!?