Working from home has become the new American dream. Being able to cut the work commute out and walk from your bedroom to the home office is ideal. Being able to get rid of both you and your spouse’s commute can sound like the perfect way to build a successful business. Who better to start a home based business with than your spouse? Well, that is a question that can have a number of different answers.
Before you take on the challenge of building a home based business with your spouse, you should ask yourself as few questions. First of all, do you and your spouse have similar work ethics? This is an extremely important thing to ask yourself. If one of you is doing more work than the other one resentment is bound to grow. While you want to have balance in your home based business where both of you are contributing in different ways, you don’t want to end up in a 25-75 position.
Marriage is a challenge in itself. Before you start up your own business together, think about your relationship? How are the household duties split? Are things split evenly or is all of the work left for one person? Does this cause conflict in your marriage? If there are problems in your relationship before you start a home based business, don’t move forward with that idea until things are resolved. After the issues are resolved, think about whether or not your spouse is really the type of business partner that you want.
What type of home based business are you envisioning? Does your spouse share that view? If you are thinking about having a part time endeavour that you run on the weekends and your spouse wants a business that becomes the only source of income, your visions are sure to clash. Find out what you want form a home based business and compare it to what your spouse wants? Two different visions? Then a joint home based business may not be the way to go.
What are the two of you looking for from one another? Expectations are always important. Especially when it comes to what you want out of a business partner. Figure out what you have in mind before you start making home based business plans.
Do both of you want a home based business? Working from home is tough even when you are an employee of someone else’s company. When you are your spouse are the bosses, things get complicated. Having a home based business may mean quitting stable jobs. While you or your spouse may want a reprieve from the 9-5 grind, the other party may not be ready for that. If that happens to be the case, then maybe both of you don’t need to start up the business. If having a home based business is your dream and your spouse is supportive, go for it. But don’t expect your spouse to be your personal assistant.
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