We were introduced by a mutual friend when we were in high school. We dated through college, and then got married. :) (Yes, my co-founder is also my wife.)
I'd always wanted to start my own business since as long as I could remember, but was biding my time in the corporate world until I felt I was "ready". She'd never really considered it, instead studying industrial/organizational psychology with the intent of becoming a professor.
After she passed comprehensive exams for her Ph.D., she started getting the feeling academia might be not be for her. Around the same idea, I had the idea that would eventually become our startup, and we started talking about it. As it turned out, she had studied the same topic from another point of view and had some great insight. The rest was dollars and cents.
My friend tells me that it is very difficult for those involved in a romantic relationship to go in business together as well. She says that it can be an additional source of conflict due to differing work styles, finances, and other problems. How do you two manage it?
I'd always wanted to start my own business since as long as I could remember, but was biding my time in the corporate world until I felt I was "ready". She'd never really considered it, instead studying industrial/organizational psychology with the intent of becoming a professor.
After she passed comprehensive exams for her Ph.D., she started getting the feeling academia might be not be for her. Around the same idea, I had the idea that would eventually become our startup, and we started talking about it. As it turned out, she had studied the same topic from another point of view and had some great insight. The rest was dollars and cents.