Tips to Efficiently Running a Business With Your Spouse

Hey Friend!

Let’s talk about running a business with a spouse or a partner!

This is important in your business as well as your home. We will dive into all things communication, calendars, and working well together while you find that work-life balance.

Stephen and Chelsey from The Rainmaker Family are sharing their tips and systems to help make running a business as a couple efficient and fun.

Running a Business With a Spouse With Chelsey and Stephen

Stef: Welcome, Stephen, and Chelsey! Tell us about yourselves and The Rainmaker Family.

Chelsey: Thank you! We are founders of the Rainmaker Family, but we were wedding photographers before that. We were hustling a lot and trading time for money. It was that place of wanting to make more money, but we didn’t have more time to give because we wanted to start a family. It felt like we were in this career where we would burn ourselves out because we were always working. During that season, we decided to explore other income opportunities, and we stumbled upon what we teach now: launching brands on Amazon. We’ve been so successful that we could retire from the wedding industry and do Rainmaker Family full-time.

Stef: That’s amazing! How did you know you wanted to work together?

Working Together While Running a Business

Stephen: We fell into it. We went long distances for a while during college and were looking for ways to spend more time together, so we decided to work at a summer camp together. That’s when we started to realize that we liked doing things together. Then, we stepped into the photography business together naturally. We say there was fruit there, so we leaned into it.

Stef: So good. You guys have been working together, married, and parenting together for years. What are some of the pros and cons of that?

Chelsey: I think this is a pro and a con, understanding each other’s strengths in the business. We have very different strengths. For example, Stephen is great at systems, and I’m good at the heart of leadership and team leadership. Identifying those strengths that make you come alive is beneficial, and realizing you won’t have the same qualities.

Running a Business Is Transformational

Stephen: Running a business is a transformational experience, and owning that business together is a great marriage amplifier. It amplifies things that are good and bad. If you want to build something big and powerful, that will put a lot of pressure on your foundation, and we work to make sure our foundation is strong.

Stef: I think that’s the truth of how to make any partnership fruitful. As Chelsey mentioned, it’s important to identify strengths and have mentors behind the scenes. Sometimes, couples will focus too much on the business side and not enough on the marriage.

Stephen: It’s fun to share the business as a calling, and that’s a huge pro. If I had to pick a con, I’d say that if you are the person who likes to turn off work, that’s harder because two people in the house are in it. So, you have to build healthy boundaries.

Starting the Rainmaker Family Company

Stef: How did you guys get started with the Rainmaker Family? How did you get that big breakthrough and know it was right?

Chelsey: When we were doing the wedding photography stuff, we decided we wanted to try a physical product, and as Stephen was researching everything, he found that Amazon would do all the behind-the-scenes work for you.

Stephen: We were in this season of looking at all the side hustles and watching all the webinars and all the options. We needed to find something that wouldn’t take longer and create more stress. At one point, about eight little businesses were doing okay but not producing much fruit.

We had a big heart check where we realized we were overextended. We trimmed what wasn’t working and decided to stick with the wedding business and our Amazon store because the Amazon store didn’t require much of our time, and it created leverage and made us money.

Stef: That’s a really great strategy. So many entrepreneurs are doing all the options instead of finding “the thing.” Once we figure out the “thing” then we can figure out the method.

In my business, I teach people to use podcasting to support the “what” they’ve already decided on. You guys also have some fantastic calendar hacks. Can we dive into that?

Calendar Hacks for Running a Business With a Spouse

Chelsey: We do three things each week that have significantly improved our business and life. The first one is creating a dream week. I had to think about the things that lift me and feel like a win. I had to identify patterns that would create my dream week, implement them into your week first, and then add in the business portion.

Stephen: Our number two thing is switching tasks. It can take 15-45 minutes for your mind to adjust to changing the type of brain work from task to task, and this is where overwhelm can sit in. Making your days themed so that you work in one modality, like just admin or “mommy,” helps you feel less overwhelmed and overstimulated.

Chelsey: Our number three is having a family meeting. We pick a specific time to sit down, talk, and look at our calendar together. This can be business and personal. This way, we aren’t talking about work and schedules every single day. I love this because it provides accountability and support.

Running a Business Together

Stef: As a team, we’ve been working on time blocks on certain days, and it’s working so well. I also do a notes dump daily so we can recap in the evening, but I will take your tip and do it at a family meeting.

So, to recap tips for efficiently running a business together:

• Establish each other’s strengths and use them accordingly
• Create a dream week (joy first and work second)
• Try to have themes for each day so you aren’t swapping from different tasks
• Have a weekly family meeting

If you want more support in running a business, growing your audience, and making consistent monthly money, I encourage you to check out my workshop. I’ll help you identify what you were called to do so you can build a successful business around it.

I pray this blesses you!

APPLE PODCAST | SPOTIFY | YOUTUBE

LISTEN TO RELATED EPISODES:

LIVE TRAINING: Build a Successful 2025 Business Plan with the Three C’s

This is Why Your Business Isn’t Scaling

The Easiest Way to Make Six Figures Online in The Next 12-24 Months

WATCH RELATED EPISODES:

STOP Wasting Time and GROW Your Business in 2025 With These 3 C’s

How to Get Ahead of 99% of Businesses – 3 Biggest Myths

STOP Trying To Make Money Online (Do This Instead)…