After 10 years of owning a painting company, here are the things we wish homeowners understood.

This week, we’re keeping things a little lighter with a round of Would You Rather: Business Owner Edition. From nightmare customers and employee headaches to swapping jobs and starting all over again, we’re putting each other on the spot to see what we’d choose—and whether we actually agree. No deep business lessons this week… just two people who’ve spent 10 years building a business together trying to pick the lesser of two evils.

Some weeks, there just isn't anything left in the tank.

In this episode, we're pulling back the curtain on what it's really like to run a business, maintain a marriage, show up for other people, and still try to take care of yourself when you're overwhelmed. We talk about the difference between pushing through and knowing when to rest, the pressure of keeping commitments, burnout, setting boundaries, hormone changes, and why sometimes the most productive thing you can do is absolutely nothing.

If you've ever felt like your brain has too many tabs open, this episode is for you.

Money is the conversation most couples in business avoid the longest. In Episode 5 of The Other Owner, Todd and Alex finally have it out loud. This one's going to hit close to home.

The hardest part of running a business with your spouse isn't the work. It's knowing when to stop.
Episode 4 of The Other Owner is the conversation about what happens when the business follows you home — and what you do about it.

His name is on the business. Her fingerprints are all over it. Episode 3 of The Other Owner is the conversation about visibility, identity, and what equal ownership really means when you're building something together.

What happens when one of you is ready to make a decision before the other one has even finished thinking it through? In this episode, Todd and Alex get honest about how differently they process, communicate, and make decisions — and what that's looked like inside their business over the years. Spoiler: it hasn't always been pretty. But they're figuring it out — and if you're running a business with your partner, you probably will too.

Ten years. One business. One marriage. In this first episode of The Other Owner, Todd and Alex get honest about how they got here — the roles they planned, the ones they actually ended up with, and the moment they realized building a business together is a whole different challenge than just building a business. Welcome to the real conversation.