Having Each Other’s Backs in Entrepreneurship – with Rashard and Adaeze Duncan
What happens when the person you are married to has entrepreneurial dreams, hates that cubicle life and has plans and ideas that go WAY beyond the 9-5 grind? It can be tough, to say the least. Without respect and understanding of each other’s perspective, things can go sideways in a relationship very quickly.
But it does not have to be that way. In our most recent episode, we explore the wild and wildly fruitful entrepreneurial path of Rashard and Adaeze Duncan. They have their hands in real estate, network marketing, an educational platform, and other projects. We call them a power couple, and that’s pretty accurate.
You can guess – it wasn’t always smooth sailing. Rashard took one look at the cubicle life after college and ran the other way. Adaeze was happy and comfortable in her job teaching. Until she wasn’t.
They have so much to teach about risk taking and having each other’s backs as a couple.
What You’ll Learn in this Episode:
- How to maintain a positive relationship when one is a risk-taker and one is risk-averse
- Building a career around your strengths, rather than jumping at the first and/or safest opportunity
- What to look for and pitfalls to avoid in network marketing
- How to thrive in a two entrepreneur family
- Managing multiple income projects and income streams
- Modeling entrepreneurship to your kids
- Understanding your “number” – what you need to earn in a month to leave your 9-5
- Finding mentors who demonstrate the results you are looking for
- The opportunities open to you when you realize you are allergic to cubicles