The Couplepreneur
As Couplepreneurs, we love building businesses… together. We love building a family and community… together. We love building, sharing, learning, and growing… together. And that’s exactly what we talk about each week.
Big dreams require bold effort and quiet support
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, Adam and Arlo are training for BAK (Bike Across Kansas). A week-long, 475-mile ride from Colorado to Missouri. (Yep, you read that right.) On a tandem bike. With 400+ other riders. This week in preparation, they decided to bike from our house to our family cabin at Kanopolis Lake. That’s a 56 mile ride! Eva and I were the support crew. We met them on a dirt road, 10 miles to go, armed with water, chocolate, and lots of cheering and encouragement! The next day,...
Find your people, Memorial Day, Music, Connection, and More
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, This Memorial Day has me thinking about connection. Our experiences and those we share it with truly make life rich. Whether we are remembering those who have gone before us,thinking of those who will come after us,or savoring those who are in our midst right now, May we remember and feel the joy that having good people surrounding us brings to our lives. So in the spirit of enjoying our people, here’s a list of ways we found connection this week. Song we’re...
The “under-thinker” mindset and why we want more of it
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, A few weeks ago, Adam and I were at a wedding. During the reception, the best man got up and told a story about his friend (the groom), which we still talk about to this day. He said years ago, the two of them were at a youth conference when the speaker held up a Starbucks gift card and said to the audience of awkward self conscious teens: “The first person to the stage gets this gift card.” The room went still.Everyone hesitated.Everyone overthought it. Except...
What the Kansas wind taught me about motherhood
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, It's Maggie. In honor of Mother's Day, (yes I know I'm a day late) I felt compelled to share this story from a day in the life of being a mom, wife, and business partner: One morning last week I found myself on a walk with our seven-month-old tucked into her stroller. My mind was full of everything I hadn’t gotten done. The endless to-do list for our business and our home. Not only that, but the good old Kansas wind decided to blow at what felt like 50 mph. I...
How to live an abundant life...regardless of your income
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, Back when we ran Simple Abundance Farm (our urban farm), we weren't making much money.But, because we lived simply, grew our own food, and had a solid community supporting us: We felt rich. We weren't stressed about money and we weren't chasing more, more, more either. That feeling of abundance gave us the confidence to make bigger and bolder moves later.And it all started with how we thought about what we needed and what we already had. We realized these two...
What date balls taught us about entrepreneurship
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, If you would’ve asked us last week how things were going,we would’ve said: slow. But, like Hemingways quote about going bankrupt, things tend to happen “Gradually, and then suddenly." And honestly? That’s exactly how this past week felt. A few highlights from the chaos (in the best way):→ 2 coaching calls→ 3 strategy/discovery calls using our new outreach strategy→ 2 kickoff calls for our Personal Brand Accelerator→ Adam gave a LinkedIn outreach presentation to...
The Messy Middle No One Talks About
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, We’re in this strange in-between season right now. Adam and I are neck deep in building an online business together using LinkedIn… (while raising two incredible, and *spirited* kiddos) And even though the dominoes are stacking and momentum is building...(I have to be honest...) it’s all taking longer than we expected. You see, we’re in the phase where we’re just starting to find our footing. Everything feels awkward, hard, and just when you think you've placed...
14 lessons from a content marketing founder (you can use today)
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, Quick check-in from the Couplepreneur corner of the internet. Things are moving forward over here. SAF Digital is growing. We’re learning a lot about running a business that’s lean, personal, and scalable. A big part of that growth has come from having deeper conversations with other creators and entrepreneurs who are building the kind of future we’re working toward—location and time independent, and full of creative autonomy. This week, I got to sit down with...
Business is 95% mental...we learned that the hard way.
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, This week was a full one with 2 podcast interviews! Adam recorded one solo with our good friend Filip Łysikowski that we're excited to share with you today. You can watch that here! Filip lives in in a different time zone, so Adam was up at 5am with coffee in hand, ready for a great conversation, while I stayed in my PJs getting the kiddos ready for the day. We are loving our Walk and Talk podcasts, but decided to mix it up this week. But... We wanted to still...
So many sales calls... The flywheel is slowly gaining momentum!
The Couple·preneur Hey friend, For us this year is all about experimenting. As we balance growing our business and raising our little one, we're back with our second "Walk & Talk" podcast - this time recorded at Kannapolis Lake in central Kansas, complete with water views, rock skipping, and our dog Moji (who was busy finding dead fish to eat!). We're continuing to share these unfiltered conversations to give you a peek into how we stay connected and aligned across both business and personal...
As Couplepreneurs, we love building businesses… together. We love building a family and community… together. We love building, sharing, learning, and growing… together. And that’s exactly what we talk about each week.