Build Well | Episode 12: What Nobody Tells You About Marriage and Business (Part 1)

After 21 years of marriage and 15 of them in entrepreneurship, Sean and Courtney Garner get honest about what running businesses does to a marriage. This one got heated before the cameras even rolled. In Part 1, they break down the three types of entrepreneurial couples, the partnership decision that nearly bankrupted them, and why "getting in bed" with the wrong partners is a covenant you can't walk away from cleanly. Courtney shares what security actually means to a wife when the paycheck isn't consistent, and why every couple needs check-in points and a contingency plan before the business ever launches. They also dig into the daily friction: when your spouse needs advice versus when they just need encouragement, how to read the room, and why the difference between how God wired each of you can become either a head-butting point or your greatest strength. If one of you is the entrepreneur and the other has a W-2 or is home with the kids, or if you're both building separate companies under one roof, this conversation is for you.