Today’s guest contributor is my friend, Alisa Bowman, author of Project: Happily Ever After, which tells the true story of how she went from wishing her husband dead to falling back in love. She is also the creator of ProjectHappilyEverAfter.com.
++++
More than 6 years ago, my then unemployed husband came to me with a proposition. He wanted to open a bicycle shop café. The shop would sell bikes and related merchandise. It would include an open concept bike repair area, where patrons could hang out and watch as mechanics worked on the loves of their lives. And it would also sell espresso, Gatorade, and muffins—some of the staples that many serious cyclists rely on before, during and just after a long ride.
It was a brilliant concept. It was also the absolute perfect business for my husband—who is both an avid cyclist and has an MBA.
The start up costs (about $40,000) were scary, but reachable if we second mortgaged our home.
The problem, though, was this. We had a baby on the way, and I was self-employed. If my husband opened this business, he would have no income for a year or two or more, and he’d also be tethered to the shop. I would become, by default, a single mother. I would earn all of the money and do most of the parenting.
To read the full, original article click on this link: How to Divorce-Proof Your Start Up
Author: Alisa Bowman
