In this motivational monologue, Kelly Alhooie explains why entrepreneurs—especially women—should not wait for a partner’s approval before pursuing a venture. She recounts how her mother’s encouragement gave her the confidence to take a risk and launch her business, Orthopelvic, even though her husband initially doubted the idea. As the company faced its toughest phases, her husband stepped into a full‑time domestic role—cooking, cleaning, laundry, and caring for their child—allowing Kelly to focus entirely on the work she loves: building and scaling the business. Kelly emphasizes that while her partner may not share her vision or work in the company, his behind‑the‑scenes support is essential, and she is grateful for it. She also stresses that personal passion and self‑belief, not partner consent, drive success.
Chapters
And I was willing to take the risk to go like all in on something, even if my partner didn't see that. And I think that's very important to state because I know most of us females tend to use the excuse of, well, let me talk to my husband, whether or not that's true or not, or let me talk to my spouse or whatever. And it's like what you feel inside is the thing that's gonna move you. It's not like whether or not your partner agrees with it or not is, Do you believe you can do it? I had massive belief— well, not massive, I should say I had belief. I saw a glimpse that I could do it, but my mother instilled, yes, you can do it, go for it. When she said that to me, I was like, okay, she believes in me, fine, I'm going for it. And because of her, it gave me the courage to take the leap and go for it, not because my partner was on board. Okay, now after making that investment, you would think that, um, you know, after the success that we've had, my husband would be like, yeah, do whatever, invest in whatever. Still no, that's not the case. Okay, there's still doubt, and your partner may still doubt you. Okay, there's still doubt of, well, can she do it again? Can we go through this again? And by the way, Going through some of the phases that we went to at Orthopelvic was probably some of the hardest times of our freaking life. I mean, he stepped up to the plate where he became a full-time— basically cleaning the house, cooking, picking out my clothes, doing laundry, taking Lulu out for walks, like full-time dad mode, because I couldn't do anything like anything else besides work. And he, and he kind of just really stepped into that role without really saying much. So like every morning I had my breakfast ready. Every day I had my lunch ready for me, like ready to go. I just had to pull it out of the fridge and eat it, um, or was just sitting where I sit and I would just eat it. Every night he had my dinner ready to go for me. I wouldn't be able to survive without him. He did our laundry, he did all the dishes, he did every single thing. And, and I say this because even though there wasn't this massive belief in like me being able to start a company, he was still there behind the scenes, which you guys don't see, supporting, supporting the vision. Even though he doesn't work in the business at all, he doesn't want to know anything about the business, but he's still behind the scenes supporting his wife on her vision and her dream. And I couldn't be more thankful for that. Meaning that he does all this stuff behind the scenes that allows me to stay focused on what I absolutely love doing, which is not cooking. Don't put me in the kitchen, I will burn your kitchen down 100%. But which is studying and working on things for you guys to get things out. And that's truly what I love doing. Some people will say, well, that's psycho or obsessive. Yeah, it is. I love doing it though. I absolutely love doing it, and he knows that, and so he allows me
