Lori HarderFounder of glōci | Bestselling Author

Building a Dream Business with Your Spouse

13 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this interview excerpt, the speaker discusses the key principles that have enabled them and their spouse, Drew, to run multiple seven‑figure businesses together. The central idea is a clear division of responsibilities based on each partner’s strengths, coupled with deep respect for each other's decisions. They emphasize that early on they struggled with the temptation to intervene in each other's work, but learned that allowing the other to operate in their own lane—even when the approach seems inefficient or “dumb”—is essential for maintaining trust and preventing conflict. The conversation highlights the importance of mutual respect, avoiding micromanagement, and embracing each partner’s unique methods as a foundation for scaling their joint ventures.

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You run multiple seven figure businesses together, what would you say are some of the core rhythms or beliefs that have allowed you to scale? As both CEOs and spouses together, we don't interfere with each other's strengths. Like, I know what Drew's really good at, he knows what I'm really good at, and we've both just understood, like, if we're going to divide and conquer, we can't just be intercepting back into each other's lanes. I would say that was one of our biggest struggles in the beginning was the realization of, like, let them take it and fully respect them. And know even if it's not the way that you would do it, it probably won't be right. And sometimes you're going to be like, that's dumb. Yeah, that's like a really dumb way to work. You could just do it this way. It fully oversteps them. That's where it can break a lot is when you just don't respect the other person's decisions, like, no matter if they're the ones that you want or not.