Hey all,

I’m 2 months full time into a startup and there’s just no other way to say it: my wife hates it. Hates that I don’t have an income, that I’m taking this risk, that I’ll need to spend some $$, etc.

That said, I already made a plan with her that outlines timeline and budget needed to build this thing, but it hasn’t helped (seemingly).

Has anyone experienced something similar, and how did you resolve it? It’s so toxic I’ve made the conscious decision to stop talking to her about it to protect myself, and I certainly don’t want things to get worse.

Thanks in advance.

  • Gentleman-Tech@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    You need her on board with this or you’re not going to make it.

    Sit down and have the hard talk with her. Make it a safe space for her to speak her mind. Listen to her. Take her concerns seriously.

    My first startup (I was not a founder, just CTO) messed up because the CEO’s wife left him and the ensuing drama took his eye off the ball during a critical year. We missed our growth targets and our VC’s merged us with a competitor, quietly removing our C-suite in the process (I took voluntary redundancy and got paid out).

    You cannot do this if she doesn’t change her mind.