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This episode is a first.
After 35 episodes of the Bulletproof Entrepreneur podcast, I thought it was time we explored the dynamics where a husband and wife set up in business and have to manage two different relationships - the business partners working together and the life partners raising a family and having a quality home life away from the business.
Richard and Sonia Dixon met when they were young and started working together at a small travel agent in a less salubrious part of Birmingham where a business partnership blossomed kind of at the same time as a personal partnership.
Their story tracks the evolution of the travel industry front the time when the only way to book your holiday was by walking into a shop on the high street through the early days of the internet and online booking and took them to a position where they had a team of over 200 people and a thriving business.
Before it all came crashing down.
And towards the end, Richard shares insight for all business owners who find themselves in a position of leadership when they haven’t actually formally been trained for it - and let's face it, that’s most of us.
If you work with a family member or simply love to hear an incredible business and life story that encompasses more ups and downs than the average rollercoaster, you're going to enjoy this inspired conversation.
Ladies sand gentlemen, I give you…
Richard and Sonia Dixon
Links:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-dixon-4aa76721/?originalSubdomain=ukm
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