In our everyday dialogue, it’s not unusual to hear someone say a good quote followed by “put that on a t-shirt.”  Well, we’ve decided to do just that.  Today marks the launch of our newest project Ideas On Cotton.  It is an online t-shirt company that also serves as our way of expressing ourselves in another dimension.  We’re really excited about the opportunity and hope we can get you excited about it as well.

Every shirt release will be accompanied with a true story about the meaning behind the shirt.  We plan to design shirts centered around random thoughts, personal philosophies, etc.

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Recently Akuba and I have worked really hard to stay on track with our individual objectives.  So much so that we sometimes neglect the business goals and objectives we share!  No one really suffers but our businesses, so it was important for us to find something to help us foster creativity and communication but didn’t take up a lot of time. Enter the couple’s journal.  Now writing in a journal is definitely not a new thing, but with a little creativity, a simple notepad or private blog can turn into the perfect medium for communication. Read the rest of this entry »

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That’s right.  We have staked our claims in the social media behemoth.  We started our own fan page a few weeks ago in order to try to reach even more people.  For those of you who read this blog regularly, you will recall a while back that we had established a Linkedin group.  We are both advocates of Linkedin, but honestly was extremely time consuming.  Therefore, we’re giving social media another shot via Facebook.  Things have gone well so far.  We have our friends supporting us as well as random Read the rest of this entry »

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One of the goals of this site is to recognize outstanding couples who are already in business together.  Going forward, we will recognize one ‘Power Couple’ per month who has entered the world of couplepreneurship. Readers will have the opportunity to learn more about other copreneurs, their businesses, and other interesting information about each couple.  If you are or know any copreneurs that you think we should recognize, we would love to hear from you. 

Criteria:

1. In a realtionship.  
2. Owns a business together.
3. Been in business together for at least a year.
4. Gives back to the community in some way (socially, financially, philanthropic).
5. An active contributor to the industry in which they operate.                                                 

Stay tuned to find out who our very first Power Couple will be!  For more information, contact us at: info [at] bizzyness.com

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Akuba: Everything was perfect…guest were confirmed, cards and t-shirts printed, presentation was ready and here we were less than forty-eight hours from our Bizzyness launch party having a heated discussion…an argument if you will. Now arguments are a normal and necessary part of relationships, but there are boundaries and expectations that must be put into place to keep issues in perspective. The mistake I found myself making in this particular situation was not keeping this argument in perspective. About an hour or two into our discussion, frustrated and tired, I asked Justin if we should postpone the event because we couldn’t find a middle ground in our discussion. He answered my question with the same question in which my response was: “Business is Business.” Because that was my response, I believe it to be the right answer, but what made me attach my personal life to my business life? I took our personal relationship and merged it with our business relationship. After all they both go hand in hand because the same two people make up both relationships right? Wrong.

The truth is the way I went about things was the absolute wrong approach. As a result of this ‘pre-game’ situation, I learned that it is imperative to remember that I can not maintain the same expectations for Justin in two completely opposite environments. The key is maintaining a work-life balance. The other day, I read about one couple (lets call them Susie and Mike) whose reference of the other depends on their environment. For instance after a long day at work, Susie can come home and complain to ‘home Mike’ about how much a jerk ‘work Mike’ was to her that day. It does wonders for separating work from home and emphasizes how the same person can have an entirely different temperament depending on their environment. I will try this approach out and let you know how it goes.
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