About the show

Two of us. One business.

Built Side by Side is a video podcast about running a business as a couple. Real stories, no hustle-bro.

We're Dan and Sarah. We've been married almost 20 years and in business together for more than a decade. The question everyone asks us first is the same one: how do you work together without destroying your relationship?

The short answer is that one of us is a risk-taker and one of us is a worrier, and the business needs both. The long answer is this show: the honest, unpolished story of building it side by side, including the arguments, the mistakes and the day we lost almost everything.

You won't hear "crush it" here. Just two introverts talking it through across the table, the way we would with a friend.

Your hosts

One worrier. One risk-taker.

  • Dan, mid-sentence at his microphone

    Dan

    The risk-taker

    Dan is the one ready to jump. He left his trucking job to go all in on the business, because to him no job was ever guaranteed anyway.

  • Sarah listening at her microphone

    Sarah

    The worrier

    Sarah is the one asking what happens if it all goes wrong, and making sure there is a plan before anybody leaps.

What's next

Coming up

  1. Two introverts open their first real store
  2. Documenting a brand-new business, built from scratch

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