This is a special edition of CoupleCo. We’ve engineered this show for shameless self-promotion! Blaine helped write a satirical business book created by Dan Hill. Dan is a very smart guy who has consulted to over 100 of the world’s biggest bran

It's Figureoutable: John Lord & Alma Aguilar of Cerveceria Crazy Moon, Part 2

Dec 8th, 2021 34m 6s

Today, we are back with Part 2 of reaching for the moon. Specifically, craft brewer Crazy in Cholula Puebla, Mexico. When we were invited there, we replied using one of Honey’s favorite travel philosophies: Por qué no? “Why not” is a great p

It's Figureoutable: John Lord & Alma Aguilar of Cerveceria Crazy Moon, Part 1

Dec 1st, 2021 37m 8s

In this episode, CoupleCo leaves the country for the moon—specifically, the Crazy Moon brewery in Cholula Puebla, Mexico. This business is run by an old, Connecticut friend of Blaine’s and his Mexican wife. John and Alma are serial entrepreneur

Uncorked XXVIII: Something's Gotta Give!

Jul 28th, 2021 18m 1s

Opportunities, priorities, profit—all kinds of greatness is afoot. But that also means: something’s gotta give. Will it be this show? Nope. Well, not really. But we are taking a dose of our own advice and attenuating everyone’s favorite show ab

CoupleCo Uncorked XXVII: How Big Is Big Enough?

Jul 21st, 2021 23m 27s

Why are a pair of married capitalists talking about Marxism, and what does that have to do with the price of CoupleCo-ism anyway? In this episode, we avoid the adolescent jokes surrounding the great question, “How big is big enough, anyway?” In

CoupleCo Uncorked XXVI: Anniversary Madness!

Jul 14th, 2021 20m 15s

How did this happen?! On the 20th Anniversary of our wedding, Blaine Parker and the Fabulous Honey Parker turn the tables on themselves and reveal the answer to the Single Most Important Question of their CoupleCo interviews: “How did you two m

Uncorked XXV: CoupleCo Independence

Jul 7th, 2021 15m 50s

Should you do the dangerous deed of becoming a CoupleCo? Maybe your answer is here: it’s the 2021 Independence Edition of CoupleCo Uncorked! There are upsides to being in business with your spouse. Besides the fun! You’re your own boss! You can

Scrappy Underdogs: Chris & Jen Hudak of Escapod Trailers, Part 2

Jun 30th, 2021 37m 33s

Innovative, paradigm-shifting, champion-inspired cult camper moving and shaking! Jen and Chris Hudak have moved Escapod travel trailers, shaken up their own world, they’re changing world of teardrop campers, and they’ve built a collaborative bu

Scrappy Underdogs: Chris & Jen Hudak of Escapod Trailers, Part 1

Jun 23rd, 2021 43m 40s

All hail the scrappy underdog! In the two years since we first spoke to them, Chris and Jen Hudak have exploded. They’ve instigated an exponential increase in production of their cult-favorite travel trailer, survived a pandemic, and brought a

Re-Packed For Action: Therese Iknoian And Michael Hodgson of HI Travel Tales Redux, Part 2

Jun 16th, 2021 40m 10s

Comprehensive CoupleCo convo some award-winning expert travelers? How does that even happen? What is award-winning expert travel, anyway? Therese Iknoian and Michael Hodgson are epic travel bloggers as well as award-winning entrepreneurial jour

Re-Packed For Action: Therese Iknoian And Michael Hodgson of HI Travel Tales Redux, Part 1

Jun 9th, 2021 47m 4s

With summer travel exploding nationwide, how about a conversation with some expert, career travelers? Therese Iknoian and Michael Hodgson run the epic travel blog HI Travel Tales. But these two are not your run-of-the-mill travel bloggers. They

CoupleCo Uncorked XXIV: Never Easier, Just Better…

Jun 2nd, 2021 26m 3s

Once you’ve made it, it all get easier, right? Mmm…nope. This is the episode that’s equally for the aspiring CoupleCo that thinks success is a panacea, and for the veteran CoupleCo who believe that once they’re crushing it, they’ll be coasting

CoupleCo Uncorked XXIII: More Than Just A Chair…

May 26th, 2021 25m 13s

“Whatever I can do, she can do better... She is equally responsible with me for everything that goes on here.” And with that, we begin gushing about another collaborator CoupleCo, this one responsible for so much of the design that we are used

CoupleCo Uncorked #XXII: We Love Desilu

May 19th, 2021 28m 10s

Crushing it by modeling other successful businesses is a time-honored tradition. Having vision. Taking chances. Being bold. Sticking to your guns. Knowing each other’s strengths. Presenting a united front. All great qualities, and all part of t

CoupleCo Uncorked XXI: Other People’s Wine

May 12th, 2021 26m 35s

This is the credit where credit is due episode. Do you need to take credit for everything? Do you dismiss the contributions of others? Do the ideas of the other players get short shrift because they aren’t yours? Why are we even asking these qu

CoupleCo Uncorked XX: Word Of Mouth Gone Wrong

May 5th, 2021 22m 14s

In a time when so-called word-of-mouth advertising is more powerful than ever, one must consider always entertaining the enthusiastic fan. Dismissing the fan can be dismissing a vast number of sales. And when you’re a CoupleCo working together,

CoupleCo Uncorked XIX: The Working Vacation

Apr 28th, 2021 16m 21s

Get out! Get immersed! Get into green! This is the working-vacation edition of CoupleCo Uncorked in which we discuss semi-wild places, birdlife galore, and why it’s important to change your mind by changing your place—even if right near home an

CoupleCo Uncorked XVIII: The One With Beer And Lawnmowers

Apr 21st, 2021 24m 51s

So, so many questions that defy sensible answers. Like, what can a CoupleCo learn from a) New Orleans, b) one of the legends of Madison Avenue, and c) working your hobbies instead of your business? That doesn’t actually sound like a recipe for

CoupleCo Uncorked XVII: Post-Tequila-Fueled Bitch Fest

Apr 14th, 2021 10m 34s

What have we learned after last week’s stress-fest? It pays to be in business with someone to whom you can vent and then strategize. Also, Honey invents a category of noises, we talk about hand puppets, and the added CoupleCo bonus of having yo

CoupleCo Uncorked XVI: Tequila-Fueled Bitch Fest

Apr 7th, 2021 14m 27s

This is just one of those things. You do everything in a business deal in good faith, and someone tries to work an angle when they don’t have to. And it’s going to cost money. But isn’t handling all this together just part of being a coupleco?

A Bigger, Better Fish Story: Sena & Rich Wheeler of Sena Seafood, Part 2

Mar 31st, 2021 33m 3s

We’re back with Sena and Rich Wheeler, the couple who’s crushing it in the seafood business by not only catching the famed Copper River Salmon, but by selling it direct to consumers like you and me. In this episode, they talk about the demands

A Bigger, Better Fish Story: Sena & Rich Wheeler of Sena Seafood, Part 1

Mar 24th, 2021 34m 5s

Here’s a couple who turned the business model of their profession upside down to have more leverage, a better life, and bigger money. Sena and Rich Wheeler were just a run-of-the-mill professional fishing family until Sena had a brainstorm. The

CoupleCo Uncorked XV: Fed Up, Down & Sideways

Mar 17th, 2021 35m 55s

Insanity abounds: customers losing their minds; how handling that is the measure of your business; how garnishing a martini with a cherry pepper becomes a cherry bomb; the hazards of hiring a coder in Romania; a surprise drop-in guest; and the

CoupleCo Uncorked XIV: Beware Fear Of Failure

Mar 10th, 2021 26m 38s

This starts with sourdough and a casual fuming about fatigue, and unravels into a surprising debate about why fear begets failure. And it all happens because of one simple sentence about one of the easiest things on the planet: making a sourdou

CoupleCo Uncorked XIII: Ignorance, Meet Arrogance!

Mar 3rd, 2021 21m 25s

Simple fact: Most businesses fail. And if you pursue your startup the way we pursued our first business, it’s no surprise. So today’s message or mirth is minimalist and pithy: Don’t suffer the blind ignorance of uninformed arrogance. Learn what