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Back to EpisodesRunning a Business With Your Husband and Taking Smart Risks | Sarah Trop, FunCycled
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How do you run a business with your spouse without it wrecking your marriage? Interior designer Sarah Trop, founder of FunCycled, shares how she went from IT secretary to 14 years in business with her husband, why the first five years were so hard, and her "four layers of protection" rule for taking big risks.
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IN THIS EPISODE
- Starting with free dressers off the side of the road, and never going into debt
- What nine years in IT taught her about running a business
- Working with your husband: clear roles, a clear hand-off, and no purple glaze
- Why design isn't vanity: creating sacred spaces, including trauma-informed design
- Writing a book that came from stillness, not striving
- Getting comfortable being uncomfortable: risk as a small business owner
- Her rule: don't take a risk without at least three backup plans
- How restructuring as an S corp saved $10,000 to $20,000 a year in taxes
- Why paying an expert has always been worth it
ABOUT SARAH
Sarah Trop is an award-winning interior designer, lifestyle blogger, and founder of FunCycled, a design company rooted in sustainability, creativity, and faith. She won HGTV's Flea Market Flip, has appeared on the Rachael Ray Show, and is known for small-space solutions, midcentury modern revivals, and trauma-informed design for nonprofits.
CONNECT WITH SARAH
Website and blog: https://funcycled.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/funcycled/
Sarah's personal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tropofalltrades
Her book, Created to Create: https://a.co/d/0iKgHFC5
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