Episodes

D-I-V-O-R-C-E. In part three of this series on partnerships, Kate and John are talking breakups. John dives into why your partnership needs the business equivalent of a prenup, why your business lawyer can’t take sides, and the sticky math of valuation when it’s time to split up. Resources: Slicing Pie Handbook: Perfectly Fair Equity Splits for Bootstrapped Startups, Mike Moyer Learn more about Kate Tyson: Wanderwell Connect on LinkedIn Sign up for Kate’s Newsletter Learn more about John Ger...

Business Partnerships change over time, whether you like it or not. In part two of a series on business partnerships, Kate and John dig into the messy middle of partnerships and how we navigate change. They break down what drives change, what breeds resentment, and why being self-aware enough to see things going wonky is key to maintaining the business marriage. And Kate makes a radical proposal for a different way to deal with equity and profit. Learn more about Kate Tyson: Wanderwell Connec...

For so many of us, grief is a near constant companion in our lives. And that loss and accompanying grief show up whether we have the space to deal or not. As I've been exploring failure, business closures, and endings during the Summer of Failure series I've been writing these past few months, I knew I wanted to close with a conversation about grief. Today, I discuss navigating loss and grief with Sebene Selassie and Jennifer Patterson. Sebene Selassie is a writer, teacher, and speaker who ex...

In part one of an (at least!) three part series on business partnerships, Kate reveals her secrets to a better business marriage, which prompts John to rethink his approach to forming partnerships. Learn more about Kate Tyson: Wanderwell Connect on LinkedIn Sign up for Kate’s Newsletter Learn more about John Garber: Unlawyer Instagram: @un.lawyer Connect on LinkedIn

Part 2 of Kate's conversation with Heather Thomason of Primal Supply Meats. You might want to listen to Part 1 of our conversation before you listen to this episode. We left off with Heather finally coming to terms with her need to exit her business. Part 2 is what happened next, including the weird double identity issues involved in orchestrating a graceful wind down, and the complicated answers to the questions “what happened?” and “what’s next?” To learn more about Whiskey Fridays and read...

Part 1 of Kate's conversation with Heather Thomason, founder of Primal Supply Meats, the Philadelphia based butchery she closed in May of this year after seven years in business. This is Heather's first public conversation since the closure. Heather and Kate talk about the past few years of pandemic turmoil, the toll leading the business took on her, and how she got to the point of realizing she couldn't do it anymore. Show Notes: Enough is Enough, a Summer of Failure on Kate's Substack The ...

Why do business owners decide to close down their businesses? Since Kate is currently deep in the middle of a summer project about failure, she naturally wanted to talk about business closures. In today's episode John and Kate discuss: the number one reason they see business owners closing what happens after you make that decision, and how to ensure a graceful wind down the biggest pitfall they wish all business owners considered whether they are thinking about closing or not. Show Notes: ...

Whiskey Fridays is a collaboration between myself and my friend and colleague, John Garber. I, Kate, lead Wanderwell, an advisory and bookkeeping practice that supports thriving small businesses while investigating new ways of being in business. John is the principal of UnLawyer, where he provides legal counsel to small business owners at all stages, from startup to, as we'll talk about, wind down. He and I share a deeply humanist view of business and work with many of the same clients from our...