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I’ve Co-Founded and Sold Multimillion-Dollar Companies. Here Is the 1 Rule That Saved My Marriage from My Startups

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17.06.2026

I’ve Co-Founded and Sold Multimillion-Dollar Companies. Here Is the 1 Rule That Saved My Marriage from My Startups

The business will eat the marriage if you let it.

EXPERT OPINION BY DAVE KERPEN, CEO, KERPEN VENTURES @DAVEKERPEN

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Friday night. Our favorite tiny Italian place in Port Washington. Two glasses of red wine. And a rule we’ve kept for almost 20 years: no business at the table.

Not Likeable Media (which we sold to 10Pearls in 2021). Not Apprentice (which I co-founded in 2020 and exited in........

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