𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮? 🛑 We sat down with 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑆𝑝𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 to talk about the 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 when trying to sell. It’s not about the numbers - it’s about 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲. Chris argues that the best founders 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫

We see the merger. We see the rebranding. We see the success of Sunny Road. ☀️ But we don't always see what happened to get there. In our latest podcast, Chelsea Jones pulls back the curtain on the hardest year of her life. While navigating a high-stakes partner buyout, she was simultaneously hit with a cancer diagnosis and the challenges of single motherhood. "One of those things is a full-time job. And I had all three at once." Chelsea’s story is a powerful reminder that business doesn't pause