Bonus Ep 3: Business Break Ups: Breaking Up is Hard to Do

This episode is a raw conversation about the breakup between the original co-founders of Bean Ninjas, Ben McAdam, and Meryl Johnston.

The episode was originally published on the TropicalMBA podcast and the hosts Dan Andrews and Ian Schoen have kindly given permission to republish it here.

We cover:

• [6:34] Realising it wasn’t working as business partners.
• [11:42] Quality of life vs available working hours
• [16:52] Handling difficult conversations
• [20:47] Negotiating the terms of the buyout
• [36:43] How the team responded to the partnership split
• [40:21] How the business has changed since the buyout.
• [45:32] Meryl reflects on business partnerships 7 years later

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The Lifestyle Accountant Show is a podcast that helps today’s accounting firm leaders build successful businesses, while living healthy, happy lives hosted by Meryl Johnston. For more information or to get in touch with us, head over to our website lifestyleaccountant.co.