J.J. and Beverly Jerman were dating when they decided to venture into working together.
“I was working as a nurse in a GI Lab at the time and developed an allergy to cleaning chemicals, so I had to find a different job,” says Beverly. “J.J. suggested that I come work with him, which scared me to death. We had been dating two and a half years at that point, and I sure didn’t want to mess anything up. That was in 2010.”
J.J. and Beverly married in 2011. For the past seven years, they have run Office Furniture Warehouse and have learned many valuable lessons about working together as a couple.
“One thing we would for sure tell couples who are thinking about working together is it’s important to have defined roles and to discover each other’s strengths,” Beverly says.
Both J.J. and Beverly agree they didn’t have clearly defined roles when they started this venture.