Life really is better together … with your girlfriends!

Note: Funny, we had this blog timed for today without knowing that President Obama’s health care speech would be last night. No coincidence really, but we should find ways to embrace our love of our home and country and accept the different views of others in a bipartisan relationship.

What happens when you and your girlfriend come up with a great idea? Marcy and Carolyn are girlfriends (and sister-in-laws) who came up with an idea to inspire bi-partisan friendships and support. So they started “Better Together” and will be our guests on our weekly BlogTalkRadio show on Friday, September 11th at 11amPST/2pmEST. It was a great idea that they’re approaching together – as they share below, kind of like training and running a marathon – TOGETHER!

Starting a business is like signing up to run a marathon. I know that now. I didn’t know that six months ago, when my sister-in-law, friend and business partner, Marcy, and I formed “Better Together”.

To be honest, Better Together really formed itself. Marcy and I simply chose to continue following where it led. What a journey it has been! The whole concept behind our company started over several weeks of long distant, early morning phone calls between Marcy and myself. We were concerned about the bailout money, who would be tracking it, why did one company get money and another didn’t? We were concerned about the war and healthcare reform and the economy. Mostly, we were concerned about who was looking out for people like us and our neighbors, family members, those more fortunate than us and certainly those less fortunate than us.

We compared notes on conversations we had been having with others and conversations we overheard. Everyone was echoing the same sentiment. “FIX IT! We don’t care who gets the credit. JUST FIX IT!”

Marcy emailed me at 5:30 one morning in April with the concept for a t-shirt that depicted the political party emblems working together to complete simple, everyday tasks. We decided to make enough for our family and friends. From there, literally overnight, it turned into a business. Marcy and I never planned on operating a family business but neither of us ever hesitated either. When Better Together started taking off, we quickly decided to walk through each door that opened to us. When the doors stopped opening we would reconsider our “family project”. So far we are still going through the doors and enjoying every minute of it.

Marcy and I have always been close friends but it turns out that we are pretty good business partners as well. Marcy and I have been able to play off each other’s strengths, step up when the other needs it, bounce ideas (upon ideas, upon ideas) off of one another, and most importantly laugh a lot along the way. I did not realize we would be running a marathon but I am glad we are running it together! After all, we are Better Together!

Marcy Bilyak created “Better Together” with her sister in law Carolyn. She is having a blast creating new products and keeping up with her husband, three boys, and black lab! She lives in the Pittsburgh area. Carolyn Farkas has particularly enjoyed watching their hunch, that many Americans are wanting to pull together, be confirmed with such enthusiasm. Carolyn Farkas lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband, three children and two dogs.

Thanks Carolyn and Marcy! We are Better Together!

How can we get passed our differences and see our similarities? How can we as girlfriends better support each other as a group – together? What are your ideas for doing things better together?

Tags: better together, Business, friendship, girlfriends, Marathon, Political party

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