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When the entrepreneurial engine cranks into motion at yourhouse, make sure your family is prepared for the ride of theirlives. Here are a few tips to help you meet the challenge oflaunching your first business:

1. Agree early on about the division of business and familyduties between spouses. Discuss the decision-making structure aheadof time (including veto power), suggests psychologist Pat Hudson,Ph.D., author ofThe Solution-Oriented Woman(W.W. Norton).Agree on which areas each of you will oversee.

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