Sep 8, 2026 · 38 min · 10 segments
How does a product that started as a college tour fundraiser at a Guam night market turn into an international export? On this episode, Addie talks with Christina and Marvin Crisostomo of Local Jerk…
Well, I'll jump back to the family business dynamic for a little bit.
Hopefully there's not as many tears from that as from the peppers.
But I'd like to ask, what are the biggest advantages of running a business with your spouse? And maybe what are some challenges? I
think for me, the advantage to running a business with my wife is that she knows exactly what I need to get done throughout the day.
throughout the day, whether it's chopping onions, helping her chop onions, or blend peppers, whichever it is.
We know that that's what we've got to do, and we plan to prep that way, or if it's a delivery or a sales.
Even though Guam is a small island, any new account is a great feat for us because we We literally didn't think that we were gonna come to this point of our business from the very first time we started selling Denancey as a fundraiser effort, right? So it's really exciting.
I think the advantage of that is we get to work together And we share the same thing.
You know, there are some things where I want things done a certain way and he strongly feels like, no, this is not going to be the most efficient way to do it, right? So...
I guess we're just really lucky that we know how to kind of work through those.
when you work with your spouse or you run a business with your spouse, you know them so well, you know, and they know you so well.
And sometimes that's a little bit harder because sometimes You don't always know what they're thinking or what their thought process is of something.
And so I think with us, we know each other so well that it's kind of easier to get around.
Well, I'll jump back to the family business dynamic for a little bit.
Hopefully there's not as many tears from that as from the peppers.
But I'd like to ask, what are the biggest advantages of running a business with your spouse? And maybe what are some challenges? I
think for me, the advantage to running a business with my wife is that she knows exactly what I need to get done throughout the day.
throughout the day, whether it's chopping onions, helping her chop onions, or blend peppers, whichever it is.
We know that that's what we've got to do, and we plan to prep that way, or if it's a delivery or a sales.
Even though Guam is a small island, any new account is a great feat for us because we We literally didn't think that we were gonna come to this point of our business from the very first time we started selling Denancey as a fundraiser effort, right? So it's really exciting.
I think the advantage of that is we get to work together And we share the same thing.
You know, there are some things where I want things done a certain way and he strongly feels like, no, this is not going to be the most efficient way to do it, right? So...
I guess we're just really lucky that we know how to kind of work through those.
when you work with your spouse or you run a business with your spouse, you know them so well, you know, and they know you so well.
And sometimes that's a little bit harder because sometimes You don't always know what they're thinking or what their thought process is of something.
And so I think with us, we know each other so well that it's kind of easier to get around.
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