Her Ex Business Partner

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Jo Piazza

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Emily and Matthew built a life—and a restaurant empire—together. They met in 2001, young and full of dreams, and by 2013, they had opened their first restaurant, Emily, in Clinton Hill. Success followed, with multiple locations and growing acclaim. But behind the scenes, their marriage was falling apart. Facing both personal and professional uncertainty, they had to answer an impossible question: Could they stay business partners while ending their marriage? In this episode, Emily joins us alongside her new husband, Jeff, to share how he supported her through the painful transition, helped her process the past, and built a stronger foundation for their future. It’s a story about love, loss, and the courage to rebuild—both in business and in life. Emily’s book of poetry, Divorced Business Partners, is available wherever books are sold.

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0:00.0	Emily met her husband Matthew in September of 2001. They were young when they met.
0:14.9	Emily was 25, Matthew was 26. And they kind of grew up together.
0:26.7	Matthew was a pizza chef, and in 2013, they opened a restaurant in Clinton Hill called Emily.
0:29.1	He was the chef.
0:30.7	She managed things.
0:36.4	And then a couple of years later, they opened another restaurant in Brooklyn called Emmy Squared.
0:42.4	They got investors, they had more locations, and the business was really successful.
0:46.9	Except through it all, their marriage was unraveling.
0:53.7	They were both terrified of not just losing each other, but also of losing their business.
0:55.4	And they had to figure out if they could actually become divorced business partners. Now, today's interview is not with Emily and Matthew.
1:04.7	It's with Emily and her new husband, Jeff. Emily and Matthew did indeed become divorced business partners.
1:12.3	We're having Emily and Jeff on today to talk about how Jeff supported Emily through the
1:16.8	divorce and how he helped her come to terms with everything that had happened in the past
1:20.9	to try to create a stronger relationship for their future.
1:42.5	Thank you. for their future. Hey, Emily.
1:43.4	Hey, Joe, hey Jeff.
1:44.5	Hey, Joe. Thanks for having us.
1:46.2	Hello.
1:47.0	Thanks for being on today.
1:48.5	I want to start up by backing up a little bit.
1:51.2	And I just want to hear how the two of you met and how you fell in love.
1:55.8	We met on Bumble in New York City.
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