think we just i m a little bit laid back, i guess. if i weren t we d probably kill each other. the pairing has proven successful with the youth infusion, all natural multi-vitamin powder formula. my mother knows how to deal with fires. i have a lot of contacts from the past so i kind of know the ropes, what you need to do with manufacturing, what has to be done. youth infusion is now sold on the company s website and at retailers like the vitamin shop. while they don t hide their family ties, it s not front and center in conversation but they do blog about it on their website and may admit that working with family isn t always easy. you don t want to just bring in family because they re family because you may have an awkward family party mix to go to one. i just have fired him. but they say it can also be entertaining. i have my certain ways of doing things and linda has her ways of doing things and because she s i m right.
i m a long way. i m not very punctual. he knows the resume. i know the resume. when bud cullinson was ready to build a business infusion sciences in maryland, he didn t have to look far. he knew i had the business background. while linda, his right hand uses his first name. it s easier if he refers to me as linda. really? he can call her something else as well. i think it s more linda as senior director as opposed to mom. linda, who s an entrepreneur in her own right having founded a line of skin care, admits it s tough to not always be mom. he s my child, he s my son and i see that probably first. we re here to do business and we do business. we focus on business but he s my son. bud hired linda because he knew they had complimentary skills. he s more the scientist. he s methodical and i m mouthy and all over the place and i
personally. with business i don t hold back. i m very honest. one of the keys to anything is communication. if you have something on your mind, you probably need to verbalize it. a lot of times i ll say what do you think about this and she s like no that s not the look i want. i ve come to really respect what her vision is. and linda agrees. she says her son is the boss and because of that their relationship works. it s his company. it s his product. he does know what he s doing. he s very smart or i wouldn t be in business with him. i ve taken a backseat. i work for him and i work cheap! running a business can be challenging. being in a marriage can be challenging. think about what it s like to mix the two. joining us now is a married couple sharing their sets how to be successful and happy running a business side by side with
they have proven successful with youth infusion with an all natural powdered vitamin. i have a lot of contact from the past and i kind of know the ropes what you need to do with manufacturing. youth infusion is sold on the company s website and at retailers like the vitamin shop. they don t hide their family ties, it s not front and center in conversations. but they do blog ability it on their website. they admit that working with family isn t always easy. you don t want to just bring in family because they re family, because if they haveit would make an awful family party the next time you go. they say it can be entertaining. i have my ways of doing things and linda has her ways of doing things. i m always right! she s always right even though when she s wrong she s right. i m not wrong! didn t i teach you better than that? they say around business they try to not take things
linda s kitchen making lunch for her friends. how many times do you think you have been in this position? mom and daughter prepareing a meal together? too many. i don t know. every day this happens. every day? yeah. but this isn t just another social lunch. this lunch is about business and the business is christina v. christina s 8-year-old jewelry company. maybe once a month or something, i ll have a group of women over for lunch. it will be different people. these are women i rely heavily on when i have a new business idea or model. it s fitting that the lunch is happening at linda s house. the house is the headquarters for the company whose officers are right down stairs in the basement. because of the number one employee at christina v is linda. could you have guessed it would happen? you would get a job and be working for your daughter? never in a million years. i think that s why it works