71. Starting Owl & Key (part one)

With Krista and Phil Franks

For some entrepreneurs, the business doesn't start with a pitch deck or a market opportunity. It starts with a question they’re brave enough to answer honestly: If I were to die tomorrow, would I be proud of the way I live today?

Meet our guest

In this episode, we sit down with Krista and Phil Franks, the husband and wife co-founding team behind Owl & Key, a platform built around intentional living and lifestyle design. What began as a quiet tension between the life they were living and the life they actually wanted evolved into a business born from the inside out — built first as a framework for their own family, and eventually shared with the world.
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In this episode

  • The moment they asked themselves if they would be proud of the way they lived today — and what it meant when the answer was no
  • How shared values and honest conversation gave them the foundation to take the leap
  • The failed restaurant venture that taught them more about entrepreneurship than they expected
  • Why they believe action teaches more than planning
  • How an internal planning framework they built for their own family became the foundation for Owl & Key

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