Starting and running a successful business with spouse is very difficult for all businessmen due to maintenance of family and finance. If you want to start a successful business with your partner then need to prepare some essential plan that will be helpful for your successful.
There are many things to be considered before starting a business with your spouse like set rules from beginning, arrange backup funds, need to know all things about personality of your spouse, divide work and responsibilities according to roles, take some time for yourself, listen to each other, handling disagreements, know the potential to take risk.
Avoid fight, share all things related to business with spouse, be honest to yourself, keeping home and work separate and some other essential things are helpful for successful business.
These are some points that are mandatory but it varies business to business and person to person. Therefore you should take it as challenge and opportunity as well.