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It’s always devastating to lose a spouse. When that spouse is also your business partner, the loss feels even greater.Julie Southwick faced just such a tragedy in 2005. At first she wasn’t sure if she’d be able to run the company on her own. Her husband, Mark, had handled so much of the business. But then motivation began to push through her grief.“My pride was such a motivator,” she says. “I wanted to keep what we had and I wanted Mark to be proud of me. I couldn’t really discuss things with the competition, and I didn’t know anybody else