Business Breakups with Bonnie Bogle

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 10:37 a.m.

#### Breaking up is hard to do\u2014whether you\u2019re ending a business relationship or a marriage. Bonnie Bogle\u2019s done both, and she\u2019s here to tell us about the good, the bad, and the it\u2019s-just-plain-complicated.\n\nBonnie cofounded [Mapbox](https://www.mapbox.com/), one of the largest providers of custom online maps in the world. But after growing the business from zero to more than 200 employees, she left it all behind. Now she\u2019s the director of [Brazen](https://brazenglobal.com/philadelphia/) in Philadelphia, where she works with startups at the start of _their_ journeys.\n\nBonnie tells us about what it was like to launch Mapbox with her husband as her business partner\u2014precisely at the moment they decided to get divorced. She also shares what it was like to leave that same company after building it into a massive success. Oh, _and_ how she knows the secret behind McGruff the Crime Dog\u2019s life story.\n\n> Who cares if this is super unusual? Yeah, we\u2019re getting a divorce, and we\u2019re starting a company together at the same time, and screw it! Let\u2019s just do it. We both want this. \n> \u2014 **Bonnie Bogle** , cofounder of Mapbox and director of Brazen Philly\n\nWe chat with Bonnie about:\n\n- Why living in Peru inspired her to create her first company, build open-source websites, and ultimately provide access to better maps\n- How everything Bonnie learned running operations for a quickly growing startup became the backbone for how she\u2019s helping other new businesses launch and grow\n- How to decide whether and when to let go of something you love\n\nFollow Bonnie:\xa0[Twitter](https://twitter.com/bonnie?lang=en) | [Insta](https://www.instagram.com/bonniebogle/)\n\n### We also dig into\u2026\n\n- When leaving a job is bittersweet, so you hang around for a month (or more)\n- Toxic companies, toxic bosses, and realizing when you gotta GTFO\n- Crying in the work bathroom: the worst, but also sometimes totally ok\n- Breastfeeding at meetups, in Parliament\u2014and wherever the hell you want to (if you want to)\n\n## Sponsors\n\nThis episode of NYG is brought to you by:\n\n[![Shopify logo](http://www.noyougoshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/shopify_logo_black-300x86.png)](https://www.shopify.com/careers)\n\n_[Shopify](https://www.shopify.com/careers), a leading global commerce platform that\u2019s building a world-class team to define the future of entrepreneurship. **Visit [shopify.com/careers](https://www.shopify.com/careers)\xa0for more.**_\n\n[![Harvest logo](http://www.noyougoshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Harvest-horizontal-logo-300x103.png)](https://www.getharvest.com/)_[Harvest](https://www.getharvest.com/), makers of\xa0awesome software to help you track your time, manage your projects, and get paid. Try it free, then **use code NOYOUGO to get 50% off** your first paid month._