j.j. ramburg. welcome to your business, the program dedicated to helping your business grow .thrive. it is that time again and national small business week begins today. from april 30th through may 6th, the u.s. small business administration will recognize the achievements of the nation's top small businesses, rurs, small business advocates and champions. and we get the chance here to kick it off with the newly appointed head of the u.s. small business administration, administrator linda mcmahon. she'll be traveling around this week. very nice to see you, administrator. >> thank you very much, j.j. it's good to be with you. >> we are thrilled to have you. and this is your first time as the head of the sba for small business week. what do you hope to get out of the next week? >> the next week is really the opportunity for our country to salute our nation's 28 million small businesses. we are recognizing the small business person of the year from each state and from the u.s. territories. they'll all be in washington for a big kickoff dinner sunday night. and then on monday, when we act

j.j. ramburg. welcome to "your business." running a company can be exhausting and stressful. and people deal with this kind of pressure differently, which can make it tricky if you're in a partnership. the owners of a tennessee furniture company found themselves at a breaking point after the stress got to be too much. one partner decided to stay while the other decided to go. here is their story. ♪ is. >> you get burned. you have to step away or it will kill you. >> jess and nate were knee deep in the first year of their custom furniture company. and it was clear, their partnership wasn't working. >> there was a time when i was like, i'm fought going to lie partnership intraentertained tha of just, i don't care. burn the thing down, i don't care. >> they were friends who joined forces to run five string furniture in nashville, tennessee. it seemed to perfect. when they launched together, decisions were easy. it didn't take long to realize that wasn't going last. >> when you were a partner with someone in a business, you are essentially married to them to some capacity. it was