All posts tagged "business partnerships"

9 Important questions you need to answer before starting a partnership
So, you’re planning on forming a partnership with a friend or colleague. Entering into a partnership can bring many benefits – shared knowledge and experience, shared financial burden, twice the work can get done, and...
How to avoid the common pitfalls of business partnerships
Until last week I had never cried at work. But last Wednesday, after a particularly fraught and unpleasant board meeting, I was forced to retreat to the toilet – where I sat silently with a...
What exactly is a partnership tax ID?
If you want to know more about what a partnership tax ID is, we are here to help you learn more about it. A partnership Tax ID, by definition, is when a business is owned...
Perfecting the art of the successful business partnership
Going into a new business partnership is often flagged as a risky endeavour—according to one study, the ‘divorce’ rate for business partners is as high as 80 per cent—but every decision (business and otherwise) carries...
How to start a business without the internet
Focusing on relationships is key to business grow. It sounds old-fashioned and it sounds like hard work, but somewhere along the line we ditched meeting face-to-face, for phone calls, then email. Yet trust me, face-to-face...
Starting a business step 6: who is your fan?
Following on from our overview of how to turn your hobby into a business, let’s look in more depth at the sixth step:We all need fans (aka customers) – do we know who they are?...
4 signs your partner can’t be trusted
From business to romance, trust is a foundational principal in any healthy relationship. However, it is one of the most compromised traits that anyone in business can overlook; especially when the opportunity appears to be...
Getting into bed in business – choosing the business partner who is best for you
So, you’ve come this far. You’ve developed your idea, and all of your hopes and dreams have been put down on paper in the form of a business plan. Or maybe you’ve gone further and...