Category Archives: Business Partners

‘Til Death Do We Part: How Not to Get Rid of a Business Partner

From the Department of “Was that form of exit strategy written into our partnership agreement?” comes this story from the…

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Basic Training: Bums as Business Partners

Q: I have an S Corp that includes myself and my partner, 50/50 ownership. I put in all the capital and…

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Key Secrets to Solid Business Partnerships

Business partnerships are easy to begin, tough to maintain. (Equally tough is finding a webcam freeze frame that doesn’t make…

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Basic Training: Ex-Partners Make the Biggest Bigmouths

Q: I can’t believe it–my former business partner has been smearing me around town! I was recently partnering with someone…

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When Your Partner Won’t Share the Loan

Yet another handy Q&A from Forbes Small Business, and this one featuring my colleague, Marian Banker.  🙂  What do you…

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Can You Run Your Business Partnership from Home?

I’ve written a lot about choosing the right business partner, but as I was trolling the Internet, perusing article on…

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Murder is Not a Viable Business Partnership Exit Strategy

From The Times of India, comes this story of two realtors who murdered their business partner because he was cheating them. …

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When Business Partnerships Don’t Stick

When two partners launched a souvenir sticker company – one partner being in charge of design and the other bringing…

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Limitations for limited partners?

Here’s a disturbing thought:  imagine that you’re a limited partner in an entity that’s a limited partnership.  By definition, you’re…

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Business Partners: An Old Twist on a New Business Model

Collaboration.  Leveraging resources.  Alliances.  The new business model in tough economic times is all about “partnering,” and nowhere do those…

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