Category Archives: Partnerships

“Shacking Up Wisely” on the Huffington Post

No, I’m not cheating on my husband (a violation of a very different kind of partnership agreement) — “Shacking Up…

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Putting “Strategy” into your Strategic Alliances

“Colin” desperately wanted to expand his computer consulting business. But rushing headlong into a deal with Themis Consulting nearly wiped…

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A Cry for Joint Venture Partners in African Nanotechnology

From across the globe in Business Daily Africa, comes this plea for awareness of how a joint venture can prevent…

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Communicating Beyond Your Partnership Agreement

Years ago, my business partner and I started our firm together with the happiest and best of intentions: visions of…

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Turning Over Your Business to Blood (Relations, That Is)

Transitioning a business is never easy under the best of circumstances; having a family succession plan is even thornier. After…

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Business Partner Disappears. What Now?

From the Department of Business Partnership Nightmares comes this plea for help from LordMJ: Here’s the skinny: Partner 1 and…

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Transformative Collaboration

Although written from a not-for-profit perspective, Alison Rapping of Alison & Associates (a not-for-profit consultancy based in Arizona) shares my…

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The Growth Strategist on Strategic Alliances

Want to learn about strategic alliances in action?  Listen to this podcast from Aldonna Ambler, “The Growth Strategist,” as she…

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Business Partnerships — On Video!

Thanks go to Lindsay Eisenhut for pointing me to Prendismo.com.  They have a number of short videos on aspects of…

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When It Comes to Choosing Business Partners, Look Before You Leap

Once upon a time, there was a fox that had fallen into a well. A thirsty goat ambled by and…

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