Category Archives: Partnerships

How Business Partnerships Can Be Counterintuitive

Life is supposed to be about the journey, not the destination (or so I’m told). Yet, when it comes to starting…

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Can Ailing Business Partnerships Be Fixed?

Like many things, the short and obvious answer to the question, “can ailing business partnerships be fixed?” is . .…

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Using an Alliance to Reach New Markets in New Ways

On Friday, online travel company Expedia Inc. announced an investment in and long-term strategic partnership with Vancouver-based CruiseShipCenters International, according to…

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Basic Training: Capital vs. Sweat Equity: What’s a Fair Buyout?

Q: I’m in a situation where one owner is an active “sweat equity” owner; the other is inactive but provides…

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Keeping Unscrupulous Business Partners at Bay

It’s not just business partners that can be unscrupulous, as the article “9 Ways to Keep Hucksters, Schucksters, and Slimeballs…

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Basic Training: Where, O Where, Have My Partnership Tax Returns Gone?

When leaving a business partnership, entrepreneurs often overlook the fact that untangling the details of the business can go on…

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Shareholder Agreement ‘Gotchas’

My colleague Rush Nigut recently posted a piece in his blog about a little-known provision of Iowa law that could…

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“Dishing” on Business Partnerships for StartUps

“The Restaurant” was the classic partnership pairing:  Rocco DiSpirito, chef extraordinaire (or at least ego extraordinaire — which makes for…

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Today’s the Day for the Inside Scoop on Partnerships!

Turn off the TV.  Leave the e-mail alone for an hour.  The kids will fend for themselves.  It’s time for…

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Boost Your Business with Power Partners

As I channel-surfed the other night, a VH-1 documentary on disco reminded me of 8-track tapes. When all of my…

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