On Business Partnerships and Boyfriends
By Nina Kaufman, Esq.From the department of “Oh, why not just put a stake through my heart?” came an inquiry from a reader who’s working with her boyfriend in his business.
Ugh. Need I say more?
It goes on: He’s having cash-flow problems.
[Something tells me she isn’t getting paid for her efforts]
He’s run the business for 15 years by himself [Nu? After all these years, he can’t hire staff?] and is not prepared to take on a partner [Hmmph].
She’s been helping him with marketing materials, communications with alliance partners and clients, creating e-courses and organizing the website revamp [In other words, helping create valuable intellectual property for his company].
She’s confident in her talents and abilities . . . and that he’ll compensate her fairly [Double hmmph].
The $64,000 question: Should she ask him to “put something in writing“?
What do you think?
[You’ve probably guessed what I think!] 🙂
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