Do You Have the Right Business Partner?
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When you're starting out a company, the most important thing is to find the right business partner. It is important to fill a gap in skills or to find extra money. If you can make the right choice, you'll have a beneficial impact on your business. A good partnership requires:
A shared vision and goal
Mutual hard work
Open communication
Mutual respect
A balance of power
Effective conflict resolution
Neil Patel calls partnership as a marriage and also gives good advises such as:
Have a good contracts without clauses
Vest shares
Pick opposites
Make sure they're financially stable
Before finding a partner just think about your personality traits. Then choose a partner who complements your skills, not duplicates them. You have to decide what kind of skills your partner should have. For example if you run a internet company, it important to find a programmer as one of the founders. Try these places to find partners online: