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Problems with your business partner?
There may be several reasons for not being in good terms with your partner. There are some points in your career where you need to rethink about your partnership options.
1. Trust.
This can be one of the first reasons for having problems with your business partner. You may have started doubting him with your bank account details regarding the business and this is not a good sign. You need to think twice and as partners every penny you spend proportionately affects your personal check book.
2. Friendship.
If the person is a valuable friend, make sure that their goals, values and responsibilities are similar to yours. Don’t trust blindly and if you think his or her personal problems are interfering into your professional, you definitely need to rethink.
3. Trial and error.
You may start with a known person and if things don’t work out as expected, you should get down to the bottom of it. Because leaving such problems and not handling them affects your business a lot. You should know if they are a team player and how they react under pressure in situations. If you have no experience with a potential partner at all, do a trial run for a specified period of time before finalizing the partnership and even after finalizing if you feel something is wrong, you need to pay clear attention.
5. Strengths.
Make sure you and your partner’s strengths are in varied areas as this would help you to rise in your business very quickly. It is highly recommended that you bring in someone who compliments you in every way possible. But sometimes this may not happen and the profit generated is not what you has expected at the start of the business
6. Balancing responsibilities.
If you and your partner are having problems in distributing responsibilities amongst yourself then there is a fall in the equation between both of you. If you feel that you are the one who is always taking things up and trying to make ends meet, very soon a feeling of resentment will start settling in and you need to take the right measures before it is too late.
7. Money matters a lot.
Yes, money is a very important issue in matters of business and if things are not right regarding this matter, it can turn out to be a very ugly situation. These are very sensitive matters and need to be dealt with on time. Many face problems regarding profit distribution and it may also be your problem too.
8. Agreements and contracts.
Many a time partners cannot come on the same conclusion regarding new or old contracts and agreements. This may be simply because of difference in opinions. Once or twice is fine but if you facing this disagreement on every situation, you and your partner need to seek the right help.
Why is all of this important? Because a good business can be severely ruined by a bad partnership and never reach its actual success. Starting a business and/or a partnership is an emotional experience and needs to be handled in a very sensitive manner.