How Friends Became Business Partners -- 7 Ways to Build Your Business and Stay Friends - With us, we...
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With us, we worked this out each day, learning to recognize what was important to each of us. Communicate to each other up front as it a lot easier before disagreements surface.
What do you bring to the table?
How can your talents contribute to making the business successful? We learned through trial and error what each of our strengths were and how to best use them. What cements us now is that we have learned to appreciate our differences and we're using them to build a successful business. Ideally it would be great to recognize this right from the beginning as it saves on the wear and tear in building a new business.
What outside resources are needed?
Choose your resources wisely. You need a team surrounding you. Find business mentors and legal, accounting and marketing professionals to guide you in developing your business. Their expertise is critical to your success. The temptation may be to find more friends to partner with. This is not your best resource unless these friends bring in specific skills that you need. Among friends, alliances can form and create unnecessary havoc for the business.
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