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How to Choose a Business Partner

• Consider Your Options 

• Evaluate what each of you bring to your customers and the business.

• Do you share the same business goals and family values?

• Does your potential partner share your personal values and work ethic?

• Perform your due diligence: is your potential partner financially stable, are they involved in any lawsuits or legal liabilities, do they have a good reputation in the community?

• Establish your bottom line, deal or no deal. Know when to walk away: not every partnership, or potential partnership, will succeed. 

• Once You\'ve Chosen a Business Partner

• Make it formal. Put your agreement in writing with the help of an attorney so there are no questions about profits, decision making or percent of ownership.

• Be honest. Set up a regular communication channel, such as monthly meetings, to discuss the business and evaluate the partnership. 

• How will disputes be resolved?

• Can you buy out your partner or change ownership percents? 

• Under what criteria can the partnership be dissolved? 

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